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Mid Canterbury is set to record one of its lowest road tolls in history.

The Automobile Association yesterday released figures indicating that the rest of New Zealand is also heading for its lowest toll in decades, with 38 fewer deaths compared with the same time last year.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell, of Ashburton, said there had been one fatal crash on Mid Canterbury roads so far this year.

It follows a horror toll last year that saw six deaths – half of those believed to be alcohol related.

Although he was keen to point out motorists were approaching the holiday season, Mr Russell said police crackdowns, such as Operation Rural, focusing on rural drink driving, had played a major role in beefing up police presence around the district.

“I also think a bit of credit does need to go to the drivers, there has been more courtesy on the road and many more people seem to

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planning their trips and thinking about what they are doing.”

In 1994 Mid Canterbury saw one of its worst tolls on record with 15 deaths, closely followed by 12 in 1983.

AA spokesman Dylan Thomsen said there had been 219 deaths on New Zealand roads this year, and is set for one of the lowest road toll since 1950.

Ashburton District Council figures gathered from 2007 to 2012 showed that 129 Mid Cantabrians sustained serious injuries in road crashes, while 402 received minor injuries.

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Dylan’s song gets its video Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone is getting its first official music video, nearly 50 years after the song was released. The interactive video will premiere on Dylan’s website today and marks the release of a new 47-disc box set, The Complete Album Collection Volume 1.

Like a Rolling Stone came out in 1965 and remains one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter’s most influential songs. The video will allow viewers to switch between 16 different storylines that mimic television channels.

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Obese man finally gets flight A French man deemed too fat to fly has finally secured a plane ticket back to Europe after an alternate plan to return by ship fell through. Kevin Chenais – who has a hormone imbalance and came to the United States for treatment – is due to take an evening Virgin flight from New York to London with his parents, Rene Chenais told AFP. However, Rene Chenais said he was not sure how the family would proceed after they arrived in London. It’s the latest development in a saga that began last month when British Airways determined the 22-year-old, who weighs 230kg, was too heavy to have on board.

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Python challenge canned Florida won’t be repeating a public hunt meant to reduce the population of invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The state-sponsored Python Challenge attracted roughly 1600 hunters in January and February and made headlines worldwide. It netted 68 of the snakes, the longest measuring more than four metres. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman said yesterday that the hunt met the agency’s primary goal of raising awareness about the python problem. Next year the state is beefing up established programmes that train licensed hunters and people who regularly work in areas known to contain pythons to kill or report exotic snakes.

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Google Maps shows slain teen A San Francisco Bay Area man says a Google Maps satellite image near a rail line shows the body of his teenage son, who was shot and killed in 2009. Richard Barrea wants the internet giant to take down the image out of respect for his son, Kevin. The 14-yearold’s body was found on a path near railroad tracks on August 15, 2009. His slaying remains unsolved. Richard Barrea told KTVU-TV over the weekend he became aware of the image earlier in the week. It was not clear whether he asked Google directly to take it down.

An e-mail to Google was not immediately returned. The company says most of the satellite data it acquires is about one to three years old.

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Wednesday Walking Group – Sport Mid Canterbury invites everyone to a morning walk around the streets of Ashburton or in the domain. The group meets every Wednesday – it has to be very wet before it gets cancelled! Meet outside the Ashburton Community Pool, Walnut Avenue. Duration: 9.30am to 10.30am.

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On the couch – New Zealand v Mexico, FIFA World Cup Qualifier, Sky Sport 1, 6.30pm. Suddenly the chances of NZ reaching the 2014 FIFA World Cup look all but gone. A 5-1 defeat in the first leg leaves the All Whites with it all to do, but this could be Ricki Herbert’s last game in charge so who’s to say the team won’t give him the send-off he deserves if it is?

Out of town – Lunch With a Steinway, at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, 373 Manchester St, Christchurch. The newly refurbished Steinway concert grand piano in St Mary’s Catholic Pro-Cathedral will be featured in an inaugural series of 1.10pm lunchtime recitals through the Wednesdays of November this year. Adults: $10. Concessions: $5. Duration: 1.10pm to 1.50pm.

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At the movies – The King and I, Cinema Paradiso, Methven. Wind Back Wednesday brings you the classic 1956 musical starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis move to Siam to become a teacher for the king’s children.

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■ DISTRICT’S DOG ATTACKS RISING

Rehomed dog attacks person

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A dog rehomed by the Ashburton District Council went on to bite a person, Guardian enquiries have found.

The incident, on November 10, preceded another at the weekend, when a Siberian husky killed two aviary birds at Fairton, the latest known event in what has been a year featuring some horrific dog attacks.

Environmental monitoring manager Rick Catchpowle yesterday confirmed the two dog

attacks had occurred, and said the dog involved in the November 10 incident had been checked for aggressive tendencies before being rehomed.

“All dogs go through various stages of assessment prior to rehoming,” Mr Catchpowle said.

“While the incident is unfortunate, the dog in question was rehomed some 10 months ago and showed no aggressive tendencies during the assessment period or in the months that followed after being rehomed, and

there have been no other associated complaints,” Mr Catchpowle said.

There had been 281 dogs impounded so far this year. The council did not have the number of dogs seized from their owners this year, but said 20 of the dogs impounded had been euthanised, and 27 successfully rehomed.

Mr Catchpowle said rehoming meant “unnecessary euthanasia” was avoided.

“Which is a positive reflection of the hard work and dedication

by all those involved with our rehoming scheme,” Mr Catchpowle said.

Both of the recent attacks were under investigation and as such Mr Catchpowle could not comment further.

The Guardian understands the attack at the weekend occurred on Saturday when a Siberian husky was being walked at Fairton and slipped its lead.

It ran into a backyard and killed two pet parrots playing with their owners.

The horror incident followed

two dogs killing 18 animals owned by guinea pig breeder Sandra Smith in October, and two dogs pouncing on two children walking home in Methven in February and ferociously attacking them before turning on their rescuers, as well as another member of the public who was hanging out washing in her backyard.

The four dogs in the two attacks were euthanised.

Last year 327 dogs were impounded, 31 euthanised and 29 rehomed.

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Local residents hand over a towering mountain of food

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

Unless you stood in the Sinclair Centre yesterday, surrounded by towering mountain ranges of stacked food, it is hard to visualise exactly how much food 230 banana boxes can hold.

This year broke records for the annual Mid Canterbury Toot for Tucker food bank appeal, with so much food collected organisers had to move to a bigger venue at the Ashburton Sinclair Centre to sort and organise the donated food.

Volunteers packed into more than 50 vehicles to collect donations on Monday evening, with local fire brigades joining them to make some noise and get resi-

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Left: Several workers from the Ashburton Trading Society volunteered their morning to help load and transport boxes of food collected in this year’s Toot for Tucker appeal.

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It makes me feel quite humble to realise what a wonderful town we live in

dents out onto the street.

Ashburton County Lions volunteer Isabel McArthur helped to organise the more than 150 volunteers who helped with the appeal, and said they came from community groups across the district.

Fellow organiser Cynthia Tindall said that many people rose to the occasion, to help out or to donate.

“It makes me feel quite humble to realise what a wonderful town we live in.”

She said too many community groups to name helped with the collecting and packing of the food. “A special thank you needs to go to all the young people who worked so hard to help us

out. Too often you only hear about the bad kids, but we’ve seen plenty of the good ones here.”

Food collected in the appeal will be split between the St Vincent de Paul food bank and Community Foodbank run by the Salvation Army.

There has been extra pressure on local food banks over the past years due to an increase in the local population, as well as increasing numbers of local families struggling just for necessities.

Salvation Army foodbank coordinator Judith Lilley said the goods would go a long way towards keeping the bank stocked over the year.

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Ashburton College pupils (from left) Keizer Bulagnir, 15, Nel Belza, 15, and Sandip Singh, 16, help collect goods to send to the Philippines yesterday.

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Mid Canty students rally for storm relief

BY MYLES HUME

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The scale of destruction in the typhoon-hit Philippines is hard to fathom, but that only drove Ashburton College to help those in need.

Today, a shipping container will leave Ashburton packed with cash, food, blankets, toys and clothing as the community rallied to provide relief for those caught in typhoon Haiyan.

Yesterday, Ashburton College

and Rakaia School pupils left items on the chessboard stage, a sign of their empathy for Filipinos across Mid Canterbury and those in the South East Asian country.

“This is really amazing what we have here, we have got funds from a mufti-day, food, clothes and toys because for a lot of kids in the Philippines Christmas is destroyed,” Ashburton College teacher Bernadette Thompson said.

Gold coin donations from

Year nine and 10 pupils dressed in mufti and from teachers wearing unusual hats helped contribute $678.50 to the fund.

Pupils in Ms Thompson’s class, many of whom are Filipinos, helped bundle up the goods and stack them on a trailer to take to an Ashburton home where items are being collected, bound for the Philippines.

College pupil Angela Naui, 16, lives in that house.

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collect before sending a container to the country of origin for up to 500 Mid Canterbury Filipino families.

She has been run off her feet, helping collect donations and rehearsing for a concert to raise money for victims of the typhoon while trying to get on with her NCEA exams.

“It’s been a really busy time.

Our house is full of people at the moment, with people helping out and rehearsing for this Sunday,” she said.

Protesters anchored over a drilling site in New Zealand waters say a “massive and menacing” drilling ship is within 500m of them.

The flotilla of six protest boats, co-ordinated by the Oil Free Sea Flotilla organisation, have camped out at the spot - about 185 km off the coast of Raglan in Waikato.

Texan oil giant Anadarko have marked the spot for drilling, sending several vessels out, including The Noble Bob Douglas, to the location.

Greenpeace energy campaigner Steve Abel, who is based in Auckland, said the group were receiving regular updates from protesters at sea.

Protest vessel Vega was directly over the spot where Anadarko intended to drill, he said.

Former Green Party coleader Jeanette Fitzsimons and Greenpeace executive director Bunny McDiarmid are on board the Vega.

A support ship to the Noble Bob Douglas, the Hart Tide, was also close to protesters, and issued a stern warning over the loud speaker and radio, Mr Abel said.

The message was: “If you remain over the drill site you will be interfering with our work ... be aware, for your own safety,” he said.

Those on board the flotilla have described The Noble Bob Douglas as massive and menacing, Mr Abel said.

Another message from protesters said: “The Hart Tide is right in front of us now. He’s a monster, huge and rusty.”

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■ MID CANTERBURY ULTRAFAST BROADBAND

Rural communities winners in roll-out

By Myles HuMe

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Rural Mid Canterbury communities are already benefitting from the ground-breaking digital revolution rippling throughout the district’s schools.

Homeowners in rural parts of Mid Canterbury are branching off a remarkable EA Networks initiative that saw ultrafast broadband cables rolled out to each of the district’s 23 schools about two years ago.

It comes after Associate Health Minister Nikki Kaye announced this week schools

would soon be able to share fibre connections with their communities to “support students to engage in learning anywhere, at any time” as the Government looks to enhance technology in schools.

EA Networks commercial manager Jeremy Adamson said that was already happening in Mid Canterbury as homeowners were able to connect to ultrafast broadband cable intended for schools if it went past their front gate.

He said although it was limited to those in remote areas that

had the broadband currently running past their front door, EA Networks has a focus on connecting rural areas “which are the lifeblood of our district’s economy”.

The Manaiakalani Education Trust in the North Island was another example of how a group of schools catered for the community. Its 13 schools beamed wireless connections to up to 1700 homes in the lowdecile area.

Mid Canterbury Fibre Connected Schools regional support co-ordinator Trudy Hulme said

it was encouraging to hear communities were taking advantage of infrastructure in schools, but only if it was used wisely.

“I think it comes back to the philosophy, if you’re doing it for learning purposes and involving the community to create 21st century learners that’s great, but if it’s just for someone that can’t get a UFB connection I don’t know.”

Ms Kaye said it would allow parents to have a greater role in their children’s learning, while providing access to rural or poorer communities that have

struggled to access ultrafast broadband in the past.

“We have increased funding to speed up the roll-out of broadband to schools so they have access to a managed network.

“This provision of fibre connections offers an opportunity for some schools to act as digital hubs in their communities.

“This can include schools providing adult education courses in digital literacy and/ or expanding education opportunities for students outside school hours and beyond school grounds.”

■ PIKE RIVER ANNIVERSARY

Families still want to bring their men home Families, friends and union members attended a wreathlaying memorial ceremony last evening to mark the third anniversary since deadly explosions ripped through Pike River Mine, killing 29 workers.

Members of the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union as well as representatives from the Australian miners’ union, the CFMEU, paid their respects at the Blackball ceremony at 6pm.

EPMU assistant national secretary Ged O’Connell said they were proud to again stand with the families of the Pike River miners on this sad day.

“We have come a long way since the disaster. Efforts are now underway to re-enter the mine, and the Government is fully implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission to make miners safer.

“It is however a sad day of mourning for the families of the men who never came home.”

Many also gathered at the Pike River memorial site, where

a wreath-laying ceremony was led by the miners’ union last evening.

They paused for a moment’s silence at 3.44pm - the time when the first explosion ripped through the mine on November 19, 2010.

The families had grown stronger every year since the tragedy, said Bernie Monk, the spokesman for many of the victims’ families.

“But the will of wanting to find out what happened and get their men home is still as strong as it was on the day when they found out that they were dead.

“There’s two ways of looking at it - the strength that the families have got now is unbelievable, but the sorrow is still there and the wanting to get them home is still there.”

Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn said the tragedy was still raw after three years, but families and the community were working their way through the grief.

Yesterday was a quiet day of

Work is finally under way to ready the mine for a possible evacuation of miners’ bodies.

remembrance, without a major public service, he said.

“As a community, we’re trying

to do it in a sensitive way for the families’ sake. The fact that the bodies are still up there in the

mine makes it a little bit harder, but there is progress.”

A recording of the last contact with workers in the Pike River mine was aired publicly for the first time yesterday morning.

The tape, aired by Radio New Zealand, was recorded at 3.44pm on November 19, 2010.

The mine had an intercom system which was linked to the control room and was used by mine worker Dan Duggan to speak with a worker, RNZ reported.

He started by saying “Hello ABM or roadheader”, attempting to speak with workers who used those machines.

A low rumbling can be heard after which Mr Duggan continually asks for somebody to reply.

“Hello sparkies ... hello underground, any sparkies?”

An alarm in the background sounds as Mr Duggan continues asking for a response from miners underground.

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By Kurt Bayer An off-duty police officer who abused a football referee officiating at his son’s match before grabbing the ref ’s throat pleaded guilty to assault yesterday.

Senior constable Keith Rose, 59, acted like a “spectator from hell”, according to a judge who sentenced him to a discharge without conviction yesterday at Christchurch District Court.

He also ordered Rose to pay $1500 in emotional harm compensation to the assistant football referee, who was traumatised by the June 29 incident and has not refereed a game since.

Rose, a police officer for 42 years, now faces an internal police enquiry and a code of conduct meeting.

He refused to comment as he

left court yesterday.

The court heard Rose had been sitting in the main grandstand at ASB Park in Christchurch to watch his son play for Western against Cashmere Technical in a premier league match.

Rose was seen and heard to make “a number of adverse comments regarding the performance of the referees during the game”, the police summary of facts stated.

After the match, in which his son’s team lost 4-1, Rose turned to other spectators in the grandstand complaining about the referee’s conduct.

He moved down to an area in front of the players’ tunnel as the four match officials were walking off.

A group of supporters abused the officials while Rose shouted abuse at the referee.

As the officials made for their changing facilities, an assistant referee “collided” with Rose, in what was unlikely to have been deliberate according to Judge Robert Murfitt.

Nonetheless, Rose grabbed the victim around the front of his throat, and “held him for several seconds”.

“The action was observed by a number of people present in the area,” the summary of facts showed.

“As a result, several persons came to the assistance of the victim and pulled Rose away, allowing the victim to gain access to the players’ tunnel.”

Rose pleaded guilty to an amended assault charge yesterday.

Defence counsel Pip Hall QC said Rose reacted after being “bumped in to”, and reacted, as per his police training to dif-

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fuse a potentially violent situation.

The experienced police officer had written a letter of apology to the victim, Mr Hall said.

His job had been compromised, having been stood down from normal duties, and he now faced a code of conduct hearing and full police inquiry.

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A woman died in a house fire in the Bay of Plenty early on Tuesday.

The fire service was called to the Howell Street property in Taneatua, 13km south of Whakatane, just after 4am, northern fire communications shift manager Colin Underdown said. The house was well alight when fire crews arrived. The woman’s body was discovered once the blaze was under control.

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Winery pulls red wine For the first time in 20 years Te Mata Estate winery at Havelock North has pulled the plug on its flagship Coleraine due to the tough 2012 growing vintage. Coleraine had become widely regarded as New Zealand’s finest red wine and was first bottled in 1982 and since then become a sought after collector’s line.

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Missing girl found A 5-year-old girl allegedly snatched from her Taupo school by her father was found safe and well yesterday morning, police say.

Te Awatea Lemon had not been seen since November 6 when it was alleged her father Samuel Samson took her. He is not her legal guardian and does not have custody of her. She was located yesterday in the Massey area of Auckland and is now being cared for by her legal guardian and Child, Youth and Family.

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Ashburton Pottery Society (from left) secretary Betty Powell, committee member Lorraine Geddes and president Raelene Hewitt stand in their new Nixon Street building that replaced the earthquake-damaged Kirk House they had been in since 1968.

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Ashburton potters settle into new home

By Myles HuMe

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After a year in limbo and multiple fundraising drives, the Ashburton Pottery Society can finally begin to settle in what is being called ”our second home”.

Just 10 months ago, the society’s members watched as demolition crews tore down their severely earthquake-damaged Nixon Street headquarters, a place that they called home since 1969.

And after an insurance payout, fundraising drives and

community grants the members are slowly starting to return their pottery equipment stored away in their garages for months and bring the premises back to its former glory.

“The last place was very special to us and it’s going to take a while for us to all get used to being in the one room, but we think it’s really good and compared with the old place it’s going to be a lot cleaner and warmer,” Ashburton Pottery Society president Raelene Hewitt said.

“Yes it’s definitely our second home,” secretary Betty Powell

added. The former Ashburton Pottery Society building was the well-known Kirk House in Tinwald which was built in 1901, beginning its life as a farm homestead in what was then a rural area on Ashburton’s outskirts.

About 68 years later it was loaned to the society, which then purchased the property several years later.

Insurance covered the bulk of the rebuild bill, but the society dipped into its own reserves and secured funding from community grants to add the extras to ensure it meets

the needs of today’s members.

Restaurants and cafes around Ashburton provided the meeting place for catch-ups during the year, while many members continued to produce their creations at home.

However, Mrs Hewitt maintains the wait has been worth it, as they slowly begin to move back in preparation for their official unveiling on December 7 open to society members and the public.

“The great thing is we now have a place that’s fit for pottery members for now and the future,” Ms Powell said.

A Kapiti woman has escaped a custodial sentence for her part in a savage dog attack which left two Otaki woman physically and emotionally scarred. Kelly Murray, 21, appeared yesterday before Judge Gerrard Lynch in the Levin District Court. She was sentenced to three months’ home detention and 75 hours’ community service.

Murray was also ordered to pay each of the victims $500 for emotional harm.

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Divers serch for clues Police divers were scouring a Wellington coastline yesterday in an attempt to find any items connected to the killing of a local woman. Rongmei Fan, known as Mei, was brutally attacked in her Miramar home after dropping her children at school. Her body was discovered by a friend two days later.

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Words of wisdom Three years to the day from the Pike River Mine anniversary yesterday, a widow from the Strongman Mine disaster 46 years ago offered words of comfort to the families of the 29 victims who still lie under the mountain at Pike River. Alice Noble, who lost her husband in the 1967 Strongman disaster, said the hurt was still there. “Life still has to be lived. But it never completely goes away.”

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■ MASTERCHEF FINALISTS COMING HERE

They’re using local gear in shows

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

They’ll be using techniques and recipes from across the world, but the equipment Masterchef New Zealand finalists Jax Hamilton and Brett McGregor use in their Farmlands’ Ladies Nights cooking demonstrations come right from Ashburton.

Local business Kitchen Kapers is one of the sponsors of the touring Farmlands’ Ladies Nights, donating more than $6000 worth of kitchen equipment to be used by the Masterchefs in the demonstrations.

Kitchen Kapers business owner Rachel Redmond will have visited 15 towns and cities across the country with the chefs by the end of the six week tour.

She has already watched Masterchef New Zealand finalists Jax Hamilton and Brett McGregor give the same demonstration six times, but she said she wasn’t sick of watching them yet.

“Jax and Brett work really

well with each other, and they are a lot of fun to watch. Every night it’s completely different.

In some towns people get up on their feet and cheer them along, and there’s always something new to pick up. It never gets old.”

Running the Kitchen Kapers stall at the events kept her busy, which she said provided great publicity for the Ashburtonbased business.

“The other sponsors are all big, national companies, and then there’s us. It’s worth all the hard work just to get our name out there.”

She said it was also a great way to publicise the new Kitchen Kapers website, which was already generating online traffic from around the country.

The donated kitchen equipment used by the Masterchef finalists will be given away in a prize draw at the end of the tour.

The chefs will hit Ashburton tomorrow for one night at the Hotel Ashburton, giving locals the chance to learn new recipes

Brett McGregor and Jax Hamilton are appearing in Ashburton tomorrow night.

and techniques, meet the chefs, ask questions and sample the dishes created on the night.

Most of the 300 tickets to the Ladies Night in Ashburton are already sold out, with very

limited numbers still available through Farmlands on 0800 278 583.

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A Buller High School student has hit back at bullies she says suggested she kill herself.

Year 10 student Bek Collins yesterday told a school assembly of students from Years 9 and 10 someone had sent her a message through the Ask FM website. It told her to commit suicide, and that no one would care if she did so.

The website allows users to create a profile of themselves. People visiting the profile can answer questions the user has posted about themself.

Ms Collins’ presentation to the assembly included a response to those who’d sent the message.

“I would like to take a minute here to tell that person, whoever you are, that I’m still here and that I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”

She said that in nine-and-a-half years of schooling she had been to seven different schools. At every school, and for as long as she could remember, she had been bullied.

She knew the people who had sent her the unpleasant internet message were in yesterday’s assembly, because of the clues that were left.

Ms Collins said the bullying had ranged from name calling to physical bullying, including a leg injury at school in Cambridge in Waikato.

Life had been great during her time at Buller High, until the time she had received the suicide message.

Bullying was not okay, Ms Collins said.

The saddest thing about it was that everybody could be exposed to it.

Bullying someone was also a criminal offence, as well as an infringement of

their human rights, their safety and dignity.

It was a cowardly act to make someone think that they should take their own life, she said.

She also paid tribute to the support she’d had from her family.

“I’m just glad that I have grandparents and a mother who are going to follow this through to the end. We will find out who is responsible.”

Westport police Community Constable Paul Sampson was also at the assembly.

He told the students that cyber bullying was a “gutless act”. People couldn’t hide on the internet, as nothing was secret once posted on the web.

Mr Sampson said the issue was being taken very seriously by the Government.

The Ministry of Justice had pushed through legislation which could mean three years imprisonment for anyone found guilty of inciting someone to commit suicide.

As well as causing distress, bullies in a small town like Westport could end up labelled, which could harm their employment chances in later life, Mr Sampson said.

The students were also shown a short film on the impacts of bullying yesterday.

Buller High principal Andrew Basher said the suicide message was sent to Ms Collins, out of school. She had contacted police, rather than school staff.

He said that when he had asked Ms Collins why she hadn’t reported the incident to school staff, she said that she wasn’t sure.

If she had reported the incident, staff would have done all they could to investigate it, Mr Basher said.

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Information Ashburton College Year 9 Academic Scholarships Criteria and application forms are available from your child’s school.

Kia ora and Greetings Celebrating Success As I write this, we have completed a busy week of Prize Givings; NCEA exams are already underway and, this evening, through my office window I have watched a number of students and staff members make their way to and from the College Library for another Study Night.

The next few weeks are an interesting mix of activities ranging from supporting Year 11 to 13 students with their exams; farewells to Year 13 and some other students; thanking and acknowledging a number of adults; introducing 2014’s Year 9 students to the College; and maintaining programmes for our Year 9 and 10 students.

Amongst this are a number of key activities and events, many of which are also included in other parts of this newsletter.

A large number of parents, caregivers and community members who have helped us at College during the year were thanked at our Volunteer ‘Thank You’ Function at the Hotel Ashburton yesterday evening. This is an important event for us at College as it is one of the few ways that we can acknowledge the significant contribution that the many volunteers in our community make to our College’s successes.

Underway this week, for the next few weeks, is a Year 9 and 10 “Top Class” Competition and a number of activities to keep our students engaged right until the final days of the year.

Congratulations In reflecting on the many successes of the last two weeks, I would like to publicly acknowledge and congratulate the many students whose successes were marked at the recent Blues Assembly and Years 11 to 13 Prize Givings.

Also of special mention is the Red Carpet Night at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre where we were entertained by Phoenix Chorus, and the Junior Phoenix Rising Choir, alongside of the College Jazz and Blues Groups. The evening was a fabulous celebration of young people’s talents and abilities, as was the next night in the College Auditorium where young people from our district were awarded with Scholarships from the Masonic Lodge and performed alongside the Lodge’s Men’s Choir.

Finally congratulations to our newly appointed Head Girl, Head Boy and Student Trustee for the coming year - with a very strong message of support for the other eight students who also stood for these roles. All of you are fine young people, who have the support and confidence of your peers and our staff, and all of you have a contribution to make in leading Ashburton College into 2014.

Cheers Grant McMillan, Principal

The Closing Date for applications is Wednesday 27 November 2013, 3:30pm, with the examinations to be held at Ashburton College on Monday 02 December from 9:00am – 11:15am.

Enquiries can be made to Sheena Tyrrell, Management Administrator, on Email: sheena.tyrrell@ashcoll.school.nz Phone: 308 4193, extension 812

Congratulations also go out to the new Head Boy and Head Girl, Adam Tupper and Sophie Congdon. You both have big boots to fill but I am confident you will both fulfil the duties you have been entrusted with.

Also congratulations are given to Jemma Rotch who has been voted in as the new Student Trustee. I look forward to meeting you.

To those who were not successful - my condolences. I hope you will all put your names forward for other leadership positions within the College as you all have worthwhile talents to contribute. I know that the College had to choose from some very able students this year and it was inevitable that some people would miss out.

This year will see some long-serving staff retiring from College. We will be farewelling Janice Ackerley, John Baird and Denise O’Halloran. It will be difficult to replace the knowledge and particular skills these people brought to the College. I wish them all the very best and can assure them that they can look back at their contributions to Ashburton College with pride. I am sure they will all have projects that they now will have time to pursue.

Also a big thank you goes out to all those who have worked so hard for the College. This includes the teachers, classroom assistants, administration and other support staff, caretakers and cleaners plus all those volunteers who have all contributed to the College over the past year. The hard work and dedication you have all exhibited has not gone unnoticed. Also thank you to all the Board members for the many hours you have all put in over the past twelve months.

To those students who are leaving College for tertiary education or employment, well done. I hope you look back on your time at College with fondness, and good luck in your future endeavours.

David Rush, Chairperson

This time of the year is a very positive period in the life of Ashburton College as we celebrate the successes of many of our students. In this newsletter we highlight a number of key achievements. Further recognitions can be read in our e-newsletter: AshColl Extra News.

Meet Our Head Boy and Head Girl Elect for 2014 After a rigorous selection process involving initial voting, shortlisting, candidate speeches, interviews with the Principal and Deputy Principal and a further round of staff and student voting, the announcement of the College’s leaders was made at the Year 12 Prize Giving on 07 November.

Curriculum Event Phoenix Chorus Red Carpet Night Held as a partnership evening with the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this concert featured the Phoenix Chorus performing a diverse range of items from various genres.

The audience was treated to an amazing evening of entertainment and talent with the Phoenix Chorus strongly supported by the Phoenix Rising Choir and the College’s Jazz and Blues Bands.

Contributing to this quality evening were Jo Castelow – Musical Director of Phoenix Chorus; Angela Cresswell – Musical Director of the Phoenix Rising Choir; Stephen Diedricks – Musical Director of Ashburton College Jazz Band; Michael Petrus – Musical Director of Ashburton College Blues Band; Compere Carolyn Clough and Ron Cresswell with the College Lighting and Sound Crew.

Entertainment Event!

Annual Staff v Students Chess Match – Students Victorious Held in glorious weather on Monday 04 November, after postponement from the previous Friday, the usual hilarity of this event was added to by copious quantities of water and the wheelbarrowing off of defeated chess ‘pieces’, interspersed by chess instructions.

Leaving staff member Denise O’Halloran ‘played’ for the staff while Jessica Pelayo played for the students.

Amidst the frenzy of activity the students emerged victorious.

(Pictured left) – long term King for the staff, Mark Gleason, wears a dousing from Matt Arnold.

Board of Trustees News As I write this newsletter, senior students are busy fitting in last-minute study and sitting exams, this being the culmination of a very busy year. I know the Board as a whole wishes all those students the very best. I am sure all those who have put in the hard work will achieve the appropriate rewards. I know that teachers will also be anxious that their students succeed.

Congratulations

(left)Sophie Congdon and Adam Tupper Sophie and Adam say: We are very privileged to have been appointed to the positions of Head Girl and Head Boy for 2014. We are looking forward to working with the staff and students of Ashburton College and continuing to make a positive influence and building on the great things that have already been put in place.

One of our goals for next year is to encourage the Junior Students to participate in College activities and to make the most of the opportunities that are offered. We feel that our Junior Students play a big role in College and would love to see them transition into College life quickly and comfortably. One way we are looking to do this is to ‘reboot’ the Junior Student Council. This will mean that we can hear what ideas the Year 9’s and 10’s have in regards to College activities and how to improve them so everyone can be involved.

We are also excited to be working alongside our Senior Students and Student Executives to provide the support and encouragement they need, to put in place their own ideas.

We are very excited about next year and will work our hardest to see that students have a great year also.

Board of Trustees – Elected Student Representative This legislative election process takes place alongside of the Head Boy/Head Girl selection process.

Following nomination, candidates’ speeches and student voting Jemma Rotch (pictured right) emerged as the successful appointee to this responsible role for the forthcoming twelve months.

Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Sports Awards 2013 Sixteen College students were selected as finalists at this year’s function held in Timaru on Friday 01 November. Guest speaker was former Silver Fern, Maree Bowden.

Additionally, students who have been either selected for a National Team or placed in the top three at National Events were also recognised and College had fourteen students acknowledged in this way (denoted by *) Ashburton College gained a creditable nine Award Winners:

(Right) – Deputy Principal Grant Congdon ‘attacks’ student chess pieces, while the wheelbarrow (rear) has a ‘victim’.

Congratulations New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Basketball Championships - Palmerston North

* Braden Kell Emma Waite Cait Bassett * Bailie Perriton * Wesley Baratcart * Joseph Brown * Hannah Wright * Ben McFadden Savanna Ornsby

Air Pistol Shooting Equestrian Indoor Bowls Motor Cycle Road Racing Speed Shooting Swimming Water Skiing Water Skiing Outstanding Contribution to Sport (Savanna pictured above with Guest Speaker, Maree Bowden)

Additionally Recognised Students – National Team/Events * Emily Hickman Basketball * Caitlin Johnstone * Lucy Clough Swimming * Frances Smith Qualifying for the National Tournament was a key success for this year’s * Jaimee Bird Equestrian * Kate Hayman Ashburton College Senior Girls’ Basketball Team. The team was undefeated * Adam Greaney Golf Croquet * Andrew Hawthorne in the South Canterbury weekly competition and finished runners-up in the Ashburton Women’s A Grade Competition, losing only one game.

Swimming Cycling Rowing Golf Croquet

The College team finished the tournament in 20th place from twenty three (Pictured right, left to right): teams which, being one of the younger teams at the tournament, prepares Swimming finalists at the Aoraki Sports Awards – them well for the 2014 season.

Appreciation is given to all parents who made attendance at this tournament Lucy Clough, Joseph Brown (overall Male Winner for achievable.

Swimming), and Caitlin Team members were Johnstone.

(Back row, left to right) Victoria Coley, Emily Hickman, Kate Lloyd, Eley Target Shooting – National Rankings Barrine Ross, Grace Team Placing of 3rd Wilson.

This annual Secondary School Postal Shooting Competition reaped very (Front row, left to good results for the Ashburton College Girls’ Team of Savanna Millarright) Greer Hooper, McArthur, Laura Mackenzie, Erin McLaren and Kate Taylor finishing in 3rd Chelsea Corbett, Tessa place nationally, from seventeen teams, with a team score of 557.12.

Morrison, Ella Sinclair, Individual National Ranking – 4th Equal Albertene Hefford.

From forty two individuals, Savanna Millar-McArthur completed her season Team Coach was Pat Turton and Managers Mindy Morrison and Sharon in 4th equal placing, with a score of 194.06.

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Congratulations End-of-Year Award Recipients At the end of three days of Prize-Giving Ceremonies a number of top awards were confirmed. These awards indicate commitment, hard work, focus and contributions on behalf of each of these students. They are to be commended for all that they have achieved.

It is also with very grateful appreciation that the College recognises community support of many of these awards.

Year 13 Graduation Ceremony DUX of Ashburton College Vicki Squires and therefore recipient of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Trust Scholarship Award and the Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Plaque

ANZ Bank Academic Achievement Award for Top Student in Year 12 Sophie Congdon

In the week prior to the Prize Givings a significant number of students were recognised at House Assemblies, recognising a strong level of achievement gained by students, as follows:

In attaining the Year 12 Top Scholar Award Sophie gained the following awards – • Physical Education – joint award • Senior Speech Trophy • Level 2 Excellence Award • Application and Effort

AFS Award for Citizenship, including service to the Community and Cultural Awareness

In gaining Dux Vicki attained the following awards –

Proxime Accessit (Runner–Up to the Dux) Savanna Ornsby and recipient of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Scholarship Award Savanna’s pathway to this high achievement came via Top Scholar awards in • Biology (Drummond Memorial Prize and Watson Cup) • Statistics and Modelling (John Stewart Memorial Prize) • Ashburton Lions Club Award for Individual Research in Mathematics with Statistics • Unichem Cup and prize for the Top Overall Student Studying Three Sciences • Year 13 Excellence Award • Application and Effort

R O McDowell Crystal Trophy for Character and Leadership (presented by the Ashburton High School Centennial Trust)

Hannah Waters Hannah also gained Top Scholar awards in – • English (Maria Jarman Prize and Cup) • Geography (Arnott Award and Jane Taylor Cup) • Year 13 Excellence Award • Application and Effort

Community Contributed Awards

On behalf of our student recipients Ashburton College acknowledges, with gratitude, the community-minded support which enables the annual provision of the following generous scholarships and prizes.

Ashburton Trust / Lion Foundation Tertiary Study Scholarships • Ross Allott • Jas Andrada • Finau Fakapelea • Laura Kell • Danielle Lusty • Abbey Marshall • Kane Olsen • Savanna Ornsby • Jessica Pelayo • Vicki Squires • Elliotte Strange • Hannah Waters • Mark Mably

Ashburton Masonic Lodge Centennial Scholarship • Finau Fakapelea • Savanna Ornsby EA Networks Scholarship for a student studying to enter the Electrical Industry • Jake Beeman Lions of Ashburton County Award for Citizenship and Community Involvement • Abbey Marshall R O McDowell Award For Pride In Their School And Community • Kane Olsen Lions Club of Ashburton Senior Service and Leadership Award • Melissa Gooseman

Midland Masonic Choir Scholarship Zac Milne At the Combined South Canterbury Masonic Lodges Charity Concert on Saturday 09 November Zac Milne was one of five students to be presented with a $500 scholarship.

Recipients were nominated by their schools and each performed at the Concert.

The other Award Winners came from Geraldine High School, Mackenzie College, Mt Hutt College and Opihi College.

Performance Awards Air Pistol Shooting Art Badminton Basketball

Chess Cycling Drama

Heni Ede

• History (John Stewart Memorial Prize and Digby Prosser Cup) • Classical Studies (Dr Jim Benefield Cup) • Legal Studies (Argyle Welsh Finnigan Prize) • Year 13 Excellence Award • Application and Effort

MSA Scholarship

2013 Winter Sports and Cultural Performance Awards and Principal’s Commendations

Year 12 Prize Giving

Equestrian Football Hockey

Year 11 Prize Giving

Hockey Umpiring Music

Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Top Scholar Award Kelsey Campbell

Netball

Kelsey gained this award via • Top Scholar in Science and Gordon Binsted Cup (Ashburton District Council Prize) • Top Scholar in English (Ashburton District Council Prize and Stapleton Cup) – joint award • Visual Art – joint award • Human Biology – Top Student: Video Conferencing Course • Academic Excellence • Application and Effort

Skiing Smallbore Rifle Shooting Speech Making Writing

Principal’s Commendations Awarded

Additional Subject Top Scholars Simon Reid • • • •

Pasifika Performing Arts Rugby

Jordan Belpadrome.

Amy Blair, Ben Lysaght, Carys Morgans, Emily Moore, Emily Willis.

Andrew Hawthorne, JunJun Qin. Xavier Bartlett, Victoria Coley, Kieran Hunt, Kate Lloyd, Kane Olsen, Barrine Ross, Charlie Stewart Morrison, Elliotte Strange, George Wilson.

Daniel Clarke, Jialin Guo, Ashley Van Staden.

Josh Connor, Isabella Smith.

Lena Alderdice, Sarah Baker, Lucy Clough, Annelise Diamond, Katherine Hill, Sophie Kettley,Samantha McArthur, Travis Noonan, Jacinda Ramsay.

Alisha Bota.

Edze Bierema, Tom Dudley, Maddison Gourlay, Kelly Rotch, Zac Plumb.

Courtney Cannan, Rebecca Clarke, Emma Mealings, Grace Thomson.

Rachel Law. Olivia Brown, Jack Hanrahan, Elizabeth Hill, Sara Kircher, Daniel Rance, Olivia Stewart, Awa Timothy.

Ashleigh Bell, Sophie Congdon, Beth Jopson, Olivia Kennedy, Danyelle Lusty.

Sala Touli.

Libby Badham, Xavier Bartlett, Ash Carmichael-McBride, Naomi Cone, Harry Ferguson, Laura Harrison, Sean McCormack, Ben McFadden, Lancy McKay, Jason Street, Mikayla Twamley.

Flynn Beeman, Brooke Clark, Harry Ferguson, Ryan Hampton, Sarah Taylor, Ben Wakelin.

Jake Dudley, Erin McLaren, Kate Taylor.

Ruby Wills.

Sean Achten, Imogen Redpath, Lauren Yeatman.

Top Scholar in Mathematics (Ashburton District Council Prize) Graphics (Herbert Watts Cup) History (Judith Prosser Cup) – joint award Academic Excellence • Application and Effort

First Aid First Aid and Hockey Umpire Netball Umpiring

Ruby Wills

• Top Scholar in English (Ashburton District Council Prize and Stapleton Cup) – joint award • Academic Excellence • Application and Effort

Thistle Masonic Lodge Prize for Citizenship Amy White

Netball Coach Spirit of Adventure Student Librarian Netball Umpiring and Tennis Hockey Umpire

Josh Aberhart.

Abbey Marshall.

Tegan Barry, Ashleigh Bell, Kieran Bell, Sala Bueta, Lucy Clough, Chelsea Corbett, Olivia Kennedy, Brooke Maslin, Danielle McNab, Kaitlyn Nepe, Danielle Philip, Ella Robertson, Tori Watson.

Kate Benny, Heni Ede, Beth Jopson, Sonya Leadley, Danyelle Lusty.

Melissa Gooseman.

Alisha Hopson, Connor Venmore.

Stacey Hopwood.

Rachel Law.

Events Calendar

November

Aoraki Junior Volleyball Tournament 2013 This annual tournament for Year 9 and 10 students was held in Timaru on Friday 8 November with eighteen teams competing.

The teams are coached by Senior Students – Sala Touli (Girls’ A Team), Losana Cakaunitabua (Girls’ B Team), Alice Mareko (Girls’ C Team), Junior Fuluasou and Mathew Iakopo (Boys’ Team), with teachers Dave Christensen and Carolyn Clough as Managers.

Successful Results – Aoraki Champions and Runners-Up The Girls’ A Team won the final to become the Aoraki Champions and the Boys’ Team finished as Runners-Up. Individual Successes • Girls’ Most Valuable Player of the Tournament - Sam Carroll from the Girls’ A Team.

• Aoraki Boys’ Tournament Team - To’afa Taeauga.

• Aoraki Girls’ Tournament Team - Sam Carroll, Lucy Clough and Fololina Mareko.

Ashburton College Junior Girls’ A Volleyball Team (Back row, left to right): Rhianna Vaevae, Sam Carroll, Sala Touli (Coach), Olivia Scott, Kudzai Zvinowanda, Trabecca Mauigoa, Lucy Clough.

(Front row, left to right) Keedin Hohepa, Farirai Mushonga, Fololina Mareka.

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Some Junior English Classes: Literature Study Unit Screening – ‘Catching Fire’, Regent Cinema 12OR - Class Outing, Base Café, Ashburton Ashburton College hosting: Showcase IT, e-learning, 3:45-5:00pm Uniform Clothing Shop Open, 10am – 1pm, Administration Block 22 Contributing Schools’ New Entrants Morning 25 Boys’ Softball Team - Canterbury Softball Competition, Christchurch White Ribbon Day - College involvement NZ Ballet Tutus on Tour Workshop 2013 (at College) 26 College Board Meeting, 7:00pm, Menorlue (final for 2013) 28 12OR - Class Outing, Base Café, Ashburton 30 SISS Cycling Championships, Invercargill 30-01 Dec Ashburton Rowing Club Regatta, Lake Hood

December 02

Boys’ Softball Team - Canterbury Softball Competition, Christchurch College Year 9 Scholarship Exams, 9:00am Newsletter 19 03 NZQA Examinations finish 9RK - Indian Minar Restaurant, lunchtime/Period 5 04 Year 13 Leaving Procedures, at College Office 05 GOT (Get Out There) Day – Year 9 and 10 students SLSU Day Out Uniform Clothing Shop Open, 10am – 1pm, Administration Block 05-10 Phoenix Rising Choir Tour – Nelson area 07-08 New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Athletics, Hamilton 08 Year 13 Leavers’ Dinner

Prize-Givings and End of Year Dates – Junior School: Thursday 12 December • Year 10 12:30pm; • Year 9 1:45pm.

Final day for Year 9 and 10 students.

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OUR VIEW

Pike River fight ongoing Coen Lammers EDITOR

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he third anniversary of the Pike River disaster yesterday commemorated a tragedy that claimed 29 lives on the West Coast but was felt around the nation.

The explosion on November 19, 2010, rocked the country and its attitude to workplace safety to the core.

Unlike most tragedies, the families are still in the middle of their worst nightmare as the fight continues to get at least some of the bodies retrieved.

In recent weeks, the first major effort to regain access to the site has started, which will hopefully bring some peace to the family and friends of the victims.

It is hard to comprehend how the families have dealt with a series of half-truths and broken promises, a number of brutal public hearings, including the Royal Commission.

And I will never forget the day of the second explosion, when the families were told that all hope was lost. Instead of giving them a private place to grieve or offer a backdoor exit, the authorities sent the distraught families into a courtyard filled with photographers and cameramen with nowhere to hide.

This lack of empathy was again evident when New Zealand Gas and Oil shareholders voted against paying $3.41 million in reparation, on behalf of the bankrupt Pike River company, as ordered by Judge Jane Farish.

The recently published book

by Rebecca Macfie must be tough reading for the families, but in a way it simply confirms the fatal failures at every level within the company.

Some people may have got bored seeing family spokesperson Bernie Monk on the television screens month after month, but we can only have admiration for his tenacity and courage to keep up a good fight.

Hopefully Mr Monk and the other families got a little bit of comfort from the new health and safety laws that were signed off in Parliament last week in direct response to the Pike River Royal Commission.

They are not able to bring back their sons or husbands, but hopefully their loss will save other miners’ lives in years to come.

YOUR VIEW R18 shop I write in response to yesterday’s article regarding the R18 shop selling psychoactive substances in Rakaia and seek to clarify and correct some points raised.

The Psychoactive Substances Act (Section 66) allows councils to work with their communities to determine where licensed retail outlets selling can be located through the development of local approved product policies (LAPPs).

The authority has placed a condition on interim retail licences, which the Rakaia shop is operating under, that the sale of approved products is subject to any policy adopted in the council district within which they operate.

Should the Ashburton District Council develop and implement such a policy, the shop

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currently operating in Rakaia would have to close as its interim licence is not able to be transferred to another premises.

Council is right in saying it does not have the power to close the shop, but it does have the ability to develop a policy which means it cannot operate where it currently is.

A number of councils in New Zealand are well on the way to implementing LAPPS in their area.

The Psychoactive Substances Regulatory Authority is actively working with these and other councils and providing support.

The authority is planning the new retail licensing programme to fit with council planning processes. The goal is to ensure that the regulations and council LAPPs can form one integrated licensing system.

Regulations are under de-

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velopment and the authority is working closely with Local Government New Zealand and with councils directly in their development. Those regulations are expected to be finalised on or before March next year. But that ongoing work does not mean the Ashburton District Council cannot progress with a LAPP now.

Monday’s article mentioned a phone call from Minister of Health Tony Ryall made during the Rakaia community meeting last month.

The call was not from Minister Ryall but from Associate Health Minister Todd McClay who has responsibility for the Psychoactive Substances Act. Hon Jo Goodhew MP for Rangitata

Intersection danger Something seriously needs to

be done about the intersection of Carters Tce and the State Highway 1 in Tinwald.

Yet again, the wait to turn north on to the main road took 10 minutes one morning this week!

If there are funds to put a roundabout beside The Warehouse and in a new subdivision, why is nothing being done about this treacherous main intersection?

It may only be a matter of time before there is a serious accident there.

East Tinwald resident

Clock tower Complaining about caravans etc for visitor photos ... First world problems make me laugh.

If this is what we have to complain about, life’s pretty good living in small old Ashburton...

Stew

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Will the All Blacks go unbeaten during 2014?

Angus McKay

FROM YOUR COUNCIL

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ast Thursday councillors and senior council staff visited sites around the district where the council has work in progress or under consideration. This was an opportunity for elected members and staff to be on site to discuss current or future projects and is a great way for new councillors to get up to speed on some of the council’s work programmes.

The first stop was at Hakatere and the Ashburton River Mouth. Work is in progress on installing stormwater drainage in the upper carpark and at the end of River Road to minimise erosion of the cliff at the end of the road.

It is well known erosion of the cliff face from the sea is putting the first row of huts at the lower village at risk.

Four months ago, there was a meeting with local residents and councillors. At this meeting, it was pointed out there was no access for residents or visitors down to the lagoon or the mouth area for recreational activities including fishing and whitebaiting. On this trip, it was great to see the council had completed construction of an access way to solve this problem.

Travelling from Hakatere to South Rakaia Huts we focused on maintenance of our gravel roads. A well-maintained shingle road has a crown, with a 5 per cent slope on either side, allowing a swale to be formed on either side which gives good drainage. A dry road holds its formation better and potholes don’t occur as quickly. It was good to see no irrigation water extending on to the gravel

Today’s online poll question Q: Did you donate to Toot For Tucker? (Poll closes on Wednesday at 4pm)

CONTACTS The Mount Memorial Hutt Hall and Heritage Centre.

roads. In one spot I noticed the roadside grass was greener for a short distance and potholes were starting to form on that section of road.

At South Rakaia Huts we viewed the well-mown lawns and domain/playground area which is maintained by the local residents. Their community spirit also extends to looking after the public conveniences and transporting the recycled plastics. It just shows what a well-organised community can do for itself and the district.

On the way to Rakaia we viewed the Acton Irrigation intake from the Rakaia River.

The feature of this intake is the use of a stone barrier as a fish screen to stop fish getting into the irrigation network. The scheme distributes the local stockwater requirements along with the water for irrigation purposes.

The council is working with other irrigation schemes in the district to look at what similar approaches can be introduced to improve both the efficiency of the schemes and water quality. At Rakaia we viewed

recent extensions to the curb and channel in the town, work done on the Thompsons Track /Rakaia roundabout and the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park. Local councillor, Ken Cutforth, took us to the Rakaia Domain and explained to councillors how the Rakaia community has been working together on a proposal for a new sports centre for which the local community has already started fundraising and seeking grant money.

At Methven the focus was on the Mount Memorial Hutt Hall and Heritage Centre which the council has recently assumed responsibility for. The council will be working with the Methven community to see how the facility can be used to best meet the needs of the local community.

It was valuable that all councillors had the opportunity to view the facility so they can have informed discussion with the Methven community on possible options for the future.

Councillor Alan Totty then showed us where the new rural fire station is to be built at

Alford Forest and explained the traffic management issues at Staveley and what could be done to improve the road layout. It is a council function to build rural fire stations.

On the way back to the council offices we viewed the reconstructed Chinese oven, part of a larger Chinese village site recently gifted to our community by the Ng family and others.

The oven has been restored using funding council applied for from the Chinese Poll Tax grants scheme which is specifically for projects that seek to preserve Chinese heritage in New Zealand.

The trip was a great opportunity for discussion between councillors over a wide range of issues.

It was also an opportunity for councillors to see a large area of the district.

Familiarity with our district is always beneficial for making better informed decisions at the council table.

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■ SOMALIA

Aid rushed to storm victims Food and medical supplies have begun to arrive in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region, badly hit by a ferocious storm and flooding.

The UN World Food Program has sent 340 tonnes of food, enough for 4000 households for a month, while Puntland’s government has sent 32 trucks of supplies.

The local government in the semi-autonomous region has said as many as 300 people were feared to have been killed in the aftermath of the storm, but the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in an update released yesterday that 80 were so far confirmed dead.

“From 650 medical consultations conducted so far, information gathered confirms 80 reported deaths, mostly of children and the elderly who were most vulnerable to hypothermia and exposure,” UNOCHA said.

However, livestock on which the majority of rural population depend has been badly hit.

“Thousands of livestock are reported dead as a consequence of icy rain ... anecdotal evidence suggests a less than 10 per cent survival rate for livestock in the hardest hit areas,” the report added.

Infamous pirate hotspots such as the port of Eyl - from where Somali gunmen have launched attacks far out into the Indian Ocean - are some of the worst affected.

Coastal destruction caused by a 2004 tsunami was widely seen as being one trigger for a surge in attacks off Somalia, peaking in January 2011 when the pirates held 736 hostages and 32 boats.

However, the rate of attacks has tumbled in the past two

Strong blast kills ten A powerful blast in Beirut has killed at least 10 people outside the Iranian embassy in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, police and security sources told AFP. The explosion occurred yesterday in the Bir Hassan neighbourhood, a stronghold of the Shi’ite movement Hezbollah, which has already seen its bastions in southern Beirut targeted with blasts twice this year. The Zahraa hospital nearby said it had received the bodies of five people and was treating at least 35 others for wounds.

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Charting the reef Researchers have for the first time created a 3D digital map of the entire Great Barrier Reef using satellites. The high-resolution map, unveiled yesterday, charts an area of 350,000 square kilometres, from the Torres Strait south along the Queensland coast. Until now, only about half of the reef’s coral had been mapped digitally as traditional survey methods, such as using boats, couldn’t navigate some of the shallow waters of the reef.

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Flood toll up to 14 The toll from flash floods that swept through Italy’s holiday island of Sardinia has risen to 14, regional president Ugo Cappellacci says.

On Monday, rivers broke their banks and heavy rain and winds smashed cars, flooded homes and brought down bridges on the island. The previous toll stood at nine. Among the dead was an entire family of four Brazilian immigrants who drowned in their basement flat in the town of Arzachena in the northern part of the island. Three people from the same family died when a road bridge collapsed onto their van near Olbia.

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Cop ran betting ring Survivors of the storms in Somalia huddle in makeshift shelters in the Puntland region. ap photo

years, prompted partly by the posting of armed guards on boats and navy patrols.

Ethiopia and Djibouti, both neighbours of Somalia, have also sent aid shipments.

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Impoverished Puntland, which forms the tip of the

Horn of Africa, has its own system of government, although unlike neighbouring Somaliland, it has not declared independence from Somalia.

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■ UNITED STATES

Teen’s killer arrested again George Zimmerman, the US neighbourhood watchman whose shooting of an unarmed black teenager triggered a national scandal, has been arrested again in an alleged domestic violence case, authorities say.

Don Eslinger, the sheriff in Florida’s Seminole County, said Zimmerman was detained yesterday after police were called to a “disturbance” at a residence near the town of Apopka.

“Mr Zimmerman has been arrested and was being driven to the county jail in Sanford this afternoon,” Eslinger told reporters.

The woman, described as his girlfriend and identified as Samantha Scheibe, said

Zimmerman had pointed a shotgun at her, media reports said.

Local WESH television reported that Zimmerman was accused of an assault.

Zimmerman is married but separated and in the process of divorcing.

He was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, which is a felony, and battery and criminal mischief.

Police Lt Dennis Lemma said authorities responded to a call at the home of Scheibe, US media reported.

Scheibe said Zimmerman had forced her out of her home and barricaded the door with furniture. Officers opened the door, pushed away the furniture and found Zimmerman inside.

- AFP

A NSW policeman who is being investigated for running an online gambling ring says he knew he had one of Australia’s most infamous gamblers in his operation. The state’s Police Integrity Commission (PIC) is examining the conduct of Senior Constable Marc James Smith, from the Tactical Operations Unit, and Detective Senior Constable Anthony Paul Williams, from the Homicide Squad. The pair used professional gamblers Darren Azzopardi and Stephen Fletcher, who were banned from many of the sites. Bookmakers said Mr Fletcher punted about $1 million a week, according to a 2011 News Corp report.

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Spy damage escalating Indonesia’s National Police chief has warned he is poised to order the suspension of cooperation with Australia on various fronts, including intelligence sharing and training, in response to spying allegations. General Sutarman said yesterday that he will order that cooperation be ceased immediately if directed to do so by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. “We have cooperation with Australia, but if the president orders us to stop, then we will do so,” General Sutarman, who has been in the top job for less than a month, was quoted as saying.

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■ ASHBURTON TRADING SOCIETY

Turnover increase ‘heartening’

many of Canterbury’s farming businesses, thanks to reliable irrigation supplies, and also the ability of dry land operations to bounce back after a challenging summer.

He recognised the pressure on dairy farm incomes in particular

last season, and welcomed the swing in fortunes as dairy farmers looked to one of the best milk solid payments on record for the this season.

The co-operative reported an operating surplus this year of $5.4 million, well up on last

year’s $2.05 million figure.

A significant proportion of this boost came from the cooperative’s major joint venture initiative undertaken during the year with Ravensdown.

The launch of the Ruralco charge card for shareholders of

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‘On the cusp of a great year’

By Jamie Gray New Zealand is on the cusp of its best year for economic growth in 10 years, UBS NZ chief economist Robin Clements says.

Clements expects growth in gross domestic product (GDP) to be 3.6 per cent in calendar 2014 compared with 2.7 per cent in the June 2013 year and 2.5 per cent in calendar 2012.

“I’m picking next year to be the best growth for a decade and for the next two years to be above average,” Clements told a news briefing.

“We may not make it to the heady, Asian-like growth rates, but it does suggest that there is faster, accelerating growth

ahead,” Clements said.

UBS’s GDP forecast compares with a consensus of market forecasts of 3.1 per cent and is near the top end of bank forecasts, surpassed only by Westpac, which has a growth forecast of 3.8 per cent for 2014.

Clements said that while the country experiences higher growth, world inflation is expected to remain low.

At home, the main drivers for growth will be “construction centric” - with about 1 per cent of the forecast coming from rebuilding activity in Christchurch.

Clements expects a second round of construction-related activity show to through in private consumption growth

as people buy furniture and fittings for their new dwellings.

He expected the Canterbury rebuild’s contribution to growth to start to taper off by 2015 before levelling out.

Firm commodities prices would also be supportive, Clements said.

“I think we are at the cusp where a lot of the indicators are starting to flash strong growth,” Clements said.

Yesterday’s NZ Performance of Services Index for October moved up to 52.8, a 1.8 point rise from September.

Business and consumer confidence surveys have also shown big improvements, Clements said.

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Minister Tony Ryall said the price achieved “indicates very strong market confidence in our majority government owned national carrier Air NZ”.

The price - the same as when the shares were put into a trading halt on Friday meant the float was “probably one of the most successful of these types of share sell downs in recent times”.

“Usually sales of this type are completed with a discount to the trading price before the sale was undertaken.”

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by New Zealand buyers. Air New Zealand is due to come off a trading halt this morning.

Mr English said three quarters of the way through the Government’s partial asset sales programme, the Government had “met our commitments to New Zealanders being at the front of the queue in achieving a minimum 85 per cent New Zealand ownership of the companies”.

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Govt makes $365m from sale The Government has made $365 million from selling down its 20 per cent stake in Air New Zealand after pricing the shares at $1.65 a piece.

The price was in line with Friday’s closing share price for Air New Zealand indicating strong demand for the offer.

Share sell-downs are usually priced at a discount.

Finance minister Bill English said including the Government’s 53 per cent stake, 88 per cent of Air New Zealand would be owned by Kiwis.

both co-operatives resulted in a one-off gain to ATS through the ATS Card and Mobil-Allied fuel business being sold into the 50 per cent-owned Ruralco business.

Mr Shaw said the gain was a non cash transaction, with consideration being deferred and realised over five years.

In contrast to last year, directors have elected not to pay a rebate to shareholders this year.

This is in order to have reserves for ongoing expenses relating to earthquake damage suffered to the co-operative’s buildings, including the main Burnett Street headquarters.

“Potential rebuilding and strengthening of the Burnett Street site over 2013-2014 would enable our staff to have a safe, healthy work place environment. We are examining all options, including either a rebuild or complete relocation to a new development,” Mr Shaw said.

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Strong retail performance by Canterbury based ATS and subsidiaries sees the Ashburton farmer co-operative reporting a solid increase in turnover for the 2012-2013 year.

ATS Group CEO Neal Shaw said he was heartened by the cooperative’s 4.5 per cent increase in turnover to $232 million, despite a very competitive rural retail environment and challenging commodity markets faced by farmers over the same period.

“It is indicative of the solid and growing support we have from our members. We have enjoyed not only a slight increase in shareholder numbers, and also an increase in the average spends per shareholder member, which is encouraging.”

That per shareholder spend lifted from $83,000 to $85,000, and shareholder numbers lifted to total 2698.

Mr Shaw said the figures highlighted the robustness of

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The contrast that is India

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ealthy food and Christmas, they just don’t seem to go together, but if you ask the team from New Zealand Healthy Food Guide, they’ll tell you it’s possible to indulge without the unhealthy downsides.

This month’s magazine gives readers a low-down on enjoying Christmas without gaining weight and provides some smart strategies to help you deal with food overload when you’re the host and when you’re a guest.

There’s a range of taste tempting recipes for delicious bites for festive platters that guarantee nibbling without too much guilt and main course recipes that are all taste and eye appeal.

Spicy prawn, coconut and kaffir lime spoons 200g peeled cooked prawns diced 2T chopped fresh coriander 1T chopped fresh mint 2 kaffir lime leaves, central vein removed, shredded 1 long red chilli deseeded and finely chopped 2T shredded coconut lightly toasted Dressing: 1T lime juice 1t fish sauce 1 1/2t castor sugar ■ Mix dressing ingredients in small bowl ■ Stir to dissolve sugar

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■ Cut rectangle into 8 squares ■ Repeat with remaining sheets to make 24 squares ■ Press 2 squares at alternate angles into each muffin hole ■ Bake 7-8 minutes until golden and crisp.

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Barbecued salmon with chimichurri sauce

Tomato, olive and basil tarts

Oil spray 1kg piece of skinless, boneless salmon fillet 8 shallots thinly sliced in rings 400g baby tomatoes Fresh basil to garnish Chimchurri sauce: 1C chopped parsley 1C fresh coriander 1/4C fresh oregano 2t thyme 2T red wine vinegar Pinch chilli flakes 2T garlic oil

■ Combine prawn mixture ■ Stir dressing through ■ Divide spicy prawn mixture between 12 Chinese spoons

Tomato, olive and basil tarts Oil spray 3 sheets filo pastry 300g vine-ripened tomatoes seeded and diced 1/4C green olives, pitted and thinly sliced 1t white balsamic vinegar 1t extra virgin olive oil 2T roughly chopped fresh basil Extra basil leaves to garnish ■ Preheat oven to 180°C ■ Lightly spray 12-cup mini muffin tray with oil ■ Lightly spray 1 sheet filo pastry with oil ■ Fold one fifth of the sheet’s longest edge ■ Then fold four more times to form long rectangle

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ecently I returned from three weeks in India, an experience that has left me with memories I will find hard to forget.

India is certainly a country of great contrasts; from the elegance of historic buildings, forts and palaces to the humble shack-like dwellings where many of the population live. From the noise of city streets to the quiet of the outlying fields, where women could be seen harvesting their millet crops with sickles and tying the stalks into bundles for drying.

The city streets were crammed with every form of transport imaginable, whether it had six, four, three or two wheels or four legs all competing for the same space on the streets and all going in different directions.

I am not sure who gave way to what, whether the cows, buffaloes, donkeys or camels gave way to the three-wheeled taxis or motorbikes, which were often carrying four or five passengers.

Mostly it was whoever got their nose in front and made the biggest noise won the day.

I researched the plight and status of older people and how they were cared for. It is both good and bad. There is no welfare system and not all health services are affordable.

I am not surprised at the news that the Indian Government has sent a rocket to Mars, but much could be done with that money to help lift people out of their poverty.

Once people reach a non-working age it is the responsibility of the family to look after their elders.

This falls on the eldest son but in today’s world, family tradi-

Jeanette Tarbotton SERVING THE AGEING

tions are often breaking down and there are many aged people wandering streets living as best they can.

We can be grateful that we do not have this level of deprivation in our society.

Then it was back home to the security of a safe and vibrant environment where we have a roof over our heads, have food on our tables and a health system that meets most of our needs.

We have a new district council duly installed. What was disappointing was the dismal return of voting papers, so much so that even the top polling candidates could hardly claim to be speaking for the whole community.

Here’s hoping that councillors will put aside their own agendas, work through the issues and move forward as a unified group for the benefit of the whole community and for the future of this district.

The signs are looking positive.

We enjoy the facilities we have in our district because councils of the past planned for the future and probably not all decisions were popular at the time.

Hopefully those elected in 2013 will be forward thinking and make wise decisions for future generations. We will be watching this space because time goes quickly and another election will be on the horizon.

Jeanette Tarbotton is from Age Concern Ashburton

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In brief

Historic omens give hope If New Zealand dares to dream, there are some historical omens to bring a flicker of hope for tonight’s big match in Wellington.

With the All Whites 5-1 down after the first leg, the home side needs a sporting miracle to qualify for the 2014 World Cup. But there are some precedents.

Back in 1981 New Zealand scored an unlikely 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, which took them into a one-off play-off against China in Singapore (and ultimately to Spain ‘82).

Perhaps more relevant, in 1980 they ambushed Mexico 4-0 in Auckland.

That game starred several notable debutants, including Grant Turner, Steve Wooddin and 18-year-old defender Ricki Herbert.

“It was an incredible atmos-

phere,” remembers Herbert.

“The Mexicans seemed to fade quickly - we pressured them from the kick-off.”

Like Storm Roux tonight, Herbert got his chance after an injury.

“If the dice rolls your way you have to take it,” says Herbert.

“That’s how football works and young guys now have their chances too.”

Those were different times.

The Mexicans were on a tour of the Pacific, including a game in Fiji, and nothing was at stake except pride.

A repeat result in tonight’s game would be one of the greatest football shocks of all time and would surely require some freakish occurrences, such as injuries and red cardst.

To put the target in context, the All Whites have only twice scored more than one goal against non-Oceania opposi-

Wellington, 7pm tonight All Whites (probable) v Mexico Glen Moss; Storm Roux, Andrew Durante, Tommy Smith, Bill Tuiloma; Marco Rojas, Michael McGlinchey, Chris James, Kosta Barbarouses; Shane Smeltz, Jeremy Brockie.

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany).

Steve Wooddin in action for the All Whites in 1982.

tion (2-3 v Jamaica and 2-2 v El Salvador, 2012) since November 2009.

But there is still much to play for; credibility, pride and a rare

BY DANIEL RICHARDSON

Current All Whites coach Rikki Herbert: His time at the helm will be over if the All Whites cannot produce a huge upset in Wellington tonight.

and I just feel, personally, it’s the right thing to do and I look forward to some other exciting things in my life and maybe a different chapter in another direction.

“It certainly hasn’t been a reaction from post the Mexico game, absolutely not.

“I’m 52 years of age, I think in world football, you’re probably

Heavyweight clash Sunday morning’s World Cup semifinal between England and New Zealand is being billed as a battle of the heavyweights, and it’s an appropriate description when you consider the relative size of the forwards packs each side will put out. The Kiwis have arguably the most formidable pack in the tournament, with the likes of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Ben Matulino and Sonny Bill Williams. It’s one with power and skill and a large part of New Zealand’s gameplan is based around forward dominance.

But England won’t be intimidated.

They have the Burgess clan - Sam and Tom are the lightest of the three at 116kg - and workhorse front-rower James Graham. In fact, England’s starting pack in their quarter-final against France was slightly heavier than New Zealand’s at 625kg to the Kiwis’ 620kg and they also brought George Burgess and his 120kg frame off the bench.

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Haddin hits out victory over a top 25-ranked nation.

And expect big changes in formation - and attitude - from the first leg.

- NZH

Herbert won’t seek another term in charge If the All Whites can’t achieve the near-impossible with a big win over Mexico at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium tonight it will be coach Ricki Herbert’s last game in charge.

The long-time All Whites manager has confirmed he won’t seek reappointment when the position is advertised at the end of the current World Cup cycle, whether that be after tonight’s game or next year’s global tournament in Brazil.

Herbert’s reign will continue through to Brazil if the All Whites can find a way to overhaul the 5-1 deficit they face in the return leg of their intercontinental playoff against El Tri but it looks likely tonight will signal the end.

Following last week’s heavy defeat in the away fixture in Mexico City, Herbert hinted that he may stay on with the side when he asked journalists “is there anybody better?” than him to guide the New Zealanders.

But a desire to put more time in to his football academy and work with young players has led Herbert to believe he has run his course.

“I’ve spoken long and hard about it with my family,” Herbert said.

“I’ve spoken with the [New Zealand Football] chairman [Frank van Hattum] today

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still seen as a relatively young manager and why wouldn’t I want to have some other expectations or interests, to be in different environments and be challenged in those?”

After serving as an assistant from 2003, Herbert was named as the All Whites coach in February of 2005 as he succeeded Mick Waitt.

Herbert’s first game in charge was a 1-0 loss to Australia in a friendly in London in June, 2005, which was the only international fixture the All Whites played that year.

Since then, he oversaw their first victory in Europe when they beat Georgia 3-1 in Germany, guided New Zealand to their second World Cup appearance in South Africa in 2010 and brought through a host of new players to the national team.

There was the Horror in Honiara last year when they were rolled over in the Pacific Islands and failed to qualify for the Confederations Cup but, as Herbert pointed out, the national side is in a better state than when he took the job over.

“I’m really proud of it. I think we brought forward the game.

“One 5-1 loss to Mexico, for me, doesn’t change the fact that we’ve got a fit and healthy professional team [in the Phoenix].

“We’ve got a really exciting national team that, I think, in the next few years will really flourish and prosper and lets hope it does.”

The All Whites could produce the unthinkable tonight but it’s likely that Herbert’s time with the clipboard will end at Westpac Stadium - a venue that holds so many good memories for him when you consider his six-year stint coaching the Phoenix.

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Brad Haddin has labelled former Test coach Mickey Arthur “insecure” and accused him of setting the Australian team back in its progress. Haddin says Arthur’s successor Darren Lehmann has turned Australia’s dressing room and demeanour around ahead of Thursday’s first Ashes Test at the Gabba. Lehmann is credited with providing the side with stability and for returning players to a brand of cricket that’s made Australia the No.1 Test nation in the past. Negativity surrounding the Australian team culture has dominated the pre-Ashes buildup, with England shooting for a fourth-straight triumph, but Haddin said it was Arthur who has a lot to answer for. “(Mickey) was very, very insecure and that came across in a lot of our selections and our plays I think to be perfectly honest,” said Haddin.

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Barba’s debut in NZ? Ben Barba is set to make his Brisbane debut in their final trial game against the Warriors in Dunedin after the NRL club released its pre-season dates yesterday. Brisbane will again play a pre-season fixture at Forsyth Barr on February 23, where more than 15,000 fans saw the Warriors triumph earlier this year in a high intensity game. The success of the game at the new venue has drawn the Broncos back to New Zealand in 2014 and the presence of Barba is likely to ensure there will be another full house. With Brisbane’s attack lacking potency this year, Barba is a key off-season signing and the superstar fullback will be keen to put his controversial exit from Canterbury behind him as soon as he can.

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Lees back in Ferns Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu has named a strong squad, including the returning Camilla Lees, for her team’s tour of England and Scotland in January. Silver Ferns: Casey Kopua (captain), Jodi Brown, Leana de Bruin, Shannon Francois, Katrina Grant, Joline Henry, Laura Langman, Cathrine Latu, Camilla Lees, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, Maria Tutaia, Irene van Dyk. - APNZ

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In brief

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

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■ RUGBY

Gayle force warning

All Blacks ‘must grow’

The last time Chris Gayle was in New Zealand he was a one-man entertainment package. Five years ago the strutting Jamaican clobbered 366 runs in three innings at Napier’s McLean Park, including a more-than-likely match-saving 197 over eight and a half hours in the second test; averaged 101 in the tests; clouted 67 off 41 balls, then oversaw 25 coming off Dan Vettori’s super over at Eden Park in a T20; and was the best crowdpuller seen in the country since the turn of the century. Gayle, 34, is back with the West Indies this month and again shapes as a decisive figure in their ambitions for success in New Zealand. - APNZ

BY GREGOR PAUL

Golfers coy on format

It’s not entirely clear why the All Blacks had to hand back the World Cup in Dublin yesterday.

Unbeaten in 13 tests, they are an intriguing mix of youth and experience and almost untouchable.

Wouldn’t it be easier if they just held on to it?

They are, surely, after all going to win it again in 2015, such is their current dominance?

“There’s no reason why we can’t,” says All Black captain Richie McCaw in answer to that question.

But it is said in the full knowledge of what is required over the next two years to make that happen.

He’s not saying they will win it - he’s simply acknowledging that if the All Blacks make the right emotional, physical and mental investment, they are as good a chance as anyone else.

And right now, less than two years from the next tournament, that’s about all the certainty anyone should expect.

No one competing in golf’s World Cup at Royal Melbourne wants to say it straight out, but there doesn’t seem to be much love for the new individual-based format. Until now, it’s been purely a teams event and, since 2000, the two players representing each country have had to truly work together, combining in fourballs and foursomes. This year it’s a four-round strokeplay event - with just $1m prizemoney for teams and $7m for individuals.

As Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn put it, it doesn’t feel completely like he’s playing for his homeland. “Before you really represented your country, now it’s a lot more individual,” he said.

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Hayne speaks out Kangaroos star Jarryd Hayne has launched a passionate defence of the Rugby League World Cup against detractors who claim the tournament is a waste of time.

Rugby league’s international showpiece has come under fire from some quarters due to its lopsided scorelines and small crowds but Hayne says the end-ofseason showpiece is vital in helping to grow the game.

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If there are people out there with firmer views, more convinced about New Zealand’s superiority, then they would be well advised to not go public with those views just yet.

The picture today has an awful habit of looking much different in two years - usually about 10 minutes before the end of a crucial knock-out game.

The brilliant rugby the All Blacks are playing now guarantees them nothing in relation to the World Cup. Who would have thought as the All Blacks steam-rolled their way to a Grand Slam in November 2005 that two years later they would fall to pieces against France in the quarterfinal of the World Cup. It was the same in 1997 they went through the year unbeaten - one draw with England - and then splat, France walloped them in the 1999 semi-final.

Examples of dramatic collapses are everywhere - it’s pointless and dangerous to extrapolate too much from where the All Blacks currently sit.

Rugby World Cup England 2015 is a long way off and as McCaw also said: “If you are standing still in this game then people are going to go past you.

“You are really going backwards.”

The question for the All Blacks, then, is how much capacity do they have to continue growing before November 2015?

And the answer is encouraging.

They look to have significant room to get better, despite their success to date.

They have enough young players to generate new dimensions and an experienced core to guarantee stability and accurate decision-making.

Their future is certainly promising but so too is England’s, France’s and South Africa’s. Australia and Wales, too, are improving.

No wonder McCaw stared at the trophy for an age after he handed it back - he knows that for all his excellence and desire, he may well never get his hands on it again.

- NZH

Local tennis juniors in the South Island limelight

BY MYLES HUME

MYLES.H@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

A strong showing at the Canterbury Primary Schools’ Tennis tournament has catapulted four Mid Canterbury youngsters towards entry for the South Island finals in a fortnight.

During the weekend, a contingent from Ashburton competed in the Christchurch and

Results

■ Croquet

Golf Croquet Championships November 16 Premier Grade: 1 J Rule (Awamoa Gardens). Intermediate Grade: 1 K McGlinchy (Aorangi). Primary Grade: 1 G Gillespie (West End) 2 J Day (West End)

■ Golf Ashburton Veterans Golf

Lincoln-based tournament, with those placed in the top seven of their respective grades gaining a spot in the South Island championships. In the Year 8 section, Ashburton Intermediate’s James Watt finished third, Flynn Ness, of St Joseph’s, came seventh while Tessa McCann, also from Ashburton Intermediate ended in seventh.

St Joseph’s pupil Edwin Dargue won the Year 6 grade.

Each will compete in the Mid Canterbury Primary & Intermediate Schools’ Tournament on December 1, before travelling north to Christchurch for the South Island Primary Schools’ finals on December 2 and 3, forming a strong representation from the district.

Edwin and James added to their strong singles performances by also placing in the doubles competition.

Edwin combined with Christchurch’s Nick Schneideman to take the Year 6 doubles crown, while James also joined a Christchurch team-mate in the form of Dylan Heap to finish second in the Year 8 doubles.

Other noteworthy contenders in the tournament were Tori Kelland, of Ashburton Intermediate who finished runnerup in the Year 8 division 2 section and won the Year 8 doubles with Alex Lynch, of Christchurch.

Allenton School’s Kaleb Chamberlain came second in the Year 6 Division 3 singles.

The Ashburton Vets hosted the Selwyn Vets in a contest for the Byrne Trophy.

This was won by the Ashburton Vets.

Scores: 1st with 45 Stableford Points was Lance Innes; 2nd with 44 Stableford Points was George Cartney; 3rd = with 42 Stableford Points were Arthur Pawsey, Riki Shearer and Des Green; 7th with 41 Stableford Points was George Spencer; 8th. = with 40 Stableford Points were Graeme Moore and Peter Kiddey; 10th = with 39 Stableford Points were: Bill Mason, Pat Molloy, Owen Everest, Mal Trewavas, John Mc Arthur, Brian Winchester, Carl Sarkofsky, Vic Bartley and Ray O’Malley

Methven 9 Hole Golf

9 Hole Competition – Stroke Nancy Costin 31 nett

■ Pigeon racing

End of year trophy results Mary Fahey Trophy: Adrianne Goodwin; Joyce Thomas Putting: Hiromi Ikehata; Annette Maw Stableford Tray: Pam Callaghan; Weir Plate: Pam Callaghan; Smith Plate: Mike Markillie; Ringers: Hiromi Ikehata.

Tinwald Ladies Golf Summer 2013, November 19 Stroke Competition: 1st Diana Wellman with 65 nett, 2nd Madeleine Smith with 66 nett, by lot from 3rd Maree Moore, 4th Val Prendergast 68 nett from 5th Betty O’Neill.

■ Motor racing Ashburton Car Club’s Autocross November 17 Peter McLaren Subaru Impreza WRX 2.28.41 1st; Wayne Muckle Honda Civic 2.37.88 2nd; Thomas Muckle Honda Civic 2.39.76 3rd; Donn McLaren Mazda Escort 2.45.96 4th; Ben Hoskin-McLaren Mazda Escort 2.48.11 5th; Kyle Robertson Toyota Starlet 2.49.07 6th; Troy Ruffell Toyota Starlet 2.53.39 7th; David Robertson Toyota Starlet 2.54.86 8th.

Ashburton Racing Pigeon Club November 16 Hastings Yearling Cup 4 Flyers – 27 Birds Winners Flying Time: 8 hours, 55 minutes & 25 seconds 1st L. Quinn 1182.270m.p.m; 2nd L. Quinn 1152.283m.p.m; 3rd M. Davidson 1136.972m.p.m; 4th R. Cornwall 1135.207m.p.m; 5th L. Quinn 1033.312m.p.m; 6th M. Davidson 1030.087m.p.m; 7thM. Davidson 1014.417m.p.m; 8th R. Cornwall 998.292m.p.m; 9th R. Cornwall 923.312m.p.m.

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■ WINTON TODAY

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In brief

Belle D’Or worth the long wait Belle D’Or has tested the patience of Valerie Christophers to the limit, but her breeder, owner and trainer has held firm and is now reaping the rewards.

The mare proved a handful at the start of her career and came close to getting the sack from the stable on several occasions before she started to turn herself around.

“Everyone said I was mad to keep trying her and she was a

handful, but I knew she had the ability so I kept going,” Christophers said.

Due to her early waywardness, Belle D’Or was a late starter and has progressed to win five of her 25 starts with a further 12 placings and the prospect of a further boost to the bank balance in today’s Dunstan Feeds & The Oaks Stud Winton Cup. The Danzighill mare won

nice race. She’s a very difficult mare to train as there’s no-one here to ride her so I have to take her to Riverton (40 mins away).

“She does most of her work here at home in a big paddock off the motor bike.”

Christophers has no firm plans for Belle D’Or after Winton, although she does have a longer-term goal – “I’d like the Riverton Cup, but that’s a long way away yet.”

- APNZ

over ground at Southland two runs back and then followed up with a sound second placing at Wingatui.

“I had to back off her after Dunedin,” Christophers said.

“She pulled a shoe and I wasn’t able to give her as much work as I would have liked.

“She’s a very genuine mare now and a mile will probably be a bit short for her, but I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t go a very

■ ASCOT

Boom sprinter chasing coveted Group One A Group One victory in Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot would be the icing on the cake for Spirit Of Boom.

The sprinter is due to retire

to stud in Queensland next year and a top level win would give a significant boost to his future breeding career.

“He’s really good.

“He travelled great and he’s

in really good condition for Saturday’s race,” trainer Tony Gollan said.

Spirit Of Boom has only had four starts this preparation, winning the Gr.2 Caulfield

Sprint (1100m) on October 19 before running second to Fontelina in the Group 2 Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on November 2 at his latest start.

History on side History has set Costa Viva down as a warm favourite to be crowned the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year. Five of the last six winners of the Group 1 NZB 1000 Guineas have gone on to secure the title and she would also become Te Akau Racing’s fifth winner of the series in the last decade after King’s Rose, Insouciant, Princess Coup and Shikoba. “As long as the races in the Filly of the Year Series suit we will continue down that path,” Costa Viva’s trainer Jason Bridgman said.

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Blueblood continues fight Black Caviar’s half-brother remains in a fight against the life-threatening hoof condition laminitis. Owners BC3 Thoroughbreds have released a statement which said the colt had eaten well over the past few days, although a longer-term prognosis would not be known for a couple of days. The son of Redoute’s Choice is believed to have been bitten by a white-tail spider a couple of weeks ago and reacted poorly to antibiotic treatment which led to laminitis. He was purchased for a record $A5 million earlier this year.

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M6 Winton gallops Today at Winton Raceway

Winton JC Venue: Winton Meeting Date: 20 Nov 2013 NZ Meeting number: 6 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 12.54pm (NZT) SOUTHERN WIDE REAL ESTATE/ MCHUGH BUILDING MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2000m 1 5x582 Proximity h (2) 58.5 .......................K Walters 2 8x03 Jimmytoshoes (4) 58.5.............. S Muniandy 3 4 Laurie (7) 58.5...........................J Wong (a4) 4 0x039 Lowe Flyer (9) 58.5 ..................D Bothamley 5 307 Superior Knowledge (3) 58.5 ......... J Bullard 6 0x476 Ready To Rule (5) 58.5 ..........C Barnes (a2) 7 x4325 Katie’s Diamond b (8) 56.5...........T Moseley 8 29764 See You At Divas (6) 56.5 .......... A Frye (a2) 9 430 Tutor (1) 56.5........................... T Direen (a1) 2 1.30pm CHILTON SHEARING/CALDWELL BUILDING RATING 65 HCP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 1x676 I’m Vital (3) 59 ..............................T Moseley 2 238x1 Oor Wullie m (4) 58 .......................K Walters 3 x7480 Gallivant td (5) 57 ....................... V Johnston 4 2x221 Rugby Street m (7) 56....................R Bishop 5 0x719 Aparima Dan d (1) 56................. A Frye (a2) 6 5x575 Dubai Bear (6) 55.5................C Barnes (a2) 7 x9628 Arista (8) 54 ........................... M Haruki (a3) 8 30x07 Sins Of The Father (9) 54................. J Bates 9 56x07 Slam Dunk m (2) 54 ..............R Doherty (a1) 3 2.05pm CENTRAL SOUTHLAND FREIGHT/TAKITIMU ARTS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3x Arn’t I Choice (11) 58.5 .......... M Haruki (a3) 2 6x8 Doctor Thunder (5) 58.5 ................. J Bullard 3 Go Danske (12) 58.5.................. A Frye (a2) 4 Red Dagger (7) 58.5 ................. S Muniandy

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5 0 Little Ted (10) 57 ..................... T Direen (a1) 6 6x293 Four Gees b (6) 56.5 ....................T Moseley 7 6245x The Bubbly One (9) 56.5 ..............K Williams 8 726x6 Emma Savanna (8) 56.5 ...........J Wong (a4) 9 48 Loyalle Issy (4) 56.5 ...............C Barnes (a2) 10 806x7 Josephine Baker (3) 56.5 ...............R Bishop 11 9 Last Danske (2) 56.5........................ J Bates 12 Mrs Tappy (1) 56.5 ................R Doherty (a1) 4 2.40pm O’MEARA CRUTCHING MDN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 0x06 Great Guns (11) 58.5 ...................T Moseley 2 x750x Sky Jazz (1) 58.5 ....................... V Johnston 3 5x Irish Excuse (4) 57 .................... S Muniandy 4 Peter Parker h (2) 57 .............R Doherty (a1) 5 Tiger Bay (3) 57 ............................... J Bates 6 06x72 Elegant Crossing (12) 56.5 ............R Bishop 7 25x68 Our Supernova b (8) 56.5 .......... A Frye (a2) 8 4 Tap Lyn (10) 56.5 ......................J Wong (a4) 9 709x Lilique (9) 56.5 .........................J Chong (a3) 10 7x20 Barter (6) 55...........................C Barnes (a2) 11 Romney h (5) 55 ..................... T Direen (a1) 12 Sureasyouwereborn (7) 55 A Edmeads (a4) 5 3.15pm SOUTH STOCK LTD/CENTRAL SOUTHLAND LODGE R65 HCP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 2241x Fiatt d (9) 58................................. D Skerrett 2 144x6 Tuatap d (10) 57.5 ...................... A Frye (a2) 3 x5767 Ima Geegee m (4) 57 ...................T Moseley 4 8345x Bragging Rights (2) 56.5 ............ V Johnston 5 500x1 Miss Perfecto 56........................... Scratched 6 42217 Hermione td (5) 55.5 .......... A Edmeads (a4) 7 5694x Rikho (3) 55.5 ................................R Bishop 8 0529x She’z A Virtuoso h (14) 55 ..... M Haruki (a3) 9 31x85 Halo Dolly m (12) 54.5 ..........R Doherty (a1)

10 10x04 Queens Habit (13) 54.5................K Williams 11 2006x Saperavious d (6) 54.5 .............. S Muniandy 12 0605x Sophronia d (8) 54 ....................R Black (a2) 13 0066x Marechal (7) 54 .........................J Wong (a4) 14 4400x My D’Or Us h (1) 54 15 12x35 Double Tap d (11) 59........................ J Bates Emergencies: Marechal, My D’Or Us, Double Tap 6 3.50pm BAYSWATER FEEDS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 72x56 Snip In Time (8) 58.5...................... J Bullard 2 458x0 Rotar (10) 58.5 ........................... A Frye (a2) 3 00x56 Voussoir (3) 58.5 ...........................K Walters 4 090x Quite Right (6) 58.5.......................... J Bates 5 2 Point Proven h (11) 57 ..........R Doherty (a1) 6 22x65 I’m A Taart (5) 56.5 .................... V Johnston 7 99457 Sweet But Neat (7) 56.5...........J Chong (a3) 8 92878 Cos I Can (2) 56.5..................C Barnes (a2) 9 40x60 Keep The Quest (1) 56.5 .............. D Skerrett 10 70x Prodige (4) 56.5 .............................R Bishop 11 3 Thyme Zone (9) 55.......................T Moseley 7 4.25pm DUNSTAN FEEDS & THE OAKS STUD WINTON CUP HCP $15,000, OPN HCP, 1600m 1 718x6 Infallible (2) 59................................ J Bullard 2 86x07 Comanche Gold dm (1) 56.5............ J Bates 3 14x43 King Prawn tdh (4) 55.5 ...............K Williams 4 21212 Belle D’Or tdmh (3) 54.5 ...........R Black (a2) 5 x1158 Split Decision td (5) 54 ...........C Barnes (a2) 6 x1192 Jealous Much tb (6) 54 .............. A Frye (a2) 8 5.00pm SPEIGHTS / WINTON NIGHT ‘N DAY FOODSTORE R65 HCP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 5365x Phil Wenneck tdm (12) 59 .......... A Frye (a2) 2 x9512 Golden Castle (11) 57.5 ...........J Chong (a3) 3 5x062 Gunna Fly (7) 57 ..........................T Moseley

Jamie Bullard rides Golden Tower, which is sitting on a hat-trick, in the AB Lime Handicap at the Winton JC meeting today.

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63100 Poach The Cash 57...................... Scratched 02720 Contador dm (4) 56.5 ................. V Johnston 190x8 High Rise td (9) 56.5 ....................K Williams 6x839 Motorboat Mike h (2) 56.5 ..............R Bishop 66196 Touchdown tdm (1) 56.5........R Doherty (a1) x2710 Alyssa Belle td (6) 56 ............. M Haruki (a3) 87352 Yazoom d (15) 55 ...................... S Muniandy 48954 Logan Town (8) 55 ....................... D Skerrett x0053 Langham Lady (13) 54 ..................... J Bates

13 43560 Drumreims (10) 55 .................C Barnes (a2) 14 0x004 Young Bachelor d (5) 55 15 99x80 Red Bull (3) 55 16 897x6 Whisky Reign t (14) 54.5 Em: Drumreims, Young Bachelor, Red Bull, Whisky Reign 9 5.35pm AB LIME RATING 75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 0551x Astralight tmh (10) 59.5.........R Doherty (a1) 2 38211 Golden Tower tdm (3) 58.5 ............. J Bullard 3 01815 Magic Epic t (8) 56.5 ......................R Bishop 4 2027x The Bishop (2) 55.5 .................. S Muniandy 5 6655x Glaizem d (12) 55.5 ..................... D Skerrett 6 x1192 Jealous Much tdb (6) 55 ............ A Frye (a2) 7 12x35 Double Tap d (11) 55........................ J Bates 8 48x47 Citycenta d (1) 54.5.................... V Johnston 9 2140x The Gallant Girl d (4) 54.5 . A Edmeads (a4) 10 136x6 Honora Flynn td (9) 54 .................K Williams 11 07161 Jacksanfives m (5) 54 ............C Barnes (a2) 12 79x53 Rushinella m (7) 54 ......................T Moseley Blinkers on : Proximity (R1), Doctor Thunder (R3), Marechal (R5), Astralight, Citycenta (R9) Blinkers off : Superior Knowledge (R1), Glaizem (R9) SELECTIONS Race 1: Jimmytoshoes, Proximity, See You At Divas Race 2: Dubai Bear, I’m Vital, Rugby Street, Gallivant Race 3: Four Gees, Arn’t I Choice, The Bubbly One Race 4: Elegant Crossing, Our Supernova, Barter Race 5: Tuatap, Bragging Rights, Fiatt, Rikho, Hermione Race 6: Point Proven, I’m A Taart, Snip In Time, Voussoir Race 7: King Prawn, Jealous Much, Belle D’Or, Infallible Race 8: Golden Castle, Gunna Fly, Touchdown, Yazoom Race 9: Jealous Much, Golden Tower, Rushinella

Wanganui dogs Today at Hatrick Raceway

Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 20 Nov 2013 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12

1 12.05pm ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 4373 Opalescent nwtd G & ........................S Ross 2 62 Working Midnight nwtd.................. D Donlon 3 Little Prophet nwtd ...........................R Waite 4 52 Behemoth nwtd .............................A Speight 5 78763 Go Max nwtd ................................K Jackson 6 645 Kickin’ It nwtd ........................... S Gommans 7 54434 Madam Ice nwtd..........................J McArthur 8 84846 Homebush Verona nwtd ............J McInerney 9 88x7 Blue Sky Mine nwtd ....................... I George 10 43886 Cuts Deep nwtd ...........................P Blanche 2 12.24pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 1 Miss Razz nwtd ................................L Ahern 2 67 Working Pizzaz nwtd..................... D Donlon 3 44627 Smirnoff nwtd ........................... S Gommans 4 24236 Come On Mickey nwtd G & ............. J Clarke 5 24567 Big Sharkie nwtd .......................J McInerney 6 58544 Boot The Cash nwtd................ T McCracken 7 26 Toxic Revenge nwtd ......................A Speight 8 86341 Backyard Queen nwtd ................ G Hodgson 9 58 Little Vampire nwtd ........................A Speight 10 87577 Fantastic Anna nwtd.....................P Blanche 3 12.43pm J P PRINT (PETONE) C0 C0, 305m 1 36638 Magic Tobin nwtd ............................... N Udy

2 57555 Maddie Brand nwtd G & .....................Denby 8 61134 Bigtime Chip 17.95...........................L Ahern 3 52748 Sydenham Sam 17.73 G & ............. J Clarke 9 53387 Cawbourne Kim 30.17 ..............J McInerney 3 Deathstar nwtd ..............................A Speight 9 76747 Sedgebrook Skite 18.19......................F Kite 4 78221 Polar Snow White 18.12 G &........... J Clarke 10 46623 What’s Up Gee 30.30 .......................L Ahern 4 7 Iced Honey nwtd ............................ I George 10 66677 Opawa Jen 17.77 ............................S Maher 5 44854 Genia Haka 18.02 .....................J McInerney 11 3.06pm GARY ROSS DECORATOR C1 C1, 520m 5 66222 Dutchess Queen nwtd.................J McArthur 6 1.39pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR HT3 C1q, 305m 6 384F6 Blair Ninety 17.97 G & .......................Denby 1 42363 Sydenham Opal nwtd G & .............. J Clarke 6 47323 Missy Sloy nwtd ...............................L Ahern 1 45382 Homebush Diamond 18.00 .......J McInerney 7 47378 Sedgebrook Glory 18.23 .....................F Kite 2 16777 Monkey Queen 30.78 .........................W Kite 7 Rikki’s Rebel nwtd ............................R Waite 2 33676 Homebush Julie 18.55 ............. S Gommans 8 46727 Another Drink 18.11 ..................J McInerney 3 54573 Gucci Rush 30.81 L & ........................ Morris 8 36243 King’s Selection nwtd ............... S Gommans 9 38868 Calm Brooke nwtd ............................. B Hunt 4 74222 Buster Boy 30.92.........................J McArthur 3 62787 Sydenham Jade 18.07 G & ............. J Clarke 9 8 Homebush Rigby nwtd ..............J McInerney 10 88747 Zippit Sweetie 17.98 ........................G Quirk 5 64882 Doll Parts 30.50 ..........................B Hodgson 4 1252 She’s Top Notch 17.84 .....................L Ahern 10 8 Working Twinkle nwtd.................... D Donlon 6 35642 Sue Sews Socks 30.65 ............ T Mischefski 5 41758 Calamity Sue 17.96............................W Kite 9 2.32pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C1 HT6 C1q, 305m 4 1.02pm MORRIE GIBBONS SIGNS HT1 C1q, 305m 6 48588 Miss Sara 18.00 .........................R N Maisey 1 46366 Jumpin Sally nwtd .....................J McInerney 7 76646 Smart Cookie nwtd .....................J McArthur 1 57247 Exact Master 17.81 ........................... B Hunt 7 54158 Sheldon Baxter 18.00 ...............J McInerney 2 55542 Ramessee 17.95 ...........................M Gowan 8 36254 Sarah Campbell 30.93 ................B Hodgson 2 85675 Riba Lorda 17.73 G & ..................... J Clarke 8 32521 Go With It 17.77 ...............................G Quirk 3 54531 Tongariro 18.00 G & ........................ J Clarke Emergencies: 3 55855 Flayosc nwtd G & ............................ J Clarke 9 2368x Scarilicious 18.03 L & ........................ Morris 4 43753 Mighty Monica 18.16 ................ S Gommans 9 87787 Draco Baxter 30.93 ...................J McInerney 4 14265 Miss McFly 17.90 .................... T McCracken 10 77487 Nina Be Good 18.04 ......................R Murray 5 68738 Taikorea Lass 18.41 ..................... T Downey 10 87877 Opawa Anne nwtd ...........................S Maher 5 86383 Petra Haka nwtd........................J McInerney 6 78442 Another Fantasy nwtd ...............J McInerney 12 3.25pm CHRISTMAS AT THE RACES 6TH-13TH6 31446 All The Coco 18.15...........................G Quirk 7 1.57pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD LTD HT4 C1q, 305m 7 54663 Sedgebrook Lad 17.94........................F Kite 14TH-20TH DECEMBER C2, 305m 7 16484 Zamaddis Lass 18.24................... T Downey 1 53121 Ngauruhoe 17.92 G & ..................... J Clarke 8 65637 Sydenham Bubbles 17.51 G & ........ J Clarke 1 37127 Cawbourne Anna nwtd..............J McInerney 8 62265 Homebush Envy 17.99 ..............J McInerney 2 55154 Botany Dave 17.94....................J McInerney Emergencies: 2 12184 Exponential Lily 17.79 ......................L Ahern 9 18565 Rebel Joe 17.93 .............................. C Brider 3 21852 Charlie’s Pal nwtd .....................J McInerney 9 67888 Randy Outside 18.09 ........................ B Hunt 3 85462 Black Mercedes 17.77 ............. S Gommans 10 27775 Hilton Friday 17.85 ....................J McInerney 4 38546 Billy Holmes nwtd G & .................... J Clarke 10 78471 Homebush Alex 17.90 ...............J McInerney 4 16576 Azure Dreams 17.78 G & ................ J Clarke 728x6 Morning Light 17.81 .......................... D Hunt 5 1.21pm PALAMOUNTAINS SCIENTIFIC NUTRI- 56 35585 5 65751 Cold Turkey 17.59 ............................G Quirk Black Tank nwtd ....................... S Gommans 10 2.49pm KEENAN CONCRETE FINAL C2f, 520m TION C1 HT2 C1q, 305m 7 3F378 No No Romeo 18.03 ........................G Quirk 1 65275 Par 30.32 B & ..................................... Steele 6 67466 My Little Oah 17.77 ...................J McInerney 1 32225 Cawbourne Banksy 17.90 ................G Quirk 2 11122 Bigtime Dasher 30.24 ......................L Ahern 7 12158 Homebush Limbo 17.64 ............J McInerney 8 88828 Regina Haka 17.78 ......................P Blanche 2 62846 Thrilling Cloud nwtd ................ T McCracken 3 31464 Upahut Cindy 30.33 ....................B Hodgson 8 54318 All The Milk 17.91.............................G Quirk 9 72788 Inner Beauty 18.03......................... I George 3 37835 Dodgy Pockets 18.22 ....................M Gowan 4 71113 Showem Baby nwtd .................A Duganzich Emergencies: 10 67747 Blue Rush 18.18 L & .......................... Morris 4 22774 Working Waikato 17.75 ................. D Donlon 5 76158 Otewa Bella 30.99 ....................S M Gardner 9 34858 Another Becky 17.83.................J McInerney 5 18766 Another Stone 18.02 .................J McInerney 8 2.14pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 HT5 C1q, 305m 6 41127 That’s King 30.50 ........................B Hodgson 10 43657 Kezz 17.56 .............................. T McCracken 6 51277 Ruapehu nwtd G &.......................... J Clarke 1 44755 Yeah Nah 17.89...................................L Udy 7 31343 I’m A Catch 30.87 L & ........................ Morris LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 7 75742 Red Hot Dutch 18.26 ................J McInerney 2 44331 Kiribati Girl 17.94 ..................... S Gommans 8 21811 Smile For Daddy 30.27 .......................S Kite - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Ko making pro debut in Florida World No 5 Lydia Ko will make her professional debut this week at the CME Titleholders event in Florida on the LPGA Tour.

The 16-year-old from the Gulf Harbour Country Club, who recently turned professional in a YouTube video with All Blacks fullback Israel Dagg, knows the world is watching her every move.

Ko joins the professional ranks on the back of a remarkable 2013 season.

She has won two titles (NZ Women’s Open and Canadian Open), finished runner-up twice (including at a major championship) and recorded nine top-10 finishes in professional events.

The Pinehurst School student’s amateur record is the best ever seen in the game of golf.

There will be worldwide interest in Ko’s professional career beginning this week at the Tiburon Golf Club.

She can’t wait to tee off alongside the other title winners from the LPGA Tour season in 2013.

- How are you feeling ahead of your professional debut this week at the CME Title Holders?

I’m really excited. It has been a long time coming. People have been asking about when I was going to turn pro for quite a long time now so it is nice to finally be playing as a professional. It is great to be playing in this event as I couldn’t play in it last year because of exams. It is great to be in the company of all the players who have won this year on the LPGA Tour.

- Are there any nerves ahead of this week as you look to back up your glittering amateur career?

I know that there will be a lot of expectation on me but I will just try to take it one tournament at a time and hopefully get off to a good start this week in Florida. Being the No.1 amateur in the world for a few years came with some pressure so that has helped prepare me for my pro career. The nice thing about this week is there is no cut so I will keep that streak alive [laughs] [of never missing a cut in a pro tournament]. I am always nervous going into a big tournament but it has worked out well so far.

- You have just finished your exams, how much have you been able to practice for this tournament?

Well not as much as I would have liked. I had a lot of study to catch up for my exams and I practiced as much as I could around that. It was also nice to have a break after playing a lot of golf this year.

The past week has been about getting used to the course and the conditions here in Florida. I have finetuned a few things in my game and I am looking forward to playing again.

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like at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida?

It is a good challenge. It is a Greg Norman design and he is well-known for designing hard golf courses. There are a lot of water hazards and the greens are pretty testing with a lot of undulations. It is coming into winter over here but it is still really warm which is nice. Florida is a really beautiful place..

- More than 100,000 people watched the #kogoespro video; you must have been blown away by the response?

Yeah it was crazy. The idea to do something totally different with the announcement [of turning pro] was great and to see how many people have watched it is really cool. I am humbled by the amount of support I have had. It has been really nice talking to a few of the players [of the LPGA Tour]. They have been really welcoming and a few of them have said that they loved the video. It was a really fun day with Izzy [Israel Dagg] and I hope we can do another one in the future.

Izzy is a very nice guy and his golf swing was great. It would be great to play a proper game of golf with him because he is really funny.

- Looking back on 2013 - it has been an amazing year. What stands out as your highlights?

Well the first one that comes to mind is defending my title at the Canadian Open.

When I won there last year I didn’t see it coming and I didn’t think I would do it again.

It was an amazing week. To play the way I did in the final round was a really great day and something that I will always have fond memories of. The other big highlight was winning the New Zealand Open in Christchurch. To win at home in front of a lot of people who have supported me over the years was a really special feeling. I cried when I made the last putt and I don’t normally cry so I guess that showed how much it meant to me.

- You know that all of New Zealand is watching your progress in this event, and your career, that must be really special?

Yeah it is. I am really proud to represent New Zealand on the world stage. It is always cool to get messages of support from all the people back home and know that they are cheering me on. A lot of people have played a huge part in getting me here. There are a lot of people to thank: my coach Guy [Wilson] and the team at iGolf, Sport New Zealand, New Zealand Golf, the Korean community, Pinehurst School, Sir David Levene, Gulf Harbour and Peninsula Golf Club. I appreciate all of the support they have given me. I will try to make them proud as a professional.

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CENTRE PIVOT TECHNICIAN

Ray Mayne Hose and Fittings is one of Canterbury’s leading irrigation companies.

The company is the New Zealand importer and distributor of Snap Tite Irrigation Hose, is the manufacturer of the TurboRain range of travelling irrigators and is the sole importer and distributor of Reinke Irrigation equipment from Nebraska U S A. Reinke Manufacturing is regarded as a world leader in travelling irrigator GPS guidance.

Many of their Swing Arm Corner centre pivot and lateral systems utilise Trimble GPS, which enables farmers to apply water more precisely. Reinke also use buried wire guidance, fence guidance and furrow guidance options.

As the number of Reinke systems in New Zealand increases, we need to add to our team of service technicians to ensure our clients systems are installed and maintained to the highest level. All of our Reinke technicians have received extensive factory training with service schools in the U S A and in Australia.

We are looking for an experienced centre pivot technician and / or a school leaver with an interest in GPS and electronics.

Personal attributes should include:

• Good communication skills

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Flexibility of task orientated skills An ability to work under pressure A knack of thinking “outside the square” when it comes to problem solving A drive to succeed in meeting the client’s needs.

Benefits include good wages and promotional opportunities to the right person, along with a variety of work and a good working environment.

A current CV showing previous work history should be submitted in writing to: Ray Mayne Ray Mayne Hose & Fittings Ltd P O Box 247 ASHBURTON 7740 Or emailed to: ray@raymayne.co.nz All enquiries to Ray Mayne, ph 03 3008 6022

Senior Staff sought to join our innovative food processing team based in rural Ashburton

Production Shift Manager Experience with: QA; staff management; facility management; engineering management, and basic maintenance, are essential elements of this position. A proven track record of excellence in production and industry specific skills are vital. Current forklift certification and First Aid certificate also necessary. Current drivers’ license and ability to get to and from our rural location is a must.

Covering letters and CV (including experience, qualifications, referees and references) by email, to:

nina@canterburydriedfoods.co.nz Applicants for these positions should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit and applications will close no later than Wednesday 27 November 2013 at 5pm.

Johnson Gluyas Tractors - Ashburton Positions available for Salesperson, Workshop Manager and a Spare Parts Assistant in our Ashburton yard.

For more details visit our Trademe Jobs listings #661182695 #660095860 #660094769

Wanted

Experienced truck driver

A full time position is available for an experienced truck driver.

Must have full heavy traffic license (Class 5) and be tidily presented.

Immediate start available.

Top hourly rate for the right person.

Please phone 027 474 6026

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Flatdeck/Container Driver Rural Transport is a locally owned transport business with it’s head office located in Ashburton and with branches operating in Kurow and Fairlie.

We are a well known and successful business which operates 50 trucks specialising in the cartage of rural products.

An opportunity has arisen within our team for the following position.

Flatdeck/Container Driver - operating a Foden 8 x 4 tractor unit and towing a 46’ flat deck or 5 axle ‘B’ train. A Class 5 licence is essential for this position.

Apply in writing or email your application to: Jim Crouchley PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740 03 308 4079 or 0275 554 364 jim@ruraltransport.co.nz

School Cleaner A Cleaner is required for 20 hours/week beginning February 3, 2014. Working four hours per day from 1-5pm.

We require a fit, energetic, team player. Please forward a CV with two referees’ names by December 3, 2013. Condition and pay as per Collective Agreement.

Please contact: Peter Melrose Principal Hamsptead School 55 Wellington Street Ashburton 7700 Phone 03 308 6476

Your local Telecom store East Street Ashburton (03) 308 0308

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Rainer has its own fully equipped in house electrical department that is at the leading edge of the industry.

This is the fastest growing part of the company with 6 electricians currently on staff.

Rainer designs, builds and commissions all its own electrical cabinets and is fast becoming a reputable name in irrigation electrics including soft starters, variable speed drives and multi pump controllers.

We require a motivated, hardworking and reliable qualified electrician to join our growing team in a growth industry.

Applicant must have a full drivers licence and industrial experience.

Excellent remuneration package for the right applicant.

PART-TIME MAIL ROOM ASSISTANT Link Market Services Limited is a New Zealand wide leading provider of Registry Services to NZ Companies.

We seek to employ a part-time Assistant for our busy mail room based in our Ashburton office.

It is envisaged the position will be two to three days per week with the ability to work flexible hours during the week (including school holidays) being critical. Limited weekend work may be required from time to time.

We are looking for a person with good work ethics, attention to detail and accuracy who can work both as a part of a team and independently.

You need to be physically fit as some light lifting is required.

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Pea Harvester Operators The Fresh Name in the Freezer

Sports Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly formed family operated business that is set to become one of the leading suppliers of Architectural Precast Concrete in the South Island.

Talley’s Group Ltd Ashburton is currently looking to employ individuals for the upcoming Pea Harvest season. This is expected to run from early December 2013, until mid January 2014. A Class 2 licence with Wheels endorsement is necessary, all training will be provided for first time drivers.

Applicants should apply via email to Thomas.Stephens@ash.talleys.co.nz or by phoning Thomas Stephens on 021 213 0247 anytime between 8am and 6.30pm.

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orPress mail Letham Farms Ltd, 294 Lethams Road, RD2, Ashburton, 7772.

Unisex Haircuts 98 Victoria Street The Triangle Ashburton Phone 308 7440

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Company Accountant

We are a large tourist retail shop dealing mainly with the Asian tour markets. We are seeking an Accountant with experience in the tourism/ hospitality industry and who has the ability to speak/write Chinese to liaise with overseas agents.

The applicant will be required to: fe • prepare financial reports for presentation to the Directors • analyse monthly income and operating costs to increase profitability • prepare for taxation returns • plus various accounting duties eg. sales analysis, preparing payroll, accounts receivable and payable, and liaising with overseas agents.

The applicant should have excellent organisation and multi-tasking skills, work well under pressure, have experience using MYOB, and must be able to speak and write in Chinese.

If you meet these requirements, please send a cover letter and CV to the Manager at:

Phone 307 8184

Mon-Fri 8am-5.30pm Sat 10am – 1pm

0800 LASER 4 U (0800 527 374) www.laserelectrical.co.nz

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Congratulations on your graduation from Ruma Whakawhanui – The Extension Room. Happy birthday and happy school days from all your friends and teachers at Childs Play Preschool, Tinwald.

Aliiyah Gordon-Wilson Happy 9th Birthday.

Have a wonderful day!

Love from all your family and friends.

Aliiyah Mckenzie Gordon-Wilson 9 years old! Happy Birthday Princess. All our love. Mum, Michael, Cullen & Jett. xxxxxxx Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

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John McIntosh Cell phone: 027 258 0668 Home phone: 03 307 2667

of 180 ha. dairy runoff. overtime is normally available. required for Permanent position.

Good remuneration package for the no-appointment Must be competent with right person. haircutting bar. machinery and have good stock husbandry skills. job: C46799 Someone needed over Applications to: Excellent single Christmas period accommodation size: 8 x 2 format: b&w or longer.

Phil Wilce available or could live off farmpublication if desired.

Part time or full time. run date Wilce Engineering position sortLtd cost (excl gst) 20 kms from Ashburton.

Ph 022 089 6224 $140.00 No clientele needed. Wed 20 Nov Sit Ashburton Guardian Vacant Reply by 23rd November Must be honest, tidy Sat 23 Nov $170.08 with CV and references and reliable. by email Wed 27 Nov $free Please apply at: lethamfarms@gmail.com

Sat 30 Nov $170.08 Wed 20 Nov Transport & Logistics $306.32 Sat 2310-15 Nov hours a $368.00 Wed 27 Nov $free week.

Sat Must 30 Nov $368.00 Call the Guardian be able to $139.13 drive. for all your

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256 Moore Street, Ashburton

Mariska Walsh

Welder/Fabricator Wanted

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Physiotherapist

Former All Blacks Physio ACC provider

All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

We are looking to employ a Field Officer to work out of our vegetable processing factory in Ashburton.

Due to an increase in workload, we The position involves working closely with contracted require a top Welder/Fabricator for onfarmers in the husbandry of potatoes, peas and sweetcorn. You will need to be highly motivated with site/off-site work. excellent communication skills, liaising with farmers, DAIRY RUNOFF Closing date in Agriculture The person we seek must be fieldURL staff and the factory.

A degree Rachel ASSISTANT Proof read by:_______________________________ With: _______________________________ x Date:_______________________________ tested: x or Horticulture and/orchecked: an appropriate level of field experienced, and will either have or Person required to assist experience is required, however guidance and can obtain, welding certification. Some with day to day running training will be provided.

Unisex Hair Cuts Experienced stylist

Plus much more

FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

Help

Contact: Paul Annear

Birthday Greetings

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Jan Cochrane Sport Canterbury, Mid Canterbury office Email: janice@sportcanterbury.orgnz Phone 03 307 0475 / 027 221 8023

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available

Excellent remuneration will be paid to the right candidates.

Applications to be received by Friday, November 29, 2013

10 Robinson Street, Ashburton

30 hrs per week (School term time) We are looking for a skilled person to lead, manage and enhance five targeted primary schools` Sport and Recreation programmes The successful applicant will have a high level and variety of skill sets, knowledge of sport education, young people and sport administration.

Close relationships and strategic alliances are required with a variety of personnel and sport groups, locally and regionally.

Commencement during January 2014. Preferred actual date will be negotiated.

Applications with CV and covering letter close 5.00pm Monday 2 December 2013 Applications to be sent to

Due to our ever increasing work load, we seek to fulfil the following positions; Precast Workers Concrete Placers Concrete Finishers Remedial Workers Steel Tiers

If this sounds like you, please reply in the first instance to: Mail Room Assistant Link Market Services Limited PO Box 384 Ashburton 7740 Or Email: lynn.wilson@linkmarketservices.com

Please phone 307 9049

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In return you will be offered good remuneration, 1 2 3 4 5 including a vehicle and an $25 opportunity to develop $0 $0 $50 $75 your career with a leading NZ company.

PLEASE NOTE: Please apply in writing with a CV to: The Field that we have prepared Manager, Talley’s Group this Ltd, PO Box 244, Ashburton advertisement proof based on our 7740 or email to recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz understanding of the instructions Applications 15ththe December 2013. received. In close approving

Adding extra sparkle to Christmas & birthdays

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

The world’s number 1 selling ATV! Available at D&E - see us for a test drive today!

ASHBURTON 832 East St 03 307 9911

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Cancellation of adverts booked with media will incur a media cancellation fee of $50.

your contact:

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Call Toni & Peter May on 03 308 8893 to find out more!

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PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES SALE OF LIQUOR ACT 1989 PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice from IAG NZ to all repairers Between November 2013 and June 2014, IAG NZ will be undertaking a review of its aligned repairer network. As part of this process, a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be made available on IAG NZ’s website, www.iag.co.nz, from Friday 15 November for repairers who would like to be considered for IAG NZ’s repair network from 01 July 2014.

Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse Music by John Kander - Lyrics by Fred Ebb Based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ORiGiN THEATRICAL ON BEHALF OF SAMUEL FRENCH LTD AUDITIONS

If you are an existing repairer, please note that from 08 November, your current contract with IAG NZ is extended six months until 31 June 2014.

All repairers, including those with existing contracts with IAG NZ, who would like to be considered to be part of IAG NZ’s repair network from 01 July 2014 will need to submit a RFP between 9am on Friday, 15 November 2013 and 5pm on Friday, 20 December 2013. RFPs must be completed online and returned to IAG NZ digitally, i.e. via email, during this period.

• Dance/Movement Auditions - Saturday 14 December 2013, at Allenton School Hall, Harrison St. Those wishing to audition for a dancer are required to attend the dance audition.

Everyone auditioning for a Principal or Ensemble role are required to attend the movement audition, unless auditioning for a non-movement role (please refer to Company Requirements).

• Principal, Ensemble & Backing Vocal Auditions - Saturday 14 December 2013

Late submissions will not be accepted.

PERSONAL SUMMER LOVING

check web site for Company requirements www.varietytheatreashburton.co.nz

It ‘s the season for romance and time to welcome love and happiness into your life!

Someone wonderful is waiting to meet you right now. Bridges only introduce genuine men and women, no more time wasting or internet dating disasters.

• Recalls - Sunday 15 December To book your audition appointment, and more information please contact Faye on 3088279.

• Dancers Workshop - Wednesday 11 December • Movement Workshop - Thursday 12 December

TRADES, SERVICES

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING. Professional window tinting of cars, homes & offices. Quality films for privacy, UV (fading), heat, safety & security. Phone Craig Rogers your ONLY local applicator. 307 6347.

Member of Master Tinters NZ.

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SITUATIONS WANTED WANTED dairy farm work.

Experience: 7 years work in Rotary and Herringbone sheds. Willing to anything keen to work. Phone David, 027 900 4696.

RAFFLES

Raffle Draw 1st prize - B Perkinson 2nd prize - Desrae Turvey

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Winners notified.

Thank you for your support.

RURAL TRADING POST HAY - new season, small bales for sale. Taits Road. Ph 308 0137.

Ph 0800 856 640 til 8pm www.bridgesintros.co.nz

Altrusa International of Ashburton

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MOTORING

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

MEETINGS, EVENTS

ASHBURTON Society of Arts. Spring Show. Short Street Studio. Members paintings for sale, now until November 27. Mon, Wed, Sat, 10am - 2pm. Enquiries ph 308 4533.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals.

We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 322 7626.

GARAGE SALES

MEETINGS, EVENTS

ASHBURTON Playcentre garage sale, Saturday, November 23, 10am - 2pm, 45 Park Street. To donate phone Nicola 021 145 6793, sausage sizzler, baking, clothes, furniture appliances and more.

Methven Resort Limited, has made application to the District Licensing Agency at Ashburton for the grant of an On Licence in respect of the premises situated at 51 Main Street, Methven and known as “Methven Resort”.

The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is- Hotel.

The days on which and the hours during which liquor is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday - Sunday 7am to 3am (the following day).

The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ashburton District Licensing Agency at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Any person who is entitled to object and who wished to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with: The Secretary Ashburton District Licensing Agency P O Box 94 ASHBURTON This is the second publication of this notice. The first publication was made on November 13, 2013.

N.Z. Farm Forestry Association Members of the public are invited join us at our Fieldday from 10am this Saturday, November 23, 2013, at which Andrew Curtis, C.E.O. of Irrigation N.Z. and forestry expert, Dudley Franklin, will speak about shelter planting, particularly about techniques complimentary to modern irrigators.

The Fieldday will be based at 169 Somerville Road. Somerville Road is between SH72 and Hackthorne Road, approx 5km south of Mayfield.

There will be a chance to for discussion during morning tea and lunch breaks, we will conclude mid afternoon.

There is no charge but those attending are asked to bring their own food and refreshments.

FOR SALE MAKE the countdown to Christmas a little more exciting. with an advent calendar jewellery box containing 23 charms to make your own charm bracelet. Get one for your daughter today from Kitchen Kapers, in The Arcade.

BOATS, ACCESSORIES HAINES Hunter SF650 with Johnson 200h.p. outboard for sale. Ph 308 9071 / 027 530 8907.

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References required. Ph 027 609 7625.

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

9.30am SPORT MID CANTERBURY. Walking group.

Meet outside Community Pool, Walnut Ave. 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton

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

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome.

Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Sts. 10.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmanian Doubles. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

10.00am MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Coffee morning. Cafe Central, Tancred St. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Exhibition by local artists Judith Sommerville and Rebecca Hawkes. Main Street, Methven.

Sports hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 12.30pm METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Sell pre loved clothing. Methodist Church, Cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

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

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

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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

254 Cameron Street, please phone 308-4115 or 307-2253 re access to the building.

10.00am - 7.00pm ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM. Open, all welcome. Baring Square East.

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

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

12.50pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip Street.

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

7.00pm ASHBURTON TRAVEL CLUB. Social time, followed by entertainment, A G M and supper. St David’s Union Church Lounge. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307 -7138 a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

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

10.30am ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Coffee morning, Cafe Central. Tancred St.

7.00pm ASHBURTON ROSE GROUP. Rose show and general meeting. Catholic Rooms, Winter Street.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit Kidz. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

11.00am (sharp) ASHBURTON GARDEN CLUB. Christmas pot luck luncheon. Senior Centre.

Cameron Street.

Annual General Meeting, guest speaker Howard Mahaere (the lollyman). All welcome. St Johns Rooms, 241 Tancred Street.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Petanque has started, everyone welcome, Racecourse Road.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing, learn to dance.

All welcome. Pipe Band hall, Creek Road.

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

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Annual General meeting, Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Exhibition by local artists Judith Sommerville and Rebecca Hawkes. Main Street, Methven.

10.30am MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. Newcomers coffee morning group.

McDonald’s Restaurant, Moore Street.

7.00pm MID CANTERBURY NEWCOMERS NETWORK INCORPORATED.

Noticeboard

20 NOVEMBER 2013

A SHBURTON SECOND URBAN BRIDGE The Notice of Requirement (NOR) for land designation for the Second Urban Bridge across the Ashburton River has been lodged and notified.

The designation, if confirmed, will protect the land required for the new bridge and associated roads.

Given the public interest in the proposed second bridge designation and, following requests to Council, the timeline for submissions and hearings have been extended.

You now have until 5.00pm January 17, 2014 to make a submission.

For more information on the NOR or how to make a submission go to www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

On This Week

COMMUNITY EVENT AFFECTING ASHBURTON DISTRICT ROADS

PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ROADS

Meetings

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closures) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Ashburton District Council, for the purpose of allowing Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network Inc. to hold the Multi Cultural Bite and Waitangi on East, proposes to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

Environmental Service Committee Thursday 21 November

Roads proposed to be closed: EAST STREET, between Havelock Street and Will Street EAST STREET, between Havelock Street and Moore Street Period of closure: From 7.30am until 6.00pm on Thursday 6 February 2014 and from 8.00am until 5.00pm on Thursday 6 February 2014.

Career Opportunities

Notice is hereby given that for the purpose of allowing the 2013 Big Day at the Office Multisport Event, the following roads or a portion of may be affected throughout the proposed day of the event.

Affected Roads: First Cycle Course ASHBURTON GORGE ROAD,from below Jig Road to Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road TRAMWAY ROAD, from Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road to Thompsons Track THOMPSONS TRACK, from Tramway Road to Methven Highway METHVEN HIGHWAY, to Methven Township Woolshed Creek Run Starting ASHBURTON GORGE ROAD into Woolshed Creek area and finishing along FLYNNS ROAD at Staveley.

Second Cycle Course ARUNDEL RAKAIA GORGE ROAD from Staveley to the Rakaia Gorge METHVEN TOWNSHIP along Mount Hutt Station Road to Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road Third Cycle Course METHVEN TOWNSHIP along Methven Chertsey Road to Lauriston Barrhill Road LAURISTON BARRHILL ROAD to Rakaia Barrhill Methven Road RAKAIA BARRHILL METHVEN ROAD to Finish Period of closure: From 6.00am until 6.30pm on Saturday 30 November 2013.

MEETING ASHBURTON WATER MANAGEMENT ZONE COMMITTEE A meeting of the Ashburton Water Management Zone Committee will be held at the Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton. Tuesday 26 November 2013, 1.00pm in Meeting Room Two.

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of their objection and grounds thereof in writing or email to Council by 4.00pm on 29 November 2013.

UPCOMING MEETINGS All meetings are open to the public unless specified and residents are welcome to attend.

Thursday 21 November Environmental Services Committee 1.30pm Service Delivery Committee

To follow Environmental Services

Thursday 28 November Extraordinary Council Meeting • Notice of motion re designation for the Ashburton Second Urban Bridge

1.30pm

Finance and Business Support Committee

To follow extraordinary meeting

Council and committee meetings are held in the Council Chamber, Ashburton District Council offices, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Mower Operator Gardeners Business Systems Analyst In-house Trainer

Watch Out For Road Works Emersons Road Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road (From Lagmhor Road to 500m past Tarbottons Road and from Timaru Track Road to Rushford Road) For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

TENDER C624 UNSEALED ROAD WEARING COURSE RECONSTRUCTION AND INTERSECTION SEALING, ASHBURTON DISTRICT 2013/14 Tenders are invited for the reconstruction of a modified granular wearing course of 8 sections of unsealed roads with a total length of approximately 20.7km.

The work also includes the preparation and first coat sealing of 2 intersection approaches.

Tenders close 4.00 pm, Tuesday 3 December 2013. For more information, visit www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

The meetings are open to the public. Copies of the agendas are available prior to the meetings and can be obtained by contacting the Council on 307 7700. For more information please go to the Canterbury Water website www.canterburywater.org.nz/committees/ashburton.php

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Service Delivery Committee Thursday 21 November

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WRIGHT, Alister David (Davey) – On November 19, 2013, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Dearly loved son of the late Neil and Jean.

Loved brother and brother in law of Michael and Kay, and Julian and Margaret. Loved uncle of Rebecca and Darin, and Annabelle; and Duncan.

Great uncle to Jack, Ben, and Max. Messages to C/- 65 Buschs Road, R D 1, Hawarden 7385. A special thank you to Dr Penny Holdaway and the District Nurses for their love and care of Davey during his time of need. Davey will be at his home on Thursday for anyone wishing to pay their respects. Donations to the Ashburton Branch of the Cancer Society would be www.lambandhayward.co.nz appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Davey’s life will be held at the Ashburton MSA on FRIDAY, November 22, WINTER, Herbert Neil Guy; commencing at 1.30pm.

(WWII Reg No 636429; Followed by private Regular Forces Reg No cremation.

33966) – Paterson’s Funeral Services On November 15, 2013, FDANZ Ashburton peacefully at Tuarangi Home, Ashburton. In his 89th year.

Please note all late death Dearly loved husband of Nancy for 64 years. Loved notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours father and father in law of must be emailed to: Colleen and Barry Sumner (Temuka), and Glynis and deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to ensure publication.

Barry Tarbotton. Loved grandfather of Angela, and During office hours notices Ivan, Hayley and Michael, may also be sent to: and Scott and Lori, and great classifieds@theguardian.co.nz grandfather of Ryan, Jack, Any queries and wee Emma. At Herbert’s please contact request a private family 0800 service has been held.

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ASHBURTON HODGSON, Maurice Frank (Reg. No. 284728 L/Cpl, 26th Bn 2nd N.Z.E.F. ex P.O.W.) – On November 17, 2013, peacefully at Fitzgerald House, Christchurch, aged 91 years. Dearly loved husband of Dorothy (Dot), much loved father of Peter, Brian, Chris and partner Judy, loved Pop of Emma, and Nick (London), and great-grandad Pop of Luca, and Sophia. Special thanks to the staff at Fitzgerald House for their loving care. Messages may be addressed to The Family of the late Maurice Hodgson, c/PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545. A service to celebrate Maurice’s life will be held in St Paul’s Anglican Church, 1 Harewood Road, Papanui, Christchurch, on FRIDAY, November 22, at 2.00pm Lamb & Hayward Ltd FDANZ Phone (03) 359-9018

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IN MEMORIAM

TODAY: Morning cloud, then fine.

Fresh northeast.

CHRISTCHURCH

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 20.0 20.7 Max to 4pm 9.3 Minimum 6.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm November to date 17.4 Avg Nov to date 40 2013 to date 733.2 612 Avg year to date Wind km/h E 31 At 4pm Strongest gust E 43 Time of gust 3:56pm

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0.0 13.2 33 467.8 457

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E 33 NE 50 3:03pm

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TV ONE

©TVNZ 2013

6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 3 11am Coach Trip PGR 3 0 11:30 Infomercials Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Charity is unsure what to believe; Declan has been outbid; Rishi is worried. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me 3 A daily lifestyle show that sees five very different people competing to be named the ultimate dinner party host.

2pm May The Best House Win 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guest, Kellie Pickler.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0

TV TWO

©TVNZ 2013

7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 High Country Rescue 0 8pm The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison 0 8:30 Nothing Trivial 0 9:30 Scandal AO While working in the White House, Olivia helps Vice President Sally Langston; Cyrus stumbles across the truth about James’s secret investigation. 0 10:25 One News Tonight 0 10:55 N Inside Men AO

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 0 6:53 Angry Birds Toons 3 0 6:55 Pac-Man And The Ghostly Adventures 0 7:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:50 Ben 10 – Ultimate Alien 3 0 8:20 Franklin 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 2 Broke Girls PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle 2pm Bethenny 3pm Suburgatory PGR 3 0 3:30 Back At The Barnyard 3 0 4pm Girl v Boy 0 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR 0 7:30 Two and a Half Men PGR 0 8pm Mike and Molly PGR 0 8:30 The Big Bang Theory 3 0 9pm Cougar Town PGR After finding Chick has health problems, the gang decides to take him to Hollywood and arrange for him to spend an evening with his favourite star. 0 9:30 Tabatha Takes Over AO 0 10:25 F Supernatural AO 0

12:05 Attitude 3 Magazine-style series that reflects the lifestyle, issues and interests of people either living with a disability or caring for a person with a disability. 0 12:40 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:10 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

11:25 F Happily Divorced 11:55 Man Up PGR 12:25 20/20 3 0 1:25 Infomercials 2:25 Army Wives AO 3 0 3:15 Pretty Little Liars 3 0 4:05 Anderson Live PGR 5am Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Location, Location, Location 7:30 Food Factory 8am Wildlife Warriors 8:30 Better Homes And Gardens 9:30 House Crashers 10am Beeny’s Restoration Nightmare 11am Auction Hunters 11:30 How To Haggle For A House 12:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:15 Location, Location, Location 3:30 Food Factory 4pm Food Safari 4:30 The Cook And The Chef 5pm Candice Tells All 5:30 Celebrity DIY 6pm Wildlife Warriors 6:30 Bath Crashers 7pm American Restoration Mike and Frank travel the country looking for antique gold.

7:30 Ray Mears’ Wild Food 8:40 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 10pm Autospeed 10:30 A Moody Christmas AO 11pm American Restoration Mike and Frank travel the country looking for antique gold.

11:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

THURSDAY

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Food Factory 1:30 Celebrity DIY 2am The Cook And The Chef 2:30 Food Safari 3am Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 4am Wildlife Warriors 4:30 Bath Crashers 5am Ray Mears’ Wild Food

TV THREE 6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 3 Amy’s parents ask Ray to give their son some tips on dating. 0 1pm Dr Phil AO 3 2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR 3 3pm Rachael Ray 3 3:55 The Queen Latifah Show Interviews with Angela Bassett and Naya Rivera; a performance from musician Gary Clark, Jr. 4:55 Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Celebrity Masterchef The three finalists must prepare a fine dining three-course dinner at Bletchley Park.

6pm 3 News 7pm 7:30 8:05 8:35 9:35

Campbell Live Family Secret PGR 0 Prison Families PGR 0 3rd Degree Underbelly – Squizzy AO In Stokes’s absence, Squizzy runs his gambling empire, showing no mercy to those who cheat, or cannot pay their debts. 0 10:35 Nightline

11:15 NCIS AO 3 After a naval officer is murdered, the team searches for a petty officer caught in the crime on a Pentagon security camera. 0 12:10 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

FOUR

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 7:55 The Winx Club Five teenage friends fight witches in a magical world.

8:25 Chuggington 3 8:35 Care Bears 3 8:55 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 3 9:05 Bob The Builder 3 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Peppa Pig 3 9:35 Wonder Pets 3 10am Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Sabrina The Teenage Witch 30 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris 3 0 7pm Just Shoot Me PGR 0 7:30 Sunny Skies PGR 3 8pm Rob 3 8:30 M It’s Kind of a Funny Story MLS 2010 Comedy. A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. Zach Galifianakis, Keir Gilchrist.

10:40 Celebrity Paranormal Project AO 3

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

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

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

1pm The Jeff Probst Show 2:05 Great Outdoors 3 3pm Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? UK 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Storage Wars – Texas 8pm Customs PGR 3 8:30 Under the Dome AO While the manhunt for Barbie continues, Big Jim gets the residents of Chester’s Mill angry, and the town demands justice for Barbie’s supposed crimes.

9:30 The Body Farm AO 10:45 The Crowd Goes Wild 3

11:35 Excused AO 3 Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention.

Midnight Infomercials

11:15 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:15 Home Shopping 1:15 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

1:45 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kete Aronui PGR 3 3:30 Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch 3 4pm Pukoro 2 4:30 Pukana 2 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 The Pretender PG 8:55 Chuck MVS 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 CSI MV 12:15 CSI MV 1:05 Chuck MVS 1:55 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:45 The Pretender PG 3:35 Raw MC 6:35 Pawn Stars PG 7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 NCIS MV 9:30 Criminal Intent MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

THURSDAY

12:30 The Pretender PG 1:20 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:10 Law And Order MV 3:05 NCIS MV 3:55 Criminal Intent MV 4:45 The Pretender PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

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6am Golf Central 7am Cricket – International (Replay) Sri Lanka v New Zealand – First Twenty20.

10:30 Rugby League – World Cup (Replay) Quarter-final One – Scotland v New Zealand.

12:30 Rugby League – World Cup (Replay) Quarter-final Two – Australia v USA. 2:30 Re:Union (Replay) 3:30 Tennis – Davis Cup Final (Highlights) 4:30 Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship (Highlights) Race of China.

5:30 Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship (Highlights) Race of China.

6:30 L Football – Fifa World Cup Qualifier All Whites v Mexico.

9pm Rugby – European Tour (Highlights) England v All Blacks.

From Twickenham Stadium in London.

9:30 MMA Uprising 10:30 Inside Cricket

11:30 Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) 12:30 Golf – Asian Tour (Highlights) 1:30 Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship 2:30 Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship 3:30 Golf Central 4:30 Bowls – New Zealand Open

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Te Tepu 2 8pm Te Irikura 3 8:30 N Taniwha Rau Quinton Hita seeks out his Ngapuhi kaumatua and talks to them about their lives.

9:30 Whakatauki 3 10pm Te Kauta PGR Cecily Rangi.

11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 American Digger PG 7am What Happened Next? PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 Gold Rush PG 9:30 Mythbusters PG 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11am Auction Hunters PG 11:30 Naked And Afraid PG 12:30 Deadly Sins M 1:30 I Was Murdered M 2pm Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 2:30 World’s Top Five PG 3:30 Yukon Men M 4:30 Gold Rush PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Jungle Gold PG 7:30 Bear Grylls – Escape From Hell PG 8:30 Silver Rush PG 9:30 Commander In Chief – Inside The Oval Office M 10:30 Auction Hunters PG 11pm Scorned – Love Kills M

THURSDAY

Midnight Nightmare Next Door M 1am Auction Hunters PG 1:30 Bear Grylls – Escape From Hell PG 2:30 Silver Rush PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Man, Woman, Wild PG 5:30 Dirty Money PG

Cougar Town

9:00pm on TV2

MOVIES PREMIERE 6:05 Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western. 7:35 Finding A Family PG 2011 Drama. 9:05 Here Comes The Boom MVL 2012 Comedy.

10:50 The Mule 16VLS 2012 Thriller.

12:25 The Man With The Iron Fists 16VLS 2012 Action.

2pm Goodnight For Justice 2 – Measure Of A Man PGV 2012 Western. 3:30 The Directors – Paul Greengrass PG Documentary.

4pm Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy. 5:25 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark MV 2010 Horror.

7:05 Chronicle MV 2012 Sci-fi Drama. Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell.

8:30 The Devil’s Double 18VLS 2011 Drama. Dominic Cooper.

10:25 On The Inside 16VL 2011 Thriller. Nick Stahl, Olivia Wilde.

11:55 Goodnight For Justice 3 – Queen Of Hearts PGV 2012 Western.

THURSDAY

1:25 Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy. 2:50 The Devil’s Double 18VLS 2011 Drama.

4:40 The Directors – Paul Greengrass PG Documentary. 5:10 Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark MV 2010 Horror.

Under the Dome 8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:40 Walk The Line MC 2005 Biography. Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon.

8:55 The Insider ML 1999 Drama.

Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Diane Venora, Christopher Plummer.

11:30 Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead 16VLS 2007 Crime Drama. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke.

1:25 The Chronicles Of Narnia – Prince Caspian MV 2008 Adventure.

Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley.

3:55 Ginostra 16VLS 2002 Crime.

Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell.

6:15 The Exorcist 16L 1973 Horror.

Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Lee J Cobb.

8:30 Daylight MV 1996 Action.

Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen.

10:25 Million Dollar Baby MC 2004 Drama. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman.

THURSDAY

12:35 Ginostra 16VLS 2002 Crime.

Harvey Keitel, Andie MacDowell.

2:55 The Exorcist 16L 1973 Horror.

5:05 The Chronicles Of Narnia – Prince Caspian MV 2008 Adventure.

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6am Rugby League – World Cup (Highlights) Quarter-final One – Scotland v New Zealand.

6:30 Rugby League – World Cup (Highlights) Quarter-final Two – Australia v USA. 7:15 Rugby League – World Cup (Highlights) Quarter-final Three – England v France.

7:45 L Snooker – Champion Of Champions Group Two, Session Two. From Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.

Noon Golf – Asian Tour (Highlights) Manila Open.

1pm Cricket – International (Highlights) Sri Lanka v New Zealand – First Twenty20.

1:30 Cricket – HRV Cup (Replay) Northern Knights v Central Stags.

4:30 Rugby – European Tour (Highlights) New Zealand v England.

5pm Cricket – International (Replay) Sri Lanka v New Zealand – First Twenty20.

8:30 Boxing – 24/7 Pacquiao v Rios.

9pm Sky Sport – What’s On 9:30 Football – Fifa World Cup Qualifier (Replay) All Whites v Mexico.

11:30 Gridiron – Lingerie Football League Seattle Mist v Las Vegas Sin.

THURSDAY

1am Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) Rally Great Britain Event.

2am L Snooker – Champion Of Champions Group Three, Session One. From Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England.

5am Football – Fifa World Cup Qualifier (Highlights) All Whites v Mexico.

5:30 Sky Sport – What’s On

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Sport

Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, Rushlee Buchanan and Georgia Williams) in action in the women’s team pursuit final last night.

PHOTO JAMES JUBB

Mid Canterbury girl power rules

BY MYLES HUME

MYLES.H@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

Hinds cyclist Lauren Ellis’ pursuit team beat Australia in a cliffhanging 4000 metre women’s pursuit final in the 2014 Oceania Track Championships last night.

After recording the fastest time in the heats stage in Invercargill yesterday morning, Ellis’ Kiwi team sent a strong message to the Aussies with a 4:36.260 before the final of the new-look women’s pursuit event.

It was an all new combina-

tion consisting of Festival of Speed Omnium winner Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, Rushlee Buchanan and 20-year-old Aucklander Georgia Williams, who raced together for the first time since the women’s event was extended by 1000m and another rider to match the men’s event.

The quartet, which includes three Olympians, were in a dominant mood and carried that through to the final where they beat their Australian counterparts in a see-sawing affair, posting a time of 4:29.000 -

just 0.356 seconds ahead.

Meanwhile, Ashburton College cyclist Frances Smith took out the non-medal under 19 women’s 4000m team pursuit in her debut appearance for New Zealand.

She combined with teammates Laura Heywood, Holly Edmonston and Maxyna Cottam to clock 4.50.771 and beat the New Zealand composite team by eight seconds.

She then went on to compete in the U19 500m time trial, where she ended up ninth.

The New Zealand men’s

sprint team broke the national record to qualify in the first race of the Oceania Track Cycling Championships.

The combination of Matt Archibald, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins clocked 43.765 to become the first New Zealand team to go under the 44 sec barrier at home. They went on to beat Australia in the final, with a time of 43.885 over Australia’s 43.926.

The Oceanias are one of five continental championships that now carry qualifying points for next year’s world champion-

ships and also ranking points for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Racing ended at 10.30pm last night, seeing the men’s 1000m time trial final and the women’s 500m time trial, featuring 10-time world champion Anna Meares and the return from surgery of Alison Shanks.

Today’s racing will commence at 10.30am, featuring the women’s keirin, women’s 3000m individual pursuit and the 4000m men’s individual pursuit. * Tomorrow’s Guardian will feature more results from last night’s racing as well as today’s racing.

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