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Vacancies Hayley’s desperate to find employment running at record highs

By Sue Newman If you’re looking for work in the Ashburton District then you’re spoilt for choice.

With job vacancies running at record highs, the range of jobs on offer across the district indicates many employers are looking at boosting numbers on their payrolls this year. And that’s been confirmed by Personnel Placements director Wendy Robertson who says this year is showing every sign of being the most buoyant she’s experienced in her 13 years in business.

Mrs Robertson said she has jobs on offer across virtually every employment category and in some cases those jobs run into multiples.

“We’ve got everything from casual part-time positions through to middle management; we’ve really hit the ground running this year.”

She believes the big job surge reflects confidence from employers who are looking for good staff across all categories. And it’s not just in the trades sector that staff are hard to find; many employers are having to wait several weeks to find the person they’re looking for, Mrs Robertson said.

Aware that they might not find the staff they needed immediately, some were looking for people as work was beginning to build up

rather than waiting until the need was there, Mrs Robertson said.

“Confidence is up and many of our businesses are still growing, they’re getting stronger and there’s more work out there. I always think Ashburton exists in a bit of a bubble with so many employment sectors feeding in to our economy.”

The job vacancies were balanced by a reasonably high number of job seekers, but Mrs Robertson said employers were now adopting the approach that they were prepared to wait for the right staff rather than to simply fill a vacancy.

“This year looks as though it could be the best we’ve had and we’ve got to a point where we need more staff ourselves, too.”

On-line job site Trademe has a massive 82 jobs listed for Ashburton. All but two of these have been put on-line since January 3.

And like the jobs on offer at other agencies, these cover a wide range from labouring and dairy farm positions to engineers, planners and veterinarians.

There are multiple positions for people with trades qualifications, particularly mechanics and engineers.

There were 32 situations vacant advertisements in Saturday’s Guardian, again over a range of job categories.

Determined to work, Hayley Court checks for vacancies.

By Michelle Nelson Hayley Court wants a job.

She is sociable, well-presented, reliable, has her own transport and excellent references.

She is computer literate, but happy to do the cleaning, dishwashing and general tasks others might baulk at.

She held her last position for seven years, and was only made redundant when the bakery business was sold and relocated out of the district in December.

Ms Court doesn’t see her disability as an impediment to working.

However, despite Mid Canterbury employers pleading a worker shortage, she has not been able to find

a job. She spends six hours a week with her community support worker Debbie Cabout, searching for positions. Together they have updated Ms Court’s resume. As well as enhancing her work prospects, this provides her with much needed social contact.

“I really liked going to work, now I just stay home most days,” Ms Court said.

“Mum is away at work all day.”

“At the moment I get a Work and Income benefit but I would rather work.”

But her ability to compete on a level playing field could soon escalate with the introduction of UK-style work ability assessments for the disabled.

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advocacy organisation CCS Disability Action has called on the Government to shelve the proposals, set to be implemented in a welfare shakeup which will see the invalid’s benefit replaced by a supported living payment later this year.

David Matthews, chief executive of CCS Disability Action, has reservations. He understands the tests will be based on testing systems developed in the United Kingdom, and carried out by contracted providers.

“We support the use of appropriate tests designed to find out what assistance and support each person needs to obtain employment.

However, we have grave concerns about the UK-style assessments,”

Mr Matthews said.

“Despite the rhetoric about focusing on people’s abilities, these tests have proven to be medical model based checklists, often administered by people with little real knowledge of disability.

“The complex social and economic factors that govern people’s access to employment are deemed unimportant in these tests which are characterised by asking meaningless questions about the person’s ability to hold a half kilogram of weight.”

Ashburton CCS service co-ordinator Judy Fielder is right behind Mr Matthews.

She sees the prospect of the tests as another form of discrimination.

“You wouldn’t ask anybody else

such meaningless questions,” she said. “There shouldn’t be any barriers for people who have a disability.

“The focus will be on one test, and the medical model implies that people are sick – not on utilising their skills. You can’t put people’s skill into boxes. It also fails to account for fluctuating condition.

“We need to be treating people as people and focus on what they can do, rather than what they can’t.”

As for Ms Court’s job hunt, prospective employers can contact the Ashburton branch of CCS Disability Action on 308-4456, to discuss her skills, and the training and support available to get her back to work.

There are a number of other people on the service’s books, why not find out what they have to offer.

High failure rate proves full licence test a tough hurdle to clear

By Myles Hume More than half of Ashburton drivers sitting practical licence tests are failing on their first attempt.

Following the revelation that only 46 per cent of learner driver are passing their restricted licence tests, figures obtained by the Guardian also show that 47 per cent of restricted drivers in Ashburton are passing their full licence tests.

The low pass rate has coincided

with changes to the licence testing system in February last year, when the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) introduced more rigorous testing to lift the quality of drivers on New Zealand roads.

“The reasons for toughening up the full test are the same as for making the restricted licence test more challenging,” NZTA driver training and testing standards principal advisor Jim Furneaux said.

“We were doing drivers no favours with a once over lightly approach.”

Local driving instructor Denise Farr, of Safer By Far driving school, blames the low pass rate on a lack of driver education as drivers continue to under estimate the preparation required before they sit the test.

While a lot of the focus has been on the tougher restricted licence test, drivers are also tripping up on the full licence test which has been shortened in length.

Ms Farr said there was a perception that the full licence test would be easier due to the beef-

ing up of the restricted test, but that was not the case, noting the pass rate had dropped significantly.

Figures show the full licence pass rate in Ashburton was 87 per cent in 2010 and 78 per cent in 2011, well above the current rate of 47 per cent.

Ms Farr has seen an influx of foreign drivers training at her driving school, many of whom who have failed to obtain their full licence test on the first attempt.

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“There are a lot of people from other ethnicities and backgrounds that are adding to these stats,” Ms Farr said.

“A lot of them probably don’t know much about the test and much about New Zealand roads.”

Although the pass rates for both licences was still below 50 per cent, Mr Furneaux said NZTA expects the pass rates to improve.

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By Myles Hume For one Ashburton pensioner, Community Law Canterbury provided valued assistance when he was tangled in a legal dispute with a medical practitioner.

The elderly man, who wanted to go under the name Charles, had his teeth replaced last year by a local dentist however he found soon after the procedure that things weren’t right.

“I got a new set of teeth that were absolutely useless so I had to go to another dentist and get them all replaced - then they were perfect,” the 74-year-old said.

“I tried to go in and get my money back off the dentist but he told me to go out the door.”

With little money from his pension, Charles admitted “it was out of the question” to approach a solicitor to try to claim the $1200 it cost him to have his teeth replaced.

So with the help of Safer Ashburton District, Charles found a helping hand in the form of Community Law Canterbury, meeting with the Ashburton branch solicitor who assisted him in a hearing, which he eventually lost.

“I didn’t mind about the money, it was just the fact I got to have a crack to get my money back,” he said.

“That’s the great thing about that service, I would have never been able to try to get my money back.”

It is situations like these that community groups fear may slip through the cracks, following the revelation that Community Law Canterbury’s Ashburton outreach may fall victim to funding cuts.

Community groups often refer clients to Community Law when they have little or no money to seek legal advice.

And with the Ministry of Justice’s revelation that 37,000 fewer clients used the service – it is people like Charles who may miss out.

Presbyterian Support Ashburton regional manager Jackie Girvan

believed the service, which has a solicitor visit Ashburton weekly, was hugely valuable to the district.

She only saw more of a need for the service.

“Last Thursday she (the solicitor) was just flat out with appointment after appointment or with people just coming in off the street,” she said.

Community House manager Kathryn Raedt said it would be “ridiculous” to leave those in need out in the cold.

“There’s obviously still a big demand for it and the main thing is that those that access Community Law are people that can’t afford to travel to Christchurch,” Ms Readt

said. Community Law Canterbury solicitor Autumn Servatkova, who visits Ashburton each Thursday, said if the service was cut to Ashburton clients could still contact the service online or over the phone.

She said the service would never turn its back on anyone and would visit Ashburton “if there was an urgent need”.

Ms Girvan said there would still be places to go for those in legal strife, pointing out that a law firm was rostered on each month to hand out free legal advice in 10 minute meetings.

She hoped the service would continue.

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Ashburton might be a few drummers and pipers short of fielding a pipe band, but that’s not stopping the district fielding its own pipe band festival on Sunday.

The festival is an annual event that attracts bands from around Canterbury who compete over four grades for championship titles, but as it’s been for the past several years, it will be a local festival without a local band said organiser Derek Cullimore.

“You need to have a nucleus of around half a dozen pipers to carry on with a band. We still have a number of youngsters wanting to learn but our biggest trouble is that as fast as we teach them, they move away.”

In the past Ashburton fielded a strong pipe band and in the late 1940s had sufficient pipers and drummers to field two bands. It has also competed in the prestigious Grade one category on at least two occasions between 1950 and 1952.

But that’s in the past, Mr Cullimore said, with the small number of pipers and drummers meeting regularly to play but not compete.

“We haven’t gone completely

A scrub fire broke out in Taupo yesterday afternoon, endangering buildings and forcing road closures.

Emergency services were alerted to the blaze near Spa Thermal Park about 2.20pm. A water tanker was brought in to assist the Taupo Fire Service. At least five fire appliances and a helicopter with a monsoon bucket, using water from the Waikato River, fought the blaze.

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Lovaine Wingrove from Timaru and Audrey Wallace from Geraldine check out works by Mirek Simsek on display in the Ashburton Art Gallery until Sunday.

Art gallery a popular holiday destination

By Sue Newman Ashburton’s art gallery has been doing brisk business over the Christmas-New Year period, with visitors keen to check out two key exhibits, pottery works

by Mirek Simsek and the Haunts of Dickens exhibition.

Curator -manager Shirin Khosraviani said there had been

a steady stream of visitors to the gallery, particularly from out-oftowners.

“We’re seeing people who’re coming to Ashburton for the day, visiting the gallery and making a day outing of it,” she said.

The Haunts of Dickens exhibition, which finished at the weekend, had been a big drawcard. A number of book clubs had visited and a children’s colouring com-

petition had been run in conjunction with the exhibition.

“It’s really inspired people to go back and read Dickens and that’s great,” Ms Khosraviani said.

Two new exhibitions are about to be mounted at the gallery.

Exuberance, a collection of the works of local artists Heather Sarin will open on Saturday and the Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy, an exhibition

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Wetzell on Fair Go Pippa Wetzell is set to step into the role vacated

by Alison Mau as co-host of Fair Go. Former Breakfast host, Wetzell has most recently been reading ONE News at 4.30pm.

Yesterday TVNZ announced she will move to the Fair Go role replacing Mau, who has moved to new show Seven Sharp.

The replacement programme for TVNZ’s Close Up fronted by Alison Mau, Greg Boyed and Jesse Mulligan will launch on February 4, and will have more “bite-size” sections than its predecessor, said TVNZ. Wetzell was “thrilled” to be joining Fair Go, which she will host with Gordon Harcourt. -APNZ

Police were at the scene of a sudden death in Tauranga yesterday afternoon. Police and St John were called to the Parkvale house about 2.15pm. Senior Sergeant Rob Glencross said police were responding to a sudden death but it was not being treated as suspicious.

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showcasing the charming and immensely entertaining artwork of the ex-pat New Zealand illustrator, designer and typographer will open on February 9.

While the summer holiday period had attracted a big number of out-of-town visitors to the gallery, Ms Khosraviani said the number of locals coming in to view exhibitions was also steadily growing.

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Rotorua’s Lucky Lotto Shop is proving it really is lucky, selling the Winning Wheel ticket for the second week in a row. The store sold the Winning Wheel ticket for Saturday night’s draw after selling another Winning Wheel ticket to a Rotorua grandfather with a large family during last weekend’s draw. It was only the second time since 2004 the same store had sold a winning ticket for the special category two weeks in a row.

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Band a no-show at festival again into recess because if we do it’s over for ever; we’ve still got everything we need – except players.

It’s a battle, but we’re keeping on.”

Sunday’s festival has attracted 13 bands from Oamaru to Rangiora, including a school band from Waihi Preparatory School at Winchester. The number of participating bands has increased this year.

The festival starts with a street march at 12.30pm, along Elizabeth Street from near Ashburton Hospital into the Ashburton Domain camping ground. The festival itself begins at 1.30pm.

Competition during the afternoon will be over four grades, with a top class performance anticipated from New Zealand’s champion band, Canterbury Caledonian.

This band is the sole competitor in grade one, with most bands competing in grade four.

Bands work their way through the grades as they win championship events, but as difficult as it is to get to the top, staying there is just as hard, Mr Cullimore said.

“The problem is once you get up to the top grade it’s almost a full-time commitment and a lot of people are not prepared for this.

For most band members it’s about enjoyment.”

A ban on taking shellfish from Northland’s west coast has been lifted. The Northland District Health Board said monitoring of shellfish samples has shown a reduction in the levels of toxin that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. The ban was put in place in late November.

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Firefighters have extinguished a large vegetation fire on Great Barrier Island.

Northern communications shift manager Steve Smith said firefighters were called to the fire on the side of the hill on Palmers Beach about 7.45pm on Sunday.

Mr Smith said the fire had consumed about 5000 square metres of vegetation.

About 30 firefighters and a helicopter extinguished the blaze, with firefighters now dampening down hotspots.

Witness Mikee Tucker said the fire started at Kaitoke Creek and understood it had been caused by a camp cooker.

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• Shellfish ban lifted

Ashburton youngster Mitchell Ruffell delicately puts icing on a cupcake during holiday programme activities at SKIDS. The 10-year-old was among a handful of children who took part in the Magical Day, where baking and face painting were the main events of the day at Hampstead School.

The children took part in the programme that runs until school starts on February 4, with plenty of spaces available for the coming days.

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A giant rockslide at Aoraki/Mt Cook yesterday afternoon missed a popular trampers’ hut by just 200 metres.

A Department of Conservation (DoC) worker said 17 people were using the hut and it was a “miracle” no one was injured.

Chris Braugh from the Helicopter Line spotted the debris during a sightseeing trip and said it was the biggest he had seen.

“It would have been a pretty big roar.”

The rocks fell about 900 metres sending clouds of snow high into the air. They came to rest above the Plateau hut, on the eastern side of Mt Cook, by the Hochstetter glacier.

Jim Spencer from DoC told Radio New Zealand the slide was about 3km long and at least 500m wide in places.

The slide, which happened about 2.15pm, looked “ugly”, like a “building site with chunks of ice” in it.

Mr Spencer said only some of the 17 people using the hut were outside. He questioned whether those inside would have heard it but said the users were “excited”.

DoC was closing the hut as a precaution.

The slide could have been caused by the heavy rain during New Year’s week and there was no need for an alert system for slides, Mr Spencer added.

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Hop in a combine harvester, explore an ice cave, play on a digger and travel back in history at the New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter.

The Methven Heritage Centre, which operates the Encounter, is opening the doors to locals this weekend to say thank you for the support received from the community since opening 15 months ago.

The Encounter focuses on the lives of those who have made their home on the Mid Canterbury plains and the Southern Alps.

Audio visuals and stunning display panels introduce a diverse range of stories, from

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alpine rescue workers to the seed growing industries on the plains.

Interactive and exciting, this visitor attraction has something to appeal to all ages.

The MHC board hopes parents and grandparents will make the most of the free entry to bring children along and make a day of it. Enjoy lunch in one of Methven’s cafés, and a swim at the community pool afterwards.

The Encounter will be open at no charge from January 25 to 28, Friday from 10am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm and Monday from 10am to 5pm.

Four young Gisborne men, including three brothers, have been further remanded on bail following a vehicle swap that went wrong last week. The four, two aged 20, one 17 and the other 22, face several charges including kidnapping, aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm following an incident last Wednesday in Rotorua.

The group allegedly demanded at gunpoint the return of a vehicle they had swapped.

They are due to reappear next month.

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• Egg surprise A Hawke’s Bay family got more than they bargained for when they cracked open an unusually large egg laid by their pet chicken - another egg. The Youthed family of Frimley, Hastings were surprised by an oversized egg laid by one of their Brown Shaver hens last Thursday morning.

Measuring 75mm in length and 182mm in diameter, the egg also had an oddly thin shell.

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• Charges ruled out Police have decided not to lay charges over the death of a 5-year-old boy hit and killed by a school bus on the West Coast last year. Mahuri Bettjeman-Manawatu had just been dropped off by the bus after school when he was hit while crossing the road in Hector on August 22. The accident was witnessed by several children, including the boy’s brother.

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Port Hills groper in town?

By Sue Newman The description of a man known as the Port Hills groper is a perfect fit for the man who stopped Ashburton woman Mel Beal while she was walking her dog about a week ago.

Mrs Beal said she was about to cross from the end of Grigg Street into the Riverside area when a man called out to her and asked if he could come over to pat her dog.

She stopped and he came over, asked her dog’s name and said “lovely, lovely Lola”.

An older man was coming down the street, the man saw him and then quickly walked off, she said.

Mrs Beal thought little more of the incident until she was made aware of the Port Hills groper.

She made an instant connection between the women on the Port Hills and her experience.

“I read this story about the Port Hills groper and went, Oh My God, that sounds like the same man who approached me. He fits that description perfectly.”

Several women who have been exercising alone in the hills have

been grabbed by the man, who attempted to grope, kiss or hug them.

In each case the woman has been accompanied by a dog and the man has asked if he could pat it. And in each case the man has grabbed or attempted to grab the woman.

The words used each time were “lovely, lovely”, when he patted the dog. The women described the man as of Asian or Indian descent, between 50 and 60 years old, and of a short and stocky build, with black hair. His speech was described as garbled and he was said to be friendly-looking with a gummy smile.

“If he’s out there doing this on a regular basis then people need to be warned, particularly if you’re a woman who walks her dog on her own. He didn’t come across as someone who’d give me cause for alarm but he fitted this description perfectly.”

Mrs Beal said she did not feel unsafe at the time but after reading about the Port Hills groper she says she’ll be more cautious and more aware of anyone who approaches her on the street.

Drug risks highlighted

By Rosie Manins Risks associated with illegal drug use have been highlighted by OtagoSouthland coroner David Crerar in his formal findings on the death of a 48-year-old Dunedin man.

Laszlo Vegh, also known as Leslie Vegh, died on January 4 last year at a Seacliff house.

The sickness beneficiary had gone to the house, occupied by a friend, where both men injected themselves with morphine.

A third man was present but did not ingest drugs.

In his written findings, released yesterday, Mr Crerar said Mr Vegh injected himself with a “very large dose” of morphine then collapsed and died.

A St John ambulance was called to the address and paramedics alerted police to Mr Vegh’s death.

Autopsy tests detected about

0.3mg of morphine per litre of blood.

“Such a concentration was within the levels determined by ESR to be a fatal concentration,” Mr Crerar said.

He said there was no suggestion Mr Vegh had been, or was, suicidal.

Mr Crerar said police determined the death of Mr Vegh was the result of a self-inflicted and unintentional overdose of morphine and, as a coroner, he was satisfied with that conclusion.

Mr Crerar highlighted the dangers faced by people preparing and injecting illegal drugs.

“It is impossible for the dosage of self-prepared drugs to be calculated exactly, and the tolerance between a dosage intended to create the perceived recreational effects of the drug and a fatal dosage is slight.

“The public is warned not to take drugs not prescribed for them,” he said.

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• Light on origin A Kiwi mathematics professor is helping to shed light on how life began on Earth up to four billion years ago. The work of Mike Steel, the University of Canterbury’s director of Biomathematics Research Centre, has suggested a necessary condition for early life is the formation of a “chemical reaction network”.

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• Still in pound A three-legged dog that became a celebrity after being caught stealing dog roll from a dairy has yet to be claimed from the pound by its owner.

German shorthaired pointer Oscar stole a roll of dog food from the chiller of Alray Dairy earlier this month. He returned to the dairy twice more to grab food but on his third visit was caught on the shop’s security camera.

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• Fireworks blamed Fireworks are believed to have been responsible for a large fire in the crater of Auckland’s Mt Eden early yesterday morning. A Fire Service spokesman said emergency services were called to the scene about 2.30am. The fire covered an area of about 200 square metres. Twelve appliances attended and it was extinguished by 4am. Police were speaking to people who were at the scene.

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Mother-of-three Sharlene van Leerdam oversees her children (from left) Corban, 8, Bethany, 10, and Sam 12, do homework. She believes it will be too much of a financial strain for parents to send their children to school with a tablet in hand.

Tablets ‘just another added cost’

By Myles Hume Every child in Mid Canterbury will arrive at school with their own tablet in their school bag within three years, a local school IT expert predicts.

However, her claims have been met with some criticism by parents who say it will be another cost for families to endure as the price to send children to school continues to soar.

As Ashburton begins to lead the way in classroom technology, Mid Canterbury Fibre Connected Schools (MCFCS) region support co-ordinator Trudy Hulme believes it is only going to grow as iPads, and Androids start to play a bigger role in education.

It has got to the point where local schools were already investing in sophisticated Wi-fi infrastructure to cope with the demand of technology, with Ms Hulme believing every child will “bring their own device”, some

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costing up to $600.

“That’s what schools need to be looking at so then people purchase their own tablet and take more care and upgrade it,” Ms Hulme said.

“Then schools develop the infrastructure and retain it, because they can’t continue to be purchasing massive amounts of equipment that devalues.”

Her comments come in line with Parliament’s education and science committee, who put forward a recommendation that each child should have their own device for 21st century learning.

Schools around the district have already invested in tablets out of their budgets, with some

devoting whole classes to learning in the revolutionary way.

Although they were supportive of the technology in schools, some parents think it would be too much of a financial strain to have to purchase tablets for their children.

With three school-aged children, mother Sharlene van Leerdam said it would be difficult to purchase a tablet for each of her children.

“I think if schools want to have them then they should supply them. Parents should pay a $100 deposit and if it comes back in good condition at the end of the year they get their $100 back,” she said.

Mother -of-three, Vanessa Kettley also said tablets were “a luxury” in her household, and it would cost up to $1500 to arm all three children with an iPad. “And with the way kids throw their school bags about who knows if they will last, they break their lunch boxes enough,” she

The warm settled weather looks set to continue for most of the country as children prepare to go back to school. The weeks ahead were likely to be characterised by dry conditions and warm temperatures, said Weatherwatch.co.nz weather analyst Richard Green. “It’s looking pretty good overall.

The unsettled conditions that characterised December were finished as the country moved into mid-summer.

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Although the cost could be a barrier to some families, Ms Hulme said there would be systems in place such as buying tablets cheaper through schools and some schools in Auckland had adopted a lay-by system for parents.

She added that many lower socio-economic families in the North Island had seen tablets as a real asset, pointing out many had smart phones even though they may struggle to make ends meet with the cost of living.

Ms Hulme said if each child brought a tablet to school, then it would free up funding for schools to invest more in their infrastructure to encourage the use of iPads.

“It’s technology at your finger tips and you can do it individually or as a group, really children are heading towards being a global citizen by bringing the globe right in front of them.”

Red panda born at Auckland Zoo Fire could have been deadly A rare Nepalese red panda has been born at Auckland Zoo, the first offspring of its mother which arrived in the city last year.

The zoo announced yesterday that 3-year-old Bo had given birth in the early hours of December 24 and was “the best Christmas present they could have received”.

The cub, which is yet to be sexed, weighed 105g at birth and is now estimated to weigh more than twice that.

It is the first red panda to be born at the zoo since 2002 and its father is the zoo’s 12-year-old Sagar.

“We’re absolutely stoked,” the zoo’s carnivore team leader Bruce Murdock said.

“This birth is a fantastic result, especially as Bo was only introduced to Sagar last August and given female red pandas come into season just twice a year and a male has only a one to two-day window to mate a female.

“We couldn’t ask for a better mum in Bo. She’s doing an exceptional job staying in the nest box for long periods and feeding her cub up to six times a day and being very attentive.”

Mr Murdock said red pandas developed slowly and were dependent for at least three months, so it could be another eight to 10 weeks before visitors see the cub venturing out of its box and around the enclosure with Bo. “We’re keeping a regular watch on this cub, but taking a very hands-off approach so Bo can continue to do

Auckland’s fire chief said it was “almost unbelievable” that no one died in a central city apartment building fire on Sunday - as he renewed warnings about the dangers of switching off fire alarms.

The alarms were not working in the two-storey building on Commerce St from which four people were rescued, including two men who climbed onto the roof to escape the blaze.

Auckland area fire commander Kerry Gregory said

Auckland Zoo’s extra special Christmas present - a rare Nepalese red panda. the great job she’s doing, and we can minimise any potential stress for her,” Mr Murdock said.

“Around late February will be a safe time for us to do a full vet check on the cub. We’re not absolutely sure, but bets are on that we have a female.”

As part of the international breeding programme for this threatened species, Auckland Zoo in 2010 sent female red panda Khosuva to India’s Darjeeling Zoo, where she has been paired up with a breeding male as part of Project Red Panda.

The plan is for Khosuva’s offspring to be released into the wild in Nepal.

In exchange, Sagar arrived at

Auckland Zoo in 2010 from Darjeeling Zoo to breed.

Australasian Zoo Aquarium executive director Chris Hibbard said the birth was a landmark event and an important part of the global breeding efforts.

“Thanks to Auckland’s initiative with Darjeeling Zoo and this successful breeding with a very genetically valuable male, internationally we’re able to build on our efforts to preserve a genetically representative insurance population,” Mr Hibbard said.

Besides Bo, Sagar and the newborn, Auckland Zoo has two other red pandas - 16-year-old Maya and her 12-year old daughter Amber. -APNZ

Police constable resigns from force

By Corey Charlton A Hawke’s Bay police constable who assaulted a woman after being accused of snorting drugs during a night out has resigned from the police force.

Mikayla Paul, 23, had been subject to an internal investigation and was on restricted duties before her resignation.

Judge Josephine Bouchier found the charge of assault proved at a hearing in

the Napier District Court late last year.

Court documents show that during the hearing the court heard Paul assaulted Lisa O’Connor on a bus taking a group of people to the Thirsty Whale bar in Napier on June 2 last year.

Earlier that evening Ms O’Connor had accused Paul and her friend of snorting drugs in a rugby club toilet cubicle, which they denied.

Ms O’Connor suffered from bruising and had clumps of hair missing after

the assault. Yesterday a police spokeswoman confirmed Paul had “recently” resigned but would not specify when.

Ms Paul has two previous convictions while in the police force. In February 2010 she plead guilty to a charge of careless driving causing injury and in November that year pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified. Her application for a discharge without conviction for the second offence was dismissed.

-APNZ

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yesterday the Fire Service was being called to more buildings where alarm systems had been switched off rather than repaired or replaced because they were too sensitive and being triggered frequently.

Talking to Radio New Zealand he said the alarms in the Commerce St building were off but would not speculate on who might have turned them off.

In a statement he said switching off alarms was

“completely unacceptable”. Early warning systems were critical for occupants who had “very little time to escape”.

Anyone in a building who knew of an alarm that had been deliberately silenced should notify the owner or the Fire Service immediately, Mr Gregory said.

“People who live in these buildings and those who have responsibility for the alarms, need to heed the lesson from this weekend’s fire.”

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By Abby Gillies

A middle-aged man who ran up more than $200,000 in medical bills after being diagnosed with cancer while holidaying in the US received the largest payout from one of New Zealand’s biggest insurance companies last year.

The man, who needed emergency treatment, didn’t know he was sick when he left New Zealand.

His case topped a list of the biggest payouts by Southern Cross Travel Insurance, which warned travellers who didn’t think they needed holiday cover to think again.

“Most people do not think that the unexpected event will happen to

them and I can tell you many sad stories of people who have had hospital bills overseas in the hundreds of thousands of dollars because they didn’t have travel insurance,” said chief executive Craig Morrison.

Bicycle, motorbike and car accidents also featured in the top 10, with claims of $151,000 for an accident in Mongolia, $114,000 for another in Samoa, $110,000 (Bali) and $59,000 (Fiji).

Cardiovascular problems such as stroke or heart attacks were also among the most expensive claims, with tests alone costing about $23,000 in the US. But the company’s most common claim from travellers was for gastro problems, said Mr Morrison.

A survey of 4400 travellers by TNS over the last financial year found that 31 per cent of respondents did not take out insurance.

Of the uninsured, 43 per cent were “happy to risk not being covered” and 25 per cent believed they were covered by the health system in the country they were visiting.

Mr Morrison warned people to check conditions of reciprocal healthcare agreements.

“The fact is these agreements do not cover all costs that arise when an accident or emergency medical situation occurs - such as ambulance travel, medical support and flight costs for repatriation to New Zealand, or bringing a family member out to support you.”

Sean Kenzie knows better than most the devastating costs of not being covered. The 28-year-old was holidaying in Thailand last year when a motorcycle crash landed him in hospital.

Six months later, his costs continue to mount.

Mr Kenzie had taken out what he thought was full travel insurance, only to discover after his accident he wasn’t covered for riding a motorbike.

He suffered punctured lungs, a split liver, four broken ribs and a disfigured jaw. Treatment has already cost about $90,000.

Despite donations of more than $50,000 and fundraising, he still owes $12,000 for his Thailand hos-

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he tourism and highlighted what most of hospitality business in us already know, that New Methven has seen an Zealand is no longer a cheap encouraging growth despite country to visit, or to live in.

New Zealand becoming one of Researchers compared dearest countries to visit. coffee, beer, cigarettes, Coke, A British survey of 42 wine, sunscreen, water and a countries found New Zealand three course meal. to be the third most expensive In most categories, aside country among those in the from bottled water, New research project.

Zealand was among the In that context dearest, with a it is a real credit can of Coke more to the Methven expensive here community, its than anywhere in tourism operators the world.

The British and Experience Surprisingly, Mid Canterbury New Zealand was survey has that they have also the third found ways to turn dearest place to highlighted around the recent order a glass of what most slump in visitors. wine, despite its The growth local origins. of us already over the month Less know, that New surprisingly, of November of 18% in guest one other Zealand is no only nights is especially country had encouraging as longer a cheap more expensive it has happened and country to visit, cigarettes outside the ski with the current season. tax hikes we are or to live in Ski resorts like set to take over Methven usually the No.1 spot. rely on the winter Hospitality months to make businesses are their money and scratching their simply try to survive over the heads because these numbers summer period but tourists make them look bad despite have started to recognise the most operators only charging township and its surroundings minimal profit margins. as a year-round destination.

As long as the exchange Sadly, the news was not rates remain this high, as good for Ashburton which the industry will have a experienced a drop of 15% in tough road ahead to remain guest numbers but hopefully competitive on the world that will prove to be a glitch stage. after a period of positive Many ordinary New growth.

Zealanders meanwhile The high dollar continued to will point at these figures be a major challenge for those to support a growing living off overseas visitors as dissatisfaction around the our exchange rates have made high prices we have to pay for our meals, attractions and local products. accommodation a lot dearer.

The high dollar and taxes And while costs will play a big role in the disparity have increased, most local with other countries, but it is operators will be hesitant still hard to swallow for Kiwis to raise their prices in the who pay more for New Zealand current climate to scare off wine, beer, meat and milk potential clients. than our friends in the UK, The British survey has Australia or United States.

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Woman claims she has Ned Kelly’s head A New Zealand woman who is convinced she owns the skull of notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly has held a wake for the infamous criminal to mark his burial on Sunday.

Kelly was buried without his head in a private service in rural Victoria on Sunday. The identity was confirmed more than 130 years after his execution by DNA testing of his bones to compare them to one of his descendants.

His family is still in search of Kelly’s skull, which Napier

woman Anna Hoffmann maintains she was given 30 years ago while on holiday in Melbourne.

Ms Hoffmann said she not heard from Australian authorities since claiming last year she had Kelly’s head.

She has maintained she is willing to return it to the family if they wish for its DNA to be tested.

Ms Hoffmann said she was “a teenage rebel too, so I can identify completely with Ned”.

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“Nothing might happen and you might think it’s a waste of money but there is that 1 per cent chance that you could end up like I was and you really need it. You really need it,” he said.

After returning to Napier, he has been unable to work because of pain and other problems related to the accident. He also experiences anxiety attacks.

He is undergoing dental work for smashed teeth and still needs to have his broken jaw reset.

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group here where I live, one [member] even has his image tattooed on her arm.

“We had a wake, not to celebrate him but to send him off properly, and the skull was there.”

Ms Hoffmann said those at the wake had a meal to match the last supper Kelly requested before his execution in 1880 after a shootout with police.

“He had lamb chops and peas and a glass of claret, that’s how sophisticated he was,” Ms Hoffmann said. The remains

confirmed as being Kelly’s were buried under concrete to stop potential thieves from preying on his grave at Greta Cemetery, near Wangaratta in north-east Victoria.

Kelly relative Joanne Griffiths told the ABC the funeral service brought “closure” for the family.

“We’ve brought him home, back to his family and back to the area that he loved. We’ve given him his final wish, so that makes us quite happy,” she said.

-APNZ

A shotgun has been used to blast seeds from one of New Zealand’s most endangered plants into the soil, successfully propagating them for the first time.

The ground-breaking technique used on the kakabeak shrub (clianthus maximus) has been developed by the Forest Lifeforce Restoration Trust at its Maungataniwha Native Forest property in Hawkes Bay. The innovation will mean the seed can be dispersed from helicopters in the future and allows for aerial propagation “on a scale that hasn’t yet been possible”.

Contractor Barry Crene developed the technique using re-loaded shotgun shells packed with regular shotgun pellets, a pulp medium and kakabeak seed.

The shells were then fired into soil from a range of 20 metres, about the distance a helicopter might have to hover above sites in the wild.

“Unfortunately, re-establishing this plant in the wild is more complicated than going out, digging a hole and planting a seed,” Mr Crene said.

“We have to identify sites that are protected from browsers like deer, rabbits and hares.”

Such sites can be reached only by helicopter.

The technique will be trialled extensively before scarce kakabeak seeds are sourced from the Department of Conservation for wider propagation.

Mr Crene is testing the amounts of gunpowder used for the optimal discharge velocity before developing the best mix of pellets, pulp and seed.

“The pellets hit the soil first, breaking the top layer and giving the pulp and seeds the best possible surface to bury into,” Mr Crene said.

The trust considered a range of discharge options, including paintball guns.

It was found shotguns had the directional force, accuracy and penetration necessary for the seeds to propagate successfully.

-APNZ

Kiwis failing Aussie citizenship test Kiwis hoping to become Aussies don’t appear to know their neighbour well, with New Zealanders among the worst performers in the Australian citizenship test.

Applicants from other countries average over 97 per cent in the test but New Zealanders average only 72.6 per cent, according to information released to Adelaide’s The Advertiser under the Freedom of Information Act. Test questions on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s website include “what do we remember on Anzac Day?”, “what is the role of the Governor-General?”, “what happened in Australia on January 1, 1901?”, and “what are the colours of the Australia Aboriginal flag?”.

Applicants need to answer 15 of 20 questions correctly to pass.

According to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s figures, Swedish applicants recorded the highest scores in 2011-12, with an average of 98.1 per cent, followed by the Netherlands with 97.6 per cent, Finland with 97.5 per cent, and France and Switzerland with 97.4 per cent.

Despite New Zealand’s close ties with Australia, Kiwi applicants’ average scores were below those from Macedonia, Ethiopia and Vietnam.

Adelaide University Associate Professor of History and Politics Paul Sendziuk told The Advertiser New Zealanders may just be too laid-back when taking the test.

“It is possible that they do not study enough because they feel that they can rely on their background knowledge of Australia, which is a fair enough

assessment given the level of cultural exchange that already exists between Australia and these places.

“It is also possible that they take the test a bit lightly - knowing that they are likely to achieve a pass mark even without much study.”

The citizenship test was brought in by the Howard government in 2009.

Professor Sendziuk said many Australians would struggle to do well in the test.

“The students in one of my classes took the citizenship test, and very few achieved a score over 90. But I don’t think this makes them bad Australians,” he said.

New Zealand does not have a similar citizenship test. Residents can apply to become citizens after five years.

- APNZ

Brits say NZ third-dearest to visit

By Michael Dickison New Zealand is the third-most expensive place in the world to visit based on the prices of meals, drinks and other tourist items, says a British survey.

And it is the most expensive place to have a drink of Coca-Cola, it says.

The Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer by the British Post Office, a survey of 42 countries, found South Korea was the dearest destination and Spain the cheapest.

Eight costs were compared: a coffee, a beer, a packet of cigarettes, a can of Coke, a glass of wine, suncream, a bottle of water, and a three-course meal for two.

New Zealand was in the top three for Coke, cigarettes, wine and dinner. After Spain, the cheapest country was Sri Lanka.

Hospitality Association chief executive Bruce Robertson said New Zealand’s climbing exchange rate had simply made everything expensive for visitors.

“The UK has been our big market, and

Comparisons New Zealand’s rankings (out of 42 countries)

Coffee: 6th most expensive Beer: 6th Coca-Cola:1st Wine: 3rd Water: 24th Suncream: 12th Cigarettes: 2nd Three-course meal: 3rd

Source: Post Office Travel Money (United Kingdom)

our dollar has strengthened against the pound.

“It’s not like anyone’s making extensive profits from any of those commodities.

It’s what we have to charge - for a handle of beer or a cup of coffee.

“The hospitality industry is one of the least profitable industries. Nobody’s price-gouging here. It’s what it costs to deliver the product.”

For visitors, businesses needed to make sure customer service was exceptional, because in relative terms their products were high priced.

“We’ve got to be focused on delivering a quality product. We’re an exciting place for visitors, an aspirational destination...

We’ve got to make sure the experience is outstanding so the pricing is nothing to quibble about.”

Most items in the survey were four times more expensive in New Zealand than the cheapest destinations.

Cigarettes were 13 times dearer than in Vietnam, and Coke was 92 per cent more than the world average.

Previous reports have found the price of local beers, wines and fish to be more expensive in New Zealand than abroad.

Flights are dearer when bought in New Zealand, and books, mobile phone charges and clothes are often vastly more expensive.

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Man disputes police summary A Maronan dairy farmer facing a string of charges chose to defend himself in the dock yesterday.

Cory Rangi Tahiri Bates, 25, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court, charged with refusing to accompany a police officer, disorderly behaviour, unlawfully in a motor vehicle without reasonable excuse and driving while disqualified.

Judge Maze convicted Bates on all charges and sentenced him to a total of six months’ community detention. She also disqualified him from driving for six months and discharged him on the remaining charge.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Mike Wingfield didn’t have the summary of facts available for all incidents, but disclosed the facts

behind the disorderly behaviour charge.

Sergeant Winfield said Bates was involved in a fight on Princes Street, which led to a group brawl.

When police arrived Bates continued to shout abuse and antagonise the victim, despite previous warnings from police, he said.

He was arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour last month.

Bates, who chose not to use the services of the duty solicitor, said he disputed the police summary of facts, claiming the fight did not end up in a group brawl and instead labelled it a “one-on-one fair fight”.

“I was sticking up for someone who was way smaller than him. I told him to pick on someone his own size ... it didn’t end up in a

group brawl.

“He started on me and then that was it, it was a one-on-one fair fight,” Bates said.

Before sentencing Judge Maze disclosed the summary of facts for the driving offence.

“On October 27, 2012, you were driving, you lost control of the vehicle skidding to a halt.

“You were later found by police in the driver’s seat, but when asked to go with the police you refused to go with them,” she said.

Bates was later found to have a breath alcohol reading of 651 micrograms per litre of breath.

Legal limit is 400mcg.

Bates was sentenced to six months’ community detention on both charges and disqualified from driving for six months.

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Domain ideal setting for Tai Chi classes Ashburton Tai Chi tutor Christine Widdowson and her students are regular users of the Ashburton Domain for their weekly classes.

While she works with groups of experienced exponents, Ms Widdowson is holding a class this week for people who are newcomers to the exercise.

Tai Chi is an ancient art form and is defined as a gentle exercise.

Each movement is known as a form. These movements or forms have been connected in a series to allow for ease of practise.

Frequently the same movement is repeated, to emphasise the importance of a particular form.

Tai Chi has been adopted by millions of people all over the world and is widely accepted by Chinese people as a national treasure.

It has become recognised world wide as a gentle exercise that assists with the reduction of stress through relaxation techniques, particularly suitable for middle to

older aged people.

Ashburton’s class for beginners will be held on Thursday at the St John Rooms, Tancred Street, between 10am and 12.30pm.

People planning on attending need to wear comfortable clothing, flat shoes and should bring a water bottle.

Judge gives teen stern message Man faces eighth drink driving charge

A former Masterton teenager was sent a stern message by the judge yesterday, during her second appearance in as many months in Ashburton.

Breeze Hunt-Weston, 19, now of Ashburton, appeared before Judge Joanna Maze in the district court facing a breach of community work and a breach of supervision.

The court was told HuntWeston had previously appeared in court for breaching her orders, but she had failed to do anything about it since her appearance last month.

Her lawyer Roz Burnside said Hunt-Weston was under no illusions what would happen if she didn’t comply with the sentence and pointed out she wanted to start a fresh life in Ashburton.

Ms Burnside told Judge Maze about her client’s background in Masterton, adding she had been sent to the South Island to protect herself after a gang shooting

which occurred at her family home last year.

“Her family are involved in gangs and last year an opposing gang targeted the Masterton family home in a gang shooting. She was sent to Ashburton to start out fresh,” Ms Burnside said.

During an open discussion between Judge Maze and the probation officer, Hunt-Weston piped-up to tell Judge Maze; her probation officer in Masterton “didn’t think she needed to the alcohol and drugs course any more” – as was initially set out in her sentence.

Judge Maze quickly shut her down and delivered a stern response.

“You’re not in Masterton now and I can’t see your Masterton probation officer in court – you are before us in Ashburton.

“The sentence conditions are there to be complied with and unless you can give me a good reason as to why you should be

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treated differently to anyone else that files through on those seats (pointing to the back of court), then the sentence conditions are there to be followed,” Judge Maze said.

Hunt-Weston shook her head and replied, “no”.

Judge Maze convicted her on each breach and remanded the case until March 4 – to allow Hunt-Weston time to complete some outstanding community work hours.

She also took the opportunity to deliver a strong warning to the defendant.

“Ms Burnside is saying give her a chance, but the last judge gave you a chance and you haven’t done anything about that.

“The bottom line really is this.

If you don’t serve these sentences, then we have other sentences you can serve and they’re called custodial sentences.

“I’m sure you don’t want that,” Judge Maze said.

The following people appeared in front of Judge Joanna Maze in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Robert Neil Gowans, 52, a driver/loader operator of Christchurch, appeared on his eighth drink-driving related offence. Gowans was stopped by police near Hinds, following complaints about his driving, and was found to have a breath alcohol level of 653 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath (mcg/l).

Judge Joanna Maze said Gowans’ eight convictions had occurred between 1987 and 1999, and he had served multiple prison sentences for drink driving, however she kept his sentence to a minimum, acknowledging the 14 years since he had last appeared and his early guilty plea. He was convicted and sentenced to six months’ supervision, included alcohol and drug assessment and treatment as directed, 100 hours’ community work and disqualified from driving for 13 months.

Nathan Lawrence Wright, 24, an engineer of Ashburton pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified on December 1. Wright had been convicted for disqualified driving offences on two previous occasions, most recently in July last year, when he received a sentence of seven months’ further disqualification. He was convicted, disqualified from driving for 12 months, beginning on February 7 - when his current disqualification period ends, and ordered to complete 60 hours’ community work.

Christopher Leon Weir, 22, unemployed of Tinwald, was released on bail, despite police opposition. On December 29 Weir was charged with intentional damage, assaulting a female, and carrying an offensive weapon, and released on bail. However, police returned to search his home on January 8, and charges of possession of drug utensils, possession of methamphetamine and of cannabis for sale or

supply were added to the list. Weir has been held in custody since then.

In granting him bail, Judge Maze noted that while Weir had multiple previous convictions, his bail history did not disclose breaches of conditions, and as he has no previous drug dealing convictions, he may be eligible for home detention. Weir agreed to comply with an 8pm to 6am curfew, to the terms of a nonassociation order, and to live at a nominated address. He will appear at a post committal conference on March 21 on the indictable charges, and was remanded without plea on the remainder until February 18.

James Michael McKeef and Raureti Sidney Peri, both of Christchurch, were convicted and sentenced for burglary and wilful damage charges. Each offender was ordered to pay $2000 reparation for their half of the cost of a broken window, and to each complete 50 hours’ of community work.

Lorraine Mary Lloyd, 62, a clean-

er of Ashburton, was convicted of driving with a blood alcohol level of 253 milligrams per 100 millilitres on December 4. She was disqualified from driving for six months, fined $800 and ordered to pay court costs, medical costs and analyst fees.

Nicholas Francis Graham O’Styke, 23, real estate salesperson, of Ashburton, was convicted of tampering with a distance recorder and fined $350 and ordered to pay court costs.

Jeffery Andrew Knudsen, unemployed, of Ashburton, pleaded guilty to two charges of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition, a charge of possessing cannabis seeds and one of possessing implements to cultivate cannabis. He was convicted and remanded on bail for sentencing.

Arrest warrants were issued for Patrick Raymond Alfred, Tehira Burton, Daniel Joseph Ruakere and Patrick Raymond Albert.

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80-plus killed in gas plant The death toll from the bloody terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara climbed to at least 81 yesterday as Algerian forces searching the complex for explosives found dozens more bodies, many so badly disfigured they could not immediately be identified, a security official said.

Algerian special forces stormed the facility at the weekend to end the four-day siege of the remote desert refinery, and the government said then that 32 militants and 23 hostages were killed, but that the death toll was likely to rise.

The militants came from six countries, were armed to cause maximum destruction and mined the Ain Amenas refinery, which the Algerian state oil company runs along with BP and Norway’s Statoil, said Algerian Communications Minister Mohamed Said. The militants “had decided to succeed in the operation as planned, to blow up the gas complex and kill all the hostages”, he said in a state radio interview.

With few details emerging from the remote site of the gas plant in eastern Algeria, it was unclear

whether anyone was rescued in the final operation, but the number of hostages killed Sunday – seven – was how many the militants had said earlier they still had.

The Algerian security official said the 25 bodies found by bombs squads yesterday were so badly disfigured that it was difficult to tell whether they were hostages or attackers. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation and said those casualties were not official yet.

The squads were bombing the plant in the Sahara Desert to defuse mines they said were planted throughout the vast site, not far from the Libyan border.

In addition to the bodies found at the site yesterday, a wounded Romanian who had been evacuated and brought home died, raised the overall death toll to at least 81.

One American, a Texan – Frederick Buttaccio from the Houston suburb of Katy – was among the dead. US officials told The Associated Press Buttaccio’s remains were recovered Friday.

– AP

• 5 killed in home A teenage boy has been arrested and charged with the murder of five people, including three children, in the south-western US state of New Mexico, police say. Police said in a statement they found the bodies of an adult male and female and two girls and a boy described as “juveniles”, all dead from multiple gunshot wounds, when they arrived at an Albuquerque home on Sunday. Aaron Williamson, a spokesman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, said “multiple” weapons were found at the scene, including a “military-type assault rifle”, adding that the investigation was still under way.

– AFP

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President Barack Obama embraces daughter Malia as first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha (right) and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr, look on after the official swearing-in in the Blue Room of the White House yesterday in Washington.

Obama daughters keep presidency real As much as their parents try to keep them out of the public eye, Malia and Sasha Obama manage to claim the limelight wherever they appear.

Yesterday, US President Barack Obama took his oath of office for the second term at a private ceremony at the White House.

Standing at his side were First Lady Michelle, 14-year-old Malia

and 11-year-old Sasha.

Afterwards, Obama was upstaged by their effusive hugs, after having only managed to thank Chief Justice John Roberts for swearing him in.

Malia embraced her father, saying “I’m so happy! Yeaaa!!”

And Sasha hugged him, saying: “Good job, dad!”

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ASB Bank has cut its three, four and five-year fixed home loan rates.

The biggest change is to five-year rates, with a 0.25 point drop from 6.5 per cent to 6.25 per cent.

Three-year rates have been cut from 5.9 per cent to 5.75 per cent, and fouryear rates from 6.1 per cent to 5.95 per cent.

“ASB has reduced its three, four and five-year fixed interest rates to assist our customers who want more certainty in their home loan repayments over the longer term,” ASB spokesman Shaun Drylie said.

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“Our special two-year fixed home loan interest rate of 5.25 per cent has come to an end, and the two-year term is now aligned this with the 12- and 18-month fixed home loan interest rate of 5.4 per cent.”

Last week, Statistics New Zealand said New Zealand’s consumers price index (CPI) fell 0.2 per cent in the December 2012 quarter, which was below expectations. With the annual inflation rate now at only 0.9 per cent, most economists expect the Reserve Bank will not make cuts to the Official Cash Rate until next year.

– APNZ

The Antarctic cruise ship The Orion has rescued solo roundthe-world yachtsman Alain Delord who has been stranded on a liferaft in remote waters south-west of Tasmania since Friday. A spokeswoman for the the Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed that Delord, 63, had been picked up by the ship. Delord, who set off at the beginning of October, abandoned his yacht Tchouk Tchouk Nougaton after it lost its mast and its hull was damaged in rough weather.

– AAP

Mercury Energy cuts power prices

By Pattrick Smellie

Callaghan Innovation board put in place

Mercury Energy, the electricity retailer owned by partial privatisation candidate MightyRiverPower, has announced its first across the board price cuts in a decade.

The cuts average 1.4 per cent for most of its customers in its home territory, Auckland, and will apply from April 1.

The cut is credited to an order by the Government’s competition watchdog, the Commerce Commission, to the owner of Auckland’s electricity network, Vector, to cut its prices because it has been earning higher than allowable rates of return. The last such across the board cut for residential customers was in 2002-2003, a Mercury spokesman said.

However, Mercury is holding back some of the cut to make a 2.9 per cent increase in the cost of the energy it delivers down the lines.

Vector is still fighting the price regulation findings in the courts, and further adjustment to the charges could yet ensue, but Mercury is passing on the reduction from April 1 – timing that coincides neatly with the likely timetable for the planned partial privatisation of its parent, stateowned MRP. Assuming the New Zealand Maori Council is unsuccessful in its challenge to the planned sales in a Supreme Court hearing later this month, the Government’s intention is to sell up to 49 per cent of MRP, while maintaining a controlling 51 per cent stake in taxpayers’ hands before June 30.

The price cut comes after a year in which electricity prices rose by an average of 5.2 per cent across the country, against the tide of total inflation for the year of 0.9 per cent, according to Statistics New Zealand’s consumers price index for the December 2012 quarter, released last week.

The value of the reduction per household on average is some $2.50 a month, Mercury said in a statement.

Mercury general manager James Munro said the impact of distribution and transmission charges accounted for more than 40 per cent of the monthly power bill, the majority of which is the local distribution charge.

“Combined with an increase in the transmission charges from Transpower (the national grid operator), which are also regulated under the Commerce Act, total lines charges are decreasing by an average 7.5 per cent,” Munro said.

“Within the overall review of our prices, Mercury Energy has increased its energy charge by 2.9 per cent to meet general cost pressures within our retail business,” he said.

“The energy charge accounts for just under 60 per cent of the total bill.”

Prices for other regions will be available in coming weeks once all distribution company and Transpower charges are known.

– APNZ

The Government new entity shares a has recruited Navman head office in central founder Sir Peter Maire Wellington. Callaghan and Wynyard Group Innovation, named after chief executive Craig the late scientist Sir Richardson to the Paul Callaghan, brings board of its new high together the current tech “one-stop-shop”, operations of IRL, the and put a woman in Ministry of Business, charge.

Innovation and New Zealand Trade Employment’s business and Enterprise direcinvestments team and tor Robin Hapi and the Auckland Foodbowl.

Professor Peter The Government has Hunter from Auckland set aside $166 million University are also of funding over four new appointments to years for the organisathe board of Callaghan tion charged with conInnovation ahead of its verting great ideas into opening for business of successful businesses.

February 1.

Auckland Transport Sue Suckling, who is director Paul Lockey Sue Suckling currently chairing the and Australian compaestablishment board to ny director Dr Michele set up the new Crown entity, will chair Allan are moving from the establishthe board. However, foundation board ment board to the new board. member and a key influence on the “I am confident this board will sucreforms, entrepreneur Neville Jordan, cessfully set up Callaghan Innovation has not been appointed. as an organisation that is fully in tune The only director reappointed with businesses’ needs and will help from the Crown Research Institute, them grow through science and innovaIndustrial Research Ltd, to be retained tion,” Joyce said in a statement. is Richard Janes, who joined the IRL “It will deliver fresh thinking and offer board in 2011. a diversity of perspective and experiIRL proposed an alternative approach ence that Callaghan Innovation will to the restructuring, suggesting cre- benefit from.” ation of an Advanced Technology IRL chief executive Shaun Coffey did Institute, with Auckland, Wellington not move to the new organisation and and Christchurch campuses. a new chief executive appointment is Economic Development Minister imminent.

Steven Joyce went instead for a wider The new institute has been described amalgamation of innovation assets, as a “one stop shop” for high value, including a role for New Zealand innovative businesses with high growth Trade and Enterprise, with whom the potential.

– APNZ

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– DPA

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finished the congratulatory round with a brief quip – “I did it” – before shepherding his daughters out of the White House Blue Room.

For an adoring public, watching the Obama daughters grow up has been a never-ending source of fascination. Whether they were training their Portuguese water dog, Bo – the pet they had been

Thousands of workers will stretch their long weekends out with a sneaky sickie ahead of Australia Day, according to a peak business body. The NSW Business Chamber says it expects an extra 173,000 sick days leading into this long weekend, costing the nation’s employers more than $36 million. That figure does not include replacement costs and reduced productivity, the group said.

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RURAL • Market report

LAMB There have been mixed reports from overseas lamb markets, with positive news unfortunately being equally matched by weakening in other areas.

Demand for legs this month is reported to be significantly better then that a year ago, with signs that the lower price levels are starting to stir up some demand.

Prices have crept up slightly as a result but these vary between exporters.

China is reported to still be buying strongly, and flap prices have risen in the past few weeks.

China is also buying more products that in the past would have been destined for rendering plants, which all help to add value to a carcass.

Middle cuts, however, remain under significant pressure and prices into the US and Europe have been sliding virtually every week.

Meat company schedule prices remain under pressure, although North Island has been more stable than the South in the past couple of weeks.

BEEF New Zealand’s beef markets appear to be going through a quiet patch.

In Asia, Chinese New Year is near, which is generally a good demand period in a number of nations, but buyers already look to have much of their requirements covered.

Reasonable supplies of US beef are also weighing on some markets, and the steadily weakening Japanese Yen is slowing down buyers there.

In the US, buyers remain content to sit back, after many secured much of their early 2013 requirements late last year.

As a result, imported manufacturing beef prices fell by US2-3c/lb over the past week.

The US domestic market had a strong week though, rising by US3c/lb.

Importers have been waiting for the domestic market to firm, but they will likely want to see more of a lift before jumping back into the import market.

Beef processing schedules for both the North and South Island have remained unchanged for the coming week.

DAIRY Last week’s GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction saw prices firming for most commodities.

The GDT rose by 1.15 as a result, to its highest level since December 2011.

Whole milk powder (WMP) and anhydrous milkfat values lifted the most, by 2.8 per cent and 2.4 per cent respectively.

Skim milk powder (SMP) prices eased by an average of 0.3 per cent but this was mainly dragged down by a drop in prices for product offered by DairyAmerica for February delivery.

Agrifax Oceanic dairy commodity prices remained largely unchanged, although there has been a lift in WMP values following the auction.

Despite the US slaughtering 6.1 per cent more dairy cows in 2012 than in 2011, it was fewer than the USDA had expected.

As a result it has increased its production forecast for 2013 slightly.

This has been pointed to as a possible reason for the decline in SMP values on GTD.

Tb infection third case in three years The Animal Health Board is responding to a bovine tuberculosis (Tb) infection in a dairy herd in the Awanui area in Northland, the third case in that area within three years.

Infected cows in two herds were destroyed in 2009 and those herds had since tested clear.

Now more cows in a third herd, which had not been one of those involved in 2009, have been destroyed.

The board’s northern North Island regional co-ordinator, Frank Pavitt, said the exact source of the infection was still being investigated.

Checking wild animal populations, especially possums and pigs, was already under way to see if the disease was present in the surrounding area.

Although possums were the main source of Tb infection in farmed cattle and deer, they had never been identified as a cause in Northland.

Infection could also arise as a result of importing infected cattle and hunters introducing deer or pigs from other areas to provide sport.

Mr Pavitt declined to specify the number of positive tests, but said the number was irrelevant in terms of the AHB’s response and the process to be followed.

It would require two clear wholeherd skin tests six months apart, followed by clear whole-herd blood

tests, before the herd could be declared Tb-free.

The AHB, which manages the TBfree New Zealand programme, was also introducing measures to reduce the risk to other cattle and deer herds in the area. Herds within a 10km radius of the infected property would be tested annually, as opposed to three-yearly as at present, and all neighbouring herds would be tested immediately.

In the meantime, very stringent controls had been placed on the farm in terms of animal movements, both to and from the property.

Mr Pavitt said one major concern was that tuberculosis, if unchecked, could find its way into the local wildlife population, which would create an ongoing problem for the dairy, beef and deer industries.

TBfree Northland committee chairman Neil MacMillan said while the infection was not good news for the region, with the assistance of the AHB and local herd owners the issue could be dealt with effectively.

“As the more frequent Tb testing programme is introduced and we step up wild animal surveillance, I urge all landowners to co-operate with contractors in completing their tests and allowing access to their properties,” he said.

– APNZ

Market Price Trends 13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI

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34.65 54.21 71.61 70.94 58.28 82.84 89.21 90.00 97.69 99.53 98.08 34.65

35.19 37.36 54.78 57.04 72.24 74.74 70.94 72.82 57.48 58.84 83.58 86.50 90.01 93.18 90.00 92.38 98.58 102.08 99.53 102.16 99.05 34.65 102.89 34.65 6.72 6.72

48.15 68.71 87.66 84.94 61.47 101.51 109.43 107.73 120.00 119.13 124.41 34.65

65.22 84.23 103.44 108.88 75.11 119.92 129.35 137.62 141.93 151.99 155.25 34.65

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Overseer deemed best tool available FAR’s independent review of Overseer has resulted in some wide-ranging recommendations to improve the nutrient management planning tool.

The review panel said Overseer was the best tool available for estimating long-term, average nitrate leaching losses from the root zone across the diversity and complexity of farming systems in New Zealand, but further work on the cropping model was needed to enhance farmer confidence in it.

Environment Canterbury wants to use Overseer to help farmers meet nutrient discharge levels set by the Land and Water Plan.

The review was initiated by FAR (the Foundation for Arable Research) in August last year and carried out by science and industry specialists from New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Its findings were released today.

Dr Roger Williams, FAR’s Director of Research Development, says the review grew out of concerns that Overseer

was becoming a major element of many regional authority plans for improving water quality.

“Although this computer model has a well-established role in managing nutrients in pastoral systems, its use in estimating nutrient losses from cropping farms is a new and relatively untested application.

FAR decided it was time to ‘lift the bonnet’ on Overseer and take a look at the science underpinning the modelling of cropping systems.”

The independent expert panel has spent the past few months examining Overseer’s capabilities, consulting with some key stakeholders and has come up with a wide range of recommendations to the programme’s owners, AgResearch Ltd, The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries.

These recommendations include: • Further validation of the cropping model through field experiments and comparison with other crop model predictions

Rangitikei couple living the rural dream

By Peter Franklin Foxton businessman Shane Parlato is about to launch his second vintage of Pheasant Creek wines and, all the hard work aside, he is really excited.

Mr Parlato said the 2011 vintage that was released from the small family holding has all but gone, attracting a lot of attention with its smooth fruity flavour.

“I think the 2012 will be even better,”

he said. Three years ago Mr Parlato and his wife Tessa purchased a small property in the back blocks of Rangitikei that was the beginning of their dream – a personal little piece of paradise where they could work together and enjoy the fruits of their labour.

“We wanted something that as a family we could enjoy,” he said.

It was back to basics with a little cabin that although it had no electricity sat among the maturing vines.

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48.15 68.71 87.66 86.47 61.84 101.51 109.43 109.67 120.00 121.27 134.07

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P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator

386 392 372 280 304 313

386 392 372 280 304 312

386 392 377 280 302 316

391 404 385 277 310 305

391 420 373 290 311 339

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

386 399 387

386 399 387

386 401 392

379 400 387

389 432 401

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V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) 6.61 6.70 6.31

6.63 6.73 6.33

6.73 6.83 6.43

7.98 8.08 7.68

7.70 7.79 7.39

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447 422

468 432

344 440

331 346

517 468

417 433

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4030 4210 4150 4880 11600

4740 4240 4430 5300 11970

3490 3360 3420 4510 10220

4200 4300 4200 5180 12270

4812 4151 4290 5147 12382

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

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315 214 201 6.80

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405 210 198 6.72

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0.819 0.802 0.510 0.518 0.627 0.620 2.56 2.79 (Estimates only) 201 93 236 73 6 76 10.1 4.4 5.8

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“The farm is the ideal lifestyle. It all seems so right. I have Italian heritage and from a farming background, what could be better,” he said.

Mr Parlato said, in between operating his business in Foxton and Levin, it had been a busy year on the farm, tending to the vines and with late frosts has created some challenges.

The fruit that was harvested in April has been bottled and is ready to go.

– APNZ

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of nutrient losses.

• An overhaul of the way that users enter data about crop rotations.

• Introducing independent peer review into the on-going process of Overseer development.

• Information and training so that all users, including regional authorities, understand the strengths and limitations of Overseer.

• Increasing the funding available for further work on the crop model and other aspects of Overseer improvement.

“We considered alternative crop models for estimating long-term leaching from arable farms, but we are confident that building on the existing strengths of Overseer is the way to go. FAR is already talking to the owners about implementation of the panel’s recommendations and we look forward to a joined-up approach to making sure Overseer will meet the future needs of the arable sector,” says Dr Williams.

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Newspapers bring disastrous event to life

By Kathleen Stringer

FAR LEFT: Northcote & Heffords drapery business at the corner of Tancred and East streets.

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oday’s journalists are often criticised for delving too deeply into people’s misfortunate, paying little regard for people’s privacy or emotional state.

However, the journalists of the past were just as probing. Free of political correctness and often liable (the Defamation Act did not exist before 1954), newspapers are a useful (sometimes the only) source of information. Without such resource much of our community’s past would never be uncovered, or at least certainly less colourful.

A good example is the tragic and destructive fire that occurred in Ashburton in 1908. Fire has always been a threat to property and life and when death occurs, as well as financial loss, people want to know all the details.

The fire was located around Hefford’s store, at the corner of Tancred and East streets. The large store was the home of a long line of drapers. The first reference we have is The Salvage Company who sold to Diamant and Coe in 1882. In 1888, W H Collier purchased the business which was transferred to Northcote and Hefford in 1899 before Mr Hefford took over in 1903.

While the large drapery commanded the corner, smaller buildings clustered around it.

These contained businesses, offices and, in some circumstances, accommodation.

The fire started in the Tancred Street premises of Arthur Zouch, dentist, at 10pm. While today that may not cause too much harm, in 1908 things were different. Firstly, Mr Zouch and his two assistants appear to have been still working. Second, the dental surgery was also home to Arthur, his mother Mary (niece of The Lord Provost of Glasgow Sir James Bain) aged 49, a servant girl Fanny Symon, one of Mr Zouch’s assistants Edgar Batten and the ward of Mary Zouch – the three-year-old Arthur Pilbrow.

Naturally, without the aid of television, the reports of the actions of victims and rescuers were full of description. We can almost hear the ‘plate glass window crashing out into the street and flames leaping up in every direction’. The inquests give details of people’s movements, locations and possible causes for the fire.

However, what might disturb today’s readers is the amount of detail about the victims.

Comment was made that when Mrs Zouch was pulled from the house she was almost naked (we later learn she had been unwell

LEFT: The interior of Zouch’s dental surgery.

ABOVE: The fire of 1908 resulted in the total destruction of two buildings at the corner of East and Tancred streets.

LEFT: An advertisement for Arthur Zouch’s American dental parlours in Ashburton and Methven. and was in the bath) and the severity of her burns.

Indepth descriptions abound about the amount of stock and insurance the neighbours had, even who they were insured with. People affected included, J. Mellor and Thomas Young, both bootmakers, M Burgess stationer, Miss L Robinson, fruit and confectionery, and A & R Terris, painters.

George Hefford lost not only his place of business, but also all his newly-arrived spring goods

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valued at £3500. Sadly he also lost his dog which had followed him in when he went to save his financial accounts. In all, some £9075 was thought to be the cost in insurance claims.

The reports were very full, and point out inconstancies in details such as whether Arthur was working or reading and who discovered the fire. This makes for frustrating reading if you don’t like mysteries.

Some of the reports actually form mysterious questions in

heads like mine. When asked what he was doing Mr Zouch produced a written document which the journalist covering the inquest didn’t see. He was miffed and to be honest so am I, my interested has been piqued.

The event was covered throughout the country, although not as in great a detail as one would expect. Many of the papers, such as the Marlborough Express, claimed that the little ward that Mary Zouch was buried with may in fact have been Arthur’s son.

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eople visiting the Ashburton Museum lately will recognise this angry fellow from our Fur and Feather display.

Ferrets were introduced into New Zealand for their hunting ability – especially with rabbits.

It seemed only sensible to introduce one pest to get rid of another introduced pest I suppose.

My grandmother told me how she and her brothers would use ferrets to flush rabbits out of their burrows.

A ferret, with a piece of string

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They also claim that the fire was started by an explosion of gas, although in his testimony assistant Edgar Batten said he turned the gas off.

It would appear that the dentistry was owned by Mary Zouch, (after the fire Mary’s husband announced the practice carried on by A. L. Zouch on behalf of the late M. D. Zouch would continue).

Mary’s husband William, who was involved with the SPCA, had lived in Ashburton in the 1880s as owner of the Central Auction Mart

(in Havelock Street). In an ironic twist of circumstance William was the first secretary of the Fire Police and Salvage Corps which was established in 1879. But why was Mary, who it has been stated was unwell for some time, living in Ashburton when her husband was elsewhere?

You can see how reading old newspapers can send you down all sorts of lanes and byways that you didn’t expect to encounter.

I began this article by writing about reporting in the old days

and now I am intrigued by the goings on at 111 Tancred Street.

While to get the full, accurate story I would have to track down official documents it was the newspaper that brought this intriguing series of events to my attention and certainly has expanded my knowledge about the Tancred Street fire of 1908. It is now no longer a single historic fact accompanied by a photograph, but a chapter in a fascinating tale of people who lived just down the road.

A harmful pest, sometimes even after stuffing

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around its neck, would be placed near an opening of a rabbit burrow. Hopefully all the other openings were covered with nets (or fast-acting Stringer’s) and the ferret would chase the rabbits out.

The string was employed to keep the ferret but also to pull them out if they caught a rabbit, killed and ate it and decided it was a good time for a sleep.

Ferrets, like some teenagers, sleep for most of the day. They are only really alert during twilight – which luckily is when rabbits are active as well.

Also like teenagers they are social animals – a group of fer-

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) There’s nothing wrong with today that a friendly gathering or fun get-together can’t correct. You may find a conversation generates a brilliant idea that you may want to get to work on right away. A partnership may also change direction unexpectedly, but in a good way one that encourages greater understanding. This can provide welcome support.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) A creative approach may result in a financial reward. Some upbeat influences today may help you get an idea or project off the ground.

Group efforts or gettogethers may not hold such an appeal though. However, you should be able to rely on at least one good friend to bring good cheer. Go out for lunch, watch a movie and enjoy chilling out.

rets is called a business.

Ferrets, weasels and stoats are all related, as are ermines, minks and polecats.

Like the latter group, ferrets can be used as a source of fur. So they do have their uses.

However, being such a vicious hunter they are a disaster for many of our native birds.

As a carrier of bovine TB it also can harm our agricultural economy. It is believed that New Zealand has the largest wild ferret population in the world. It truly is a pest that needs to be removed.

However, even a dead ferret can be harmful. Many museums

have collections of stuffed birds and mammals.

While some were generated for display or study, the majority of specimens were produced for the Victorian audience. Not being a bird person at the best of times, the idea of having anything dead, especially birds in my living room as decoration isn’t my idea of good taste; but Victorians loved cases full of brightly coloured (often rare/native) birds or mammals such as rabbits and ferrets in various poses.

While these sometimes macabre objects are often distasteful to view, especially if they are of now extinct birds, they also pose

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Creativity and romance seem to be high on the agenda, as well as the determination to have a good time. As the Moon angles with Jupiter it is also encouraging you to make that leap of faith - the one you may have been dreaming of for some time. So be bold. If you really want to fulfil a special ambition, take the first step now.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) There seem to be plenty of creative solutions around, especially if you’re willing to let your imagination play a key part in your actions. Your artistic abilities may come to the fore as well as any musical talents. If you get an urge to paint or play and instrument, then go for it. You may be in the mood to entertain friends and really chill out.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) This has the potential to be an upbeat and fun day. The Moon aspects lucky Jupiter in your partnership zone, which means that others may be supporting you behind your back without you even knowing. You are full of interesting chat and information and may attract someone who is very much on your wavelength due to your conversational skills.

a possible health risk.

Many taxidermists, even until recently, used arsenic powder to preserve their specimens and prevent insect infestation.

Museum staff take precautions when handling stuffed creatures, especially birds. Members of the public who come across any stuffed creature should be mindful of this threat when handling them.

Specimens in cases are unlikely to be of concern if the cases are sealed and intact. Exposed objects, including birds on hats, can be more of an issue. If you have any concerns please contact the museum.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Take note of ideas that come to you, especially if they involve new ways to make money. A focus on your personal financial zone suggests that you could do really well if you time your moves well. You may decide on the spur of the moment to invest in your home and make it a more atmospheric place to be. New gadgets could be a priority.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You might revel in a healthy sense of competition. Getting your ideas out there and acknowledging feedback may be an important step towards planning your next major project. A high-energy Mercury and Uranus influence encourages you to speak out, even if you aren’t one hundred percent sure of the outcome. As ever, confidence can win the day.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Intuitive ideas may have a bearing on your financial status.

Be prepared to listen if you get a feeling to speak to anyone, go anywhere or take a certain action. It could result in your becoming better off. A lovely influence between the Moon and Jupiter is perfect if you are having friends around for a home-cooked meal.

If so, you should have a fabulous time.

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10.00am. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmania doubles 10-12, assn doubles and golf croquet 1pm4pm. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

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By Jonathan Leask Kate Hayman signalled her intentions for another strong season in the boat as she claimed two titles at the Canterbury Rowing Championships on the weekend.

The Ashburton College crew had a good hit out, but again the wind caused a premature end to a regatta at Lake Ruataniwha. “It was frustrating more than anything waiting around on the Saturday for conditions to calm down, and when they did it wasn’t for long and the same story on Sunday,� Ashburton College rowing coach Steve Beveridge said. “This time of year is especially bad and every year this regatta seems to be a nightmare.�

Weather woes aside, it was the squad’s first competitive hit out since the Otago champs in mid-December but they showed no sign of rust coming off last week’s training camp with a number of strong showings.

Leading the charge was Hayman, who won bronze in the single at last year’s Maadi Cup, winning the women’s Kate Hayman club single and was third in the women’s’ open single.

Hayman then combined with Lysaght, a bronze medal combination at the Maadi Cup last year, and won the under 17 double but were denied the opportunity to take out the women’s club double due to Sunday’s winds.

Matthew Beveridge was second in the men’s club single, Mark Tait and Sean McCormack were second in the men’s novice double and Jessica Jary, Michaela Watt, Olivia Fleming, Jemma Rotch and cox Mady Davidson were second in the under16 quad.

The Matthews, Rae and Beveridge, were third in the men’s under 17 double. “We managed to get a few combinations out there and see how they went but also had a few good results in there. “It was a hard one to judge though due to the variable conditions and I don’t like to go by times because every heat is different. “Kate and Georgia were ahead by 10 boat lengths in their heat but had one of the slower times.�

College heads back to Ruataniwha in two weeks’ time for the South Island Championships.

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Weary titleholder Novak Djokovic admits his latest Melbourne Park epic has thrown his Australian Open sleeping patterns seriously out of whack. “I guess I’m going to skip the morning hours and stay in the bed,� Djokovic said after outlasting Swiss underdog Stanislas Wawrinka in a five-set, five-hour, two-minute thriller that finished at almost two o’clock on Monday morning.

But having survived a similarly sapping fourhour, 50-minute semi-final against Andy Murray last year, and then overcoming Rafael Nadal in a near-six-hour championship decider two days later, the Serbian ironman believes he can do it again.

Djokovic takes on Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych tonight for a place in the semi-finals and is backing his supreme fitness to see him through. “There is no doubt I’m not very fresh,� Djokovic said. “It’s normal to expect after five hours of play. “But still I’ve been in those situations before. I remember most recently, 12 months ago when I won against Murray in the semis after five hours, and then played against Rafa Stanislas Wawrinka and Novak for almost six hours. Djokovic after an epic match “I know I can recover. I know I have it in me. “I wasn’t too much worried about the physical part (last year). I was ready for it. I was ready to go the distance, and I’ve done so.�

Djokovic said Wawrinka would have been an equally deserving winner. “It’s really hard to find the words to describe the feeling we had tonight, especially in the fifth set,�

Djokovic said. “He deserved equally to be the winner of this match ... he showed his quality, he was the aggressive player on the court. “I was just hanging in there trying to fight.�

Djokovic said it revived memories of the five-hour, 53-minute final he won against Rafael Nadal last year. “We are midway through the tournament but it feels like a final to me this match,� he said.

Djokovic is contesting his 15th consecutive grand slam quarter-final, a streak that surpasses Ivan Lendl’s 14 straight and leaves the Serb trailing only Roger Federer (34) and Jimmy Connors (27) for successive last-eight appearances at the majors.

And with a dominant 11-1 win-loss record over Berdych, the world No.1 is a warm favourite to progress to his ninth grand slam semi-final on the spin.

The winner on Thursday will face the victor of Tuesday’s all-Spanish quarter-final featuring fourth seed David Ferrer and 10th seed Nicolas Almagro for a place in Sunday night’s title match. - AAP

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Otago greyhound fields and form Otago Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Forbury Park Raceway Meeting Date: 22 Jan 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 12.03pm OTAGO FIRST4 MAIDEN SPRINT C0, 310m 1 87887 Zahra nwtd......................................J Guthrie 2 84687 Blue Shorts nwtd P &....................B Conner 3 56772 Uno Green nwtd L &........................... Wales 4 56744 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd M &...................Jopson 5 8x3 Wandy Grant nwtd......................... G Cleeve 6 82 Sam’s Flyin Norm nwtd S &..............Bonnett 7 Cawbourne Philip nwtd..............J McInerney 8 34765 Runs Like Al nwtd M &......................Jopson 9 Taieri Plains nwtd C &......................... Fagan 10 685 Sheeza Flower nwtd S &..................Bonnett 2 12.23pm BLUE BUBBLE DUNEDIN TAXIS STAKES C0, 545m 1 25545 Secret Nicole nwtd P &..................B Conner 2 8566 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson 3 8 Go Patch nwtd............................... G Cleeve 4 68x42 Go Carter nwtd.......................... M Robinson 5 26 Know Fault nwtd............................ G Cleeve 6 65476 Top Player nwtd P &...........................Doody 7 74837 Poised Boy nwtd S &........................Bonnett 8 6557 Uno Nosey nwtd L &........................... Wales 9 48668 Opawa Mohawk nwtd L &................... Wales 10 578 Springstown nwtd S &.....................B Evans 3 12.42pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP STAKES C1, 545m 1 56564 Shadow Wolf 33.17.........................J Guthrie 2 77583 Hear Hare Here nwtd P &...................Doody 3 75663 Autumn Spirit 33.63........................... J Allen 4 52532 Indi’s Grace 33.47............................ M Grant 5 36748 Calm Spirit 33.00............................... J Allen 6 35466 New Ingilltab nwtd P &...................B Conner 7 x7828 Starburst Clemmy nwtd................... M Grant 8 62617 Pukeko Express 34.14...................... B Eade 9 42757 Time For What 33.53................... M Roberts

10 44666 Secret Nadia nwtd L &........................ Wales 4 12.59pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS.ORG.NZ C1, 310m 1 76234 Wandy Gaylene nwtd..................... G Cleeve 2 84553 Slightly Amazing 19.24 J &.....................May 3 57473 Tekoa nwtd S &.................................Bonnett 4 62472 Rumball and Ice nwtd P &.............B Conner 5 35732 Hazza’s Lad 18.91 S &.....................Bonnett 6 86342 Opaque 18.83 A &..............................Seque 7 26587 Randy Outside nwtd.................... M Roberts 8 85654 Canvas Rider nwtd S &....................B Evans 9 65115 Hazza’s Got Swag 19.21 S &...........Bonnett 10 15236 Totally Confused nwtd....................... M Flipp 5 1.18pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C2, 310m 1 42863 Where’s John Cee 18.84................. M Grant 2 54622 No Lane nwtd............................... M Roberts 3 15573 Another Jewel nwtd...................J McInerney 4 35843 Homebush Coco 19.25..............J McInerney 5 78553 Fulla Pride 18.86 M &........................Jopson 6 33611 Smash Amy 18.86........................... M Grant 7 15251 Miss Sweet nwtd P &.....................B Conner 8 28133 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd............J McInerney Emergencies: 9 22344 Wandy Feather 18.64...................... M Grant 10 78845 Dyna Brownlow 18.92 C &............D Roberts 6 1.37pm BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING STAKES C1, 545m 1 48664 Wyndham nwtd M &...........................Jopson 2 27387 Wandy Matt nwtd............................. M Grant 3 78378 Miss Ozark nwtd.............................J Guthrie 4 62353 Thrilling Jonah 32.75....................... M Grant 5 F7222 Opawa Bart nwtd L &.......................... Wales 6 21312 Bone Nerd nwtd........................... M Roberts 7 56748 Sea Spray Doris 33.07.................B Freeman 8 35664 Moon And Sea 34.08......................... J Allen 9 847x6 Bake Bean Betty 32.86...................... J Allen

10 54858 Okuku Surprise nwtd...................... R Casey 7 1.54pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER STAKES C1/2, 545m 1 41782 Homebush Chopper nwtd..........J McInerney 2 74433 Noggin 33.03..................................... J Allen 3 77788 Baby James nwtd......................J McInerney 4 84427 Barnaby Bale nwtd C &................D Roberts 5 43426 Party Rock nwtd S &........................B Evans 6 15723 Over Bid nwtd A &..............................Seque 7 11356 Jinja Jam 33.33 L &............................ Wales 8 85525 Gone Awol nwtd.........................J McInerney 9 56232 Thrilling Sound nwtd S &.................B Evans 10 54858 Okuku Surprise (c1) nwtd............... R Casey 8 2.13pm ST KILDA VET CLINIC SPRINT C3, 310m 1 78627 Benny’s Angel nwtd...................J McInerney 2 35546 Vitalize 18.72 J &....................................May 3 72574 Jimmy Jurante nwtd...................J McInerney 4 16771 Cawbourne Spear 18.84............J McInerney 5 71761 Another Colt nwtd......................J McInerney 6 16613 Turbo Tundra 18.63.......................... M Grant 7 77654 Wandy Boiler 19.26........................ G Cleeve 8 17763 Cot Case Cutie 18.62 J &.......................May Emergencies: 9 11676 Life With Dexter 18.60 J &......................May 10 47776 Magic You 18.90 C &....................D Roberts 9 2.32pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C3, 545m 1 65663 Dyna Diego nwtd C &...................D Roberts 2 73347 Big Token nwtd...........................J McInerney 3 6477x Union Steam 32.83..........................J Goode 4 22537 Know Peril 32.94............................ G Cleeve 5 37622 Cawbourne Kim nwtd.................J McInerney 6 13312 Pukeko Flyer 33.02........................... B Eade 7 75836 Felixstowe 32.70 A &..........................Seque 8 15661 Know Chaos 33.23........................ G Cleeve Emergencies: 9 46445 Bob’s Eye 33.20.........................J McInerney 10 21774 Wandy Paul 33.51............................ M Grant 10 2.49pm C B NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY STAKES

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MORNING

tV1 6.00 Breakfast.

9.00 Infomercial.

9.30 MasterChef New Zealand. (G, R, T) 10.30 How To Look Good Naked. (PGR, R, T) 11.25 BBC World –MT With George Alagiah. (G) 11.30 Infomercial.

12.00 ONE News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) 1.30 Come Dine With Me.

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2.00 Britain’s Best Dish. (G, R) 2.55 To Build Or Not To Build. (G, T) 3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat.

(G, T) Six contestants go head-to-head to win the cash in a game of strategy, skill and survival, hosted by Eddie McGuire.

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6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Grizzly Tales. (G, R, T)

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11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 3 News.

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1.00 Three Rivers. (PGR, R) 2.00 Touch. (PGR, R, T) 3.00 America’s Next Great Restaurant. (G, R, T) 4.00 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. (G) The Fab Five come to the rescue of a plus-sized married couple, and help them spruce up their apartment and try to give them a thorough transformation.

5.00 Entertainment Tonight.

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5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 My Wife And Kids.

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

8.00 SCU- Serious Crash Unit. (T) 8.30 Africa. (T) Taking you seamlessly from the wild terrain of extraordinary landscapes to intimate encounters with its mesmerising creatures, Africa is a unique expedition to the most extreme parts of a vast continent.

9.35 Seven Dwarves. (AO, T) 10.35 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.05 The Closer. (AO, T)

7.30 FILM: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.

12.00 Coppers. (Final, AO, R, T) 1.05 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.30 BBC World –MT With George Alagiah.

(G) 2.00 Impact with Mishal Husain. 3.30 HARDtalk. 4.00 BBC World News. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere.

6.00 3 News: Firstline.

8.30 Infomercials. (G) 10.30 The Shopping Channel.

7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated. (G, T) 7.50 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. (G, R, T) 8.15 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 8.40 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.50 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Once Upon A Time. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Jeremy Kyle USA. (PGR) 3.00 Pocoyo. (G, R, T) 3.15 Disney Jungle Junction. (G, R, T) 3.35 Spongebob Squarepants. (G, R, T) 4.05 Sonny With A Chance.

(G, R, T) 4.30 Kickin’ It. (G, T) 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion.

6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Border Patrol. (G) 7.30 Surveillance Oz. (PGR,

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7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 The Block Australia.

(PGR, T) All the teams realise just how much work they still have left to do in just under a week.

8.30 NCIS. (AO, T) The team investigates when the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager, who disappeared the day the Navy Yard was bombed, is found.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint. As Harry begins a new year at Hogwarts his life is once again placed in danger when he is tricked into competing in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament.

10.40 Revenge. (AO, R, T) 11.40 Happy Town. (AO, R, T)

12.40 Embarrassing Fat Bodies.

(PGR, R, T) 1.40 Infomercials.

2.40 Kitchen Nightmares. (AO, R, T) 4.15 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show.

(G, R) 5.30 Infomercials.

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10.30 Nightline.

11.00 Underbelly: The Golden Mile. (AO, T) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

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7.00 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

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7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 Antiques Roadshow.

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1.10 Man Vs Wild. (PGR, R) 2.10 America’s Got Talent.

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3.05 World’s Strictest Parents Australia.

(PGR, R) Each week a pair of head-strong Aussie teens will be sent to live with some of the world’s strictest parents.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

5.30 Prime News.

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Down: 2 Orion; 3 Tetanus; 4 Occupy; 5 Error; 6 Selfish; 7 Discernible; 8 Exploratory; 14 Modicum; 16 Ruffian; 17 Census; 19 Ladle; 21 Ought.

Across: 1 Mice; 3 Estrange; 8 None; 9 Dramatic; 1 Praiseworthy; 13 Lustre; 14 Pamper; 17 Particularly; 2 Mystical; 21 Taxi; 22 Tendered; 23 Mesh.

Down: 1 Monopoly; 2 Canvass; 4 Shrewd; Remarkable; 6 Notch; 7 Each; 10 Escritoire; 12 Crayfis 15 Partake; 16 Scrape; 18 Arson; 19 Emit.

movie Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire TV2 7.30pm The fourth instalment finds our bespectacled wizard (Daniel Radcliffe) well and truly in the throws of adolescence – a point that isn’t helped along by having the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) on your tail. A big injection of action and suspense and the usual touch of humour keep the magic alive.

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12.30 Home Shopping. (G) 1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (G)

7.30 America’s Next Top Model: College Edition. (PGR) 8.30 FILM: Ali G Indahouse. (2002, AO, R) Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Gambon, Charles Dance. A wannabe “gangsta” from suburban London becomes a pawn in the plot of an evil politician.

10.20 The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR, R) The de Lesseps family visits the Statue of Liberty, and Bobby showers Jill with various gifts, but fails to win points with an offering of lingerie.

11.20 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.45 Infomercials. (G)

the bOx 6.00 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 6.50 Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) 7.15 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 7.40 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8.30 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 9.20 Law & Order. (M) 10.15 NCIS. (PG) 11.05 CSI: New York. (M) 12.00 CSI: New York. (M) 12.50 NYPD Blue. (M) 1.40 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 2.45 Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) 3.10 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.35 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 4.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 4.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

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7.30 World’s Strictest Parents Australia.

8.30 The Restaurant Inspector. (G) 9.30 FILM: The Last Starfighter. (1984, PGR, R) Lance Guest, Catherine M Stewart, Robert Preston. A man who becomes an expert at a video game, is recruited to fight in an inter-galactic war.

11.30 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G)

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6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) 6.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

FOUR R) 10.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G) 3.05 Dora The Explorer. (G, R) 3.30 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 3.40 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G) 3.50 Hannah Montana Forever.

(G, R) 4.15 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.40 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.10 Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.35 Clueless. (G, R) 6.00 That ‘70s Show. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R)

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ACROSS 1. Rodents (4) 3. Alienate (8) 8. Not any (4) 9. Theatrical (8) 11. Laudable (12) 13. Sheen (6) 14. Cosset (6) 17. Especially (12) 20. Enigmatical (8) 21. Cab (4) 22. Proffered (8) 23. Network (4)

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6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 The Angry Beavers. (G, R) 7.30 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.55 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 8.20 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Advent.

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

C4/5, 545m 1 28783 Wodston Bobo (c5) 32.75............... R Casey 2 37526 Magic Lass (c5) nwtd C &............D Roberts 3 86444 Geoff The Ref (c5) 32.25 A &.............Seque 4 14411 Finn McMissile (c5) 33.00................L Philips 5 77255 Magic Maggie (c4) 32.29 C &.......D Roberts 6 62118 Botany Comet (c4) 33.22...........J McInerney 7 27821 Dyna Groll (c5) 32.63 C &............D Roberts 8 13488 Wonnie Wonder (c4) nwtd C &.....D Roberts 9 68742 Know Spunk (c4) 32.85................. G Cleeve 10 66857 Homebush Iris (c4) 33.01..........J McInerney 11 3.07pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C4, 310m 1 3877x Genista Lightnin 18.74 J &.....................May 2 34161 Tie My Tie 18.64 J &...............................May 3 33224 Decado nwtd C &..........................D Roberts 4 16562 Waterhouse 18.75 J &............................May 5 57682 Another Breeze 18.32................J McInerney 6 45764 Miss Iron Fist 18.30...................J McInerney 7 15334 Okuku Lilly 18.77............................ R Casey 8 56556 Blickling Bridge 18.62 J &.......................May Emergencies: 9 35668 Sorry Vanderford 18.38 J &....................May 10 86816 Dyna Frier 18.62 C &....................D Roberts 12 3.31pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY DASH C5, 310m 1 76183 Iceberg Rapper 19.07...................... M Grant 2 14714 Sosan 18.76 C &..........................D Roberts 3 14233 Attire 18.58 A &..................................Seque 4 52158 Homebush Mayhem 19.12.........J McInerney 5 15238 Homebush Sarge 19.10.............J McInerney 6 12842 Rosca 18.15...............................J McInerney 7 14773 Know Escape 18.31....................... G Cleeve 8 73658 Jennings 18.57 S &..........................Bonnett 9 76818 Wandy Hallee 18.87....................... G Cleeve 10 28626 Cawbourne Dusty 18.49.................. M Grant

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The Simpsons. (PG) Pawn Stars. (PG) NCIS. (PG) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) Law & Order. (M) NCIS. (PG) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) Malcolm In The Middle. (PG) America’s Funniest Home Videos.

1.50 2.15 3.05 3.55 4.45 5.35

Cash Cab USA. (PG) NYPD Blue. (M) Top 20 Countdown. (M) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) The Simpsons. (PG)

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sky sPORt 2 sky sPORt 1 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day Eight Night Session. Highlights. 7.00 Cycling. Tour Down Under. People’s Choice Classic. Highlights. 7.30 Motorsport. Dakar Rally. Highlights. 8.00 Soccer. A-League. Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix. Highlights. 9.00 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v Melbourne Tigers. Replay. 11.00 Snooker. World Tour. Masters Final. Replay.

2.00 Athletics. Auckland 70.3 Triathlon.

Highlights.

3.00 Basketball. NBL. Adelaide 36ers v NZ Breakers. Replay.

5.00 Cycling. Tour Down Under. People’s Choice Classic. Highlights.

5.30 The Cricket Show.

6.00 ICC Cricket 360.

6.30 Premier League Review.

7.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

8.00 Motorsport. Dakar Rally. Highlights.

8.30 Rugby Zone.

9.00 The ITM Fishing Show.

9.30 Athletics. Auckland 70.3 Triathlon.

10.30 Crowd Goes Wild. 11.00 Golf. European PGA Tour. Abu Dhabi HSBC C’ship Round Four. 12.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Humana Challenge Round Four.

Highlights. 1.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa.

2nd One-day Morning Session. Live. 4.55 Crowd Goes Wild. 5.25 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa.

2nd One-day Afternoon Session. Live.

6.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

6.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Humana Challenge Round Four. Highlights.

7.30 A-League Highlights Show.

8.20 Football League Show.

8.53 Soccer. English Premier League.

Southampton v Everton. Live.

11.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Manchester City v Fulham. Highlights.

12.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Southampton v Everton. Replay.

2.00 Lawn Bowls. World Championships.

Women’s Triples Final.

4.00 Lawn Bowls. World Championships.

Women’s Pairs Final.

6.00 The Dirt.

7.00 Motorsport. New Zealand V8s. From Teretonga Park. Highlights.

8.00 Sky ARENA Access.

8.30 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC. Belfort v Bisping. Delayed.

10.30 Rugby Zone.

11.00 Premier League Review.

12.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Manchester City v Fulham. Replay.

2.00 Soccer. English Premier League. West Brom v Aston Villa. Replay.

4.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC. Belfort v Bisping. Replay.

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A Family Thanksgiving. (2010, PG) Wyvern. (2009, 16) Puss In Boots. (2011, PG) The Engagement Ring. (2006, PG) Patricia Heaton.

Chronicle. (2012, M) Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell.

The Smurfs. (2011, G) Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris.

Queen Sized. (2008, PG) Nikki Blonsky.

Behemoth. (2011, M) Ed Quinn, Pascale Hutton.

Fast Five. (2011, M) Vin Diesel.

Fugitive Dom Toretto partners with Brian O’Conner on the opposite side of the law in Brazil. To gain their freedom, they must pull off one last job.

Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) Rowan Atkinson. MI7’s top spy returns from hiding to face a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos.

Super 8. (2011, M) Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler.

Dead And Deader. (2006, 16) Dean Cain, John Billingsley.

True Justice: Brotherhood. (2011, M) Steven Seagal.

Behemoth. (2011, M) Ed Quinn, Pascale Hutton.

Queen Sized. (2008, PG)

DIsCOVeRy 6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30

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I Married A Mobster. (M) Dirty Jobs. (PG) One Car Too Far. (PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Magic Of Science. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) Mythbusters Specials. (PG) Scorned: Love Kills. (M) I Was Murdered. (M) I Married A Mobster. (M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) One Car Too Far. (PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Sons Of Guns. (M) River Monsters: Untold Stories. (PG) Air Jaws Apocalypse. (M) Air Jaws returns with an incredible all-new look at a flying great white named Colossus.

Secrets Of. (PG) Evil, I. (M) Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? (M) First Week In. (M) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) One Car Too Far. (PG) River Monsters: Untold Stories. (PG) Air Jaws Apocalypse. (M) Secrets Of. (PG) Evil, I. (M)

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MOVIe GReats 6.15 Making Of Changeling. (2008, PG).

6.35 Two Weeks Notice. (2002, PG) 8.15 The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. (2008, M) 10.05 The Thomas Crown Affair. (1999, M) 12.00 Changeling. (2008, 16) Angelina Jolie.

2.20 Maverick. (1994, PG) Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster.

4.25 Conan The Barbarian. (1982, M) Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones.

6.35 8 Mile. (2002, M) Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy. Semiautobiographical story of a young white rapper struggling to make it in the dangerous hip-hop scene of Detroit.

8.30 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.

(1998, 18) Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro. An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

10.30 Meet Joe Black. (1998, M) Brad Pitt.

1.25 Making Of Johnny English Reborn.

(2011, PG).

1.45 Conan The Barbarian. (1982, M) Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones.

3.50 Maverick. (1994, PG) Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster.

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Silver lining to some hot competition

• Ravens v 49ers final Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes in the second half as the Baltimore Ravens rallied to beat New England 28-13 yesterday to reach the second Super Bowl in franchise history. The Ravens made up for the loss to the Patriots in last year’s American Football Conference championship game in Foxboro by rallying in the second half as Flacco carved up the New England defence.

Baltimore advances to their first NFL championship contest since the 2000 season and will face San Francisco, who also won on the road on Sunday, beating the top seeded Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in another come-frombehind thriller in the National Conference title game. - AFP

• Azarenka marches on

By Jonathan Leask Mayfield rower Emma Dyke could be on the path to be Mid Canterbury’s next Olympian after she claimed silver in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF).

Dyke, who attends Craighead in Timaru, picked up a silver medal in the coxless four in what was some hotly contested action in Sydney.

As well as intense competition Sydney was in the grips of a heat wave with record high temperatures, reaching 48 degrees on Friday, and the scorching conditions impacted some of the sports.

“It was pretty warm it got up to 48 on the Wednesday so all the training was cancelled because it was simply too hot,” Dyke said.

“When we raced the final it was only 28 degrees so it wasn’t too bad.”

Dyke and her four crew of Emma Weith Timaru), Kirstyn Hay (Christchurch), Holly Greenslade (Waikari) qualified for the final by winning their heat, by three seconds from Great Britain.

However, Great Britain had been holding back producing a stronger effort in the final to have a comfortable win, four seconds in front of the Kiwis.

“They were saving energy in the heats because the top three went through to the final.

“We went out there looking to post a good time and they were only out to qualify, but in the final they went out hard and led from start to finish.”

While chasing the British tail New Zealand were also fending off the four Australian crews to take silver by just over a second.

“It was a pretty close finish, we were in second early and had to hold off the Australians by half a boat length.”

In the women’s pair Dyke and

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Michael Gallagher (left) hunts the wheel of Michael Templeton (centre) with Nathan Tew looking to hold on (right) in a sprint finish to the Tinwald Cycling Club’s first race back on the roads for 2013.

Emma Dyke: it was too hot to train Weith came in sixth in the final while her women’s eight were fifth.

Mid Canterbury also had swimmer Grace Sommerville and pistol shooter Braden Kell at the AYOF. In the pool Somerville’s best effort came in the 800m freestyle final where she came sixth, finishing in 9 mins 5.88s, 27 seconds behind the winner.

In the 200m butterfly heats Sommerville was off the pace finishing fifth in 2mins 24.30 seconds and in her 400m freestyle heat in a time of 4 mins 28.68s, while in the 4X 200m relay Somerville’s New Zealand quartet was sixth.

Pistol shooter Braden Kell missed out on qualifying for the final with a score of 529.

The team of 156 New Zealanders won 69 medals overall - 11 gold, 25 silver and 33 bronze -over five days of Olympic-style competition in Sydney that concluded on Sunday, which included 1700 athletes from 30 countries.

SCOREBOARD Results American football NFL championship playoffs Collated results from the NFL championship playoffs.

American Football Conference at Foxboro Baltimore Ravens 28 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 13 National Football Conference at Atlanta San Francisco 49ers 28 ATLANTA FALCONS 24

Basketball NBA results

Collated NBA results and standings yesterday (home team in CAPS): TORONTO RAPTORS 108 L.A. Lakers 103 DENVER NUGGETS 121 Oklahoma Thunder 118 OT ORLANDO MAGIC 105 Dallas Mavericks 111 DETROIT PISTONS 103 Boston Celtics 88

Cycling Friday Night Velodrome 18th January 2013 - nice to get a good night for the Calder Stewart McDonalds, Tinwald Supervalue racing on the Velodrome.

The numbers in the U17s were a little low, with a number of our riders in Invercargill at a meet, even so 11 riders in open & U17 were there to race, along with a Christchurch lad Navarh Robertson 10, In the Whizz Wheelers 33 youngster made the evening very entertaining with great racing and very close finishes over all their races.

Again it was all joy with the Trainer Wheel W/Ws racing their hearts out - to all the parents thank you for bringing them along to the racing. Many thanks to all the helpers over the evening, Trainer Wheels W/W race along the front straight, a distance of about 50 metres, and they have three races over the evening. Over results in Trainer Wheels Group 1.

1st. Freddie Hastie 15pts. 2nd. Trae Aitken 9pts.

Trainer Wheels W/W Group 2. 1st. Zara McGillian 12pts. 2nd.Fleur Kingsbury 11pts. 3rd. Zac Moore 6pts. 4th.Lala hastie 3pts. W/W A Grade 1st. Simon Moore 13pts. 2nd. Ben Donaldson 9pts. 3rd. Ella Skinner 8pts. W/W.B. Grade 1st. Jenna Moore 10pts. 2nd. Maddie Lowry 9pts. 3rd.Zac Evans

8pts. 4th. Cole Aitken 4pts.

5th. Madison Clark 3pts. C. Grade 1st Briar Clark 10pts. 2nd. Gordy McGillian 6pts. 3rd.= Paige Aitken, Callum Kingsbury 5pts. 4th.= Nick Kershaw & Emma Lowry 4pts. D. Grade 1st. Louis Hastie 10pts.

2nd. Zac Bartlett 7pts. 3rd.Luke Roberts 6pts. 4th.

Joel Moffett 5pts. 5th. Lily Davidson 3pts. 6th.Jesse Nieman 2pts. E. Grade 1st. Juliet Kingsbury 8pts. 2nd. Wiremu Robertson 6pts. 3rd. Samantha Nieman 5pts. 4th= Josh Bellow & Mitchell Lye 4pts.

5th.=Tyler Bartlett & Isla Moffett 3pts.

Open & U17s, 1st. Ben Sutton 12pts. 2nd.= Kees Donaldson & Shona Proctor 6pts. 3rd.= Bailey Kershaw & Scott Albon 4pts. B. Grade U17. 1st.

Josh Kershaw 12pts. 2. Navarh Robertson (Chch.)

10pts. 3rd. Connie Davidson 7pts. 4th. James Skinner 4pts. 5th. Oliver Davidson 3pts. 6th. Luke Skinner 1pt.

A great night and great racing, thank you to all the young riders.

Bye for this week.

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Saturday the 19th January - the day was very nice with a light westerly wind blowing, they tell me at the 7km mark on the out and back race there was a light southerly wind in the air.

15 riders turned out on Fords Road for the start.

This week the finish was a two rider race with Nigel Chatterton taking out the first spot.

Many thanks to Harry Chatterton & Martin Hyde on Reg, and Clock Harry, Turning Marshall Ruth Kirdy, thank you.

Results: 1st. Nigel Chatterton (8.20m) 24m 24s.

2nd. Steve Tocher (8.20m) 24m 25s. 3rd. Sonya Hyde (Go) 34m 50s. 4th.Pam Harcourt (12m) 23m 03s. 5th. Tonee Hurley (12m) 23m 04s 6th Paul Hands (12m) 23m 08s. 7th.Doug Coley (12m) 23m 16s.8th. Bruce Paterson (8.20m) 27m 02s.

9th. Janette Hooper (8.20m) 27m 23s.10th.Richard Kirwan (14m) F/T 21m 46s. 11th.Ross Templeton (14m) 2f/t.21m 46s. 12th. Lewis Kaye (14m) 21m 47s. 13th. Scott Albon (14m) 21m 47s. 14th.

Kevin Hurley (14m) 21m 56s. 15th.Geoff Skerten (12m) 24m 05s.

Very good racing on the day, bye for now.

Remember Saturdays Fords Road Reg, 1.00pm1.15pm, race starts 1.30pm.

Football Tottenham Hotspur v Man United Fulltime: Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Clint Dempsey

Templeton resolute in New Year win A solid sprint gave Michael Templeton the first win of 2013 as the Tinwald Cycling Club returned to road racing on Sunday.

In excess of 50 riders took the opportunity to the clear some of the festive season cobwebs out in a 36km mass start around the Winchmore church block.

Templeton produced a powerful

surge at the death to claim the win, covering the distance in 51.41 minutes.

Michael Gallagher found the line strongly to secure second while Nathan Tew held on gamely for third after making a solo bid with 8 km to go only to get swamped in the shadow of the finish line.

Kevin Opele and Simon White

filled out the event’s top five placings.

Geraldine visitor Rebecca Brookes took the sealed handicap honours with the ever-present Janis Crawford in second and Matt Ellis pulled out a top shelf ride to take the third.

Earlier the juniors contested a 16km handicap event.

Ryan Jackson carried his good 2012 form into the New Year claiming the win.

Connie Davidson dug deep to hold out the chasing bunch to secure second and Kees Donaldson charged into third to also set the fastest time. Oliver Davidson and Ben Sutton finished in fourth and fifth places.

Breakers on the verge of history For all their successes in recent year the Breakers have a chance to achieve something unprecedented this week.

With seven straight victories under their belts, the ANBL champions can equal a club record with a win against Sydney on Thursday before possibly breaking that mark

90+3) Manchester United 1 (Robin van Persie 25) at White Hart Lane.

Crowd: 35,000 Referee: Chris Foy

Chelsea v Arsenal Fulltime: Chelsea 2 (Juan Mata 6, Frank Lampard 16 pen) bt Arsenal 1 (Theo Walcott 58) at Stamford Bridge.

Crowd: 41,784 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League results and standings Motherwell 3 (Higdon 8, 20, 69) St. Johnstone 2 (Hasselbaink 77, Craig 79) Hibernian 1 (Griffiths 49) Dundee 1 (Baird 7) Inverness CT 3 (Shinnie 53, McKay 61, 78) Aberdeen 0 Glasgow Celtic 4 (Hooper 2, 85, Samaras 12, Lassad 90) Hearts 1 (Holt 69) Kilmarnock 2 (Pascali 17, 90) Dundee Utd 3 (Russell 43, 63, 88) St Mirren 1 (Thompson 50) Ross County4 (Brittain 22, Morrow 67, Sproule 71, 74) Standings

P W D L F A Pts Glasgow Celtic 22 14 4 4 44 16 46 Inverness CT 22 9 10 3 47 35 37 Motherwell

23 10 7 6 40 32 37 Hibernian

23 9 6 8 32 30 33 Aberdeen

23 8 7 8 30 31 31 St. Johnstone 23 7 9 7 26 29 30 Dundee Utd 22 7 8 7 36 36 29 Kilmarnock

22 7 7 8 34 30 28 Hearts

22 6 8 8 21 26 26 St Mirren

23 6 7 10 31 42 25 Ross County 21 5 9 7 25 31 24 Dundee

22 3 4 15 14 42 13

Golf Ashburton Golf Club ANZ Friday Teams Results 18 January 2013 Top Team: Rough Riders (Rhys & Jonny Nuttall, Brent Ferguson, Dave Holmes) 101; Top Man: Brian Fauth 36; Top Lady: Ally Glossip 33; Men: Pakeke Pros 96½, X Cockies 89½, Highlanders 87½, Europe 87½; Mixed: Green Team 90, Gabites Swingers 89, Stroke + Poke 88; Ladies: Periwinkles 1 94; 4w’s 90½.

Nearest Pins: Templeton Motors: Brian Nuttall; Paul May Motors: Eric Weir; Mac Maggies: Vicky Moore; BP

in Wollongong on Saturday.

It will be far from easy - the schedule has made sure of that with another home-away double-header - but this Breakers team refuses to let a trivial detail like travel disrupt their charge.

The opposition, sitting third and fourth on the ladder, will also pose

Ashburton: Harley Shearer.

Gabites Lucky Player: Wendy Hopwood; BP Lucky Player: Peter McMillian Two’s: C. Fleming, B. Pugh, E. Weir, T. Gimblett.

Friday Triples Sponsored by Ashburton Toyota played Jan 18 2013 on 2 full greens.

1st M Smallridge, A MacDonald and G Sparkes 3 wins, 15 ends, 33 points.

2nd D Gutberlet, G Crack and U Crack 3 wins, 14 ends, 36 points 3rd A Smith, H Weir and S Goodwin 3 wins, 14 ends, 22 points 4th B Harrison, J Bennett and R Smitheram 2 wins, 1 draw, 19 ends, 39 points 5th R Gutberlet, M Quinn and M Houston 2 wins, 1 draw, 17 ends, 35 points 6th J Smart, G Hawkins and R Prendergast 2 wins 1 draw, 13 ends, 23 points Lucky Losers: M Eder, S Moore and J Rooke

Veterans Ladies Golf Friday 18th January 2013 Competition: Putting & Nett 1st Putting – Colleen Linney 30, Pam McAndrew 31 1st Nett – Betty O’Neill 72, Janice Dunlop 73 Nearest The Pins: No 6 Not Struck. No 17 2nd Shot - Barbara Harris Two’s - None Struck 9 Hole Ladies: Competition: Putting & Nett. Putting – Helen Hawksby 17, Nett - Janet Moorren

Mayfield Golf Club Saturday 5 January 2013 Bisque Par Round Big event of the day; Wayne Vessey had a hole in one on No 5, this is after he put in a hard day on chainsaw the day before, cleaning up after the tornado on Thursday night.

Winners on the day were: 0-16: Tim Hoban 8 up, Allan Dixon 4 up, Gordon Duthie 4 up, Ben Neilson 4 up, Jack Allan 3 up 17-36: By lot from Bryan Fielder 8 up, Don Ingold 8 up, Arnold Rushton 7 up, Ian Beach 7 up, Roger Lake 6 up, Allison Vessey 6 up, Colin Bryant 5 up.

Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance No 2: Jack Allan; Bayleys Real Estate No 11: Not Struck; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5: Wayne Vessey; National Bank No 14: Bill Allan; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 and 18: Tim Hoban.

Two’s: Bill Allan (s), Allan Dixon Nett Eagle No 4: Not Struck Ash Vegas Player of Day: Tim Hoban 77-10-67.

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some problems. Sydney is the only side other than Perth to beat the Breakers this season, while the North Shore club possess a paltry 4-12 record on Wollongong’s home court.

But the manner in which the Breakers have been racking up the wins has created the impression

Mayfield Golf Club Blind 9 Competition played 19 January 2013 Winners: Steve Cross 32½, Tony Neilson 34, Fraser Tasker 34½, Don Ingold 35, Colin Bryant 35, Logan Tasker 35½, Arnold Rushton 36, Andy Lake 36.

Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance No 2: Logan Tasker; Bayleys Real Estate No 11: Paul Gardener; Marilyn Cross Property Brokers No 5: Matt Bird; National Bank No 14: Jack Allan; ATS 2nd Shot No 9 & 18: Logan Tasker.

Two’s: Steve Cross Ash Vegas Player of Day: Logan Tasker 76-9-67; Nett Eagle No 18: Not Struck.

Tinwald Golf Club Twilight Results from January 17 42 hardy players turned up on Thursday evening for a stroke round with men playing off the yellow tees and women off the red. Grade winners were: Senior; Paul Gray 32, Ryan Ford 32, Bryan McFarlane 34, Paul Boon 35. Junior; Kieron Gray 36, Roger Bruce 36, Mork Williams 39. Women; Elizabeth Collins 36.

Abu Dhabi Championship Final round scores from European Tour event, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship yesterday (par-72).

274: Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 67 70 69 68 275: Justin Rose (ENG) 67 69 68 71, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 68 69 69 69 277: Ricardo Santos (POR) 71 72 66 68 278: Branden Grace (RSA) 71 69 73 65 279: Joost Luiten (NED) 70 69 73 67, Martin Kaymer (GER) 71 69 70 69, David Howell (ENG) 69 71 68 71 280: Jason Dufner (USA) 71 69 72 68, Jorge Campillo (ESP) 74 68 69 69, George Coetzee (RSA) 69 71 71 69, Anders Hansen (DEN) 71 71 69 69, Peter Hanson (SWE) 73 72 66 69, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 72 69 69 70, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP) 70 67 71 72, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 70 71 66 73 281: Craig Lee (SCO) 72 70 72 67, S.S.P. Chowrasia (IND) 73 73 65 70, Michael Campbell (NZL) 69 71 69 72, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 74 70 65 72 282: Marcus Fraser (AUS) 75 71 67 69, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 74 71 66 71

Humana Challenge scores Final round scores from PGA TOUR event, the Humana Challenge yesterday (par-72).

that the only team in the Australian NBL capable of halting their run is the Breakers themselves.

Well, them and Perth.

The Wildcats ended the Breakers’ other seven-game winning streak this campaign, and all roads are leading to a rematch of last year’s grand final series.

- APNZ

263: Brian Gay (USA) 67 66 67 63 (won on second playoff hole), David Lingmerth (SWE) 68 64 69 62, Charles Howell III (USA) 67 65 67 64 264: James Hahn (USA) 63 67 72 62, Scott Stallings (USA) 66 65 63 70 265: Nicholas Thompson (USA) 69 66 66 64, Ryan Palmer (USA) 65 69 66 65 266: Kevin Chappell (USA) 68 69 67 62, Jason Kokrak (USA) 63 69 69 65

Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Results from 19 January 2013 Mixed Masters Red beat Orange 4 matches to 2 B. Riseley & D. Patterson beat W. Christie & P. Scott 9-5; R. Wilson & T. Hunt beat I. Taylor & S. Leith 9-1; B. Riseley & T. Hunt beat W. Christie & S. Leith 9-3; D. Patterson & R. Wilson lost to P. Scott & I. Taylor 3-9; B. Riseley & R. Wilson beat W. Christie & I. Taylor 9-2; D. Patterson & T. Hunt lost to P. Scott & S. Leith 7-9.

Gold beat Blue 47 games to 45 D. Taylor & G. Esker lost to G. Wilson & M. Early 8-9; J. Doig & M. Allen lost to J. Johns & A. Hodson 8-9; D. Taylor & M. Allen beat G. Wilson & A. Hodson 9-5; G. Esker & J. Doig beat M. Early & J. Johns 9-8; D. Taylor & J. Doig beat G. Wilson & J. Johns 9-5; G. Esker & M. Allen lost to M. Early & A. Hodson 4-9.

Draws Bowls

Ashburton Bowling Club Paterson Milsom Cup 26 January 2013 9am start Whites to be worn.

The following skips have entered teams:Tinwald 1,R Cockburn,G Taylor, B Marsh, M Skilling, R Gutberlet, Hinds 1, B Holdom, M Smallridge, G Bishop, D Kiddey, T Inwood, Methven 1, Methven 2, Methven 3, C Bird. Reserve B Muir.

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Cricket Australian T20 squad West Australian batsmen Shaun Marsh and Adam

Defending champion Victoria Azarenka has joined Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Azarenka needed less than an hour to see off unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina 6-1 6-1 to book a lasteight clash with Kuznetsova.

Kuznetsova showed she was free of the leg injury which ruined her 2012 season when she bounced into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. The former French and US Open champion upset 10th seeded-Dane Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 2-6 7-5 yesterday in a gruelling encounter lasting two hours and 28 minutes. -AAP

• Elite club beckoning David Ferrer has the opportunity to join the elite 500-club with an Australian Open quarter-final win over volatile Spanish countryman Nicolas Almagro. Another victory will chalk up 500 career wins on the ATP tour for the 30-year-old; with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt and Tommy Haas the only other current players to have achieved the record. American Jimmy Connors leads the all-time record with a staggering 1243 wins. The modest Spaniard doesn’t sound like he believes he should be included in such company. Ferrer will be promoted to world No.4 next week but points out he’s only there because of Nadal’s absence. “I think the top four, they are better,” he said after his straight-sets demolition of Kei Nishikori. “In this moment, the last three or four years, they are better than the other players.”

- AAP

Voges have earned places in the Australian squad for two upcoming Twenty20 internationals against Sri Lanka. Marsh and Voges were key members of the Perth Scorchers squad which lost the Big Bash League final to the Brisbane Heat on Saturday night.

The Australian team for the matches in Sydney on Saturday and Melbourne on January 28 will be captained by George Bailey.

Australia: George Bailey (capt), Ben Cutting, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Ben Laughlin, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade, David Warner.

Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Mitre 10 Mega Twilight Netball Draw Week 1 Tuesday 22 January 2013 Heartland Court: 6.00pm, High Raters v Croys Crushers; 7.00pm, Seeds R Us v Hoops I Did It Again; Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 6.00pm, S & Giggles v Childs Play; 7.00pm, Ashburton Ligers v Megz Team; Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 6.00pm, Semi Pro’s v The Geez Team; 7.00pm, Doggies v Ding Dings; Ashburton Guardian White Court: 6.00pm, Dragons v Mixed Up; 7pm, S & Giggles v One Direction;

Tennis Australian Open Schedule Day nine Schedule of play for day nine today of the Australian Open Tennis Championship at Melbourne Park (prefix denotes seeding, all times ADST).

ROD LAVER ARENA, 11.00am 6-Na Li (CHN) v 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (POL), 4-David Ferrer (ESP) v 10-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) Not before 3.30pm: 19-Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v 2-Maria Sharapova (RUS) 7.30pm 1-Novak Djokovic (SRB) v 5-Tomas Berdych (CZE), Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS)/Matthew Ebden (AUS)v 2-Elena Vesnina (RUS)/Leander Paes (IND) MARGARET COURT ARENA, 11.00am Nicole Bradtke (AUS)/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) v Lindsay Davenport (USA)/Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) Not before 12.30pm Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)/Benoit Paire (FRA) v 3-Marcel Granollers (ESP)/Marc Lopez (ESP) 1-Sara Errani (ITA)/Roberta Vinci (ITA) v 12-Serena Williams (USA)/Venus Williams (USA)

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De Villiers ban boosts Black Caps New Zealand’s bid for a maiden one-day international series win in South Africa has been boosted by the suspension of Proteas skipper AB de Villiers.

De Villiers will miss the remaining two matches - beginning in Kimberley tomorrow morning (1.30am NZT) - after he pleaded guilty for his role in his side’s slow over rate in the Black Caps’ onewicket victory in the first game.

Match referee David Boon found the hosts to be six overs short of their target while bowling in Paarl, handing de Villiers a two-match suspension and fining the entire South African team their match fees.

Under the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct, any slow rate which sees a side two overs short is a serious offence and, as a result, Faf du Plessis will take the reins for the rest of the series.

De Villiers, the world’s secondranked batsman, averages almost 50 in the one-day game and his absence is a further blow to a side already missing Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy, both of whom were rested for the series.

The Proteas probably thought they could cruise past New Zealand without the aid of the experienced pair, but they face two must-win games to avoid the ignominy of dropping a home series to a team ranked lower than Bangladesh.

The Black Caps, on the other hand, hold a golden chance to walk away from the tour with an unlikely notch in their belts.

South Africa were ranked top in ODIs when New Zealand arrived

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and, although they dropped to third in the latest rankings, they are a major scalp for a side with few to their name.

And considering their pedigree in the Republic, a series triumph would have to rank among one of the better achievements of the New Zealand cricket team, especially given the seemingly endless Ross Taylor captaincy saga, the absence of one of their best batsmen (Jesse Ryder) and one of their best bowlers (Tim Southee), and the devastating outcome of the test series.

Not only have New Zealand never tasted success in an ODI series in the Republic, before this tour they had won only one match against the Proteas in their home conditions.

They lost twice to the hosts at the 1994 Mandela Trophy, before tasting twin thrashings in 2000 (5-0) and 2005 (4-0).

A breakthrough victory came in Port Elizabeth in 2007 but was sandwiched by two defeats, while South Africa also beat the Black Caps at the 2009 Champions Trophy.

That all adds up to an overall record of one win and 14 losses before the current series, putting into context just how improbable an accomplishment this would be for a depleted team.

Before they start popping the champagne corks, though, New Zealand will have to work hard for a win in the next two games.

This is still a stacked South African squad - featuring the world’s No 1 batsman (Hashim Amla) and three of the top 10 bowlers (Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn) - and they won’t go down without a fight, even shorn of their talismanic skipper.

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Winners are grinners: Christchurch’s Elliot Darling (right) shakes hands with second seed Thomas Weirather of Lichtenstein after their round one singles match in the ITF Junior Tournament at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre yesterday.

Junior stars come out to play

By Jonathan Leask It could easily be mistaken for the back courts of the Australian Tennis Open but it is the next generation of possible stars on display in Ashburton this week.

The ITF Junior Grade Four got under way yesterday at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre, but spectators could have been forgiven for thinking they had stumbled upon Rod Laver arena.

The players may only be teenagers but the skill level and intensity would be on par with the Australian Open, with a lot of testosterone tantrums witnessed on the opening day in the men’s draw,

including one player screaming out “I hate tennis” and another throwing his racket, but the presence of the officials strolling around the courts kept them from boiling over.

“They take it pretty seriously and they play pretty serious tennis,” ITF supervisor Rosemary Hargreaves said.

“Things do get a bit heated and for them there is plenty on the line just like the professionals, but the officials are there to keep things calm and generally they are all well behaved.”

A good number of New Zealand entries are in the international field, most of whom remained in Ashburton following the national

under 16s championship last week including the men’s top seed Kyle Butters, who won the New Zealand under 16 boys singles on Saturday.

The men’s draw contains players from Japan, Italy, China, and Australia as well as Thomas Weirather from Liechtenstein, who was last year’s runner-up and is the number two seed.

Butters and Weirather both had convincing wins yesterday as most of the men’s seeds made it through the first round with three of the lower seeds becoming casualties on day, Australians 12th seed Justin Levin and 13th seed Brian Tran as well as New Zealand 15th seed David Jiang.

After over eight hours of battling it out in the 1990 New Zealand Ironman, Pauli Kiuru beat Ken Glah by what distance?

In the women’s draw all 16 seeded players had the day off with direct entry to today’s second round including Hong Kong’s Carina Ma Ka Man returns as the top seed looking to go one better after being beaten in last year’s final.

The women’s draw also has a strong Kiwi contingent as well as players from Australia, Fiji, Great Britain, Japan, New Caledonia and it wouldn’t be complete without at least one Russian.

However, Diana Deyeva bowed out in the first round following a 2-6, 3-6 loss to Timaru’s Annabel Ellis, a semi-finalist in the national under 16 singles, in the first round yesterday.

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Bailie hits racing’s highs and lows Ashburton’s Bailie Perriton claimed his first chequered flag in the New Zealand Superbike Championship races in a mixed bag weekend at Invercargill’s Teretonga circuit on the weekend.

In the 250 production class Perriton claimed a win, a DNF and a third place as he battled machine failure, high winds and a speedy Australian.

After a heavy crash knocked him out of round two in Timaru last weekend, Perriton made a wobbly start to round three, crashing in practice session and then having gearbox issues in qualifying.

Bailie Perriton takes a corner at high speed on his Kawasaki Ninja

However his Kiwistars team crew got the bike back up and running for the first race.

Perriton’s rival and series leader Luke Burgess, who came into the weekend having won all six starts, lost his clutch on the first lap of the first race and Perriton made the most of the opportunity to take a convincing win by 14 seconds.

Perriton then got the jump on Burgess in race two, moving into the lead on the second lap only for a crash at the back of the field forcing a red flag race restart, then Perriton’s chain decided to detach itself on the first lap, leaving Burgess to get another win. “something has flicked up off the track and lodged in the chain

causing it to break off,” Perriton’s team manager Merv Orford said.

“It’s just one of those things that can happen.

“Burgess had a mechanical failure in race one and we had ours in race two. that’s just racing, it can happen to anyone.”

On Sunday Southland turned on some ferocious winds and the decision was made not to push too hard and ensure a finish to pick up some valuable points, with Perriton coming in third.

“There are still six races to go so they were valuable points.

“He could have kept pushing Burgess for the win but the conditions were pretty sketchy and we didn’t want another DNF.”

Without a point from round two, Perriton picked up 41 points in Invercargill to sit fifth on 101 points after three rounds, and still in with a chance to catch Burgess.

With his two race victories Burgess extended his lead in the series out to 80 points on 200, with Timaru’s Grant Ramage now tied for second with Chris Sutcliffe on 120.

“There are still six races and as we have learnt in the last two weeks, a lot can happen.”

The three South Island rounds are now completed and the championship will resume at Hampton Downs on March 16-17 before the final round in Taupo the following week.

Today’s answers: Mystery person: Stanislas Wawrinka has won gold at the Olympics (with Roger Federer in the doubles), has reached no. 9 in the world rankings, and has the best backhand in the business, according to John McEnroe. He also lost to Novak Djokovic in a marathon five-set epic in the Aussie Open at Melbourne on Sunday night.

Quote: Danny Ozark when asked what he thought of his team (Phillies) during a big losing streak Trivia question: Less than a metre (the closest finish ever in the sport)

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Guardian Weather

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

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LAKE COLERIDGE

Map for today

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DARFIELD

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LYTTELTON

Rakaia

ASHBURTON

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TIMARU

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© Meteorological Service of NZ Limited 2013

Waimate

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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TODAY

TODAY

Fine apart from morning coastal cloud.

Northwesterlies developing inland, northeasterlies about the coast.

Fine weather.

Wind at 1000m: NW, rising to 30 km/h at night.

Wind at 2000m: NW, rising to 45 km/h at night.

NZ Today

26 OVERNIGHT MIN 14

MAX

29 OVERNIGHT MIN 11

MAX

19 OVERNIGHT MIN 9 TOMORROW

MAX

22 OVERNIGHT MIN 10

Midnight Tonight

ia

Wind less than km/h 30

MAX

FRIDAY: Early drizzle, then fine. Northeasterlies developing.

AKAROA

Ra

Canterbury High Country

THURSDAY: A period of rain. Dying southerlies.

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LINCOLN

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Mainly fine, morning cloud.

Light winds.

TOMORROW: Mainly fine. Northerlies die away.

CHRISTCHURCH

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Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

THURSDAY

60 plus

morning min max

fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine

18 15 16 15 16 15 15 12 14 11 11 13 10

Mainly fine, high cloud later. Northerlies dying away.

26 26 25 26 23 23 27 20 26 25 27 21 23

NZ Situation

A ridge remains over the North Island tomorrow, while a front moves onto the South Island.

The front weakens as it moves over the rest of the country on Thursday and early Friday, followed by a ridge over southern and central New Zealand, and easterlies in the north.

TOMORROW

FZL: Above 3000m

FZL: Above 3000m

High cloud increasing, with rain at times near the divide.

Wind at 1000m: NW, 50 km/h at times in exposed valleys, dying out in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 50 km/h, tending W from afternoon.

Rain developing, clearing later but remaining rather cloudy with a few light showers.

THURSDAY Southerlies dying away.

Rain spreading to most places, clearing later but remaining rather cloudy, with patchy drizzle in the E of the foothills. Light winds FRIDAY at low levels, W about the tops dying away.

Early drizzle, then mainly fine. NortheasterFRIDAY lies developing.

Mainly fine, cloud and patchy drizzle in the east of the foothills at first. Light winds.

SATURDAY

Mainly fine. Light winds inland, northeasterlies near the coast.

SATURDAY Mainly fine with light winds.

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fine 15 29 snow -5 -2 fine 21 34 snow -8 -7 showers 22 30 rain 24 30 fine 12 26 fine 14 23 thunder 15 34 fine 24 32 thunder 25 30 fine 15 25 snow -5 4 snow 1 3 snow -2 3 snow -6 5 showers 14 25 showers 18 21 fine 21 25 fine 3 18 rain 24 32 fine 14 25 rain 25 32 snow -4 3 cloudy 9 25 sleet -1 6 fine 17 25 fine -15 -14 showers 22 34 fine 4 15 snow -3 -2 snow -5 2 fine 20 36 showers 24 29 showers 7 13 cloudy 6 16 rain 2 5 rain 24 30 fine -9 -8 thunder 21 29 rain 14 20 fine 12 26 rain 3 9 fine -7 -3 snow -2 4

River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 12:15 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 11:00 am, yesterday

236.2 8.20 10.9 141.6

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

18.6

Temperatures °C

Average

Timaru Airport

0.0

71.8 71.8

SE 31

5.3

0.0

37.2 37.2

E 39

4.7

–

0.0

55.0 55.0

NE 31

22.6

11.9

21.1

10.2

9.4

9.6

41

41

30

30

33

33

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

6

Tuesday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

max gust

8.6

11.1

19.7

Average

Wind km/h

5.7 -0.2

23.5

Christchurch Airport 20.7 Average

Rainfall mm

min grass 16 hour Jan 2013 min to date to date

Wednesday

6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

7:29 1:41 7:45 2:07 8:16 2:26 8:29 2:51 9:00 3:07 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

9:11

2 1 0

1:19

Rise 6:18 am Set 9:10 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Set 1:58 am Rise 5:12 pm

Full moon

27 Jan

5:40 pm

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Rise 6:19 am Set 9:09 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Set 2:40 am Rise 6:02 pm

Last quarter

4 Feb www.ofu.co.nz

2:58 am

Rise 6:21 am Set 9:08 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Set 3:27 am Rise 6:48 pm

New moon

10 Feb 8:22 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa