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Parents naive on dangers of cyber-bullying By Myles Hume Cyber-bullying is a growing problem in Mid Canterbury primary schools and experts say parents underestimate its complexities. According to educators parents are naive to think that the youngest children are not vulnerable as some as young as eight are susceptible to the modern day attacks. The warning comes after an awareness production by Perform! Educational Musicals that visited Ashburton Borough School’s year five to eight pupils yesterday, warning the youngsters about the potential dangers of social media and texting. Speaking before the performance, actor Alice Canton said many youngsters did not know the appropriate use of cell phones and social media, which, if misused, could have a lasting effect on fellow pupils. Cyber-bullying was often highlighted as a concern in Mid Canterbury’s colleges, but Ms Canton said it went deeper than that. “It’s increasingly becoming a way for children to bully, kids have moved away from bullying in the playground,” she said. Her acting counterpart Brett O’Neill said many teachers and parents did not know the complexity of cyber-bullying and “often thanked him” for heightening awareness. Ashburton Borough principal Sam Winterbourn said the dan-

HOW TO COUNTER THE BULLIES Tell people you trust; parents, teachers, friends Do not reply to comments or texts Save evidence; it could be used to report to school or police Physical threats can be reported to police Any abuse, tell your school Source: Netsafe

gers of cyber space was “going to be a constant message to children”. “I think it would be naive to think it doesn’t happen in primary schools, even bearing in mind that no one younger than 13 is meant to have a Facebook page, it’s just hearsay, but I have heard children as young as seven with them.” Mr Winterbourn said parents needed to wake up and could not assume cyber-bullying would not affect their children nor could they presume “their kid is robust enough to handle it”. The musical skit, performed in front of more than 120 Ashburton Borough youngsters, saw the two actors take on four different characters, all who were technologically savvy. The story was based around a girl called Emma who is the new girl at school. She is “friended” by a boy called Dylan on Facebook, but rumours soon begin to circulate that she is

adding others boy friends online, which leads to her becoming an outcast at school. The bullying intensifies online and it leads her to writing a message on Facebook: “You win school, you won’t be able to hurt me any more”. The skit also comes as St Bede’s College in Christchurch stood down four pupils after a photo of three of them hanging another pupil over a rubbish bin, which was circulated online by the fourth pupil. Just last week, both Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan and Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs highlighted their concern over cyber-bullying which was made easier by sites such as Ask.fm and Tumblr where users could post anonymous opinions. A local youth worker, Poppy Vear, said many youngsters did not know the impact of online abuse, which often came “with little consequences”.

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Hampstead School pupils Alazhay Rogan, 11, (left) with fellow milk monitor Hayley Tallentire, 10, are giving the thumbs up to Fonterra’s new Milk For Schools initiative which only hit Mid Canterbury this week.

Milk makes it to Hampstead School By Myles Hume Only two days into it, and Hampstead School already have the new Milk For Schools initiative down to a fine art. The Mid Canterbury school was one of the first in the district to receive free milk, fridges and blue recycling bins this week as part of Fonterra’s multi-million dollar scheme to bring milk back into New Zealand schools. Yesterday, Hampstead School showed the Guardian how they distributed the milk among their pupils, many of whom had already taken a keen likening to

the pasteurised boxed liquid. Each day two year six milk monitors are tasked with opening the stocked fridge and handing out the milk to their peers. “We take the trolley around to the classrooms and ask them how much they want and then leave it there for them,” yesterday’s milk monitor Alazhay Rogan, 11, said. “It tastes really good, I’ve already had four today.” After downing their milk, the pupils then fold the boxes in a particular way, which are then thrown into large plastic bags and put in supplied big blue recycling bins. Principal Peter Melrose said

a milk man then comes from Timaru once a week to estimate how much milk the school will need for the approaching week and takes away the recycling. He said the boxes are then taken to Thailand to be made into school books and plastic roof tiles. “We did this because I think it is such a great thing for nutrition, there’s plenty of fruit juices and cordials out there and this is a great way to promote something nutritious for kids,” Mr Melrose said. He said many pupils had promptly returned their permission slips to drink milk at school,

and he expected the number of keen youngsters to grow. Netherby School is expecting the new initiative to be rolled out to their pupils today, and several other Mid Canterbury schools have indicated they will be getting on board with the scheme. Carly Robinson, Fonterra group general manager of global cooperative social responsibility, said it was a worthwhile venture for one of New Zealand’s biggest companies. “This programme is our commitment to helping improve the health of New Zealand’s children and to moving Kiwi kids back to milk,” Ms Robinson says.

Men’s prowess in the kitchen fails to ignite local women By Sue Newman Cooking a meal for your wife or partner may not be a fast track to the bedroom, Ashburton women say. Upping the ante in the kitchen has been identified in a national survey as increasing the amount of affection women give to their husbands or partners. But some Ashburton women say a better performance in the kitchen won’t make a jot of difference in the bedroom stakes. Tegel asked more than 1700 New Zealand women about their men’s cooking habits and found that Kiwi men are thwarting their chances in the bedroom by their lack of effort in the kitchen. A quarter of women said they would feel more affectionate towards their partners if they cooked regularly.

Women spoken to on the street in Ashburton yesterday found there are plenty of men who do their fair share of cooking, but there are others whose culinary skills are so bad that cooking more often wouldn’t raise their desirability in their partner’s eyes. While Angela Hammond gave the question a resounding yes, saying more effort in the kitchen could mean a good night every night for her husband, Fiona Stuart said there’d need to be plenty of improvement in the quality of her husband’s cooking before she upped the affection ante. “Cordon bleu it’s not,” she said. A number of women said their husbands or partners were already pretty good cooks and did their fair share of cooking, while others said they’d be happy to trade cooking off for cleaning up. Others said that better efforts in the kitchen by their partners were

unlikely to make any difference in the affection stakes. The Tegel survey came up with five barriers to men cooking: 1. Lack of time 2. Women tend to take control 3. He has never had to 4. He doesn’t consider it his role 5. Lack of skill Pyschologist Sara Chatwin believes the key to getting men cooking is encouragement. “Traditionally we have socialised men to leave the cooking up to the women, however nowadays the kitchen is much more accessible to men.” Cooking shows showing men in the lead role in the kitchen had helped to break down the negative stereotypes reinforcing the idea that the kitchen is a female domain and women could reinforce that by stepping back and praising men for taking initiatives in the kitchen, she said.

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“Yes, absolutely yes. I’d definitely be more affectionate – every night.”

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“He’s a fantastic cook and cooks quite often. We’re a very affectionate household.”

“I’d prefer he didn’t cook and if he did it would make no difference on the affection side.”

“Not with the meals he makes. They’re not Cordon Bleu. He’d need to improve first.”

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS TURNER, Kevin Griffin – Peacefully on Monday, May 20, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. Dearly loved husband of the late Eleanor. Dearly loved partner of Carol Forrest. Loved father and father in law of Andrew and Leanne, Melanie and Peter, and Craig. Cherished grandad of Taylor and Glenn. Special friend of Ross and Gina Moore and Vicki and David Johnson. Dearly loved brother and brother in law of Trish and Trevor, dearly loved brother of the late Colleen and the late Maureen. A service to celebrate the life of Kevin will be held at the Aoraki Funeral Home Chapel, 160 Mountainview Road, Timaru on THURSDAY, May 23, 2013 at 11:00am followed by a burial at Ashburton New Lawn Cemetery. Messages to: 17 Huxley Street, Timaru 7910. Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

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LUSTY, Donna – 30-07-61 – 22-05-12. We do not need a special day to bring you to our minds. The days we do not think of you are very hard to find. Each morning when we wake, we know that you are gone. And no one knows the heartache as we try to carry on. Our hearts still ache with sadness and secret tears still flow. What it meant to lose you, no one will ever know. Our thoughts are always with you, your place no one can fill. In life we loved you dearly; in death we love you still. Gary, Ashlee, Callum and Danyelle. xxxx

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Getting to grips with nitrates

Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently. Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-the-minute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.

By Linda Clarke Farmers fear that nitrate limits could bankrupt them and prefer good management practices to reduce nitrate leaching, according to Federated Farmers. Farmers are under the gun to reduce nitrates leaching into waterways and groundwater, and say aiming for pristine water in a working landscape is not achievable, especially when Government wants them to double agricultural exports. Water quality and quantity, and nutrient limits, were in the spotlight at a big Federated Farmers workshop in Ashburton yesterday attended by around 150 farmers. Speakers included policy advisers, soil scientists and farm advisers, all armed with information to help farmers understand the issue. “We are all environmentalists,” said Ashburton Zone Water Committee member Ben Curry, whose group has an important role in recommending nitrate limits that will be set by Environment Canterbury in the district. The committee is currently consulting those in the Hinds Plains area about their economic and environmental wants from water. “It is not about them and us,” Mr Curry said. “We are all trying to achieve the same thing, sustainable development.” Federated Farmers water spokesman Ian Mackenzie said improving water quality needed a holistic approach, not aimed at nitrates only. Urban industries polluted water, but not with nitrates, and some groups were using nitrates to attack farmers, he said. “You will turn the lights off in rural towns if your aspirations for water quality are too high. At the end of the day, farmers have the most to lose.” He said good management practices would also evolve with time, and technology considered “out there” right now would be commonplace on farms in 10 years. “You have to be careful wanting to limit the ability of farmers to make money but expecting they will deliver environmental outcomes. It will not happen if they are going broke.” Federated Farmers senior policy adviser Dr Lionel Hume said water quality and quantity limits had to strike a balance between economic, environmental, cultural and social values.

• Vehicle stolen Police recovered a stolen vehicle in Methven on Friday night. Inquiries are ongoing.

• Two domestics Ashburton police attended two domestic violence incidents on Monday evening in Ashburton. No additional information was available.

• No fire calls Mid Canterbury firefighters did not attend any incidents yesterday.

• Correction An article on May 14 on irrigation expansion incorrectly mentioned that Mid Canterbury irrigation schemes were receiving $80 million from the Government. This figure is in fact the total amount set aside in the new budget for irrigation schemes around the country. We regret the error. David Lowe has a question for Ian Mackenzie about nitrogen. photo kirsty Clay 210513-KC-045 Inset: Soil scientist Doug Edmeades says farmers need to know the changes they are being asked to make will actually improve water quality.

Reducing nitrates ‘all about farming smarter’ Mid Canterbury farmers drawing water from the Rangitata Diversion Race have spent nearly $2 billion in the past decade to be more efficient irrigators, says a top farm consultant. Andy Macfarlane, an adviser to farmers around the district for 32 years, said farmers had spent or were about to spend the money on centre pivots and lateral irrigators that more efficiently used their precious water allocations. While the spray irrigators have helped them intensify their farm-

ing operations on RDR schemes irrigating 66,000 hectares in Mid Canterbury, the infrastructure has also bought big debt. From a capital spend of $30,000 per hectare, farmers have had to borrow $17,000. Irrigation is a big tool for farmers to use in reducing nitrate leaching into groundwater and waterways. Mr Macfarlane said while irrigation and land use had changed significantly since the 1990s, and management practices had improved, there were still some farmers applying too much nitrogen.

In his RDR study, around 20 per cent of farmers were operating within or close to proposed new nutrient limits. He thinks the rest can make the grade if they farm smarter, using technology like spray irrigation and soil moisture meters, better plan crop rotations to use nitrate in the soil and look at what they feed stock to reduce the nitrate levels in their urine. Mr Macfarlane said Government’s Winchmore Research Station, set up to trial borderdyke irrigation decades ago, should be reborn as a centre of

natural resources management. He said irrigation research was important, and could help improve software like Overseer, a computer modelling package that farmers are being asked to use to estimate their nitrate losses. It is far from perfect, but the only tool regulators like Environment Canterbury have. “It is a poor indictment on New Zealand farming industry that the only irrigation research station, which is on our back doorstep, is not doing any research into irrigation. It is bloody sad.”

Major changes to insulation subsidies Picture of contrasts The days of subsidies for homeowners who upgrade their insulation or install modern heating appliances could be over. Last week’s budget signalled significant changes to the way in which the Warm Up New Zealand subsidies will be made available to home owners. It will now target only low-income homes rather than making subsidies available across the board. For the Ashburton District Council, the scheme’s administrator locally, that means going back to the drawing board to work out how to get the best deal for Ashburton people says council regulatory manager Rick Catchpowle.

“The council wants to work with the community to get the best options here,” he said. The Budget $100 million was tagged for creating warmer and healthier homes for New Zealanders in a three year programme that targets those most in need. The new, three year Warm Up New Zealand replacement project targets lowincome households for home insulation, particularly those families with children and high health needs. It is expected to insulate around 46,000 additional houses. This replaces the scheme that provided subsidies for all owners of homes built before 2000 on both insulation and the

installation of low emission heating. The Government’s investment will be matched by significant levels of funding from trusts and other third parties. This will see insulation available to those households in most need, at low or no cost. The current Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart scheme, has seen around 215,000 homes insulated since 2009. When that scheme ends 230,000 households will have benefitted. Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes will be delivered through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA). Programme details will be announced by EECA in coming weeks.

Methven man presented with QSO Methven man Ross Gordon was yesterday rewarded for his years of work in land based search and rescue, when he received his Queen’s Service Order insignia at Government House. Mr Gordon was among a group of 24 people who attended the first in a series of investiture ceremonies hosted by Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae. He was recognised for his long service in the New Year’s Honours list this year. The retired police officer joined the Horowhenua Search and Rescue in 1972 as a teenager. During his police career he filled various roles in search and rescue including assistant to the national police search and rescue co-ordinator. He helped initiate the formation of LandSAR, New Zealand’s national volunteer organisation and established Emergency Management Ltd in 1994 and developed and delivered search training courses for police and volunteers. Today he is a volunteer with Methven Search and Rescue and works as a search and rescue development manager for Search and Rescue Institute of New Zealand, a training, research and development organisation he founded

Beer for job offer A Wanganui man is offering any prospective employer 52 dozen beer if they take him on as an apprentice. Mr Gray, 28, qualified as a printer with APN Print in Wanganui and then headed to Australia to work in APN print shops. But when the company realigned its operations he returned home. He is offering the beer at a dozen bottles a week to a future employer. For his part of the bargain, he has promised to “work hard and learn fast”. Yesterday Mr Gray said he had been picking up some part-time work but no offers of an apprenticeship had come forward. “I’ve been looking at sites like Trade Me and Seek every day but so far nothing,” he said. -APNZ

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Ross Gordon, Methven, received the Insignia of a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order from Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae for services to Land Search and Rescue. in 2002. Ashburton solicitor Laurence Cooney, who died on November 23, was also honoured in the New Year’s list. He practised as a lawyer for more

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than 35 years and had served as the Ashburton District’s coroner since 1977. He was appointed Notary Public in 1987.

By Myles Hume Ashburton’s Pasifika community paints a contrasting picture to that put forward by a damning report released this week, a local Pacific Island leader says. The Salvation Army released its State of the Nation report looking into the Pacific Island community in New Zealand. It showed the Pacific Island community was at the bottom of the ladder when it came to employment and income, with a growing concern members will be left behind when the economy recovers. Over the past three years, the report showed a steady rise in the rate of unemployment in the Pacific Island community, of which 16 per cent were unemployed at the end of last year. However, Ashburton Presbyterian Support Pacific community liaison and local health promoter Tony Vainerere said the more than 500 Pacific Islanders in Mid Canterbury bucked the worrying trend found by the report. Mr Vainerere, of Cook Island descent, has lived in Auckland and seen some of the worstaffected Pacific Island people. Now living in Ashburton, he said many were in well-paid jobs, including the meat works, which led to better home life and social welfare. The problems local Pasifika people faced were on a much smaller scale than those in other parts of the country, he said. “Why is it different here? We have some systems in place that

others don’t. A great example of that is in a small town everyone gets to know everybody, and if someone is left behind, they all get in to support them,” he said. “(Low unemployment) I think that’s key, people think the high pay is in the bigger cities but that’s not always the case,” he said. The report said almost 13 per cent of working-age Pasifika received a Work and Income benefit in 2012, a year in which the Salvation Army provided Pasifika clients with 6429 food parcels – about five times the number in 2007 - 1140. Salvation Army Ashburton food bank manager Judith Lilley said “10 to 15 per cent” of her food bank clients were from the Pacific Island community, many who were wage earners in need of a helping hand. Mrs Lilley said there was a serious rental problem in Ashburton, with landlords demanding too high a price from their tenants. She said some in the local Pacific Island community had large families and found it hard to find an affordable rental property, leaving them to live in crowded conditions. “This report brings it out into the open, doing that gives us a vision so it can be looked at and worked out,” she said. Mr Vainerere said it was part of the Pacific Island culture to want to live with more than the conventional two generations. He was “annoyed” by the report which singled out the community, but saw potential benefits from highlighting some of the issues Pasifika faced.

• Pupil recovering A Mount Hutt College pupil who was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital with suspected spinal injuries on Monday is recovering at home. Mount Hutt College principal John Schreurs said the secondary school-aged boy was cleared of any spinal injury and was expecting to return to school “in a day or two”. He said the boy was injured near the end of a PE class, where he received “a blow to the back” about 12.30pm on Monday. Mr Schreurs said “it was not necessary” to delve into details of the incident.

• Bottle attack “sad’ The region’s top cop has labelled an attack on a police officer in the line of duty a sad indictment on society. The officer was hit in the face with a bottle when he went with other police to a house in Gisborne at the weekend. “Fortunately the constable was not struck with much force and he suffered no injury,” Tairawhiti area police commander Inspector Sam Aberahama said. -APNZ

• Sign boob A boob made on a Thorndon street sign is being put to good use. The misspelled ‘Topless Tce - No Exit’ had heads turning on Torless Terrace when it was erected earlier this month. Wellington City Council said it was a genuine mistake. The council has donated the sign for auction, with proceeds going to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. The auction is taking place on Trade Me. -APNZ

• Chef not stoned A head chef wrongfully accused of being stoned or intoxicated on the job has won a $6000 payout. Carl Tierney denied being intoxicated during a shift at the Suntrap Lobster Inn. It was alleged that while his bosses, Julie and Neil Pablecheque were out of town, he showed up for his April 13, 2012 shift either stoned or intoxicated. The Employment Relations Authority ruled Mr Tierney was unjustifiably dismissed and he was awarded $6000 compensation. -APNZ

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Stadium site works goes to local firm By Sue Newman The Ashburton District Council opted to spend its cash in its own community when it came to awarding site works tenders for the EA Networks Centre. Two initial site works tenders for the centre have been awarded to Ashburton Contracting Limited (ACL) through a competitive tender process. As part of that process the contracting company presented a concept proposal for the main site works involving a consortium of local contractors. Angus The council has attracted heavy criticism in recent months for awarding contracts out of town and it came under fire for selecting a short list of construction companies it invited to tender for the main contract on the centre that was made up of out-of-town businesses only. Bradfords was one of seven construction companies that registered interest in tendering for the work but it did not make the cut. The preferred tenderers were Naylor Love, Hawkins and Fletchers and the successful tenderer is likely to be known mid year.

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The construction phase of the project is likely to be worth about $30 million. With the site works, ACL will be the co-ordinating contractors who undertake all aspects of the site development of the project. This has an anticipated cost of about $2 million dollars. Mayor Angus McKay said there would be many opportunities for local businesses to work on the project throughout the process, in addition to the main build. “The local community has given so much to support the EA Networks Centre project and it’s great to be able to provide further McKay opportunities for them to be part of the build programme,” he said. ACL will provide the opportunity for other local contractors with the relevant skills and experience to participate in these works and to submit prices. The prices will then be evaluated by the project quantity surveyor, he said. The project involves site development surrounding the facility including outdoor courts, car parks, vehicle access, entrance pathways into the building and other associated underground services.

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Ashburton youngster Charlie Haywood, 5, learns new breakdancing moves from Luke Witchall, 16, at Ashburton’s newest after school programme based at Allenton School – Hit Play.

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children are also given time to do homework and eat afternoon tea. The programme has Government funding for 50 youngsters, been approved by OSCAR and is now on the look out for more youngsters and employees. It was the brainchild of both Mr Van Den Dorpe and Ms Richards who struggled to find after school care for their son Riley, 6, when they moved to Ashburton from Wellington two years ago. Both were in the workforce, juggling their timetables to make it work. “Primary school is only open

nine until three, and that just didn’t work for us, so we battled through last year and were faced with it again this time around, so we thought what could we do about it, and decided to fix the problem ourselves,” Mr Van Den Dorpe said. “Ashburton has such low unemployment and there are heaps of other parents out there with the same problem.” Ashburton children could go to after school programmes at Hampstead and Ashburton Borough Schools. However, Mr Van Den Dorpe said many youngsters struggled

to get transported to those programmes, so he has worked with Ashburton Taxis to allow all local youngsters to be transported to Hit Play. Today, the programme played host to breakdancer Luke Witchall, 16, who will teach the youngsters the intricate skills of the unique dance. Mr Van Den Dorpe said many parents could apply for Government funding to attend the programme. Hit Play is for five to 13-yearolds and will also run through the term break and Christmas holidays.

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Mid Canterbury parents struggling to find after school childcare have been offered a reprieve. Ashburton parent Peter Van Den Dorpe and his wife La Tisha Richards have started a new after school programme called Hit Play - based at Allenton School each week day. Mr Van Den Dorpe said the programme, which runs from 3pm to 6pm, was sports focused and was now the biggest after school programme in Ashburton. With its sports focus activities,

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ing the fashion hopes of 12 of the most fashionable women on the Ashburton Racecourse who will be vying for title of best-dressed woman of the day. The Lucky Lady fashion stakes are a traditional feature of the Harness Jewels race day in Ashburton, but this year the event will be running with an extra twist. While a guest judge will choose the 12 finalists, it

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ionistas with a horse. “It’s simple from there. Whichever horse wins, the woman with the corresponding number wins too,” Mr Murfitt said. At previous Jewels events, entrants in the best dressed event have been chosen by spotters, but in a huge crowd it’s easy to miss someone, he said. “We decided this year we’d open it up to allow people to register before

race three to give everyone a chance and instead of selecting a winner we’ve decided to make it a sweepstake event for the finalists.” There’s no lower age limit for entrants, although fashion events are traditionally about style more than teenage fashion, Mr Murfitt said. “This recognises that this is a high fashion race day, similar to

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Where are all the election challengers? T

he elections for the Ashburton District Council and the mayoralty are only a few months away and the appetite for local politics seems to be small around Mid Canterbury. The council and its elected members have been under the hammer over the past few years, some by their own making, some of it not, so the $21,800 pay cheque may not seem worth the hassle for those who consider getting involved in their community. Even the top job which

OUR VIEW carries a much more appealing remuneration of $92,450 has not drawn out any contenders to knock Angus McKay out of office. The current mayor knows too well that one or two people may be biding their time before announcing their bid, as he himself was only a last-minute entry in the mayoral race in 2010. Three years ago, Mr McKay was only planning to challenge

for a spot on the council but said he was talked into taking the fight to incumbent Bede O’Malley. Many observers feel that Mr McKay won the 2010 election thanks to those who were disgruntled with the incumbent. The late notice of his mayoral bid seems to confirm that, as Mr McKay hardly had time to tell the electorate what he was planning to change. Sadly this is the reality of

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politics at local and national level where many vote with their hearts instead of their minds and negative sentiments are often the main motivation to vote one way or another. Disliking the incumbent or

what he/she stands for can hardly be the best reason to vote for the challenger, especially if you are not sure what that replacement has to offer. Sometimes the devil you know is still better than the devil you don’t. It is imperative for a healthy democratic process that Mid Canterbury can produce more than one decent candidate for the mayoralty, and the other council seats, and that these candidates reveal themselves sooner rather than later.

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Whanau are gathering at a Far North marae preparing for the tangi of a “loving couple” after fatal shootings at their rural home. Mother-of-two Carmen Maheno, 38, died about 10.30pm in Whangarei Hospital on Sunday after being shot in her Fairburn home, 15km east of Kaitaia, about 12 hours earlier. Her 44-year-old husband, Ivan, was also fatally shot in the same incident. His body was removed from the house about 2pm on Monday. A 22-strong police team continued to investigate the murders and a thorough examination of the house was expected to be finished yesterday. Autopsies were to be carried out in Auckland. Edwin Harvey Maheno, 38, of Pamapuria - now charged with the murders - is believed to have lived with the couple and turned himself in to police about 10am on Sunday. He was charged with two counts of murder in connection with a double homicide when he appeared in Kaitaia District Court before a Justice of the Peace yesterday. Dressed in a police-issue boiler suit, Maheno said nothing during his appearance. His lawyer, Ken Bailey, entered no plea on behalf of his client, nor did he make an application for name suppression or bail. Maheno was remanded in custody to May 30 for an assessment of his mental health and fitness to plead. Family and friends were reeling after the double tragedy. Mary-Anne Adlam, from Ahipara, said her cousin Ivan was a gentle,

caring man and always happy. He had worked in forestry but over the last few years had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease. “Even through his sickness he would always try and brush it aside and he didn’t want you worrying about him,” Mrs Adlam said. She praised the support of his wife Carmen. “She was a lovely girl. I quite often thanked her and she looked after him with his sickness. “As a family we were so happy she was there for him. They supported each other and were a lovely couple.” She said friends, family and the wider rural community were devastated by the deaths. Mrs Adlam said Maheno was a nephew of the couple. “We are at a loss as to why this has happened.” Te Roopu Whanau Te Kohanga Reo, where Mrs Maheno worked, held a service with the students yesterday as a mark of respect. Head of the police investigation, Detective Senior Sergeant Kevin Burke, said the deaths were a tragedy and the two children were being looked after by their wider whanau. He appealed to the public for more information surrounding the deaths. “Anyone with any information on the events that have occurred at 24A Fairburn Rd, if they could contact Kaitaia police on 09 408 6500, or Crimestoppers.” He said a gun had been found but there was no indication yet as to what sparked the shooting. It’s believed Mr Maheno’s body was found in the house and his wife was found badly injured nearby. It was understood she had been chased a short distance before being shot. -APNZ

Christchurch tells PM to butt out By Cullen Smith

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commitment to the job. Waiting to see who else is going to stand also does not radiate confidence in a successful campaign. Several organisations and individuals around town are canvassing those who would make good candidates but so far no-one has put their hand up to stand against the current mayor. At this stage the mayor is set to win a one-horse race, but hopefully we won’t have to wait too long until other contenders enter the competition.

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An extended and robust election battle would be a wonderful way to rally the electorate and raise the interest in the local elections, which unfortunately has dwindled significantly. A substantial run-in period to the elections would also give the candidates the necessary time to explain their ideas and policies and communicate their vision for the district to the citizens of Mid Canterbury. Waiting for the candidates to reveal themselves at the last minute, does not exactly scream

Christchurch people want Prime Minister John Key to butt out of local politics surrounding the city rebuild. Mr Key said yesterday partially selling city assets could be the way to fund anchor projects. But his proposal went down badly among groups across the city. Appearing on TV3’s Firstline programme, Mr Key suggested asset sales could give the city its “nice-to-haves”. The Government increased its contribution to the rebuild by $2 billion to $15 billion last month after revising the estimated cost upwards from $30 billion to $40 billion. Mr Key said funding the rest of the rebuild would be “a matter for Cantabrians to consider”. “It is for the council to say ‘do you want the nice-to-haves’?”

he said. “Then they’ll ask how are you going to pay? That could be through rates or asset sales.” Mr Key said the idea of the council partly selling its stake in assets, such as power company Orion, L yttelton Port Company Ltd and Christchurch International Airport Ltd, was “incredibly logical”. Mayor Bob Parker was at a local government conference in Hobart yesterday, but he told Firstline on Monday there was a $600 million difference between what the city was prepared to spend on new projects and what the Government wanted. He said asset sales couldn’t be ruled out, but the city’s longterm debt plan was a more responsible option. “We’re building 50 years of assets in five years - we don’t want to sell our good investments ... if we can finance our way through it in a responsible

way and we can.” Avondale Residents’ Association vice president Adrienne Lingard said the association did not agree with asset sales. “We realise that there are some assets that could be sold, but not the major assets,” she said. In a submission to the council’s three-year plan the Avondale group suggested that replacing AMI Stadium and the convention centre were not critical in the rebuild and could be delayed. Mrs Lingard said the association was also against continual rate rises to fund the rebuild but realised it was a “Catch 22” situation and money had to come from somewhere. New Brighton Residents’ Association chairman Steve Burke said members opposed city asset sales. “We don’t need to sell our family silver,” he said. “We believe

the rebuild can be funded without selling off our assets.” Cr Glenn Livingstone questioned why the Government was seeking to impose “its own ideological programme” on local authorities. “We’ve seen it before,” he said. This is the Government’s driver. It’s asking us to sell off assets to pay for other assets.” Manufacturers and Exporters Association chief executive John Walley said he doubted Christchurch members would support selling the city’s assets. “In talking to our members, nobody has been pushing for the city to sell assets to fund the major rebuild projects.” Mr Walley said the association’s view was that it would be more prudent to spread out projects such as the convention centre and sports stadium “rather than trying to complete everything in a short timeframe”. -APNZ

Key: Technical issue holding up meat John Key says the refusal by Chinese officials to clear containers of frozen meat being held at the border is simply because of confusion over documentation. Mr Key told TV3’s Firstline that New Zealand’s ambassador to China, Carl Worker, went to see authorities and confirmed a technical issue was holding up shipments of New Zealand meat on Chinese wharves.

The ministry’s recent name change from Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to Ministry of Primary Industries, which issues export certificates, had caused confusion. A second issue was China implementing more rigorous procedures to stop counterfeit meat, Mr Key told Firstline. “You’ve got a more robust system and a different agency, and so that’s what’s slowing things

down. We genuinely don’t believe there’s anything more sinister than that. “The advice we’ve had is it’s being resolved. There’s chilled and frozen meat and the chilled meat being more perishable is being prioritised in being dispatched.” During his trip to China last month, China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang told Mr Key that China wants to buy a lot more

meat from New Zealand, Mr Key said. He was not convinced New Zealand export meat companies would be financially affected by the delay. “The frozen meat is remaining frozen so that’s a delay in terms of its entry across the border but realistically it won’t be spoilt and the chilled meat is prioritised, so I’m not convinced there’s a lot of costs here.” - APNZ

NZ exodus across the Tasman slows The number of New Zealanders quitting this country for a better life across the Tasman slowed to its smallest monthly pace in almost three years, as the local economic prospects start overshadowing Australia’s. Seasonally adjusted, almost 2000 more people left New Zealand for Australia than arrived in April, according to Statistics New Zealand. That’s the smallest monthly outflow across the Tasman since September 2010, with a net gain of non-New Zealanders arriving, and trimming the net 2200 citizens going to the so-called ‘lucky country’. About 45,700 New Zealanders left the country for Australia in the year ended April 30. Australia has been a favourite destination for many Kiwis seeking better wages and a higher standard of living with almost open access to the larger nation. In the past year the economic fortunes of

the two nations has turned, with New Zealand’s recovery gathering pace as the Canterbury rebuild unfolds, and Australia’s mining boom seen peaking soon. Statistics NZ said the country added a seasonally adjusted 1600 new migrants in April. The actual annual gain was some 4800 new migrants. The gains came from across the board, with a 39 per cent jump in the number of Australian migrants to 1737 in April from the same month a year earlier and a 15 per cent lift in the number of UK migrants to 848. On an annual basis, Australia led the pace, with an 18 per cent annual increase of new migrants to about 16,200. Short-term visitor arrivals rose to a seasonally adjusted 232,350 in April from 227,380 in March, and up from 213,650 a year earlier. Chinese visitors underpinned the gains, up 36 per cent to 24,800 in April from a year earlier. - APNZ

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GCSB cleared of illegal spying By Adam Bennett Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Paul Neazor has cleared the Government Communications Security Bureau of illegal spying on New Zealanders. Mr Neazor was asked to conduct an inquiry into potential breaches of the GCSB Act after Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Kitteridge’s report on the bureau’s compliance with legislation raised concerns about 88 instances where the GCSB had spied on New Zealanders. “The Inspector-General formed a view that there have been no breaches, although the law is unclear and the Inspector-General recommends amending it”, GCSB Director, Ian Fletcher said in a statement. Mr Fletcher said the Inspector-General found that all of the cases were based on

serious issues including potential weapons of mass destruction development, people smuggling, foreign espionage in New Zealand and drug smuggling. Of the 88 individuals concerned: # 15 cases involving 22 individuals did not have any information intercepted by GCSB. # another four cases involving five individuals were the subjects of a New Zealand Security Intelligence Service warrant and the GCSB assisted in the execution of the warrants. The Inspector-General is of the view that there were arguably no breaches and the law is unclear. # The Bureau provided only technical assistance which did not involve interception of communications, involving three of the individuals, so no breach occurred. # The remaining cases involved the collection of metadata, and the Inspector-General formed the view

that there had arguably been no breach, noting once again that the law is unclear. Mr Fletcher said as previously stated, police had conducted a thorough check of all their systems and advised that no arrest, prosecution or any other legal processes had occurred as a result of the information supplied to the Security Intelligence Service by the GCSB. “There are two recommendations from the Inspector-General, which are for more precise legislation and some improvement in the precision of the GCSB’s paperwork, the latter relating to the recommendations in the GCSB Compliance Review. “We are continuing to work hard to implement the recommendations about GCSB in the compliance review, and I will be delivering my first report on progress by the end of June,” Mr Fletcher said. - APNZ

Bed sharing raises SIDS risk Bed sharing between adults and young babies multiplies the child’s risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome five times, even if the parent is a nonsmoker and hasn’t consumed drugs and alcohol. The finding comes from a University of Auckland study, looking at adults who share a bed with their breastfed baby in the child’s first three months. While there is a general consensus that sleeping with a baby increases the risk of SIDS if the parents smoke or if the mother has been drinking alcohol or taken drugs, previously there have been conflicting opinions about whether bed sharing represented a risk when these factors were not present. The researchers found the risk of SIDS was five-fold in comparison to when a baby slept in a cot in the parents’ room, even without these other factors, said Professor Mitchell, said University of Auckland paediatrician Professor Ed Mitchell. “Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

(SIDS) is a major cause of death among babies aged under one in New Zealand and other high income countries. “More than 50 per cent of deaths occur while parents slept in the same bed as baby”, he said. The study, the largest of its kind, involved researchers examining the individual records of 1472 SIDS cases and 4679 control cases across five major studies. It also showed that the risk associated with bed sharing decreases as a baby gets older. Risk of SIDS remained very low for babies whose mothers followed existing New Zealand advice: no smoking in pregnancy and around baby, sleep baby on the back, have baby in a cot in the parental bedroom and breastfeed if possible. The Ministry of Health advises the safest place for your baby to sleep is in a cot beside the parents’ bed for the first six months of life, Prof Mitchell said. Some countries, including the United

States and the Netherlands, advise all parents against sharing a bed with their baby for the first three months. The United Kingdom advises only certain groups, including parents who are smokers, not to bed share. “Parents need to know the risks from bed sharing, especially for babies under three months. “Health professionals have a duty to inform them. Innovative strategies such as the wahakura and pepi-pod provide alternatives to bed sharing, and are attracting interest overseas,” said Professor Mitchell. If parents were made more aware of the risks of sleeping with their baby, and instead room sharing was promoted “we could achieve a substantial reduction in SIDS rates”, he said. The authors said babies can still be brought into the parents’ bed for comfort and feeding during the night, but should be placed in a cot next to the parents’ bed to sleep. - APNZ

Police look into alleged Lincoln rape Police are investigating whether a woman was raped in Lincoln after being given a drug. Detective Sergeant Ashley Millen said police, who received a complaint from a woman who stayed overnight at a premise on May 14, were in the early stages of establishing what happened and were awaiting toxicology results. Detective Sergeant Millen said he was not aware of any similar incidents. A date rape drug, also known as a predator drug, is any drug that can be used to assist in the execution of a

drug-facilitated sexual assault. Police are also investigating an incident on a bus in Prebbleton involving an 11-year-old boy. It is alleged a 71-year-old grabbed the boy’s hand and pulled it toward his crotch. The boy was on his way home to Lincoln from school. Constable Mike Harker said the boy was standing in the aisle when the man asked him if he would like to sit down beside him. The man moved his bag out of the

way and the boy sat down. The man grabbed the boy’s hand and pulled it toward his crotch. The boy realised what was happened and pulled his hand away. He stood up and walked to the back of the bus. A boy he told of the incident alerted the bus driver, who locked the doors, pulled over on Birchs Rd and called the police. “We interviewed the man and the boy but we need to do further interviews to establish what happened,” he said. - APNZ

No one wanted to stop it, says assault victim By Doug Laing A Canadian security industry worker who was kicked numerous times in the head while trying to stop an early-morning assault in Napier is surprised almost no one else tried to stop the thuggery he says could have ended in death. Phoenix Gordon, 22, of Vancouver, was one of four people taken to hospital after the attack which happened just off West Quay, Ahuriri, about 2.30am on Sunday. Returning to the still blood-spattered scene on Monday, Mr Gordon said numerous people appeared to stand back and watch as a man was being kicked. He said a police officer was among those in the vicinity but added: “Playing devil’s advocate I’d have to say it’s possi-

ble he was preoccupied. I did call out [to him] but he didn’t seem to hear.” Mr Gordon said there were “dozens” of people nearby when he first noticed the assault. “I was shocked nobody was helping,” he said. “No one else was moving in to stop it. I’m from Vancouver ... where if someone’s getting attacked generally you run over to help stop it. “If I hadn’t stepped in, how bad would it have got? Someone could be dead.” Mr Gordon had just left a bar and was looking for a taxi when he first noticed the disturbance, with a man already on the ground being kicked repeatedly in the head. There were at least two men carrying out the assault and as he tried to stop the man who had put the boot in, he

was hit from behind and knocked to the ground. Protecting his head, he managed to stay conscious, counting each kick before the attackers fled. They left behind four men with minor to moderate injuries, including a 21-year-old student who suffered a broken nose and had both eyes blackened. Mr Gordon said he was sure he would recognise at least one of the attackers. Still sporting some grazes and bruises from the assault, he was without fear on Monday night. “They’ve already beaten me up, and I’ll be leaving [for Canada] in two weeks,” he said. It was understood that police, who are still seeking witnesses and information about the incident, had made no arrests by last night. -APNZ

Fiancee’s past engulfs Kiwi By James Ihaka A New Zealand engineer has found himself at the centre of media attention in Australia after it emerged he is engaged to the former girlfriend of a jailed killer. Jeo Ipeekaw announced on Facebook that he was engaged to Bethany Heagney - the former girlfriend of two-time killer Mustapha Dib, who was last year sentenced to 30 years’ jail for the murder of a pregnant woman in 2000. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph reported that Dib’s victim Anita Vrzina was the wife of Ahmed Banat, Dib’s former schoolmate who had been due to give evidence against him in another trial. Dib lay in wait for Banat to drive along

a street in Punchbowl, New South Wales, before he fired four shots at Banat’s car, intending to kill him but missing and hitting Vrzina instead. Two days after the jury returned a guilty verdict and Dib was taken into custody on July 9, 2012, Ms Heagney posted a note to Dib on Facebook: “I love you, I miss you so much baby.” She was still with him when he was sentenced four months later. But Mr Ipeekaw’s Facebook page indicates he got engaged to Ms Heagney last month. A friend of Mr Ipeekaw said he was stunned by the news when contacted by the Herald yesterday. He said Mr Ipeekaw kept a low profile and had recently spent some time in

Australia but was back studying engineering at the University of Auckland. Mr Ipeekaw’s Facebook page said he was from Paraparaumu and he had previously worked as a junior engineer at Downer EDI. The Daily Telegraph reported that Ms Heagney, a 27-year-old Mormon, had sold possessions and advertised for a flatmate at her beachside Cronulla apartment. It said the mother-of-two and Dib - who grew up in Punchbowl - had been together since May last year. Dib had already served an eight-year sentence for stabbing to death schoolboy Edward Lee during a street brawl. He also served six years in jail for heroin and cocaine supply, the Daily Telegraph reported. He was paroled in 2009. -APNZ

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Fatal truck crash among worst ever By Murray Robertson The scene of a fatal logging truck crash on Tauwhareparae Road inland from Tolaga Bay near Gisborne on Monday has been described as one of the most shocking Gisborne emergency services staff have attended. The driver of one truck died, and the driver of the other truck was seriously injured. The accident happened shortly before 1pm about 15 kilometres along Tauwhareparae Road. “Both drivers had to be cut from the wreckage of their vehicles and one of them died at the scene,” police said. The dead driver was aged 41 and lived in Gisborne. Police have not yet released his name, as next-of-kin are still being informed. The ECT Rescue Helicopter flew a St John Ambulance team to the scene. “The second driver, aged 27, suffered serious, multiple injuries,” St John team manager Shane Clapperton said. “He was flown to Gisborne Hospital where he is in the intensive care ward.” A hospital spokeswoman said this morning the man was in a stable condition. “He’s to be transferred to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland later today,” she said. Chopper pilot Neil Dodds said it was one of the worst road accidents he had attended. “It was horrendous,” said Mr Dodds. “The driving compartment of one truck was unrecognisable.” Two fire appliances attended one from Gisborne and one from Tolaga Bay. “It was a shocking scene,” Gisborne fire service senior sta-

tion officer John Haggland said. “The driver who died was very badly injured. The whole side of the cab of his truck was destroyed in the collision. They hit each other right on the corners of their cabs.” One of the trucks was empty. The other was carrying a full load of logs. Snr Stn Officer Haggland said the man who died was driving the empty truck. “We believe he would have died instantly - his injuries were so severe. We got the other driver out of his cab through the front windscreen.” The accident happened on a slight bend in the road. One of the vehicles was driven by an owner-operator for Williams and Wiltshire. The other vehicle belonged to Pacific Haulage. The road remained closed until late last night while police carried out a serious crash investigation and the trucks were recovered. A C.R.Taylor Ltd crane from Gisborne was used to move the trucks off the road once the scene examination had been finished. “It was the worst road accident I have been to,” C.R. Taylor Ltd owner Dave Taylor said this morning. Both trucks were taken to Gisborne to be examined. “One of the rigs ended up right underneath some power lines and recovering it was quite tricky,” said Mr Taylor. Tauwhareparae Road was reopened about 9.30 on Monday night. Police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. The accident happened on the day police started a national campaign aimed at reducing the number of people killed in truck crashes. - APNZ

• Girl rescued A 15-year-old girl was rescued after jumping off a bluff and swimming more than three hours to an island. The girl’s disappearance from Matauri Bay on Sunday sparked a major search and rescue exercise. She was eventually spotted from the air on a beach on Motukawanui Island, about 3km from Matauri Bay, and picked up by Whangaroa Rescue. -APNZ

• Stranger danger A school has warned parents to take care when dropping off their children after concerns were raised about a homeless man living in his car in the area. An email was sent to parents of St Mary’s Catholic School on Friday warning of an “unwelcome stranger” who had been repeatedly spotted in his car near the school at the start and end of the day. -APNZ

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Burnt out: Saul (left) and Louie Preshner inspect the damage to their bathroom, which went up in flames when a heat lamp overheated.

By Amy McGillivray Two boys home alone raised the alarm when a large fire broke out in the bathroom of their Papamoa house. Louie, 14, and Saul Preshner, 12, had just had showers and were getting ready for school about 7am yesterday when the smoke alarms started going off, alerting them to the fire in their bathroom. Mother Helen Adams had left for work in Rotorua about an hour

earlier but had called to check on the boys as she did every morning, and was still on the phone to them when the alarm sounded. “We didn’t know where it was from, so we looked and we saw there was a fire on two of the shirts [on the clothes rack in the bathroom]. So I told mum and she said to get a bucket of water and put it on it,” Louie said. “By the time we got back it was a big fire on the whole rack and the light had fallen.” The boys realised the blaze was out of hand and raced outside to

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means shareholders would be tapped for up to $56 million. The company expects to lodge a prospectus by the end of June. “We’ve approached all the shareholders and have indicative commitments at the 95 per cent level,” Crombie told BusinessDesk. The final funding split will depend on feedback from banks and other financiers “but indications from banks are that it’s do-able”.

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ficient working capital, after getting a $5 million loan from Selwyn District Council and a further $5 million under the Ministry for Primary Industries’ irrigation acceleration fund. The company’s financial results for the year ended June 30, 2012 were released to the Companies Office this week and show the net loss rose to $2.3 million from a loss of $1.8 million a year earlier.

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They get hot and cause a fire.” The light melted the fitting and it fell down on to the clothes rack, setting the garments on fire. If the fan had been on as well it would probably have cooled the lamp and prevented the fire, Mr Rewi said. Heat lamps were often wired so the fan automatically came on when the heat lamp was turned on, he said. Ms Adams said it was a warning to others to make sure the fan was on if using the heat lamp. - APNZ

• Incidents linked? Police are investigating whether a theft at the Dunedin Holiday Park is related to the discovery of a half naked man found asleep under a tarpaulin within the enclosed premises. Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall said residents found the man about 7.45am on Sunday. -APNZ

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call 111 and wait for the fire brigade to arrive. Firefighters spent about an hour at the Palm Beach Boulevard property putting the fire out. The bathroom was gutted. Eastern Bay of Plenty fire safety officer John Rewi was called in to determine the cause of the fire. “The fire started from a three-inone heat lamp, fan and light. It’s just one of those things that happens,” he said. “It is something that does happen, in particular the heat lamps coming on without the fan.

For the first time in its 24-year history, the Wildfoods Festival has run at a loss as ticket sales slumped to 8800. The Westland District Council announced the festival had a “negative variance” of $35,709, with some further overhead charges yet to come. -APNZ

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Two students who started selling boxes of meat to their Dunedin peers last year have trebled their client base, hired staff and are now eyeing markets further north. David Booth, 24, and Harrison Uffindel, 23, got fed up with having to travel long distances to buy what they say was overpriced and poor-quality meat. “You’ve got a problem in north Dunedin in particular where there’s essentially one supermarket servicing 15,000 students,” Booth said. The pair started MeatMail, a subscription-based, home delivery service which enables students to buy fresh meat without having to travel across town. “We door-knocked a whole crowd of mates and we said ‘We’ll show up for once-weekly deliveries, we’ll debit your account and we’ll drop it around every Sunday while you’re sitting on the couch hungover’,” Booth said. “It went down quite well and we signed up 40 to 50 customers initially. And we held on to those through to the end of the semester.” Each customer was typically a flat averaging about five to six people, he said. MeatMail, which turns one year-old this week, has since spread to Christchurch and grown to about 140 clients, 95 per cent of whom are university students. The business has hired six student staff – three in each city. Beef and lamb is sourced from Silver Fern Farms in Canterbury, pork from free-range farms in Ashburton, and cagefree chicken from Ingham. Customers can choose from different-sized meat packs – including the ‘Carnivore’ and the ‘Mini’ – and prices range from $29.95 to $89.95 per week. Booth is still completing his Commerce and Law degrees and is now based in Wellington. Uffindel is starting a legal career in Auckland but still has a stake in the business. “This next stage of our growth is just to essentially test the business for our ability to manage it remotely so we can focus

Dunedin university students, fed up with “overpriced and poor quality meat” took matters into their own hands. on growth in new areas and try to have students doing the delivery run and the sales,” Booth said. “It’s a pretty easy sell – it is better meat, it is cheaper, and it is easier because it’s free delivery.” Immediate plans were to launch Meat Mail in Palmerston North and Hamilton within the year, he said. “We’re still open to the idea of starting there for the next student semester in July.” Both cities had strong student populations based in a small area, as opposed to Auckland and Wellington where students were more spread out. The business model was based on keeping the deliveries hassle-free and economical. “Our system only works because we’ve got 140 customers in the space of a square kilometre,” Booth said.

“As soon as you start delivering to residential customers it gets trickier.” The friends were able to offer cheaper prices than online butchers because of their subscription model, Booth said. “When our customers come to us they come to us for 30 weeks of the year and so we don’t need to make the same margins that most online butchers do.” Meat Mail, which leased its trucks, had been paying for its own development so far, with any earnings being pumped back into the business. “We’re in no real rush to go taking on the country. We’re going to pick our markets, products and customers carefully,” Booth said. “At the end of the day, if we did go up against the Mad Butcher in a suburb, we still could compete because we have a good quality product and it’s still cheaper,” Booth said. – APNZ

Some $15 million of the funds raised will be used to buy land. About 60 hectares of land across 12 farms is needed to build the canal. Central Plains has hired PwC to advise on the fund raising. Central Plains has 10 shareholdings, the largest being Synlait with about 5.3 per cent, according to Companies Office record. Fonterra Cooperative Group holds 1.3 per cent. – APNZ

New Zealand inflation expectations fall to lowest since June 1999 New Zealand inflation expectations have fallen to the lowest in 14 years, even as business managers raised their expectations for economic growth, suggesting the central bank won’t have to rush to raise interest rates. Annual inflation is expected to average 1.52 per cent in the coming year, the lowest since June 1999 and down from the 1.68 per cent pace seen in the first quarter survey. The quarterly survey of business managers and professionals is conducted for the Reserve Bank by research firm Nielsen. Inflation two years out is seen at 2.06 per cent, the lowest since December 1999, from 2.17 per cent three months earlier. That’s near the central bank’s target of keeping inflation at the mid-point of its 1 per cent-to-3 per cent range on average over time. Traders are expecting 18 basis points of increase in the 2.5 per cent official cash rate over the next 12 months, based on the Overnight Index Swap curve. “Inflation expectations are further confirmation that inflation pressures are very subdued and not an immediate concern for the RBNZ,” said Jane Turner, economist at ASB. “From an inflation targeting perspective, this is a very comfortable position for the RBNZ to be in.” At the time of the survey, a net 32 per cent of those polled believed monetary conditions were easier than neutral, down from 37 per cent in the first quarter. By March 2014, that number has whittled down to a net 14 per cent, the survey shows.

Jane Turner Expectations of real annual growth in gross domestic product one year ahead rose to 2.5 per cent from 2.3 per cent last quarter, while the two year ahead expectations rose to 2.8 per cent from 2.6 per cent. Positive quarterly growth of 0.5 per cent is seen in the March and June quarters of this year. That’s below the central bank’s March forecasts of 0.6 per cent and 0.7 per cent respectively. Hourly earnings expectations were little changed at 2.3 per cent one year ahead and 2.6 per cent two years ahead. Unemployment is seen falling to 6.4 per cent in a year and to 6 per cent in two years. The 90-day bank bill rate is expected to be 2.7 per cent at the end of June and 2.9 per cent by March 2014. The 10-year bonds are seen at 3.7 per cent by March next year. The New Zealand dollar is expected to be at 84 US cents at the end of September this year and to have slipped to 83 cents by March 2014. – APNZ

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Over 50 killed by US tornadoes At least 51 people have been killed in a giant Oklahoma tornado, with children among the dead, the state medical examiner’s office says. Oklahoma authorities say search and rescue efforts will continue throughout Monday night after the tornado of rare power roared through an Oklahoma City suburb. It flattened neighbourhoods with winds up to 320km/h and destroyed at least one school. Officials expect the death toll to rise. More than 120 people were being treated at hospitals, including about 70 children. Some were in critical condition. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin told reporters “hearts are broken” for parents looking for their children. Less than one per cent of all tornadoes reach the wind speed of this storm, which ripped through scores of buildings in the suburb of Moore in a region of the US known as Tornado Alley. Block after block lay in ruins. Cars and trucks were left crumpled. The National Weather Service estimated the tornado reached up to 0.8 kilometres-wide and was an EF-4 on the enhanced five-point Fujita scale, the second most powerful type of twister. In video footage, the dark funnel cloud moved slowly across the landscape, scattering shards of wood, pieces of insulation, shingles and glass over the streets. The focus quickly turned to Plaza Towers Elementary School, where the storm tore off the roof, knocked down walls and turned the playground into a mass of twisted plastic and metal. Several children were pulled alive from the rubble. Rescue workers passed them down a human chain to a triage centre in the parking lot. James Rushing, who lives across the street, heard reports of the approaching tornado and ran to the school, where his 5-year-old foster son, Aiden, attends classes. Rushing believed he would be safer there. “About two minutes after I got there, the school started coming apart,” he said. The students were put in the restroom. After the tornado roared through,

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• Terror attack foiled Russian security services say they have foiled a terror attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arresting another. “Our forceful actions prevented an attempted act of terror in the capital,” the National AntiTerror Committee said in a statement. The men, all three of them ethnic Russians, were detected on the outskirts of Moscow yesterday. A gunfight erupted during their attempted arrest which left a Russian federal security official slightly injured. All three men are suspected of having received their training in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. – AFP

• Four killed by bombs Twin car bombs have killed four people and wounded close to 50 in Russia’s restive Dagestan region. “Within the space of a few minutes, two cars blew up” in the southern’s region’s capital Makhachkala, a spokesman for the local investigative committee said. Investigators initially put the death toll at eight but the local interior ministry later revised it to four, adding that 44 people were also wounded, most of them seriously. – AFP

• Killer balloon crash Three Brazilian tourists have died and 22 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in central Turkey, officials say. The accident occurred over Cappadocia’s sculpted rock formations yesterday when one balloon’s basket ripped another’s envelope in mid-air, governor of Nevsehir province Abdurrahman Savas told Anatolia news agency. Two Brazilians aged 71 and 65 “lost their lives”, while most of the injured suffered broken bones, Savas said. A third Brazilian aged 76 died in hospital hours later. – AFP

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ABOVE: A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday. ABOVE RIGHT: A child calls to his father after being pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School. RIGHT: A teacher and child walk away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City. Tiffany Thronesberry said she got a panicked call from her mother, Barbara Jarrell. “I got a phone call from her screaming, ‘Help, help! I can’t breathe. My house is on top of me!’“ Thronesberry said. She hurried to her mother’s house, where first responders had

already pulled her out with cuts and bruises. Downed power lines and open gas lines posed a risk on Monday night, police Captain Dexter Nelson said. The same suburb was hit hard by a tornado in 1999. That storm produced the highest winds ever

recorded near the Earth’s surface 486 km/h. “Oklahoma City has had more tornado strikes than any other city in the United States,” the city government’s website says. President Barack Obama has called Ms Fallin to express his concern. – AP

• 75 killed in attacks Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will overhaul Iraq’s security strategy after a two-day wave of violence killed 75 people, including 24 police. The latest killings brought the month’s death toll from unrest to 352. A car bomb exploded in Shaab, a Shi’ite area in north Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding at least 20, officials said. It was just one in a wave of bombings yesterday. Two car bombs went off in the main southern port city of Basra, killing 13 people and wounding 48, while a wave of other bombings hit Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and wounding 102. – AFP

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he sausage might be humble and it might be sneered at by gourmet cooks, but it’s a smallgoods that has come of age. No longer are sausages just tubes of fatty, tasteless meat. Today’s sausages come in a vast range of flavours, many owing their origins to Europe’s master sausage makers. And today’s sausages are no longer fatty. Most have just enough fat mixed with lean to ensure they’re not dry as sawdust, but that’s where their relationship with fat ends. There are countless ways to cook the humble sausage. It marries happily with just about any flavour and is equally at home running solo or casseroled.

6 thick sausages 1 onion, sliced 1 carrot, chopped 1 potato, diced 1T Worcestershire sauce 1T tomato paste 1t curry powder 1T brown sugar 2c water 1c frozen corn 1c frozen peas 2T jam (any type except for marmalade)

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Try a chicken pie othing says comfort food like chicken pie. Chicken and vegetables in a rich and creamy sauce topped with a flaky crust makes a satisfying one-dish meal. A homemade one is surprisingly easy to make too. It’s the savoury sauce that makes the big difference. This version uses simple ingredients – butter, flour, chicken stock and cream – to create a sublime filling. If you don’t have a chicken stock cube in your pantry, you can make your own by grinding together one tablespoon each of dried rosemary, dried sage, dried thyme and dried marjoram in a spice grinder or mini food processor. Or you can simply season your potpie filling with a pinch of the aforementioned herbs.

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Devilled sausages slightly. • Chop into pieces and place into a casserole dish. • Heat oil in the same frying pan you cooked sausages in and fry garlic onions and apple until soft. • Add to sausages. • Mix together remaining ingredients and pour over sausage apple and onion mix. • Cover casserole and cook in oven at 1808C for 25-30 minutes.

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2T oil 8 quality beef sausages 2 carrots, diced 1 or 2 leeks, finely sliced 1 stalk celery, sliced 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 375ml bottle lager 1 cup beef stock Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• Prick sausages with a fork and cook until well coloured. • Remove sausages from the pan and set aside. • Wipe excess fat out of pan with a paper towel. • Heat remaining oil in the pan and gently cook carrots, leeks, celery and garlic until tender. • Increase the heat and pour in lager and beef stock. • Allow to boil and reduce by half. Season to taste with salt and pepper. • Return sausages to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.

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1kg sausage 2-3 onions 2 1/2 c water salt pepper 2T flour 2T sugar 1/2 c water 1T curry powder 1T Worcestershire sauce 1T tomato sauce 1T malt vinegar

• Grill the sausages. • Slice and set aside. • In a pot melt some butter and fry sliced onions. • Once cooked, add first measure of water. • Season to taste. • Mix together the remaining ingredients and add to the pot to thicken. • Add the sausages to heat through. • Serve with creamy mashed potato and seasonal vegetables.

3 split chicken breasts, bone in, skin on (about 1kg) 2T olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 3c water 1c peeled and finely sliced carrots (about 4 carrots) 1c peeled and diced white potatoes (about 1 large potato) 1/2 c finely diced onion (1 small onion) 1c fresh or frozen peas 4T unsalted butter 4T all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out the dough 2c chicken stock 1c heavy cream 1t chicken stock cube 1 pack frozen store-bought pie pastry 1 large egg, lightly beaten • Preheat the oven to 180°C. • Rinse the chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Rub the chicken with the olive oil and generously season with salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and roast until cooked through, about 35 to 40 minutes. Set aside until cool enough to handle, then remove and discard the bones and the skin. Cut the chicken meat into large pieces. You should have about three to four cups of chicken. • While the chicken is roasting, in a medium saucepan over high heat, bring the water to boil. Add the

Chicken pie ... the ultimate comfort food. carrots, potato, onion and peas and cook until crisp-tender, about eight minutes. Drain well and set aside. • Raise the oven temperature to 200°C. • In another large pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the flour and whisk until the mixture is golden brown, about four to five minutes. Whisk in the chicken stock and cream. Add the stock cube and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring often, until thickened, about five minutes. Add the chicken, carrots, potato, onion and peas. Stir to combine. Adjust the seasonings as necessary. • Pour the filling into a pie dish. Cover the top of the mixture with a layer of pastry. Press the edges down with a fork or flute the edges, if desired, and cut slits in the top for steam to escape. Brush the crust with the beaten egg. In case of overflow, place the baking dish on a baking pan. Bake until golden brown, about 35 to 45 minutes. - Serves 8 Alternatively, you can make a pie base, which will need to be blind baked for 15 minutes before filling with the chicken mixture, and then add the top layer of pastry for a complete pie. – AAP

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he Brown is your classic New Zealand country pub, with its warm atmosphere and friendly welcome. On the other hand the Brown Restaurant & Fireside Bar offer more than one would expect from your standard pub fare with not only classic country pub favourites but a range of tasty tex mex dishes to suit all tastes and an extensive restaurant quality takeaway menu. Rob Martin is the Sous Chef at The Brown. Rob studied at CPIT and graduated as a qualified chef in 2005. Also, in this same year he was awarded a Silver Medal in the Salon Culinaire competition. This competition is an annual world class competition and expo that showcases the talent emerging from Culinary Tertiary study. Since 2005 Rob has spent time working in various cafes in

Christchurch and was head chef at the Whistling Frog Cafe in the Catlins. Rob says he has always been cooking, it’s a passion he decided to turn into a trade 8 years ago and it’s this passion that has helped him create a loyal following while working at The Brown. “When I’m preparing a meal for someone in the restaurant I want to be certain that they are going to enjoy their experience.” “It’s my name on that plate that I’m sending out to diners.” “It’s about satisfying the customer through putting love and effort into the food I make.” Rob truly cares about the dining experiences of his diners. The Brown Pub serves “good, wholesome food” says Rob and this is very much what you would want to find in a country pub.

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JOIN OUR HOST MICHAEL F. FRASER MILNE AND ENJOY A GREAT RANGE OF WHISKYS

a taste of texas...

- all these tasty mexican dishes come with shredded lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and homemade salsa. agf 17 add extra meat 4 traditional kiwi roast - like it hotter? spice up any dish by adding jalepenos tender nz pork shoulder, roast veges, mashed potato, for $2 (just ask your wait staff) steamed vegetables with rich gravy and apple chutney - all dishes available as a vegetarian option

phone 03 302 8045

The World Famous Blue Pub

a taste of mexico...

good ol’ kiwi country pub favourites...

Charming Thai Restaurant is an excellent and unique Thai restaurant in Ashburton. In our menu, you will find a variety of distinctive tastes, ranging from the north to the south and from the west to the east of Thailand.

20 texan beef burger big. like texas. homemade beef patty topped with cheese, bacon, onion rings, lettuce, smoky bbq sauce and served with fries agf 27 bbq pork spare ribs & country fried

chicken

tender pork ribs slow cooked in our own smoky bbq sauce ...finger lickin’ good with southern spiced fried chicken. served with fries and house slaw

20 chicken parmesan hotter than a texas oil refinery. a crispy chicken schnitzel topped with tomato relish, jalapeno peppers and parmesan. don’t like the spice? we can serve it mild, just ask 22 rump steak 200g aged rump steak grilled to your liking. served with fries and house slaw – add a mushroom, peppercorn or garlic sauce for $3 22 beef & bourbon porterhouse steak 300g aged porterhouse steak grilled to your liking and topped with a bourbon glaze, onion rings and served with creamy mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables – add a mushroom, peppercorn or garlic sauce for $3 or sautéed prawns and squid in garlic butter for $5

More options available plus a delicious range of desserts.

Japanese Restaurant

Tantalise your tastebuds

&Takeaways Since 2003

TasTing cosTs $45 per person This includes all whisky tasters and light nibbles on the night (payment is required when you place your booking)

148 East Street, Phone (03) 308 5885

WED-SAT 112 Main Street, METHVEN

302-9010

to advertise in this directory, please phone desme on 027 468 8186

Tantalise your taste b

Somerset House Ground Floor Burnett Street, Ashburton

With a large menu, hot and mild currie regular curry lovers and some of the m tasting dishes in New Zealand, you rea to miss out

phone 03 302 8046 www.thebluepub.co.nz/cafe and menus

OPEN 5:30pm

03 307 5899

Indian Minar 300 East S Phone 03 308 1076

Kids 10 and under eat for free (See our website specials page*)

Let Indian Minar tickle your senses wit a sensual family meal in it’s fully licens restaurant....

Bookings are essential to secure your place on the night, you can book via email to phone 307 5899

With a large selection of hot and mild curries for new and regular curry lovers and some of the most unique tasting dishes in New Zealand, you really can’t afford to miss out. Let Indian Minar tickle your senses with a sensual family meal in it’s fully licensed restaurant... Some say we’re Ashburton’s best kept

Traditional Authentic Japanese Cuisine

Some say we’re Ashburton’s best kept secret.

Indian Minar 300 East Street Phone 03 308 1076

Classifieds ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

AVAILABLE rEntALs 2 / 21 Creek Road Two Bedrooms Fully Furnished Web ID AS508 $320 per week 74 Melcombe Street Three Bedrooms Web ID AS510 $330 per week 20C Aitken Street Three Bedrooms Web ID AS512 $350 per week 107 Bowen Street, Rakaia Three Bedrooms Web ID AS514 $320 per week 4 Hakatere Drive Three Bedrooms Web ID AS513 $300 per week 52A Princes Street Three Bedrooms Two Bathrooms Web ID AS515 $420 per week References required

Alana 0274 736 825 Michelle 027 77 66 497

Better in Blue For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL TO LET 1 bedroom portacom 7mins south of town. $250 per week, power included. Phone 03 614 7093 or 027 208 7536 (text or phone).

ASIAN new to town. Busty 36DD. Long hair, curvy body, sexy and friendly. Phone Jessie 022 324 8167. THE BEST girls in town waiting for you in amazing lingerie. Phone 021 565 126.

BUSINESS NOTICES THE BARBER SHOP has now been relocated to 100C Alford Forest Road.

FOR SALE ARE YOU SICK OF YOUR BANANAS RIPENING QUICKLY? Banana bags back in stock! Stop your bananas over-ripening quickly and prevent skin from blackening. Amazingly, you will get around twice the lifespan from your bananas using this bag! Kitchen Kapers The Arcade. CHEFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CANDLES - Does your kitchen smell like lasts night dinner? Eliminate cooking smells with the Chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s candle. Now back instock, at Kitchen Kapers. Pillars, tins and tea lights from $12.00. The Arcade Ashburton. for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772. CONTAINERS

DO YOU COLLECT BLUE AND WHITE CHINA? We have just unpacked a new shipment of Spode, beautiful jugs, vases, mugs, serving spoons and much more. Come into The China Shop to see this fantastic range. Use our layby. DO YOU HAVE YOUR WEDDING PHOTOS IN AN ALBUM? If not, check out our beautiful new photo albums on display at The China Shop in The Arcade. FIREWOOD, dry Old Man Pine $350 6cu m, $180 3cu m loads, semi dry Macro $200 3cu m, Oregon $200 3cu m. Free delivery Timaru, Temuka, Geraldine and Ashburton. Phone or text order 027 958 0053. FISHER & Paykel fridge freezer, 64cm wide, 67cm deep, 107cm high, five years old. $500 ono. Ph 308-8258. KWILA DECKING Available in 90x19 and 140x19 with large choice of lengths available. Stocking all your timber requirements for under your deck as well Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road, Ph 308 3595 - Eftpos/credit card.

FOR SALE

SPECIALISED SERVICES

landscape supplies

Injured/Need Help

â&#x20AC;˘ Bark â&#x20AC;˘ Oamaru stone â&#x20AC;˘ Rocks â&#x20AC;˘ Organic compost â&#x20AC;˘ Sand â&#x20AC;˘ Screened soil â&#x20AC;˘ Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available! From a shovel load to a trailer load. Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

ASHBURTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;GUARDIAN, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Contact: Paul Annear

Physiotherapist Former All Blacks Physio ACC provider

Ph 307-0560 306 Havelock St, Ashburton GRAZING GRAZING wanted short or long term, for heifer calves, bull calves, yearling heifers or winter dairy cows. Contact: John 027 227 6075.

DAILY DIARY TODAY - WEDNESDAY MAY 22

9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House. 9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets. 9.45am. ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Monthly social meeting. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street. 10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 10.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech Building, 254 Cameron Street. 10.00am - 7.00pm. ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM Open, Baring Square East. 10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock St. 11.30am. ST DAVIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNION CHURCH. Mid week service and lunch, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 1.00pm. M.S.A. PETANQUE SECTION. Housie, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock St. 1.15pm. TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 1.30pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome, Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St 7.00pm. GLENYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road. 7.00pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307-7138 a/h. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 7.30pm. ST DAVIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. 48 Allens Road. 7.30pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street. 7.30pm. ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Results landscapes. Entries 2nd open. Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 7.30pm. ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton Hall, Harrison Street.

TOMORROW - THURSDAY - MAY 23 9.00am-4.00pm.

ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House. 9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall, Tancred Street. 9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East. 9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Street. 10.00am. ST DAVIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S UNI0N CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 10.30am. MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. New Comers coffee morning group. McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashburton. 10.30am - 3.30pm. ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Canvas work, Stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron St. 10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street. 12.30pm. TINWALD GARDEN CLUB. Soup, lunch and quiz. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. 1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome. Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road. 1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St. 2.00pm. R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. Competition, cup and saucer, 1 Chrysanthemum. R.S.A. Cox Street. 7.30pm. GLENYSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, Creek Road.

Noticeboard

22 may 2013

Cle an He at libR aRy SeSSion

we aRe Re ViewinG oUR libR aRy openinG HoURS

The Ashburton District Council would like to invite Ashburton Residents to a public information session about the Clean Heat Ashburton Programme. This will be held at the Ashburton Public Library between 11.00am and 1pm on the following dates: â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday 30 May

The Ashburton Public Library is reviewing our opening hours so we can improve our services to the community. It is important to us that any changes in opening hours are on the right days and times. It is always a challenge balancing staffing resources and hours but we want to get it right. You can help us by telling us when you make best use of the library.

A representative will be available on site to offer advice, provide guidance and answer any questions that you have relating to Clean Heat Ashburton and the funding that is available to home owners who live within the Ashburton Clean Air Zone.

If you would like to provide feedback please :

For further information visit www.cleanheatashburton.org.nz or call (03) 307 7700. Together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clean up our air J DonalDson, Environmental services Manager

â&#x20AC;˘ complete the questionnaire on the Ashburton District Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz; or â&#x20AC;˘ print a copy of the questionnaire from the Ashburton District Council website and either post or hand deliver to the Ashburton Public Library, 180 Havelock Street, Ashburton 7700; or â&#x20AC;˘ collect and complete the questionnaire at the Ashburton Public Library J watSon, district librarian

dR af t ReSeRVe manaGement pl an foR tHe a SHbURton domain and G aRdenS

StoCk wateR R aCe pollUtion

Ashburton District Council advises that the draft Reserve Management Plan for the Ashburton Domain and Gardens is available for community consultation from Saturday 6 April 2013. The draft Reserve Management Plan has been prepared in accordance with section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977. The purpose of the Plan, as outlined in the Act, is to provide for and ensure the use, enjoyment, maintenance, protection, preservation and appropriate development of the Domain. Council invites any people or organisations with an interest in the Plan to provide suggestions or objections by 7 June 2013. Copies of the draft Reserve Management Plan for the Ashburton Domain and Gardens and a submission form are available from the Council website www.ashburtondc.govt or from the Council offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton. Submissions should be addressed to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Reserve Management Plan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Submissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and posted to Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 7700, or may be delivered to the Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices at 5 Baring Square West, or emailed to communityplanning@adc.govt.nz b leSteR, Chief executive

Council wishes to remind stockwater customers that races are to be kept clean and free of pollution at all times. Pollution of water races can result from-: â&#x20AC;˘

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the activities of stock in and around water races in particular cattle and deer. In these cases, it is recommended that the races are fenced off and defined â&#x20AC;&#x153;drinking baysâ&#x20AC;? are established to allow access for drinking only and prevent damage to the race and the associated pollution; discharges (accidental or otherwise) from other activities on farm; i.e. irrigation runoff; ploughing, spraying; welling drilling etc. These act ivities may require special management to ensure that contaminated water does not enter the race network.

Council regards race pollution as an urgent issue and will respond quickly to any reports received. By-law Enforcement Notices will be issued to property owners or occupiers where the cause of the pollution has been identified. In some cases a $500 instant fine may be issued. Please consider your property now and attend to any activities that have the potential to cause pollution. If you are asked by Ranger staff to address a pollution issue on your property, please attend to the request as soon as possible (within 2 hours). If not done so, this may result in an instant fine of $500 being issued.

Roa d Safet y C alendaR Competition

If you would like to report a polluted water race or require guidance on how to prevent the likelihood of polluting a water race on your property then contact Council Customer Services on 307 7700. We want your artwork in our road safety calendar! Design a picture with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;safe speedâ&#x20AC;? safety message and you have a chance of being in the road safety calendar for 2014! Visit the Road Safety page of the Ashburton District Council website for more details or contact Rachael Chapman, Road Safety Coordinator at rachael. chapman@adc.govt.nz

tendeR foR bUildinG ConStRUC tion The Ashburton District Council seeks tenders for the construction of Changing Sheds at 184 Middle Road, Ashburton. The work involves the construction of a single storey concrete block building with steel roof cladding, comprising two changing rooms and a briefing room. The area is approximate 80sqm. The construction has already received Building Consent & Resource Consent. Conditions of tender, contract for service, working drawings and specifications can be obtained from the Receptionist, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by phoning Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Property Department on either 03 307 7863 or 03 307 7840. Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Argyle Park Changing Shedsâ&#x20AC;? and are to be either posted or placed in the Council tender box at the administration building before the closing time of 4:00pm Tuesday, 25 June 2013. Tenders for the property close with â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Chief Executive Officer Ashburton District Council P O BOX 94 ASHBURTON

R atinG infoRmation databa Se As per Part 2 Section 27 and Section 28 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, and the Local Government (Rating) Amendment Act 2004, the Rating Information Database of the Ashburton District Council is now available for inspection (without fee) at the Office of the Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, during ordinary office hours (Monday to Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00 p.m., Thursday 9:00 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5:00 p.m.). The Rating Information Database contains information required by Council to set and assess rates on each rating unit within the Ashburton District. Details include the name and postal address of the owner of the rating unit, rating valuation, services available or connected to the rating unit, the legal description, and the area of the rating unit. b leSteR , Chief executive

loC al eleC tionS C andidateSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; e VeninG Thinking of standing for Council in the upcoming elections - this is your chance to find out more about what is involved. Ashburton District Council is holding a workshop for prospective candidates in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local government elections. The workshop will provide you with information on the election process and give you an insight into what councillors do. When: Friday 7 June 2013 Where: Council Chamber, Administration Office, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton Time:

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

5.30pm until 7.30pm

Election Day is Saturday 12 October 2013, and nominations for candidates open on 19 July 2013 (or 26 July if the proposed legislation isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enacted).

Officer for enquires â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Rooney â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Property Manager

For further information about the candidatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; evening, please visit the Council web site www. ashburtondc.govt.nz or contact the Council office by phone 307 7700. b leSteR , Chief executive

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HIRE

LIVESTOCK, PETS

FUNCTION / party equipment available for hire. Marquees, tables, chairs, glasses, cutlery, cooking equipment, heaters and more. See U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street. Open MonFri 7.30am - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. Ph: 3088061, A/h: 308-7460, www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz.

CALF SHED BEDDING Premium woodmulch chipped from our slabwood. Guaranteed 100% untreated wood/bark NO CONTAMINATION OR DEMOLITION MATERIALS. Sawdust also available - Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road. Ph 308 3595.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

MEETINGS, EVENTS

BUYER of unwanted animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-3227626.

ASHBURTON Society of Arts Autumn Show, Now until Sat, June 1. Short Street Studio. Mon, Wed, Sat, 10am - 2pm or by appointment. Ph 308-4533.

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BirthdayGreetings Greetingsare are freefor for those those aged aged 12 and under only. Free Birthday 12 underdays only.before Free birthday greetings greetings must mustfree be received received at least least two twoand working birthday be at working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear date of insertion, otherwise there noavailable guarantee thatground it will appear theday dayrequested. requested. Photos willisbe be at ononthe Photos will available atour our groundfloor floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.paper.

WHEEL Alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Phone 308-6737.

TRADES, SERVICES HOME handyman available. Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952.

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SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING, UV, heat, privacy etc. Vehicles - Homes Commercial. Phone your only local applicator Craig Rogers 307-6347, member of Master Tinters NZ.

WANTED WANTED - Hitching Milson soda siphon pink ruby glass $500. Milson large ginger beer bottle $500. Hitching Milson ginger beer bottle $200. Old enamel signs. Old china and bottles. Phone 027 430 1075.

More Real Estate buyers look to Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guardian for local property sales and open homes than anywhere else - every week. Can you afford NOT to be there?

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Guardian GUARDIAN CLASSIFIEDS Classifieds PHONE 307 7900 phone 307 7900

ASHBURTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;GUARDIAN, Wednesday, May 22, 2013

JOBS

Classifieds

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Intensive Mixed Cropping Farmworker

Braided Rivers Gibbston Valley A5 poster Winemakers dinner 14052013.pdf 1 14/05/2013 5:22:12 p.m.

proud of our people. progressive setting a new standard. partnership working hard together.

Location: Ashburton, Canterbury Type: Full time, Permanent We are seeking a motivated person to work on our irrigated, intensive mixed cropping farm at Barrhill. Approximately 20kms from Rakaia, 16kms from Methven and 36km from Ashburton.

Join us

Winemakers Dinner for the

Indulge in a five-course degustation dinner with each course matched with wines from one of New Zealands premier wineries - Gibbston Valley. Chris Keys, the Gibbston Valley winemaker will be hosting this wonderful evening.

Braided Rivers Restaurant and Bar Thursday 6th June 7:00pm Tickets $65.00 Available from Braided Rivers

We grow a variety of crops, including process carrots, and also fatten lambs during the winter. â&#x20AC;˘ Are you a motivated self starter who can work independently and be part of a team? â&#x20AC;˘ Do you have good tractor skills, stock experience and show an attention to detail? â&#x20AC;˘ Are you keen to keep learning and upskilling? If this sounds like a position you would be interested in, please phone Alastair for further information on 03 302 1732. Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

Due to an increase in demand for our services we are looking for a person to join our team in our engineering workshop. We are looking for a person that: â&#x20AC;˘ Is experienced or has a flair for fabrication â&#x20AC;˘ Has attention to detail â&#x20AC;&#x153;do it once do it rightâ&#x20AC;? attitude â&#x20AC;˘ Has good communicate skills â&#x20AC;˘ Understands the importance of exceeding customer expectations â&#x20AC;˘ Likes to work in a team environment â&#x20AC;˘ Has a good work ethic â&#x20AC;˘ Is honest and punctual It is an advantage but not essential to have: â&#x20AC;˘ Coach building and engineering experience

Our vision is to make wines of premium quality. That is our pride and passion, our history and our future. It is though, only part of our story. We also strive to showcase a sense of place. The wines of Gibbston Valley are distinct, thrilling representations of the remarkable Central Otago grape-growing region.

The successful applicant will be offered a competitive package reflective of what you bring to the position. Lifestyle Motorhomes offers a friendly team environment, well equipped custom built workshops and the opportunity to grow with the business. On the job training will be offered where possible. If you wish to discuss the position further please contact:

Bruce McPherson Phone 027 4384 250 Or send your letter of application and CV to:

JOBS

bruce@bmcpherson.co.nz Or mail to:

Bruce McPherson PO Box 579, Ashburton 7740

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Ashburton College

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

learning support Assistant Alternative education Programme (Community entry Programme)

We are looking for an additional staff member to support this programme. 30 hours/week (15 permanent, 15 fixed-term). College term-time only. Employment is under the Support Staff in Schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Collective Agreement, Associate Scale, Grade B. Initial payment step commensurate with experience. The programme meets the needs of specific students who, for a range of reasons, are alienated from mainstream education. The programme operates off-site, under the auspices of Ashburton College, for the benefit of Ashburton and Mt Hutt College students. Applications close Monday 27 May 2013. Commencement as soon as is practicable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to be negotiated. enquiries/applications to: Sheena Tyrrell, Management Administrator Ashburton College, P O Box 204, Ashburton 7740 Email: sheena.tyrrell@ashcoll.school.nz Phone: 308 4193, ext 812, Fax: 308 2104

Technical Field Officer - Arable Ashburton CRT Farmlands is owned by New Zealand farmers to improve their profitability, and supplies more than 54,000 shareholder businesses nationwide. In this position covering the mid-Canterbury area you are the first point of contact with our shareholders and will be responsible for: â&#x2013; providing existing and potential shareholders with professional, helpful and accurate assistance on all CRT Farmlands products and services â&#x2013; providing technical sales, services and advice on a wide range of agricultural activities in particular agchem, grain & seed and general merchandise We require you to have: â&#x2013; arable and agchem experience â&#x2013; strong organisational skills â&#x2013; proficiency with computers â&#x2013; high level of commitment, energy and flexibility Telephone enquiries to: Henry Ross 027 248 8068

Visit our website www.crt.co.nz to download the position description and application form which must be completed and sent with your CV and covering letter quoting reference TFOA513 to the below address or email to vacancy@crt.co.nz Corporate Support Manager Farmlands Co-operative Society Ltd Private Bag 1968 Dunedin Applications close Friday 24th May 2013

0800 278 583 www.crt.co.nz

Full Time Sales Assistants We require two full time Sales Assistants, one Thai speaking and one Chinese speaking to look after our B2C sales. The ability to speak and write Thai or Chinese is a must, as you will be expected to expand our business in Thailand and China. To be successful, the applicant should have a Bachelors Degree, at least one year sales experience, preferably dealing with overseas sales or e-commerce, as well as excellent computer and communication skills. Please send a current CV with job history details to info@kiwicorp.co.nz by Friday 7 June 2013.

build.refurb.repair

Two x Dairy Farm Assistants Required

We do a variety of concrete jobs around the Canterbury area. Applicants should possess: * Must be a team player * Hold a current drivers licence * Be reliable * Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind early starts

Contact Graham Rotch P O Box 592 Ashburton 7740 Phone 027 433 9969 Email: rotchy@xtra.co.nz

Cleaning staff required. Monday-Friday 3pm - 11pm approximately. Possible weekends. Must be enthusiastic, honest, reliable and have own transport. Full training would be given to suitable applicants.

Phone 308 3987 Text 027 568 4392

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Phone 307 7900

â&#x20AC;˘ A second Class Engine Drivers Certificate or ENCHEM 2 (Steam Strand) qualifications â&#x20AC;˘ Broad-based experience in Boiler operations â&#x20AC;˘ Effective problem solving skills â&#x20AC;˘ Good verbal and written communication skills. Alternatively if you are not at ENCHEM 2 level but have most of the attributes above and have a basic understanding of boiler operation, a traineeship may be offered to the right person.

Applications close: Friday, 24 May 2013

FORECOURT ATTENDANT REQUIRED

PERMANENT/PART-TIME POSITION Includes morning, afternoon and weekend hours Start immediately. We require an energetic responsible person with excellent customer service skills to fill this position. Duties will include forecourt and shop service, cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duties, stocking and cleaning. This person would also be required to be available to occasionally cover other staff shifts as needed.

For further enquiries phone BP 2go Ashburton 307-0167 9am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5pm

Mark Love

excavation contractor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rakaia

General Machine Operator Required

Apply to The Plant Manager, Silver Fern Farms Fairton, PO Box 30, Ashburton 7740. Alternatively apply online via our website careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

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Graphic Designer

Advertising Department of a daily paid newspaper We have a vacancy for a full-time Graphic Designer to play an integral role in the advertising team for the Ashburton Guardian daily newspaper, three monthly publications and Guardian online website. The successful candidate will not only produce accurate, quality work - they will also understand how to attract attention and create a buying response by our readers. The role also includes the co-ordination, design and layout of editorial and advertising for our monthly publications. The following skills are necessary: â&#x20AC;˘ A formal qualification in Graphic Design â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent verbal and written skills â&#x20AC;˘ The ability to multi-task easily and work well in a team â&#x20AC;˘ Prepared to work to tight deadlines â&#x20AC;˘ Always prepared to go the extra mile Applications close May 27, 2013, June 2013 start If you meet the above criteria, have the energy and enthusiasm to complement our professional team, please send your resume, with examples of recent work detailing your skills and experience, to:Desme Daniels, Advertising Manager PO Box 77, Ashburton 7740 or email desme.d@theguardian.co.nz

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Each of our two dairy farms, identical in size, require dairy farm assistants from June 1, 2013. Each farm has 920 cows and milks through a 60 bail rotary shed, with a team of four staff.

Must have a minimum of one years dairying experience, be reliable, have a sense of humour and a keen work attitude.

Experience an advantage, but not essential as full training will be given to the successful applicant.

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Full time permanent position, immediate start

These positions would ideally suit a farming couple as the accommodation is shared, a two bedroom house.

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We have an excellent opportunity at our Fairton plant, located near Ashburton, for an experienced Boiler Operator. Reporting to the Plant Services Engineer, this position is critical in ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable operation of the boiler plant.

This role is responsible for the day to day running of our coal fired steam raising and hot water production plant, monitoring the boiler system and supporting our engineering team in boiler maintenance. Rotational shifts will be required.

Fabricator/Coachbuilder Lifestyle Motorhomes Ltd have been innovative builders of quality motorhomes, bus conversions and custom built trailers for 12 years; we also repair and refurbish motorhomes, campers, caravans, fifth wheelers and trailers. We pride ourselves on offering a personalised service to our customers while using the latest technology. Our dedicated team of nine staff have a real passion and enthusiasm for producing a quality product that our customers are proud to own. Our workmanship is second to none therefore our services are sort after throughout New Zealand. Our customers benefit from our ability to offer in-house engineering, fabrication, electrical, joinery, trimming and upholstery from our modern facility in Ashburton.

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Office Administrator Your Office Administrator provides professional services for local businesses choosing to outsource their office administration and bookkeeping requirements. Demand for our services is huge and as a consequence we are requiring another office administrator to share our ever increasing workload. To fit our culture you will; â&#x20AC;˘ Continually strive for quality, with a focus on attention to detail â&#x20AC;˘ Have a passion for numbers and be extremely accurate â&#x20AC;˘ Show initiative and flexibility with great analytical and problem solving ability â&#x20AC;˘ Be positive, cheerful and easily relate to our varied and interesting clients â&#x20AC;˘ Have the utmost integrity and respect client confidentiality Ideally your experience will include; â&#x20AC;˘ Completion of bank reconciliations; with skill in the accurate coding of transactions â&#x20AC;˘ Significant payroll experience â&#x20AC;˘ Accounts payable and receivable experience â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of a variety of desktop and cloud software packages

We are looking to add to our friendly and professional team We require a senior or experienced hairdresser to work on a flexible part time basis. Possible future full time by negotiation. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to thrive in our growing salon. To apply please phone

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RACING Avondale JC fields, form and riders Avondale JC Venue: Avondale Meeting Date: 22 May 2013 NZ Meeting number: 2 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 1 12.10pm (NZT) WESTERN LEADER 800 2YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO, 800m 1 427x Code Duello b (1) 57.5........ R Hutchings (a) 2 5. Another Emperor (4) 57.5.................. M Hills 3 Diddy Bop Shades (11) 57.5......... R Norvall 4 Mooneer (5) 57.5............................. S Spratt 5 223x Orbity (8) 55.5............................... O Bosson 6 4x Fascination Street (2) 55.5..... A Forbes (a1) 7 349x5 Dublin (7) 55.5...............................M Tanaka 8 5 Brandy b (9) 55.5......................A Jones (a4) 9 0 Klever Girl (10) 55.5......................... M Wenn 10 8. Lotti O’Reilly (12) 55.5................ L Satherley 11 Joanna (13) 55.5........................ M Cameron 12 Panamba (6) 55.5........................T Thornton 13 Lady Cruella 55.5.......................... Scratched 14 9x Sun Haven (3) 55.5................... K Joyce (a4) 2 12.45pm BILL AND CARRIE 800 2YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 2YO, 800m 1 Conceptual (11) 57.5.................... O Bosson 2 Banbury Lad h (10) 57.5............. L Satherley 3 Conquering Kenny (12) 57.5............R Jones 4 Eye Contact (4) 57.5...................... R Norvall 5 2x The Secret (2) 55.5.................... M Cameron 6 359x Save The Melody 55.5.................. Scratched 7 457x Red Moon (5) 55.5........................... S Spratt 8 5 Brah Spring (1) 55.5................B Hutton (a3) 9 5598x Nuggett (3) 55.5........................ A Taylor (a3) 10 Aaja Nachle (9) 55.5............... A Forbes (a1) 11 Mumzadorable (6) 55.5..................M Tanaka 12 Raneen (8) 55.5...........................T Thornton 13 Lady Cruella (7) 55.5................ K Joyce (a4) 14 9x Sun Haven 55.5............................ Scratched 3 1.20pm PATON ROOFING LTD 1200 F&M MAIDEN $7000, MDN F&M, 1200m 1 344x7 Fullovit (14) 57.5............................M Tanaka

2 0x526 She Rolls (13) 57.5.............. R Hutchings (a) 3 3 Villars (4) 57.5..................................... S Dye 4 20 Whitney Spice (7) 57.5................. O Bosson 5 539 Britannia (1) 57.5.................... A Forbes (a1) 6 99x46 Riva Ballerina (2) 57.5............. D Turner (a3) 7 5 Copa Verde 57.5........................... Scratched 8 9 Sentebale (9) 57.5............................. M Hills 9 80x Dolores O’Riordan (11) 57.5....B Hutton (a3) 10 Falkirk’s Honour (15) 57.5............T Thornton 11 80x Garden Of Gold 57.5.................... Scratched 12 Hot Cha (16) 57.5.................... P Turner (a1) 13 Simone (3) 57.5............................... M Wenn 14 Tegwin (8) 57.5................................R Jones 15 0x0 I Dream Of Jeannie h (10) 57.5....... S Spratt 16 977x Rich N’ Roses (5) 57.5................... R Norvall 17 09x9 Goldie 57.5................................... Scratched 18 335. Vice Versa (12) 57.5................ K Leung (a3) 19 7x300 Peak Hour 57.5............................. Scratched 20 6x9 Chaussette (6) 57.5 Emergencies: I Dream Of Jeannie, Rich N’ Roses, Goldie, Vice Versa, Peak Hour, Chaussette 4 1.55pm LOVELLS KNITS FOR MERINO 1200 MAIDEN $8000, MDN, 1200m 1 3255x Lion Red (12) 58.5...................B Hutton (a3) 2 347x3 Cornelius b (8) 58.5.....................C Dell (a1) 3 92 Guetta (1) 58.5................................. S Spratt 4 362 Ramarro b (4) 58.5.................... M Cameron 5 3280x Coogee Flyer (11) 58.5...................... M Hills 6 000x3 The Paperboy 58.5....................... Scratched 7 3 Twist Of Fate (13) 58.5.............A Jones (a4) 8 0x47x Skydiver (2) 58.5..........................T Thornton 9 75x Zulu Boy (3) 58.5.................... A Forbes (a1) 10 Coolibah (9) 58.5...........................M Tanaka 11 Django 58.5.................................. Scratched 12 34x62 Senatorial (15) 56.5...................... O Bosson 13 335. Vice Versa (7) 56.5.................. K Leung (a3) 14 Elusive Song (5) 56.5....................M McNab 15 Raise The Ransom 58.5............... Scratched

16 0 Star Embrace (10) 56.5 17 80x0 Romani 58.5................................. Scratched 18 00x60 Paulasky (6) 58.5.............................R Aukett 19 09x9 Goldie 56.5................................... Scratched 20 700x0 Rap N Tap (14) 58.5 -

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5 2.30pm THOMSENS TIMBER LTD TAUMARUNUI 1400 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 5724x Myths And Legends m (13) 58.5.T Wenn (a4) 2 36683 Cardon Boy (11) 58.5.............. P Turner (a1) 3 43 Cee Tee Are (5) 58.5........... R Hutchings (a) 4 5 Hurikin (1) 58.5.........................C Wong (a2) 5 0x0x Joyful Spirit (4) 58.5....................V Gatu (a4) 6 66975 King Panamera (10) 58.5......... D Turner (a3) 7 Aqua Regia (2) 58.5................. A Taylor (a3) 8 2777x Encharm (9) 56.5.....................B Hutton (a3) 9 80x57 Red Storm 56.5............................ Scratched 10 A Perte De Vue (6) 56.5.......... A Forbes (a1) 11 60x8 Keep In Tune (3) 56.5............... S Wong (a4) 12 996x9 Mini Bloom (12) 56.5...................C Dell (a1) 13 9797x Ratatui 56.5.................................. Scratched 14 09x Saucy Penny (8) 56.5................J Oliver (a4) 15 60x0 Maa Chuck (7) 58.5..................A Jones (a4) 6 3.05pm McLACHLAN FAMILY RACE 2200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2200m 1 0260x Saved By The Bell tm (2) 59.......M Sweeney 2 04195 The Grinner (4) 58........................... S Spratt 3 0x944 Nukumai (10) 57........................... O Bosson 4 85268 Due North (7) 57............................M McNab 5 778x5 Viking Chief d (1) 55.5...................M Tanaka 6 95010 Smuckers t (6) 55.............................. M Hills 7 0x003 Trabaldy d (8) 55...................... P Turner (a1) 8 200x9 Miss Jaydeejay d (9) 54.5........B Hutton (a3) 9 41050 Passionate (11) 54.......................T Thornton 10 09x84 Taats m (5) 54...................... R Hutchings (a) 11 068x6 Count Isti h (3) 54.................... D Turner (a3) 7 3.40pm NORTH WEST FLOORING XTRA 1200 $8000,

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Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 48150 Baldovino 58.5.............................. Scratched 2 3486x Boy dm (14) 58............................T Thornton 3 04265 Gendarme td (15) 58......................... M Hills 4 56x13 Darci’s Gold td (6) 57.5.............. M Cameron 5 130x8 Boy Star dm (4) 57.5..............K Chiong (a4) 6 x436x Starcheeka (10) 57.5....................... S Spratt 7 149x0 Danza Lad dm (11) 56...................M Tanaka 8 0100x Nothing dm (17) 56..........................R Jones 9 13147 Otto The Great t (7) 56................. O Bosson 10 60x10 Pogue dm (16) 56..................... A Taylor (a3) 11 34684 Agent Ziva d (5) 55.5....................... M Wenn 12 1437x Carnival Queen m (8) 55.5.........M Sweeney 13 570x0 Justagem d (2) 55................... A Forbes (a1) 14 17x40 Cold Snap db (9) 54............ R Hutchings (a) 15 61459 Matimba db (13) 55.5..............B Hutton (a3) 16 6170x Hug A Ginga dm (12) 54............ L Satherley 17 10x07 Conrwin dm (3) 55.....................J Oliver (a4) 18 477x8 Regalo Reaal dm (1) 54 Emergencies: Matimba, Hug A Ginga, Conrwin, Regalo Reaal 8 4.15pm BRYAN JACKSON 1400 3YO MAIDEN $8000 1 x0872 Hez Cool (16) 57.5.................K Chiong (a4) 2 8x2 Loot ‘N’ Lust b (15) 57.5................ O Bosson 3 436x6 Power Trip (17) 57.5............. R Hutchings (a) 4 275x5 Royalty (12) 57.5.............................. S Spratt 5 0x447 Edward The Eighth (6) 57.5..... P Turner (a1) 6 5. Get Out Of It (14) 57.5.................T Thornton 7 Joking (3) 57.5................................. M Wenn 8 6 Beauty Ahead (5) 57.5.....................R Jones 9 8x Emilio (9) 57.5................................M Tanaka 10 0x6 Out West (11) 57.5...................... L Satherley 11 Enviado (4) 57.5..................... A Forbes (a1) 12 33 Ellure (10) 55.5.......................... M Cameron 13 442 Malina (2) 55.5................................... M Hills 14 8x7 Mirage (1) 55.5 15 68676 Sarnia (7) 55.5............................M Sweeney 16 8590 Stoneleigh (13) 55.5................. A Taylor (a3) 17 Hochhaus (8) 57.5 -

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Wanganui greyhound fields, form Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Meeting Date: 22 May 2013 NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16 Trebles : 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 14, 15 and 16 1 12.01pm (NZT) ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 63 Pretty Sneaky nwtd.............................W Kite 2 23357 Another Drink nwtd....................J McInerney 3 22455 Sydenham Opal nwtd.................G M Clarke 4 26x21 It’s A Doll (c1) nwtd F &..................Turnwald 5 27456 Where’s Rican nwtd...................J McInerney 6 85534 Judy In Disguise nwtd.................R N Maisey 7 67232 Dixie Queen nwtd....................... B Johnston 8 52663 Flirt Academy nwtd U &.............. McCracken 9 73738 Homebush Sting nwtd................J McInerney 10 Zippit Sweetie nwtd...........................L Ahern 2 12.19pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 1 NZRSq, 520m 1 57578 Baby James (c1) nwtd...............J McInerney 2 88 Arnie Baxter (c0) nwtd...............J McInerney 3 5174 Flirtation Walk (c1) nwtd C &........D Roberts 4 47746 Kiwi Ranger (c1) nwtd.........................F Kite 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 13756 Uno Flash (c1) nwtd L &..................... Wales 7 12 Thrilling Butcha(c1) nwtd................. K Walsh 8 15642 Armistice Day (c1) 30.45..................L Ahern 3 12.37pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 2 NZRSq, 520m 1 13 Doll Parts (c1) 30.51................... B Hodgson 2 35676 Botany Molly (c1) nwtd..............J McInerney 3 312 Thrilling Zoom (c1) nwtd.................. K Walsh 4 22311 Opawa Cassidy (c1) 30.61 L &........... Wales 5 48435 Mighty Baxter (c0) nwtd.............J McInerney 6 58675 Flirt With Me (c0) nwtd C &..........D Roberts 7 73688 Opawa Patch (c1) nwtd..............J McInerney 8 64112 Bigtime Tip (c1) 30.32.......................L Ahern 4 12.54pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 3 NZRSq, 520m 1 47775 Pandemonium Paws(c1) 31.29 K &...Phillips 2 47434 Choose To Love (c0) nwtd M &..........Jopson 3 84154 Botany Seaton (c1) 30.64..........J McInerney 4 111 Bumpa Sticker (c1) nwtd...................L Ahern

5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 54261 Homebush Rick (c1) nwtd..........J McInerney 7 37367 That’s King (c1) 30.61................. B Hodgson 8 14141 Chill Out Ralph (c1) nwtd L &............. Wales 5 1.12pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 4 NZRSq, 520m 1 52712 Botany Kevin (c1) 30.65.............J McInerney 2 86x51 Kotumba (c1) nwtd L &....................... Morris 3 26436 Wagon Wheel (c0) nwtd M &.............Jopson 4 35667 Summer Tension (c1) 30.58.. E S Duganzich 5 Box Vacant.................................... Scratched 6 41136 Another Fantasy (c1) nwtd.........J McInerney 7 15 Mariah (c1) nwtd...............................P Taylor 8 32621 Uno Heidi (c1) 30.41.........................L Ahern 6 1.29pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 5 NZRSq, 520m 1 13713 Smile For Daddy (c1) 30.35.............H S Kite 2 34221 Thrilling Sound (c2) 30.05 S &........B Evans 3 13221 What’s Up Gee (c1) 30.34................L Ahern 4 56555 Darby Lane (c1) nwtd L &................... Morris 5 73737 Ya Laughin’ (c1) nwtd.....................B Mitchell 6 27888 Botany Comet (c1) 30.17...........J McInerney 7 23418 Que Tee Pix (c1) nwtd M &................Jopson 8 56766 Homebush Envy (c0) nwtd.........J McInerney 7 1.47pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 6 NZRSq, 520m 1 6124 Queen Rowdy (c1) nwtd...................P Taylor 2 3x425 Sheza What What (c0)...........................nwtd 3 46543 Bizarro (c1) nwtd S &.......................B Evans 4 871 Botany Jessie (c1) nwtd.............J McInerney 5 55872 Fulla Pride (c1) nwtd M &..................Jopson 6 3867 Uno Charm (c0) nwtd.......................L Ahern 7 48587 Homebush Nos (c1) nwtd..........J McInerney 8 65847 Jag You Are (c1) nwtd................. B Johnston 8 2.05pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 7 NZRSq, 520m 1 41584 Alamein Gus (c1) 30.50 K &..............Phillips 2 45631 Goldstar Bella (c1) nwtd S &...........B Evans 3 7F Botany Dave (c0) nwtd..............J McInerney 4 64567 Clinton Baxter (c1) nwtd............J McInerney 5 58334 Raveon (c1) 30.75.........................M Gowan 6 7F866 Monkey Queen (c1) nwtd....................W Kite 7 73786 Wyndham (c1) 30.90 M &..................Jopson

8 37377 Uno Orange (c1) nwtd.....................S Maher 9 2.23pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 8 NZRSq, 520m 1 26886 Botany Craig (c0) nwtd..............J McInerney 2 32381 Alamein Jah (c1) 30.35 K &...............Phillips 3 68274 Inner Beauty (c1) nwtd............... B Johnston 4 22232 Rocky Baxter (c1) 30.37............J McInerney 5 84573 Rebel Joe (c1) nwtd.......................... A Clark 6 14823 Uno Green (c1) nwtd.......................S Maher 7 13382 Sheza Terror (c1) 30.82 8 7Fx56 Twin Tigers (c1) 30.57.................J McArthur 10 2.40pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 9 NZRSq, 520m 1 58347 Rich List (c1) 30.77 2 111 Speedy Kazza (c1) 30.51..........J McInerney 3 6342x Opaque (c1) nwtd S &......................Bonnett 4 54275 Another Stone (c0) nwtd............J McInerney 5 84867 Opawa Jen (c0) nwtd.......................S Maher 6 76122 Carat’s Prince (c1) nwtd J &............D Fahey 7 14231 Tepirita Desire (c1) nwtd...................B Shaw 8 77352 Fastback King (c1) 30.79.................. A Clark 11 2.58pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 10 NZRSq, 520m 1 84887 Draco Baxter (c1) 30.93............J McInerney 2 11125 Tepirita Charger(c1) nwtd.................B Shaw 3 71768 Thirsty Kelvin (c1) nwtd.............J McInerney 4 77585 Belldeen (c1) 30.24...................A Duganzich 5 56534 Opawa Andrea (c1) nwtd J &...........D Fahey 6 55245 Gucci Rush (c0) nwtd L &................... Morris 7 23348 Cover To Cover (c1) nwtd S &..........Bonnett 8 85445 Excited Royale (c1)................................nwtd 12 3.16pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 11 NZRSq, 520m 1 56576 My Lil Lucifer (c1) 31.45 K &.............Phillips 2 64447 Canvas Rider (c1) nwtd S &............B Evans 3 73765 White Legs (c1) nwtd.................J McInerney 4 7848 Seconds Good (c0) nwtd..........A Duganzich 5 36444 Opawa Wally (c1) nwtd J &..............D Fahey 6 66467 Rijeka (c1) nwtd.............................M Gowan 7 Sue Sews Socks (c0) nwtd....... T Mischefski 8 xP863 Opehu Tiger (c1) nwtd......................R Waite 13 3.33pm NZRS NOVICE HEAT 12 NZRSq, 520m 1 46774 Belle Cadeau (c1) 30.76..................H S Kite

2 44452 Asher (c1) 30.32...............................R Waite 3 65548 Time For What (c1) nwtd...............M Gowan 4 12545 Homebush Limbo (c1) nwtd.......J McInerney 5 47845 Hair He Is (c1) 30.63.......................... R Udy 6 44785 Jimmy Buffett (c0) nwtd K &..............Phillips 7 47455 King’s Legacy (c0) nwtd.....................J Black 8 31541 Flying Blake (c1) nwtd......................... L Bell 14 3.51pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 FINAL C1f, 305m 1 45582 Sydilicious 18.06................................. R Udy 2 68415 Kate Rose 17.96.......................... C D Brider 3 26582 Stevie’s Magic 17.86...........................W Kite 4 73664 Azure Dreams 18.07...................G M Clarke 5 788x1 Piri 17.83.............................. J Woolston-Bell 6 73643 Black Mercedes 18.04.............. S Gommans 7 62753 Working Waikato 17.75.................. D Donlon 8 77564 Calm Brooke nwtd............................. B Hunt 9 85445 Excited Royale 17.90 10 48865 Thrilling Cloud nwtd.................T McCracken 15 4.08pm KEENAN CONCRETE C2 HEAT 1 C2q, 305m 1 13111 Cosmic Fury 17.52...........................L Ahern 2 21136 Cawbourne Burn nwtd................. M Roberts 3 11234 Tawny Port 17.42 F &.....................Turnwald 4 12227 Where’s Chicken 17.67 F &............Turnwald 5 71387 Homebush Colt 17.79................J McInerney 6 12247 Two Ways nwtd.................................B Shaw 7 67652 All The Rage 17.75 U &.............. McCracken 8 F7328 Your On Fire 17.89...................... B Johnston 9 83325 Peno Boy 17.81.................................J Black 10 86735 Pin Up Puppy 17.60....................G M Clarke 16 4.26pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR HEAT 2 C2q, 305m 1 87x22 Roxy Rascal 17.99 M &.....................Jopson 2 55283 Sheeza Meesha 17.90 G &................Denby 3 37425 Okuku Wee Man nwtd U &......... McCracken 4 81312 Eureka Izmir 17.59 F &...................Turnwald 5 11358 Shanghai Sam 18.07........................L Ahern 6 74612 Cawbourne Queen nwtd C &........D Roberts 7 78567 Homebush Cindy 17.97...................P Knight 8 65562 Kango Klink 17.69..........................B Mitchell 9 51848 Kiowa Whiz nwtd............................A Speight

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6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show. (G) 2.05 America’s Got Talent. (PGR, R) In Houston, a flurry of death-defying acts blow the judges away. 3.00 Civilisation - Is The West History? (G, R) Niall Ferguson looks at the Ottoman empire’s siege of Vienna in 1683, and investigates why this battle did not bring about global dominance for the Eastern powers. 4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 3 News. 7.00 Campbell Live. 7.30 Destroyed In Seconds. (PGR, T) 8.00 Road Madness. (PGR, R, T) A driver is distracted by an insect. A truck driver films outrageous footage of a cyclist. 8.30 3rd Degree Presents The Vote. Hosts Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner lead two opposing teams, as they debate the big issues facing New Zealanders. 9.30 Harry. (AO, T) 10.35 Nightline. 11.15 Media3. 11.50 Hawaii Five-O. (AO, R, T)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe. 6.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G) Hosted by Eddie McGuire. 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild. 7.30 Top Gear USA. (Return, PGR) 8.30 Elementary. (AO) Conspiracies abound as Sherlock works a hit-and -run case. 9.30 Prime Rocks Special: The Exponents. (New, AO) 11.00 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 11.30 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G)

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6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) Zap leads a mutiny against Leela. 7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) Marge acquires an SUV which unleashes her road rage, landing her in traffic school. 7.30 Glee. (PGR, R) Under Artie’s directorial leadership, the kids prepare to perform the school musical West Side Story.

8.30 FILM: Post Grad. (2009, AO, R) Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Rodrigo Santoro. A recent college grad moves back in with her family while she figures out what she wants to do next. 10.20 Burn Notice. (AO, R) Michael tracks down a thief who stole Barry’s client list, while Fiona and Michael find themselves at odds over Michael’s quest to get back into the intelligence community. Then, Fiona is targeted by a dangerous man from her past, forcing Michael to team up with her brother to save her.

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The Notebook

Movie Greats, 6.25pm The fate of Noah and Allie, young adults falling in love in North Carolina in 1940, is unapologetically writ large in this red-blooded adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ bestseller, directed by Nick Cassavetes. In flashback, the painful contents of a journal relate the disruption of the burgeoning affair between poetry-loving poor guy Noah (Ryan Gosling) and society gal Allie (Rachel McAdams). The chemistry between Gosling (below) and McAdams is explosive. A popular weepie.

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6.40 Zookeeper. (2011, PG) Kevin James, Rosario Dawson. 8.20 Happy Feet 2. (2011, G) Voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams. 10.00 The Art Of Getting By. (2011, M) Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts. 11.25 X-Men: First Class. (2011, M) James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender. 1.35 Making Of We Bought A Zoo. (2011, PG). 1.55 Jack And Jill. (2011, PG) Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes. 3.25 Spy Kids 4. (2011, PG) Jessica Alba, Joel McHale. 4.55 Footloose. (2011, M) Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough. 6.50 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. (2012, M) Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds. 8.30 Sparkle. (2012, M) Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston. An aspiring singersongwriter defies her mother to form a musical trio with her sisters, only to encounter the temptations of success. 10.30 Trespass. (2011, 16) Nicole Kidman, Nicolas Cage. 12.00 Ironclad. (2011, 16) Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy. 2.00 Devil’s Den. (2006, 16) Kelly Hu, Devon Sawa. 3.25 Directors: David Zucker. (2009, PG). 3.55 Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance. (2012, M) Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds. 5.35 Spy Kids 4. (2011, PG) Jessica Alba.

7.50 Crank. (2006, 18) Jason Statham. 9.15 Robots. (2002, G) Voices Of Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams. 10.45 Eraser. (1996, 16) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams. 12.40 Miss Congeniality. (2000, M) Sandra Bullock. 2.30 Apollo 13. (1995, PG) Tom Hanks, Ed Harris. 4.50 From Paris With Love. (2010, 16) John Travolta. 6.25 The Notebook. (2004, PG) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling. A moving tearjerker about an old man who reads to a woman with Alzheimer’s from a faded notebook, recalling their earlier romance. 8.30 Role Models. (2008, 16) Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. Danny and Wheeler have just been sentenced to 150 hours mentoring kids and they’re about to get more than they plea-bargained for. 10.10 Hostel. (2006, 18) Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson. 11.45 S.W.A.T. (2003, M) Samuel L Jackson. 1.40 Making Of Battleship. (2012, M). 2.05 The Notebook. (2004, PG) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling. 4.05 Role Models. (2008, 16) Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd. 5.45 S.W.A.T. (2003, M) Samuel L Jackson.

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The sensible option

Finale With its great passenger and boot space, comfort and easy to drive nature this well priced Pulsar will make a lot of sense, particularly for those who need to make frequent use of the spacious back seat for adults.

Nissan Pulsar Ti Sedan

Imagine Nissan Japan phoning their CEO, Carlos Goshen in Paris to say, sorry boss but we’ve just shrunk the Maxima! For that’s pretty much how this new Pulsar sedan feels. While it’s in the Corolla/Focus class, its interior space would do justice in the next class up. Nissan replaced the previous Pulsar in 2006 with the rather strangely named Tiida. For me the most memorable thing about the Tiida is that the TV ads for it featured Kim Cattrall from Sex in the City. Maybe if the Tiida had proved as appealing as Kim, Nissan may never have revived the Pulsar name for this new-generation sedan, that will be joined by hatch versions, including a SSS next month. Pulsar sedans come in two trim levels, the ST, and Ti both of which have 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol engines, CVT autos and 5 star safety ratings. Priced at $29,990 plus ORCs, the ST comes well equipped with alloy wheels, Bluetooth, cruise control, six air-bags and stability control. The $33,490 Ti as tested adds a rear spoiler, foglights, an upgraded sound system, a colour display, leather furnishings, xenon headlights and more. While many of the opposition have become lower slung, Pulsar sedan is more upright and this, the seat base heights together with the wide opening doors mean it’s easy to get in and out of. The front seats are well shaped, the driver’s easy to set up and there’s plenty of space in all directions as well as convenient storage compartments. All dials and controls are conveniently placed and where expected. While there’s a decent amount of soft-touch materials present, the dash tends to give the impression, that unlike those of some of the opposition, Nissan decided function is more important than form. As mentioned, the space in the back seat space is big enough, with very good head room as well, to think you are in a car the next size up. Complete with a centre folding armrest and air vents, its ideal for those who frequently need to carry adults in comfort. And the well shaped boot, rated to hold 510 litres obviously will take large suitcases.

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However the back seats don’t split-fold, so the soon to arrive Pulsar hatch will likely appeal more to those in the habit of carting bulky stuff about. The long stroke 1.8 litre engine develops 96kW of power and 174Nm of torque. The willing, new generation and much improved CVT transmission with its wider spread of ratios is nicely set up to keep this more than adequate engine in its most productive zone. 0-100 arrives in just under 10 seconds. For those who have the desire or need (granted it is handy for hill work) there’s a Sport button mounted on the gear-lever that keeps the engine revving higher, although the engine tends to become somewhat vocal. Then for really steep starts, or for best possible engine braking during steep downhill runs you can select L (for low). When cruising on the plains at 100km/h, the rev-counter shows just 1700rpm. Claimed overall fuel economy is 6.7L/100k, which is likely to be possible with gentle driving, but on my usual test loop the trip computer showed 7.9L/100k. The combination of nice light electric steering and sharp, 10.7 metre turning circle means the Pulsar is easy to drive in town. Parking sensors and a reversing camera would make it even more so. Although the steering is speed sensitive, and while on the straights and through bends it doesn’t provide very much in the way of feel, the Pulsar is well behaved and more than acceptably respectable through corners. Accepted there are now some rather sporty and more agile cars amongst the opposition, but the Pulsar’s suspension has been very well set up to provide this good handling as well as comfort when dealing with the ever changing, more than often challenging NZ roads. And it’s quiet at cruise with tyre noise, even on the coarsest chip pretty well contained.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) A breathless day is in prospect, partly because you will want to be part of so many different things. Your thinking can be very fertile, though to stop you jumping from subject to subject you do need to concentrate on those things which hold genuine interest and promise. Problem solving can seem easier however, as mental changes inspire.

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) The Moon and Jupiter forge an inspiring link today, suggesting you should hope and be progressive around worldly desires. Your love of anything with intrinsic value can also soar now. This doesn’t have to be focused on expensive consumer items. You may find yourself with a super bargain in a bric-a-brac shop or on a market stall.

The hatch returns in three versions with the ST costing $29,990 having the same 96kW 1.8 litre petrol four as the sedan. Meanwhile the $34,990 ST-S and $39,990 SSS, both get 1.6 litre, 140kW/240Nm turbo-directinjection petrol engines. All have CVT autos with the SSSs having a manual override.

Like the sedans, all have generous standard equipment. This peaks in the SSS version which gets amongst other things, a body kit and spoilers, 5.8-inch integrated colour display with touch screen, sat-nav, rear-view camera, leather seat trim,dualzone climate air, key-less entry and push-button start.

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Things can really start to flow well for you. But also you need to see this time as not just one of increased energy, but also of planting the seeds of future growth. So don’t necessarily expect instant results. Follow your whim but be conscious that any exciting themes you have will take time and application to achieve lasting solutions.

What better way of celebrating the end of summer but a boys’ trip to Blenheim in an recently facelifted Mazda MX-5 Coupé. With the car programmed to head for Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre and to definitely speed past all art and craft galleries, the only downside of the trip north was constant rain. Meaning we made the most of

the electric folding hard-top which takes only 12 seconds to open or close (and there was still sufficient boot space for our gear with roof folded). And that roof was folded whenever possible to enjoy the sounds of the car’s new and sportier exhaust, which is so easily tapped into courtesy of the slick and everinviting gear change keeping the

engine right on song. And of course the icing on the cake was the MX’s delightfully predictable handling, balance and grip, especially on pretty much truck and other traffic free runs over the Hundalees. This desirable MX-5 Coupe costs $55,190, and the entrance fee to the outstanding Omaka Centre $25.

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) You might find yourself a little more reclusive today. This needn’t be in a bad way, in fact, you may be more than happy to spend time mulling over recent events, pottering around in your garden, or just spending time reading or watching an interesting film. Some gentle escapism can be both relaxing and very soothing for you.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) You can find yourself thinking about your future plans and hopes. Some of these may be ripe for some updating. Think of this. We often work hard to achieve certain goals. Once they are in sight, or we have achieved them, they are no longer so important to us. This is where you may find yourself now, redefining your purpose.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) By tonight the Moon moves into your ideas sector. In fact, some of your ideas may cook in the night as the Moon angles with the planet of dreamy inspiration, Neptune. Because your persona, how people see you, and your place in society as a whole is under the spotlight, some of your ideas may focus on self-employment or public duty.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) There is a sense of things opening up within you. You may feel experimental or restless. You are probably much less inclined at this time to just accept your lot. The risk-taker in you is aroused. This doesn’t mean you will want to do white water rafting, but certainly pushing beyond your own previous boundaries can excite you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) Any worries you have during today can seem less pressing by the time you look to wind down. Yet you may find your mind wandering and you can be much more sensitive than usual. This is not a good time to doubt the information that feeds back into your consciousness. If you get an insight, try to trust it. We all do this, but work at it.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) The wonderful thing about life, and also the most challenging thing, is that we don’t have full control over our destiny. Sure, we can conduct ourselves in a productive and caring way and be good citizens, but we can’t have a complete grip on our prospects. The delicious side of this is when life surprises us in a positive way, and it can for you now.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) You might decide to make some home changes on the spur of the moment. This can be especially true if you have been putting off getting to grips with something which you know would make you happier if addressed. Make a list of the outstanding things, then prioritise whatever is holding you back the most. Then go for it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Uranus is your funky co-ruler. Well, I say funky insofar as it’s an unpredictable influence and gives you that zany edge which people can find testing or love to bits. I am in the latter category! And currently it can push you to dare to be different but this could also bring some vulnerabilities up. Can you take a walk on the wild side?

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) You might find yourself torn between going for what makes you feel comfortable and secure or following your heart. You more than any other zodiac sign tends to have this dilemma on a repeated basis, but it can be more powerful at this time, mainly because money could be the factor that holds your hopes in sway.

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Elliott not doing things by halves Coach Matt Elliott has a lot of work to do to mend the ailing Warriors, and he will also need to repair his relationship with halfback Shaun Johnson. Johnson shot an angry look at the coach’s box when dragged by Elliott in the 49th minute of the Warriors’ disastrous 62-6 defeat to Penrith on Saturday night. His mood hadn’t improved much when he returned to Auckland. He was the first through customs and moved quickly to exit the airport. “Embarrassed, humiliated,” Johnson said. “As a halfback, that’s the last thing you want. “I would rather get run over 20 times than get pulled from the field and let your team-mates down like that. “Certainly I was a bit off on attack ... but I know I wouldn’t be the only one to say that.” He was poor. His last tackle options were off

he was coach at the Warriors, expressed surprise when both Johnson and Feleti Mateo were substituted. “When you’re that far ahead, you’re thinking who’s going to spark the comeback, and those two guys are probably at the top of the list,” he told reporters. That’s the same Johnson many believe the club should be built around, and there have been calls for the Warriors to lock him into a long-term contract beyond his present deal which expires at the end of 2015. He is a player of tremendous potential and his development needs to be handled carefully. Former Kiwis captain Hugh McGahan believes Johnson should be paired with Pita Godinet in the halves because the partnership with Thomas Leuluai isn’t working. McGahan said Godinet consistently makes a difference, providing the team with a spark when he is on the field.

the mark, he missed touch with a penalty and missed two tackles and made a team-high three errors. But he was not alone in a dreadful all-round display. It was just the second time Johnson had been substituted in his 48-game NRL career, but the first since his debut season in 2011. Only a fortnight earlier, the 22-yearold was being lauded for the way he was learning how to direct the team around the park, his improving kicking game and maturity for landing a field goal in their 25-24 win over Gold Coast. “My belief in Shaun is growing really quickly,” Elliott said at the time. A coach has the right to drag a player from the field at any time and Elliott clearly felt Johnson was off the pace. He probably also thought it would be good for Johnson’s development. Interestingly, Penrith coach Ivan Cleary, the man who handed Johnson his debut in 2011 when

In his 43 minutes against the Panthers, Godinet made one linebreak, three tackle breaks, kicked for 90m and missed two tackles. Elliott has resisted making wholesale changes for Sunday’s match against Newcastle at Mt Smart Stadium, with Johnson and Leuluai retained. Fullback Kevin Locke (back) and centre Dane Nielsen (ribs) have been slated to return with Glen Fisiiahi and Carlos Tuimavave dropping to an extend-

ed seven-man interchange bench that also includes Ngani Laumape. It shapes as a crucial game for the Warriors, but they face a stern examination from a Knights side fresh from their 44-8 destruction of the Bulldogs last Sunday. “We didn’t compete in

physical terms last week, and that’s simply not good enough in this competition,” Elliott said. “If you don’t measure up in the physical exchanges you’ll be humiliated - and we were.” There were few who felt more humiliated than Johnson and he’s determined to prove his worth. “I’m very hungry to go out there,” he said. “No more talking.” Warriors team to play Newcastle at Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, on Sunday (4.05pm): (three to be omitted) Kevin Locke, Bill Tupou, Dane Nielsen, Ben Henry, Manu Vatuvei, Thomas Leuluai, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Nathan Friend, Russell Packer, Feleti Mateo, Simon Mannering (c), Todd Lowrie, Interchange: Ben Matulino, Jacob Lillyman, Elijah Taylor, Carlos Tuimavave, Glen Fisiiahi, Ngani Laumape, Pita Godinet. - APNZ

Shaun Johnson

Sir Ted lets rip Comebacks not all successful Deliberate or not, the substitution and subsequent blast could be a masterstroke. How is Sanzar going There was humour and there was to sanction a World Cup-winning profanity. coach, who added in a tongue-inWhen Sir Graham Henry is in this cheek parting shot that he was “just form he is thoroughly entertaining, trying to keep a low profile and not but the Blues will hope a few Super be controversial”? Rugby match officials listen to the For the Blues, stopping the rolling serious messages in their assistant maul has been a problem this seacoach’s exchanges with journalists son. Heavily penalised against the yesterday. Reds in Brisbane, Kirwan looked for The former All Blacks head coach clarity from referees’ boss Lyndon had one eye on the Bray before the vicBlues’ potentially diftory over the Stormers ficult match against at North Harbour the Brumbies at Eden Stadium and they did Park on Saturday well. night when he tore A man down after into the decision-makCulum Retallick’s sining by the officials in binning at AMI Stadhis team’s 23-3 defeat ium, though, and Defence coach Graham Henry to the Crusaders. the Blues had little It was, variously, “ludicrous” and chance. They gave away three pen“bulls***”. alties before Owen Franks was Henry suggested television match awarded the try. official Keith Brown might be “I think it’s inconsistent,” Henry “blind”, adding wing Frank Halai said of the officials’ ruling on mauls. scored an obvious try only to be “I don’t think the referees know denied by Brown. “I could see it and what they are looking for and they I’m blind,” Henry added. just go out there and hope they get it Henry was just as blunt in his right. I think there needs to be a lot message that officials are failing to of education around the refereeing police the offside line, and he also of the maul, also with the scrum. hoped they give his team more of a “I think Wyatt [Crockett] got away fair go in the scrum and maul areas. with murder. I thought there were Officially the Blues’ defence coach, a couple of scrum penalties which Henry stepped in to fulfil the media were frustrating to be frank, but duties as Sir John Kirwan was after 40 years you get used to it.” unavailable. - APNZ By Patrick McKendry

By Andrew Alderson Sport’s history is littered with dramatic comebacks from hiatuses. Daniel Vettori might be only graduating into that camp - he retired and resurrected himself to play one-day international cricket at the Champions Trophy, not tests - but any return to Headingley on Friday will still be welcome. The 34-year-old wasn’t part of the original touring squad, but that was more on the basis of injury recovery than form after Achilles tendon and groin woes. If he passes muster this week in Leeds, he would be a deserved recipient of a 112th test cap for New Zealand. Vettori also has one cap for the World XI in 2005. Selection would take him past Stephen Fleming for actual New Zealand appearances. The concern is he won’t be match fit after spending the last few weeks as a net bowler with the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. There are winners and losers when it comes to making late returns to the international sporting landscape. Colin Cowdrey answered the call of the England national selectors in the 1974-75 Ashes when England Daniel Vettori: Needs to find some batting were bombarded by Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson. form to help the Black Caps’ chances

SCOREBOARD Netball Results

ANZ Championship Round 9

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Ashburton Golf Club Stableford Round May 18 Ken Clucas 37, Geoff Hewitt 36. Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Pieter van Vollenhoven, Braided Rivers: Pieter van Vollenhoven, Rothburys Insurance: Robbie Bell, Netherby Meats: Jordan Green, Blue Pub (Longest Putt): Jordan Green, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): Geoff Hewitt. Twos: None. Birdie Jackpot: #17 Brandon Cup: Ryan Cockburn 109, John Cockburn 106.

Ashburton Golf Club Women’s Section May 21 Nearest The Pins: No. 4 Gabites: Not Struck, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Vicki Moore, No.12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Not Struck No. 14 Todds of Ashburton: Shirley Elliott, 2nd Shot to Green: Heather Trott Nine Hole Section May 16 Medal Stroke round Trevor Addis – 34, Sue Lamb, Sue Letham – 37. Carpet Court – Closest to the pin Hole 8 – Val Ferrier, Hole 12 – Brian O’Neil.

Tinwald Golf Club Par. Findlay Cup. May 18 Senior: Michael Thomas 1 down. Intermediate: Tony Clarke square, Bruce Collins 1 down. Junior: Dave Rush 2 down. Women: (stroke) Wendy Stevenson 78. Winning finalists in the Findlay Cup were Paul Boon and Shane Webster and in the Findlay Plate John Smitheram and Kerry Whiting. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; John Smitheram. Gluyas Ford # 6; John Smitheram. Stirling Sports # 12 Trevor Emery. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Jason King. Two’s: Dave King, Paul Boon, John Smitheram. Net Eagle; # 9 not struck

WOW!

SOUTHERN STEEL 65 (Jhaniele Fowler 44 Jodi Brown 21) bt WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC 58 (Irene van Dyk 29 Ellen Halpenny 22 Jess Waitapu 7) at Stadium Southland. QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS 57 (Romelda Aiken 36 Natalie Medhurst 21) bt MELBOURNE VIXENS 46. ADELAIDE THUNDERBIRDS 50 (Carla Borrego 30 Erin Bell 20) bt NSW SWIFTS 48 (Susan Pratley 29 Melissa Tallent 10 Carla Dziwoki 9) at Netball SA Stadium. WEST COAST FEVER 64 (Caitlin Bassett 48 Catherine Cox 14 Kate Beveridge 2) bt CANTERBURY TACTIX 55 (Joanne Harten 30 Julianna Naoupu 14 Sophia Fenwick 11) at Trafalgar Centre. CENTRAL PULSE 63 (Caitlin Thwaites 43 Donna Wilkins 20) bt NORTHERN MYSTICS 48 (Maria Tutaia 22 Catherine Latu 15 Bailey Mes 11) at Te Rauparaha Arena. Standings P W L For Agt % Pts Adelaide Thunderbirds 9 8 1 462 419 110.26 16 Queensland Firebirds 8 7 1 508 424 119.81 14 Melbourne Vixens 8 6 2 422 347 121.61 12 Southern Steel 8 5 3 509 471 108.07 10 Waikato BoPlenty Magic 8 4 4 442 395 111.90 8 West Coast Fever 9 4 5 509 507 100.39 8 Central Pulse 9 4 5 475 486 97.74 8 Canterbury Tactix 8 2 6 434 544 79.78 4 NSW Swifts 8 1 7 388 449 86.41 2 Northern Mystics 9 1 8 517 624 82.85 2

Rugby league

NRL standings Round 10 P 1 South Sydney 10 2 Sydney Roosters 10 3 Melbourne 10 4 Manly 10 5 Newcastle 10 6 Brisbane 10 7 Cronulla 10 8 Gold Coast 10 9 Canberra 10

WDL 9 0 1 8 0 2 7 1 2 6 1 3 6 0 4 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5

B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PF 265 236 227 189 236 188 177 181 196

WHAT A WEEKEND!

PA 149 94 150 118 164 151 161 191 245

PD 116 142 77 71 72 37 16 -10 -49

Pts 18 16 15 13 12 10 10 10 10

10 Penrith 10 11 North Queensland 10 12 St Geo Illawarra 10 13 Bulldogs 10 14 Parramatta 10 15 Warriors 10 16 Wests Tigers 10

Draws

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206 16 8 172 -12 8 207 -43 8 209 -45 8 253 -91 6 284 -133 4 287 -164 4

Golf

Ashburton Golf Club 25 May 25 A stroke round will be played as qualifying for The President’s Trophy and Plate (16 to qualify). Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12 noon Saturday Starters: Morning Paul Greer and Bruce Ching; Afternoon Bruce Day and Richard Leith Results: Greig Sparrow and Paul May.

Tinwald Golf Club Medal. 2nd Championship qualifying. Ray Gibson putting May 25 Starters; am, B Collins. pm, P Hefford. R Harris. Cards; Match committee. House Duty: House Committee No 1 Tee. 12.30, B Jary, J Smitheram, B Smith, R Feutz. 12.36, A Marshall, D Gill, N Heney, P Boon. 12.42, Josh Smith, B McFarlane, B Peddie, S Kennedy. 12.48, P Hefford, R Harris, G Smith, R Thompson. No 10 Tee. 12.30, Justin Smith, M Thomas, W Mason, T Clarke12.36, B Collins, S Webster, P Marshall, W Eddington. 12.42, N Rayner, K Bishop, C Miller, R Wards. No 13 Tee.12.30, L Jackson, O Everest, R Bruce, B Shanks. 12.36, A Moore, R Shearer, T McAndrew, M Fechney. No 7 Tee. 12.36, S Newman, E Collins, W Stevenson, J Peacock. 12.42, H Spicer, J VanderHeide, J Beardsley, M Moore.

Cowdrey arrived in Perth for a record sixth tour of Australia after a 19-hour delay in Bombay. He had precisely three hours in the nets and no practice match at all. Parallels to Vettori, anyone? Cowdrey had been grazing in a good paddock since his last cricketing appearance and, upon arrival at the wicket, his greeting

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Tom Burtt was within days of the same age as Vettori when he took 5-97, including the wicket of Dennis Compton

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to Thomson of “how good to meet you” was allegedly rebuffed with “that’s not going to help you fatso, piss off”. Eleven days shy of his 42nd birthday, Cowdrey went on to make 22 and 41, but England lost the six-test series 4-1. Retired All Black captain Brian Lochore answered an SOS to play the British Lions at Wellington in 1971 as a lock. He wrote the legendary, “Gone to

Wellington, playing test tomorrow” note which he casually left on the kitchen table of his Wairarapa farmhouse for wife Pam ... but that’s where the glory ended. New Zealand were beaten in the third test and went on to lose the series 2-1. Allan Langer came back to help Queensland to State of Origin success in 2001. He exited again after rolling the dice and coming up with a yahtzee when the Maroons triumphed 40-14. Langer set up three first-half tries to change the dynamic of the game. Vettori will largely play against the odds of success but his one previous appearance at Headingley gleaned two for 83 and 35 runs. In a curious coincidence, the best performance by a New Zealand spin bowler at Leeds came from another 34-year-old left-arm orthodox spinner in 1949. Tom Burtt was within days of the same age as Vettori when he took 5-97, including the wicket of Denis Compton for 114. Vettori offers balance to the side if he can find batting form. He could also reinforce players’ belief in themselves because of his experience and leadership. Still, that status comes with responsibility. He, too, needs to perform - and turn the ball - to justify his place. - HOS

• Lions ‘entertainers’ Lions coach Warren Gatland has promised his side will deliver an entertaining brand of rugby in their bid to overturn the Wallabies. A common public slant is that the Lions’ recipe will be to batter the Wallabies with their pack and then pummel them with their gargantuan backline. However, Gatland was adamant his group would offer a variety of threats when they landed in Australia next month for their three-test series. “If we are going to beat the Wallabies it won’t be by just kicking or sticking the ball up our jumpers,” he said. “We are going out there to play rugby.” - HNZ

• Kiwi buys the Storm The man who was the driving force behind the Crusaders’ ‘home’ match with the Sharks in London in 2011 is heading a syndicate which has bought the Melbourne Storm. Bart Campbell, a London-based former barrister in the New Zealand High Court, assembled the syndicate to buy the Storm from News Limited, which has owned the defending champions since they entered the NRL in 1998. It means the Brisbane Broncos are the only club still owned by the company which once ran the competition. - APNZ

• U20s to play Australia The New Zealand under-20 football side will play Australia in Wollongong next month on their way to the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. The Junior All Whites have been drawn in Group F along with Uzbekistan, Uruguay and Croatia. Coach Chris Milicich named his 21-strong squad for the World Cup yesterday, and made three changes as well as an extra goalkeeper to the side which qualified at the Oceania tournament in Fiji. All Whites midfielder Tim Payne comes into the squad along with 2011 Young All Whites team-mate Rhys Jordan from Bristol City in England. - APNZ

• Toovey hails defence Manly coach Geoff Toovey has lauded his side’s toughness after they produced one of the NRL’s greatest defensive efforts in Monday’s draw with Melbourne. The Sea Eagles made an astonishing 419 tackles in the golden point 10-all draw with the Storm and stoutly defended their line for extended periods, especially at the beginning of the second half when the Storm enjoyed a lion’s share of possession. “This is a very good defensive side and we are playing some gutsy football,” Toovey said yesterday. “They are playing for each other, that is all you can ask from them as a coach. - AAP

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he qualified at Ashburton trials yesterday. In a field that was almost halved by the inclement weather, the Lis Mara-Exceptional Lass colt was

happy to sit at the back of the field for most of the distance, turning on an impressive burst of speed about 250 metres from home to run down the field.

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Derby matches take on huge importance also face the Hurricanes at home and the Blues away. After this weekend, the Crusaders face three New Zealand teams in four matches, the Waratahs at home the odd one out. The Hurricanes face three New Zealand teams in four matches after this weekend’s bye. The Highlanders also face three. The Blues face the fewest - two (against the Highlanders and Chiefs), but face the added challenge of a trip to South Africa and the prospect of tough matches against the Sharks in Durban and Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. Things can change quickly in the run-in when you’re beaten by a New Zealand rival. The ‘Canes quickly slipped to Kieran Read

By Patrick McKendry Five Super Rugby rounds to go and the make-up of the top-six play-off spots is less than clear-cut. One thing is certain, though - the derby matches packed into the final stages of the competition mean the final standings will probably look a lot different than they do now. The derby phenomenon is competition-wide, but the Chiefs and Crusaders are good teams to start with. They meet this Friday night in Hamilton for their first clash of the season and face each other again in Christchurch three rounds later. What price for these two meeting again in the finals series like last season? After their bye next weekend, and apart from the Crusaders match at AMI Stadium, the Chiefs, who are currently at the top of the table,

ninth on the table after their loss to the Chiefs in Wellington and the Blues were overtaken by the Crusaders after their Christchurch defeat. The Highlanders, last and out of the running weeks ago, can still play a big part in the competition if they beat one or more of the Kiwi teams in the final stages. Another significant factor, of course, is the three-week break for next month’s tests against France. Being away from their franchises won’t be such a big deal for the All Blacks, but injuries could have a big say. The Chiefs will be hopeful of getting some good reinforcements back after the test series, with Gareth Anscombe and Tim Nanai-Williams expected back, but injuries to players such as Sam Cane or Liam Messam could pose problems. So too could injuries to any of the Crusaders’ top players. With at least five Crusaders Owen Franks, Sam Whitelock, Kieran Read, Dan Carter and Israel Dagg - almost guaranteed to start the first test against France at Eden Park, Todd Blackadder has most to lose. A victory for the Crusaders

Run to the finals The New Zealand run-in, with derby matches in bold: Blues (6th overall, 3rd in NZC, 41 pts): Brumbies (h), Highlanders (a), Sharks (a), Cheetahs (a), Chiefs (h). Chiefs (1st overall, 1st in NZC, 48 pts): Crusaders (h), bye, Hurricanes (h), Crusaders (a), Blues (a). Crusaders (5th overall, 2nd in NZC, 42 pts): Chiefs (a), Waratahs (h), Highlanders (a), Chiefs (h), Hurricanes (h). Highlanders (15th overall, 5th in NZC, 16 pts): Force (a), Blues (h), Crusaders (h), Hurricanes (a), Rebels (a). Hurricanes (9th overall, 4th in NZC, 34 pts): bye, Brumbies (a), Chiefs (a), Highlanders (h), Crusaders (a).

against the Chiefs will even up the competition further and could play into the hands of the ominous Bulls, lurking in second place on the table but with a five-match run in against South African opposition. If they survive that with hosting rights at play-off time, they will be confident of beating anyone. - APNZ

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Archbold scores for new team Olympian Shane Archbold has taken no time to strike for his new professional cycling team, with victory in stage two of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland yesterday. The former world championship medallist in the omnium sprinted his way to a narrow victory for his new Belgium-based UCI Continental team An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly. The Kiwi rider led the sprint coming into the final stretch and edged out the challenge from three international riders in the 160km stage from Longford to Nenagh near Limerick. The eight-stage tour travels around much of Ireland and involves a number of international teams, with fellow New Zealanders Michael Northey and James Williamson also competing for their UCI Continental team NODE 4 Giordana Racing. It was an overcast day but the rain held off and, with no categorised climbs, a sprint finish was predicted. Two early breaks were caught before a select group of seven joined a four-strong break 5km from the finish with Archbold proving the quickest in the dash to the line. “I’m thrilled with the win,” he said. “I was injured at the start of the year and haven’t had too much

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racing with the way the injury fell but my form has come good. “I spent the last three weeks in Holland getting into good shape so it seems to have paid off. “It was a great team effort. We missed the vital breakaway yesterday so we were disappointed and made sure we had two riders in every breakaway today. Thankfully, it worked and we’ll just keep on focusing on stage wins for the rest of the week.” Fellow BikeNZ rider Aaron Gate is also a member of An Post Sean Kelly but not included in the line-up this week, having been a member of the national team racing in the Olympias Tour in the Netherlands. - APNZ

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Wednesday, 22 May 2013

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SATURDAY: Mainly fine with morning frost. Light winds. MAX

13 OVERNIGHT MIN 4

Midnight Tonight

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TODAYFZL: Lowering to 1700m from evening

FRIDAY: Early showers clear then fine. Southerlies dying out.

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

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TODAY: Morning rain, then cloudy periods. Light winds.

TOMORROW: Rain gradually easing to showers. Cold southerlies.

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thunder 12 18 showers 8 17 showers 7 19 showers 7 17 showers 10 15 showers 11 16 showers 8 15 NZ Situation thunder 9 16 The broad complex trough over central New showers 6 13 Zealand weakens tomorrow, while a high to the rain 7 13 west extends a ridge onto the South Island. The showers 5 12 ridge spreads over the rest of the country during rain 9 12 Friday, and moves off to the east on Saturday as showers 5 12 another trough approaches from the northwest.

Rain gradually clearing from the north and a few afternoon fine spells developing. Occasional rain spreading from the south again at night. Winds mainly light, southerlies developing south of Banks Peninsula in the evening.

TOMORROW Rain, easing to showers in the evening. Cold southerlies.

FRIDAY Morning showers clearing and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out

Rain clearing in the morning, but returning in the evening. Afternoon fine breaks. Snow lowering to 1400 metres. Wind at 1000m: Light. Wind at 2000m: NE gradually easing and tending SE at night.

TOMORROW

FZL: 800m

Patchy rain, with snow above 500 metres, clearing at night, but remaining rather cloudy, with poor visibility at times. Wind at 1000m: SE 20 km/h. Wind at 2000m: SE rising to 40 km/h.

FRIDAY Fine with morning fog and frosts. Light winds at low levels, southerly 40 km/h about the tops, dying out.

SATURDAY

Fine with morning frosts, but cloud increasing and rain developing about the Mainly fine with morning frosts. Light winds. divide later. Northwesterlies developing about the tops.

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Mainly fine. Northwesterlies developing.

Rain at times about the divide, cloudy periods elsewhere. Strong westerlies.

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River Levels

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Canterbury Readings

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Ashburton Airport

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9.3

8.2

1.2

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Christchurch Airport 12.5

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Rise 7:49 am Set 5:10 pm

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Good fishing Set 4:59 am Rise 3:40 pm

Last quarter

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Rise 7:50 am Set 5:09 pm

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Good fishing Set 6:12 am Rise 4:23 pm

New moon

9 Jun

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