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BIRTHS WELLS – Mike and Elizabeth Wells (nee Brown) are pleased to announce the birth of their wee girl, Anna Marion Wells, on February 15, 2013 at Wellington Hospital.

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Diesel shortage bad news

By Myles Hume and Michelle Nelson

A diesel shortage in Mid Canterbury spells disaster for aradeathnotices@theguardian.co.nz ble farmers, with predictions that to ensure publication. the harvest will grind to a halt next During office hours notices week. may also be sent to BP spokesperson Jonty Mills said classifieds@theguardian.co.nz the shortage was a result of a Any queries please contact planned outage at the Marsden 0800 ASHBURTON Point oil refinery in Whangarei (0800-274-287) which went seven days longer than expected.

With the refinery responsible for up to 80 per cent of the country’s diesel supply, he said it “had cerACKNOWLEDGEMENTS tainly created supply constraints” but BP had managed to cart diesel to stations that were low on supply.

However, Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury grain and seed chairman David Clark said farmers across the district have been

KEIG, Graeme Leslie – The Keig family wish to sincerely thank everyone for the overwhelming love, kindness and support received during Graeme’s illness and passing. Your telephone calls, cards, letters, visits, flowers and baking have been greatly appreciated. To those who attended Graeme’s funeral we thank you for your generous donations to the Ashburton Cancer Society.

We sincerely acknowledge Mr Peter Davidson, Mr Saxon Connor, Professor Bridget Robinson of Christchurch Hospital, the Ashburton Palliative Care Team, Dr Mick Tarry and the team at Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital, Anne Bonifant of the Cancer Society and everyone who has been associated with Graeme’s journey. As many addresses are unknown, please accept this as our personal acknowledgement.

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By Rebecca Quilliam The Earthquake Commission has apologised to nearly 10,000 claimants in the latest privacy breach blunder by a government department, which saw information about the claimants sent to the wrong person.

Public sector chiefs are all being put on notice by the Privacy Commissioner to ensure measures have been put in place to avoid more breaches.

The information about 9700 claims, including claim numbers and street addresses, was inadvertently sent to a person outside of the EQC yesterday morning.

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told their farm tanks will be dry for another two weeks.

His fuel supplier had advised him of the impending diesel shortage just two days ago.

He said the bad news came on the back of a very difficult four weeks, with Mid Canterbury farmers battling to bring the harvest in during drought-like conditions. And with a fortnight of nor’westerly-type conditions predicted, the situation is grim.

“There are going to be combines and tractors in Mid Canterbury that are going to grind to a halt next week,” Mr Clark told the Guardian yesterday.

“We can only hold three days’ worth of fuel in the 5000 litre farm tank – that’s enough to fill up our machinery three times,” Mr Clark said.

“It’s incredibly serious for the South Island to run out of diesel in the middle of a harvest, it’s an

arable farmer’s equivalent to the droughts up north “There is still late wheat to get in and a lot of vegetable seed crops to be harvested. The maize harvest is under way and the spud growers have started lifting crops.

“There’s also a huge amount of post-harvest cultivation going on at the moment, with the new season’s wheat and rye going in the ground.”

And the crops won’t wait, dropping in yield and quality with each passing day.

Transport businesses are also watching the fuel gauges.

Peter Hobbs from Mayfield Transport was advised by diesel provider Allied to ration diesel and only use it when required.

But that is easier said than done when your business relies on fuel.

Methven Motors and Mobil Ashburton both had dry diesel tanks for much of yesterday, while

others were bombarded with concerned motorists, hoping to fill up before supplies ran out.

Mobil Rakaia owner Tyrone Burrows refilled the station’s diesel tanks on Thursday, but expected the shortage to kick in again over the weekend. He said there was no word on another delivery; however a boat is expected in early next week.

Concerned agricultural contractors were filling farm machinery direct from the Rakaia station last night.

Meanwhile, dairy giant Fonterra is not expecting any disruptions in the immediate future.

“At this stage we don’t foresee any issues with being able to keep our tankers on the road and we are confident that we will be able to pick up all our farmers’ milk,” Fonterra’s national transport and logistics manager Barry McColl said.

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include customer names, and most of the information would require knowledge of EQC’s internal workings in order to interpret it.

EQC staff contacted the recipient as soon as the breach was identified, and the recipient agreed to destroy all the information, he said.

“I am really disappointed that this breach has occurred. I apologise unreservedly that private customer information was sent to the wrong person.

“I want to assure our customers that every effort will be directed at ensuring this doesn’t happen again,” Mr Simpson said.

“We will begin contacting affected customers from early next week to advise them of the breach.”

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Dead driver never held a licence Police have confirmed that the driver killed in a crash at Helensville with her young nephews on Thursday had never held a licence.

Cheyenne Hemana, 17, died when the car she was driving collided with a van on State Highway 16.

Her 11-year-old nephew and front seat passenger Moashon Harrison and two-yearold nephew Mananui, known as Majesty, also died at the scene.

Majesty was in her carseat in the back of the vehicle with his 6-year-old sister Messiah, who suffered a broken leg and is recovering at Starship Hospital.

Miss Hemana and the children all lived in Parakai, north-west of Auckland.

Huapai District School principal Kevin Cronin said Moashon was an outstanding year 7 boy who was leading by example in all he did.

“As a school we have known Moashon and Messiah for such a short time yet they mean so much to us,” Mr Cronin said in a statement.

“Moashon was a hard worker, a good sport, a student respectful of others, a caring brother, and involved in our kapa haka group. He was an enthusiastic student who carried a smile on his face all day.

Mr Cronin said he and school staff would endeavour to support the family and children in their learning community. -APNZ

Gerry Brownlee was not available for comment.

Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff said public sector agencies needed to have stronger controls in place when handling spread sheets of personal information.

“The EQC breach is yet another incident involving inadvertent disclosure of large amounts of personal information on a spread sheet.

We hope that agencies are starting to realise that they should have stronger controls in place to help to prevent these types of mistakes.

But they clearly have a way to go yet.”

Ms Shroff said she was considering writing to the State Services Commissioner and all public sector chief executives, asking them to tell her what precautions they have

- or are - putting in place to help prevent inadvertent emailing of client information on spread sheets.

Labour Party spokeswoman for Earthquake Recovery, Lianne Dalziel, said the privacy breach was disappointing.

“People do entrust government agencies with information believing that it will be used appropriately and protected appropriately.”

She said it was almost identical to the ACC breach, in which private information of nearly 6500 claimants was incorrectly sent to the wrong person.

“One has to question the culture - it’s a culture around government and the protection of privacy.”

However, she said EQC fronted up, which was positive.

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Ashburton paraplegic Christine Lawn (centre) fell into the record books yesterday with instructors Laszlo Csizmadia (left) and Gary Beyer.

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Paraplegic sets bar at 12,000 feet

By Myles Hume She’s already written a book, and made an Olympic training squad but inspirational paraplegic Christine Lawn has added another chapter to her life by creating skydiving history.

The Ashburton woman became the first paraplegic Kiwi to complete a solo skydive when she made the leap at Pudding Hill yesterday.

“When I landed I thought, ‘**** what have I done?’,” she said after the 12,000 foot fall.

“I couldn’t give a stuff about the record, I just wanted to make sure I landed.”

It marked a historic occasion for the sport and for Ms Lawn, 40, who lost the use of her legs after breaking her back in a horrific horse race accident in 2002.

After completing just four tandem jumps, Ms Lawn went solo on her fifth skydive with New Zealand Skydiving School instructors Gary Beyer and Laszlo Csizmadia nearby.

Ms Lawn is the first and only paraplegic skydiving school student in the country, sitting

the accelerated freefall Level 1 course, meaning she could jump on her own in the near future.

She has never let her disability stand in the way of her dogged determination.

“I want to go as far as I can on this course and get as good as I can. You have freedom in the sky, there’s no wheelchair up there,” she said.

A single mother, Ms Lawn has raised her son Cody, who is autistic, and has fought her way on to the Para-Equestrian Olympics dressage squad.

But the self-confessed adrena-

lin junky wanted more action.

“I had been keen to join the school after jumping four years ago, but I had to save up the money. I jumped again in November then had to try and talk these guys into letting me do the course and like I said it’s really good of them to allow me to do this,” Ms Lawn said.

Instructor Gary Beyer said it was “an amazing achievement” for Ms Lawn to push through adversity and realise a dream.

But he admitted there were a few nervous moments beforehand, the risk much higher

when instructing a paraplegic person.

Mr Beyer said the exit had to be executed perfectly so Ms Lawn did not fall into a tumble, where there was a chance she could fall out of her harness if her legs flipped up when the parachute inflated and landing was not always easy, even for able-bodied jumpers.

“She’s amazing, what a person, I don’t know what to say except that what she did today was extraordinary,” he said.

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Govt U-turn favours Borough sure and back-tracked on implementing bigger class sizes.

Any thought of smaller Mr Winterbourn said the class sizes would have been move to have smaller class a long shot last year, but at sizes would allow teachers Ashburton Borough School to make efficient and effeca Government U-turn has tive changes. fallen in their favour.

“If you have a class of 33 This year the school’s children, to make a change board budgeted “a signifitakes a lot longer,” he said. cant” amount of money to “We are identifying where have fewer pupils in each the gaps are in learning classroom, which principal and then attending to those Sam Winterbourn believes gaps which is much easier Sam Winterbourn is already making a stark to achieve in smaller classdifference in pupil behavrooms rather than bigger iour and engagement. classes – it’s not rocket science.”

Although he could not point to exact He said the move was about being figures, Mr Winterbourn said the class- “pragmatic” and promoting best pracrooms had been reduced by about five tice. pupils on average leaving classes sizes in And it appears to be working. the mid to low 20s while opening up an Seven weeks into term one, Mr additional teaching position.

Winterbourn has noticed classes are The move comes after the Ministry of more settled, especially in Years 7 and Education looked set to increase class 8 who set an example for fellow pupils. sizes throughout New Zealand last year, “I think many of the children have cutting jobs and planning to save $174 responded exceedingly well, and I would million over the next four years with say many of the Year 7 and 8s, who are $60m of that to be invested into teacher a lovely bunch to teach, are more coquality. operative, socially engaged and mentally The proposal sparked outrage engaged and it is a credit to them and throughout the country, with parents what’s going on. and schools saying it would have an “It’s a much more placid place now, adverse impact, instead compromising I’m not saying we are bulletproof from teacher quality. the odd upset, but we have noticed a The ministry crumbled under the pres- difference.”

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The All Whites moved a giant step closer to next year’s World Cup last night when they beat New Caledonia, but it came in the most dramatic fashion when Tommy Smith scored in the fourth minute of injury time to secure a 2-1 win.

It means they progress to November’s intercontinental playoff against the fourth-best team from North and Central America for a place at next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

Four years ago they beat Bahrain 1-0 in Wellington in the decisive playoff match to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and now they will sit back and wait to see who they will meet in the winner-take-all contest.

It means they can travel to Honiara tomorrow for Tuesday’s match against the Solomon Islands safe in the knowledge the job is done.

For a long time last night, it looked like the game would have everything riding on it - and that’s Honiara as in Horror in Honiara, the scene of last year’s failed Oceania Nations Cup. Coach Ricki Herbert will now be able to ring the changes for that match and will even be able to hand Andrew Durante a debut.

New Zealand Football hope his eligibility is questioned so they can get the definitive answer on whether the Australianborn defender can play for New Zealand.

The All Whites made hard work of their

win last night. They had enough chances to score as many as five but their profligacy invited trouble and New Caledonia took advantage.

It looked like things would progress comfortably when Chris Killen headed in powerfully in the 10th minute from a Marco Rojas corner but the All Whites couldn’t find the second that might have killed off the match.

They completely dominated the first half, and Smith cannoned a header off the crossbar, but came under considerable pressure from Les Cagous who grew in confidence as the game wore on.

The visitors were rewarded when Cesar Lolohea levelled things up in the 56th minute with a beautifully-taken goal - he expertly chested the ball down and volleyed with his next movement but the marking from Ivan Vicelich and Smith was questionable.

The All Whites still had chances to wrap things up, with Shane Smeltz, Chris Wood and substitute Kosta Barbarouses gifted golden chances to win it before Smith looped a header over goalkeeper Rocky Nyikeine in the 94th minute.

It rounded out a crazy final few minutes punctuated a dangerous kick to the head on Smeltz that had him bleeding profusely from the head.

It made for a poor spectacle, but the result was all that counted and that is all that New Zealand will worry about.

All Whites 2 (Chris Killen 10, Tommy Smith 94) New Caledonia 1 (Cesar Lolohea 56). HT: 1-0.

- APNZ

Swimmers in top form New national swimming bosses believe the key athletes have produced encouraging performances at the New Zealand Open Championships that finished in Auckland last night.

Five swimmers produced 14 performances under the tough FINA A qualifying standards for July’s World Championships, while a group of young hopefuls pushed their way into the reckoning for selection.

Swimming New Zealand’s high performance director Luis Villanueva, who took up the post in January, said he was pleased with efforts from the core of London Olympians.

“Our main leading swimmers from the Olympics have all performed strongly this week. That is encouraging given that this is only a few months after London and of course there have been changes that they have had to deal with,” he said.

“Added to that some of the next group of younger swimmers have shown promise of things to come.

“The key will be the hard work that needs to be done from this point to July’s world championships.”

The key performances were led by world champion Lauren Boyle (North Shore) who set FINA A times in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle.

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New life is being breathed into the East Street end of Burnett Street in Ashburton’s town centre.

After being closed since the February 2011 earthquake, work has begun on bringing the six small shops back to life. They will be strengthened, renovated and let to new tenants. Propped verandahs have meant the footpath outside the shops has also been offlimits.

This week the first signs of life returned to the shops with workmen tearing down the damaged verandahs and clearing out each shop ahead of strengthening work beginning. The previous tenants, forced out by the building closures have relocated and are unlikely to return.

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Credit card payments without penalty are about to be part of the Ashburton District Council’s financial armoury.

Currently anyone using a credit card to pay over the counter for any council service, pays a 2 per cent surcharge.

This hits dog owners hardest as the council does not yet have an on-line payment facility for dog registration.

Rates, however, can be paid on line by direct debit or auto payment. An on-line credit card facility is not available for rates.

Wiping the surcharge, however, could see the council lose between $2000 and $2500 that it would have to pay in merchant fees for credit card use and that cost recovery might have to be built in somewhere in the system, members of the council’s finance committee decided.

It is the council’s intention to drive as higher percentage of its customer financial transactions on-line as possible and it intends to have credit and debit card payment options available for payments as well as the direct debit and auto payment options it currently offers for rates.

On-line dog registration and payment is likely to be introduced in July.

Council business support manager Paul Brake said the council needed to be consistent across its payment options.

“We want to encourage people to use the internet when that facility is available and I recommend we do away with the surcharge. I don’t believe that will result in an avalanche of credit card use across the counter.”

The committee voted in support of the recommendation to remove the surcharge but it agreed that cards with high surcharges such as AMEX and Diners would not be accepted.

It wants to revisit the issue in six months and assess the cost to council in merchant fees.

Murderer ‘knew the area well’

By Gary Hamilton-Irvine

Police say the person responsible for the murder of a family man and road worker near Tokoroa had local knowledge of the area.

Police told a press conference yesterday they received enough information from the public to track where a blue 4WD, which fled the murder scene, had gone shortly after the fatal shooting of Hamilton man George Taiaroa.

Mr Taiaroa was shot while manning a stop-go sign on Tram Rd at 3.15pm on Tuesday, in the Kinleith Forest area.

Detective Inspector Mark Loper said the 4WD vehicle had driven through a web of forestry roads after the Tram Rd shooting.

“It has moved through the bush, through the web of road ways and forestries and has come out onto the road which runs between Benneydale and Mangakino. From there we are trying to track it.”

Mr Loper said it seemed the offender must have known some of those roads and police were working hard to locate the vehicle, which could be a blue Jeep Cherokee.

“We really want to hear from anybody that may have seen that vehicle,” he said.

“I also want to appeal directly to the driver of that vehicle to come forward. Likewise anyone who knows or suspects who killed Mr Taiaroa.”

The Police National Dive Squad have also joined the investigation, searching the Waikato River near the one-lane bridge where Mr Taiaroa was shot.“For thoroughness we want to make sure nothing has been discarded. So we are looking for any item which may be of interest to this inquiry.”

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Rakaia’s proud history

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The Rakaia mural features icons from past and present in the district, including the old Rakaia railway bridge and station, Mount Hutt, the old BNZ bank, farm vehicles over the years and modern jet boats.

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47-metre mural in Rakaia paints a picture of progress in the district, and it’s a history the locals are proud of.

After two years of planning and three weeks of painting the mural was completed recently, and spans the length of the Ashburton Trading Society’s Rakaia branch.

The mural is based on photographs from the Rakaia area, from steam trains crossing the old Rakaia bridge in the 1930s to jetboats skimming the river today.

Retired farmer Cecil Crossen featured in one of the photos chosen for the mural, and said he had no idea his face had become part of a Rakaia icon.

“I don’t drive much further than just around the corner for my shopping these days, so I will have to get the family to take me on a road trip to see it.”

The born and bred Cantabrian had seen much of Rakaia’s history first-hand, farming 580 acres in the Rakaia area and later spending 25 years living in the township.

He said the photograph he was pictured in could have been taken by the local fire department.

“The Mead fire unit used to be stationed in a shed on our farm. Whenever there was a fire they’d load it on the back of my truck and off they would go.”

Elma Hobson of the Rakaia Beautification Society said the 47-metre long wall wasn’t long enough to cover the history of the area, and choosing what to include was difficult.

“There was so much we could have included in the mural, so we had to be

very selective about the photographs we chose. There’s a lot of history in the area and we couldn’t fit everything in.”

She said one of her favourite features of the mural were the lilies.

“There are a couple of Dutch companies in Rakaia that grow the lilies and export them all over the world. Usually you wouldn’t be able to get them anywhere in the district, but every year they donate some to the Lion’s club for a fundraiser.

The lilies were included in honour of that.”

She said finding the right artist to paint the walls was another difficulty, but they were delighted with their choice.

“I called around a lot of artists in the area, and they were very clever but just not the right style. It took a long time to get the right artists, and they’re the best ones we found. We’re all thrilled out here in Rakaia with what they’ve done.”

Dean Johnston of JBFX designed and directed painting of the mural, and said he was very happy with the way it turned out.

“We’re absolutely rapt with Rakaia and the responses we’ve received. They’re a great group of people we’ve met and worked with, and the response from people driving by and stopping to see what we’re up to has been great. It’s very satisfying to finally see it finished.”

Mr Johnston said a large part of the process was the design, and he worked closely with the Rakaia Beautification Society to make sure it was exactly what they wanted.

“Obviously if the design isn’t up to scratch it doesn’t matter how many hours

you put into it, the mural will never look good. We’ve learnt from experience to always do our design work ourselves, so I put all the photos together myself, and it went back and forth a few times before we were happy with it.”

After three weeks of work he was glad to see the project completed and said it had been a collective effort.

“We’ve collected people from all over the world: a German, an Irish painter and one from England. We had a graphic artist and a portrait painter and four qualified signwriters contracted to work on the mural, and we were out there every day ourselves.”

He said the artists were hand-picked, and were all people he had worked with in the past. The team worked mostly at night, often until the early hours of the

morning.

“They were often 18-hour days, so it wasn’t easy work.

“We drew the image to scale and then projected it up on the wall as we worked.

“It was good old-school stuff with an overhead projector.”

The photos the mural was based on were chosen from a collection compiled for the Rakaia 150 Year Jubilee, and will be displayed at the Ashburton Museum when it is completed.

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Two years’ work came to fruition last week in Rakaia, where the area’s history is displayed for all to see. Reporter GABRIELLE STUART spoke to some of the people behind the mural.

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Abduction charges

By Edward Gay The parents of an 11-day-old baby, allegedly snatched from Auckland’s Starship Hospital, have appeared in court charged with abduction.

The pair cannot be named, as they were granted interim name suppression, and were remanded in custody for the weekend. They are due back at the Auckland District Court on Monday.

Community Magistrate Joanna Sihamu said the mother had mental health issues and had given birth 11 days ago.

The baby - known as baby Jacob - was allegedly taken from hospital on Thursday night.

Police said baby Jacob has a muscular condition requiring a tube for feeding and needs specialist care.

They allege CCTV footage taken on Thursday night shows the mother taking her son, and being helped by a man.

Officers searched through the night for the baby, and before 8am yesterday someone connected to the family contacted police after seeing media coverage about his disappearance.

Jacob was found at an unidentified address in Auckland with his mother. Other people were also at the house, said Northern Police Communications spokesman Inspector Peter Raynes.

“The baby was alive and well when police officers arrived,” he said.

Following the arrests, baby Jacob was returned to the hospital’s intensive care unit where he is in a stable condition.

He is now in the legal custody of Child Youth and Family (CYF).

“We’re very relieved to have Jacob back in our care,” said Auckland District Health Board communications manager Mark Fenwick.

CYF was now working with police to ensure Jacob’s safety, a spokeswoman said.

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Craige and Roz Mackenzie received the supreme title at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) ceremony this week.

Couple wins top BFEA award Methven farmers Craige and Roz Mackenzie of Greenvale Pastures Ltd received the supreme title at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) ceremony on Thursday.

The couple operate Greenvale Pastures – an intensive arable setup that utilises technology to maximise production in a sustainable manner.

BFEA judges described the Mackenzies as top producers who offer high levels of innovation and leadership in the arable industry, and have taken technology to the next step on their irrigated farm - using every available tool to improve their production and cost efficiency.

Electromagnetic soil mapping, for example, is used to give a clear picture of water holding and productive capacity within specific zones.

Judges also commended the use of technologies like variable rate irrigation to ensure crops are never overwatered.

Canterbury judging co-ordi-

nator James Hoban said the supreme award is about acknowledging a farm business making the best use of its natural, financial and human resources “and Craige and Roz are certainly doing that”.

“As judges we are not saying that this level of intensive precision agriculture is where all farms need to go to be sustainable. But what Craige and Roz are doing is leading edge and deserves recognition through the awards.”

Greenvale grows mainly specialist crops, with this season’s rotation including radish, chicory, wheat, ryegrass, fescue, barley and faba beans.

Judges said the intensive farm operates simple and effective crop rotations, describing Greenvale as a neat and tidy property that is “a high performing unit in every aspect”.

Along with the 200ha Greenvale Pastures, the Mackenzies also hold a 50 per cent equity share in a neighbouring 330ha dairy unit. And with their daughter

Jemma they co-own a company that utilises precision agriculture technology to provide agronomic support and solutions to farmers.

Judges praised the way the Mackenzies regard their staff on Greenvale as “the most important aspect of their operation”.

They also noted the couple’s effective utilisation of soil test and plant requirement information to plan and monitor nutrient use efficiency.

Fertiliser is spread using a variable rate spreader equipped with technology that allows targeted nutrient application to meet specific crop requirements.

Judges also noted the couple’s strategic use of irrigation to ensure maximum seed germination while enhancing the activity of applied chemicals and increasing nitrogen use efficiency.

As well as the supreme award the Mackenzies also collected the Ballance Nutrient Management Award and the Environment Canterbury Regional Council Water Efficiency Award.

440,000 sign up for MRP

By Jamie Gray Around 440,000 New Zealanders have pre-registered their interest in buying Mighty River Power shares in what is shaping up to be the biggest share float in Australasia since the debut of Queensland’s QR National in 2010.

The level of interest, on a per capital basis, was on a par with the second tranche of Telstra offered by the Australian Government in 1999, which attracted about 1.8 million in pre-registrations, equating to about 10 per cent of the Australian population at the time.

Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Tony Ryall said the number of New Zealanders who pre-registered was “extremely pleasing”.

Pre-registration is not a commitment to buy shares, and someone pre-registering their interest may decide to not apply for shares.

“However, it was a goal of the Government to achieve widespread awareness of the opportunity, and

I believe we have achieved this,” he said.

New Zealanders who have not pre-registered can still take part in the Mighty River offer when it opens, Ryall said in a statement.

The local initial public offer (IPO) market has been relatively active compared with Australia’s and rest of the world’s in recent years.

The last 18 months have seen new issues from Summerset, Trade Me and the small brewing company Moa. Mighty River, estimated by brokers to be worth $3.2 billion to $4.8b, will dwarf last year’s float of the $500 million Fonterra Shareholders Fund.

Across the Tasman, the last IPO of any note was the Queensland Government’s sale of shares in rail company QR National - now called Aurizon - in 2010.

In QR National’s case, about 30 per cent of those registered ended up as shareholders. With Telstra, it was 55 per cent and with New Zealand’s Contact, the figure was higher still.

The Treasury has used elements

of the QR National sale as a guide for the partial privatisation programme under the so-called mixed ownership model.

The Government plans to partially privatise up to 49 per cent of Mighty River Power. It also plans to introduce the 51 per cent/49 per cent Government/private model to Genesis Energy and Meridian.

More details will be released closer to when the Mighty River offer documents are released in mid-April, ahead of a May listing on the NZX. Treasury will first need to sort out the number of duplications in the pre-registrations in order to gauge the true level of retail investor demand. It will then engage with the financial institutions to find out the level of demand, before arriving at a price.

Privatisations of state assets tend to attract higher levels of retailer investor interest than private sector IPOs. Retail investors typically represent about 20 to 40 per cent of private sector offers.

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Body bits in rubbish

By Matthew Theunissen Gisborne Hospital can not rule out that more human body parts have been thrown in the garbage, after shocked rubbish workers discovered bone fragments at the dump.

It is believed the body parts, found in two separate rubbish bags, had come from two patients who underwent minor surgery at the hospital.

Hospital policy dictates that all body parts must either be returned to the patient or incinerated, and the incident has prompted a review of the hospital’s systems.

Tairawhiti District Health chief executive Jim Green could not rule out that this had happened before.

“There’s no way of of saying there’s perfection and this has never happened in the past,” he said.

The remains were believed to be part of a knee and a hip, indicating they had been removed during minor surgery and that the patients were most likely still alive.

The first fragments were discovered when a bag marked “hospital supply” fell onto the ground and split open at Transpacific AllBrite’s waste recycling centre.

Workers from companies Transpacific Recycling and Regal Haulage were shocked when they saw small pieces of bone which had spilled out.

This prompted the hospital to order the entire week’s worth of hospital rubbish to be checked, and a second bag with more pieces of bone was found.

Mr Green had seen one of the fragments, which he said was a 2 to 3cm piece of what appeared to be a knee joint.

“It is disturbing when you come across something like

that, especially if you don’t work with that sort of thing on a day-to-day basis,” he said.

If the patients had not indicated they wanted their body parts back, the items should have been placed into yellow bags following surgery, signalling they were to be incinerated.

Hospital staff responsible for cleaning the theatre following surgery must have accidentally placed the fragments into a white bag, bound for the general rubbish.

The hospital had not been able to ascertain which patients the bone fragments were from, but Mr Green believed the patients would eventually be located by analysing surgery times over the past few weeks.

DNA analysis would not be necessary.

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Question: 245 + 146?

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t’s questions like this that we face in our everyday lives, whether it be groceries, measuring a length of timber or paying the bills.

But how did you get to that answer?

Well for most of those who finished primary school prior 2001, you would have used an algorithm. A set of columns would have appeared inside your head, carrying the one and eventually figuring out the rest.

And by the way, if you hadn’t worked it out yet, which a worrying number of nine-year-olds in New Zealand wouldn’t have, it is 391.

But today the traditional column approach is not the only way youngsters are being taught to tackle numerical questions.

Although algorithms still have a place in education today, children at Tinwald School, like most others around the country, are being taught up to four different ways to tackle a question, something which has recently been met with serious criticism and alarming statistics.

So what’s the point in learning up to four different techniques?

The intention is to speed up the time New Zealand youngsters solve maths problems, giving them a better all-round understanding of numbers which provides the basis for other aspects of maths.

Mid Canterbury principals who have spoken to the Guardian have been supportive of the way they teach maths, after tweeking the programme to best suit their pupils.

Altering figures to “tidy numbers” to make them easier to use, then adding or subtracting the remainder at the end of the process is just one method children at Tinwald School used this week, as teacher Katie Sullivan took her Year 5 and 6 class through their daily maths lessons.

This reporter sat with the class, watching how they worked out their answers on small whiteboards, away from textbooks and workbooks.

Asking the children to use the “tens and ones method”, they responded knowing the exact strategy, most using the theory and finding the answer in seconds.

While others took longer, unsure of how to use the strategy, meaning they could not reach an answer, or move on to learn a new strategy that day.

The next group, the class’ top mathematicians, had already proven to teacher Ms Sullivan

The way Kiwi children are being taught maths is under the microscope as a how Mid Canterbury schools are teaching children to crunch the numbers.

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that they could approach a problem from several different angles, giving them a licence to use the methods that best suited them.

Asked to add 46 and 71, the group revealed their whiteboards – each different.

One pupil used the traditional algorithm method while others used new processes.

Called the Numeracy Development Project (NDP), it was introduced in 2001 in response to a worrying trend in the achievement of primary school maths results in the 1990s.

Most schools got on board, looking to go further than just algorithms, giving children

alternatives that may suit their way of thinking.

But it is questions like 245 + 146 which 50 per cent of New Zealand nine-year-old children cannot answer, according to 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science study.

It’s the smorgasbord of strategies to answer numerical questions that sceptics are blaming, saying it can be confusing for pupils and even teachers – as a result taking up too much teaching time.

New Ministry of Education figures show the number of Year 8 pupils who couldn’t answer a series of simple multiplication questions correctly

within four seconds dropped from 47 per cent in 2001 to 37 per cent in 2009.

Also, the Education Review Office recently found half the schools in a 240 sample were not making appropriate adjustments to their maths curriculum, detrimental to children’s education.

“By taking a more confident and integrated approach, this large group of schools could move to having highly effective curriculum review and design processes. This would make such a difference, particularly for students who are currently achieving below the National Standards,” ERO’s chief executive Dr Graham Stoop said

in February. Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone is the first to admit he is not fully convinced by the NDP. He says teaching several methods that children understand, consolidate and then use in everyday maths can be complex and most of all, time consuming.

“I’m a supporter of it by and large, but I’m not totally convinced.

“What’s 387 + 290? most would work it out with an algorithm in their head, but should our children be expected to use three or four strategies to work on the same problem?

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Chirag Mehta is eager to show his teacher what he has learned.

maths, but Mid Canterbury schools had struck the right mix, laying the foundations to success in numeracy which spilt over into other areas of maths.

“Number is so important; I think if students have a better understanding of number then they will have a better understanding of geometry and measurement.”

Tinwald School, like most other schools in Mid Canterbury, has seen strong results in mathematics, and is proud of the education it offers to local children.

But NDP has taken some jiggling and the school has been through a rigorous process to

cut the fat.

When the school started using NDP, numeracy took up 80 per cent of the time teachers taught maths, sucking precious time from other strands such as algebra, geometry, and measurement.

Teachers at Tinwald School met in 2011 to discuss what strategies were complicated and took too long to learn, cutting the time spent on numeracy down to 60 per cent while maintaining a real focus on basic facts.

That was highlighted by the Year 5 and 6 class at Tinwald.

Sitting as a class they recalled a list of basic number questions before turning their attention to Ms Sullivan to work out a ‘magic number’ from several clues.

“This is very important, you need to have basic number knowledge so that you can get ahead and apply to the strategies,” Peter said.

Although it has taken time to adjust, Peter believes Tinwald School has reaped some ben-

efits from NDP. He says it has given teachers confidence and consistency, knowing the whole programme with common terminology.

But another positive aspect of NDP is the “no secrets” approach, with teachers sharing the learning with pupils and picking their brains as to how and why they used a particular strategy.

Peter said the philosophy was about telling the pupils what they were going to learn, teach it then reflect.

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Liz Pollock backs NDP, and has the credentials to say so.

The head of the Ashburton College’s maths department, Liz has seen the direct result of pupils taught under NDP, and she believes Mid Canterbury schools are applying it well.

“I’m a very strong supporter of it (NDP), it has really improved the understanding of students who now have the ability to calculate large numbers in their heads which they can use in everyday life,” she said.

Liz said it appeared there was a misunderstanding in how schools were to teach

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Drought declared on Coast Buller and Grey Districts have become the first areas of the South Island to be declared drought zones, and rain is still 10 days away.

Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy said the rain in the last week had not been enough to help these districts, and only limited rain was forecast for the next two weeks.

“It is very unusual for the West Coast to experience drought conditions and is not something that local farmers are used to. It shows just how extreme this dry period has been.

“Conditions have deteriorated quickly, and local farmers have asked the Government to recognise the tough situation they are facing.”

The drought declaration means that Government assistance will be available to affected farmers.

Federated Farmers’ West Coast provincial president Katie Milne welcomed the drought declaration.

“The reality is that we have basically used up our winter feed in summer and autumn and the cupboard is bare for winter,” she said.

The entire North Island is now officially in a state of drought, and the declaration of drought in the south comes

despite some moderate rain this week.

Federated Farmers’ vice-president William Rolleston, who farms in south Canterbury, said the West Coast was “by far” the worst hit region in the South Island, and he was hopeful other regions would not follow suit.

Climate scientist Brett Mullan said this year’s drought was the worst in 41 years in the West Coast as well as Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay, and the worst or equal for the country in 70 years.

Dr Mullan said weather models forecast a rain-bearing front from the Tasman Sea in the next 10 days.

“It appears it will drop some rain over the West Coast of New Zealand from Sunday [March 31] through to Tuesday, but not a lot of relief for the North Island districts.”

There was still no clue as to when the drought would be declared over.

The 2008 drought broke in April, but the drought in 2010 did not break until May, Dr Mullan said.

“In the North Island, at least, it gets wetter as you go into winter and it’s a very noticeable trend, but it’s not the same for the South Island.”

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Methven gears up for Mountain Thunder

By Gabrielle Stuart Motorcycle riders from across the district and the world will descend on Methven this Easter for the annual Mountain Thunder ride.

Streets will be closed on Easter Saturday as the town centre transforms into a highspeed motorcycle street-racing track, complete with safety fencing, stalls and plenty of spectators.

Seven classes of motorcycle

will be competing, from Pre-63 to Formula One bikes.

Riders will complete the 1km circuit laps in 32-34 seconds, travelling at speeds up to 200km/h.

Organiser Rachel Moore said the day would be a fantastic one for both spectators and riders.

“We’ve got people of all ages riding, and some travelling from overseas to race. It’s very exciting and very loud.”

She said the town would be packed with visitors on the

weekend. “Methven’s the place to be for Easter weekend. The vintage club are holding a fair on the same weekend, so they’ll have vintage cars and things on display at the show grounds.

“It’ll be great for people to visit while they’re here for the racing.”

Racing starts at 9:30am and tickets are available on the day, with profits going back to the community.

An alcohol ban will be in place in the Methven town centre during the race.

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Become a part of the Lochlea Lifestyle resort, where the emphasis is on living in comfort within a safe and friendly environment. The first of its kind in Ashburton, the lifestyle resort will be a gated community, offering residents safety and peace of mind, while also providing retirement options for varying levels of independence and exclusive usage of the resort’s communal facilities.

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Upon completion Lochlea Lifestyle Resort, set on 6.2ha in a desirable Allenton location, will comprise of 107 villas, made up of both two and three bedroom options. The two bedroom villas come in three different size options, and have a single garage, however an additional garage space can be added upon request. The three bedroom villas come with a double garage.

In another four weeks, an additional

four villas will be available for public viewing also, featuring the two bedroom options available.

The resort will begin construction of an 85 bed hospital in the near future, which will offer both aged care and dementia facilities.

Lochlea Lifestyle Resort will also feature a large resort lodge (Lochlea Lodge), which will provide many outdoor and indoor recreational facilities for guests to enjoy. Anticipated for completion in September, the lodge will feature a bromide swimming pool and spa, a gymnasium, administration and medical facilities, community vegetable gardens and more.

A van will also be operating from the resort to take guests on shopping trips into Ashburton and on other fun excursions.

At the time that the Lochlea lodge opens in September, it is anticipated that at least twelve villas will be available for residents to move into.

The completed three bedroom villa is available for public viewing this weekend, and resort manager Tony Sands will be on hand to answer any questions you may

have regarding the villa or other Lochlea Lifestyle Resort options.

The three bedroom villa provides modern, open-style living, spacious and sunny. The master bedroom has an ensuite, giving the villa 2 bathrooms. The modern kitchen is a cooking enthusiast’s dream, with granite-style bench-top, modern appliances and space to entertain. The villa has glorious indoor / outdoor flow, opening out to a trellised patio. Set within a desirable Allenton location, this villa ticks all the boxes.

The size in total is just under 160 square metres, a similar size to a large town house.

Viewing on Saturday March 23 between 11am and 1pm and on Sunday March 24, between 1pm and 3pm.

For more information on this weekend’s open home or the Lochlea Lifestyle Resort, contact resort manager Tony Sands, on 0800 27 27 837.

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Injured bus driver put kids’ safety first

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Long-lost friends reunite

In December 1969 two teenage girls met while they were on a coach sightseeing tour in the North Island with their mothers.

Bronwyn Menkens (right) came from Townsville, Australia, and Angela Grieve from Methven.

After the holiday the pair wrote to each other, once or twice.

Mrs Grieve recently found one of those letters and started to wonder on the whereabouts of her long-lost friend.

An internet search found she lived in Brisbane and Mrs Grieve soon sent her an email.

It just so happened that Bronwyn was due to come to New Zealand to do some walking tracks with some Brisbane friends.

This week Mrs Grieve and her friend met again in Mrs Grieve’s Methven home, almost 44 years after they had last seen each other.

“There was much chattering and recalling the lovely times we enjoyed all those years ago,” Mrs Grieve said.

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Whangarei school bus driver Sam Fife feels lucky to have escaped with a split liver and a few broken ribs after a steel pole came hurtling through his windshield on Monday.

A milli-second later and it could have killed him, or a child, he says.

Mr Fife, who has been driving buses for about 40 years, was carrying 38 Whangarei students home after school when a 2 to 3kg steel pole fell off the back of an approaching truck on Onerahi Rd, bounced twice end-over-end, and crashed through the windshield, slamming into his chest.

“It took my breath away completely, I couldn’t breathe,” he said from his ward in Auckland Hospital yesterday.

“The first thing I thought about was the kids, to make sure they were safe, so I just pulled over to the side as quickly as I could.”

His actions are being credited with potentially saving lives, because if he hadn’t managed to stop, the bus could have hurtled down a bank or crashed into oncoming traffic.

A group of Whangarei Girls’ High students, aged 12 to 14, rushed to his aid, wiping the blood from his face and rubbing his back to help him breathe.

“I thought it had shattered my chest and I had visions that my heart wasn’t going to work again,” Mr Fife said.

“I thought it may have been

the end.”

He felt lucky to have escaped with a split liver and two or three broken ribs, and especially that the pole had missed the students.

“If it had been six inches up or six inches across it would have been fatal ... or it could have hit a kid through one of the side windows.”

Mr Fife praised the staff at Auckland and Whangarei Hospitals, and the young girls who had helped him.

“They stepped up. You think that maybe they’re a bit scatty, but they’re not really.”

He had the steel pole at home, and would probably take it to work as a souvenir.

“If all else fails we’ll sell it for scrap metal.”

Mr Fife was reluctant to accept the “hero” label which has been bestowed on him.

“It’s part of my job and that’s what they train me for; they put me through courses and things like that to prepare me for this sort of thing.”

He hoped to return to work soon.

Sergeant Daniel Cleaver said the driver of the truck which had been carrying the pole was yet to be identified.

However a member of the public had noted the company the vehicle came from, and police had been notified and were trying to work out who was behind the wheel.

It was possible the driver was unaware that the pole had come loose.

“At this stage it’s being treated as an accident where one of the vehicles failed to stop, and that will be fully

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Bus driver Sam Fife shows off his injuries from his hospital bed at Auckland City Hospital. explored once that vehicle has been identified,” Mr Cleaver said.

“We can’t pass judgement on whether they knew or not without speaking to them.”

It was too early to say whether charges were likely.

“If it was well secured and it just happens to have wriggled free then it’s different to if it’s been loosely thrown on there in a dangerous position. That’s a completely different kettle of fish.”

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It’ll be a big journey for 47 little cars, as Minis from across the country set off this week to take part in the Pork Pie Charity Run from Kaitaia to Invercargill. Reporter GABRIELLE STUART spoke to a couple of teams preparing for the trip.

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Methven father and daughter team Irene and Greg Anderson prepare to take part in a 2500km charity run in their little yellow Mini.

Methven team’s chance for family time Debs and Bryce Mason’s 1982 Mini has been given a sparkling new coat of paint in preparation for the Pork Pie charity run.

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pending your honeymoon with over 100 strangers is rather unconventional, but former Ashburton boy Bryce Mason is not afraid to be different as he prepares to take to the road with his bride for the third annual Pork Pie charity Mini run.

“Everyone goes to the islands,” he said. “This is something a bit more unusual.”

That’s not to say Bryce has no concerns about the more than 2500km drive in the close quarters of the Mini.

“We’re just married, but by the end of the race we might only just be married! It’s not going to be an easy thing to do; they’ll be long days with 8 to 10-hour drives each day. But we’ll be together each day and we’ll have lots of time to talk, so it should be great.”

Bryce and his new wife Debs will be beginning their married life with plenty of teamwork, as they share the driving from Kaitaia to Invercargill as part of the convoy of 47 Minis raising money for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand.

It’s not Bryce’s first time fundraising. He took part in Shave for a Cure last year and has seen the cost of leukaemia firsthand, as his uncle lost his life to the disease.

It’s not all for charity, though, Bryce has an ulterior motive. Although he moved to Auckland four years ago ‘for love’, Canterbury still holds a piece of his heart. He’s hoping the trip might be just the way to infect his wife with the same love for the district.

“It’s an awesome way to see the country, and we’ll get a good view of the South Island through the windows of the Mini.”

Although the run will bypass Canterbury, the couple plan to spend a few days in Ashburton on their way home.

“It’ll be great to be home again and catch up with family and friends and, of course, it’ll be Deb’s first trip as my wife.”

With less than a week before they start the expedition, they still have a lot to organise.

Their brown 1982 Mini 1000 was brought especially for the

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or father-daughter team Irene and Greg Anderson, taking part in the Pork Pie charity run will mean plenty of bonding time and some shared new experiences.

The 1980 yellow Mini is 16-year-old Irene’s first car, and it was the car that inspired the pair from Methven to join the run.

“We had the Mini and we thought it sounded like fun, so we signed up. Seeing the whole country should be really cool.”

On Wednesday they sent the car to make the journey to Auckland by train, where they will fly up to meet it before driving to Kaitaia to begin the race.

trip, and is receiving a makeover before it starts its journey on Wednesday.

“We’ll be picking the Mini up from the signwriters tonight, and it’ll be done over in bright red with racing stripes and the team name on the side. It’ll be looking attractive and might raise a little more attention.

“They’re classic little cars. My mum drove a Mini when I was little, and there can’t be many

“That’s what I’m most looking forward to,” said Greg, who is taking time off work as an electrician to make the journey.

“We’ve never been to Northland before, so it’ll be something new for both of us.”

They’ll see plenty of countryside on their trip and Greg is looking forward to spending the time with his daughter, although their different tastes in music could cause tension over the six days on the road.

“It might be interesting.

She’s got her iPhone and I’ve got mine, so we might be taking turns with an hour each on the stereo.

“They’re not very big cars,

people in the country who don’t know someone who owns one.

We’ve done a bit of mechanical work on it for the trip, so we’re hoping she lasts the distance!”

The couple hope to raise more than $1000 for Blood Cancer and Leukaemia New Zealand, and are just over halfway towards their target.

“We’ve had a lot of support from family and friends, but we’re hoping to see more busi-

so there’s not much room to get away from each other!”

He’s looking forward to the trip, though, and has faith the Mini will manage the journey.

“It’s a long drive, but we’ll make it. It’s what they were built for. We’ve had the Mini for almost four years, and it hasn’t given us trouble.”

The pair have raised over $1800 for the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer Foundation, and are hoping to see more sponsors over the next week as they make their last preparations for the journey.

Donations or messages of support for the pair can be given on the Pork Pie charity run website, under the name Team Snowfed.

nesses come on board and add their stickers to the car!

When people donate through the Pork Pie website they can leave us a few words of wisdom and advice, and they’re great to see.”

Bryce and Debs can be found under the team name “Just Married” at www.porkpie.co.nz, where people can donate and leave messages of support for the couple.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

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making his debut for New Zealand, Peter Fulton hit his maiden test century on the first day of the third cricket test against England yesterday. As the age of 34, two-metre Peter (actually 1.98m tall) became the second-oldest man to score a maiden test ton since 1998.

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English national team play San Marino in World Cup qualifying this weekend, an opposition ranked dead last (207th) in the world rankings and with a goal difference of -115 from their previous 24 games.

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- Before the English public take too much joy from a famous victory against the tiny Italian republic, they might need reminding of last weekend’s rugby result. If the 30-3 loss to Wales wasn’t bad enough, Welsh wing Alex Cuthbert yesterday rubbed salt into the wound by revealing he scored two tries with a torn hamstring.

- It’s also been seven years since Eden Park last hosted a test match but the Black Caps looked right at home yesterday. A win against England would clinch the series and break a 404-day drought since New Zealand last won a game at the venue, with four limited overs - But England are far losses since their last triumph. from the worst rugby team going around. That honour might fall to - If England do lose the Waratahs who will head into the cricket they should at least Sunday’s home match against the enjoy more success in the Blues on football. The

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the back of 11 losses from their last 12 games, spanning the end of last season and the first four weeks off this campaign.

only nine short of the mark set by the Lakers in 1972.

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- Another man who knows a thing or two about win- Aucklanders, like the ning runs is Rafael Nadal, who English, shouldn’t be too enthused on Monday won his third tourif their Blues make the Waratahs nament from four since returnonce again lose. The Warriors ing from a seven-month injury are doing even worse than the lay-off. The victory at the Paribas Waratahs, but their 10-match los- Open gave Nadal, who is now a ing streak is still slightly short of career-best 17-1 on the year, his the all-time record of 42 consecu- 600th career match victory. tive defeats managed by University - To finish on another in the 1930s. round number, two men will play - Even if they do end this their 100th Super Rugby match season in record fashion, the New this weekend. The first reachZealand Breakers will still fall ing the milestone, Chiefs captain short of the run currently enjoyed Liam Messam, is hardly surprisby the Miami Heat. Miami, also ing, but a casual fan might need aiming to defend their NBA title, a few guesses before picking won their 24th consecutive conHighlanders prop Chris King as test on Wednesday and now sit - APNZ the other.

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Set of six from the NRL

By Michael Brown

Game of the Week

Knights v Manly Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett opined last week after their 32-0 defeat to Manly that he didn’t know which team would get off the bus. Fortunately, his players won’t need to take the bus for Monday night’s game with North Queensland but Bennett will hope his team play like the one that beat Wests Tigers 42-10 in week one and not the side that capitulated against the Sea Eagles. The Cowboys have won four of the last five against the Knights and have made a good start to the season, even in defeat to Melbourne last weekend. #####

Nothing to worry about

Warriors fans who are a little deflated by the fact their team are in the middle of a clubrecord 10-game losing streak should try to keep things in perspective. They are still well short of setting a new mark for the worst losing streak in first-grade

Standout captions from last week’s odd pictures

rugby league and don’t even feature in a top-10 list. University hold the dubious distinction of a 42-game losing streak set between 1934 and 1936. It’s well ahead of the 1965-67 Easter Suburbs team who lost 25 consecutive games and Western Suburbs (1984-85) and Souths (1945-47) who lost 22 straight. #####

Parental guidance I

Matt Elliott often likes to use an analogy around coaching and raising children. Team selections, he says, is about showing players faith.

“Like your kid who you’ve told to wash up and make your bed, they are not going to do it every time. Your job as a parent is to stick by them, tell them you love them and tell them to make the bed properly. When people ask me if I am losing the faith [in my players], absolutely not. Watch me stick with them.” #####

Parental guidance II

Elliott then offered this when talking about Shaun Johnson and the goalkicking duties. “Like the kids, I’m going to stick with him. I’m looking forward to the time when he kicks a goal from the sideline to win a game and

“Lighten up big boy, we’ve got time for a tango lesson.”

- Margaret H

everyone says, ‘how good was that?’. You have to go through it and sometimes it’s tough. If you have had kids who are difficult - I have four daughters so I have a little insight into it - it’s good sticking by them, keeping they faith and they come out the other side and end up being good kids.” It’s not known if Johnson does the washing up and makes his own bed. #####

Peeved over drugs scandal

Elliott, clearly on a roll, bristled when asked about the NRL drugs scandal.

“It’s one of those one where you don’t want to say that Lindy [Chamberlain] did it or the dingo did it because you could be wrong. I don’t know why our game is being dragged through the mud. I’m not condoning what players have reputedly done but I don’t understand why the whole game

“Do what you LIKE after the final whistle but please not here. ”

- Kevin M

is being scrutinised the way it is. I’m really confused about it all and slightly peeved about the whole thing.” #####

Call me loyal Robbie Farah might like to use Dave Dobbyn’s classic ditty Loyal as his ring-tone because the Wests Tigers hooker this week signed a new four-year deal which is likely to see him end his career at the same club that he started with. It’s not unheard of to have one-club players in the modern professional game but it is unusual. Farah made his Tigers debut in 2003.

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“Stay low, move fast, Spider-

man is on his way down again.” - Kev and Julie

“It’s really a dream come true to be asked to captain your country.” - SHANE WATSON on completing a remarkable turnaround from his badly-received suspension from the third Test against India to lead Australia in the fourth Test.

* * * * “Anything less than three points will be a disaster for us.” Socceroos captain MARK SCHWARZER says Tuesday’s home World Cup qualifier against Oman is a must-win.

* * * * “It was one of the easiest races to win I’ve had.” - KIMI RAIKKONEN wins the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.

* * * * “Thanks twitter,has been fun but deleting my account now!

Thanks to all the genuine supporters out there.” - Australia cricket team coach MICKEY ARTHUR quits Twitter after tiring of the vitriol.

* * * * “If that was classified as a shoulder charge, we may as well go and get some of those tags and put them outside our shorts and play Oztag,” Parramatta NRL coach RICKY STUART on a Chris Sandow’s tackle.

* * * * “It has been a tough few weeks for all of us, but I now understand why I was stood down and why the board made the decisions it has. There were management failures We have agreed that there have to be changes in the way we work and the way we look after players.” - SHANE FLANAGAN after being reinstated as coach of besieged NRL club Cronulla.

* * * * “I understand I made a big mistake and I am extremely keen to make amends when I come back.” - Champion jockey DAMIEN OLIVER talks about his 10-month disqualification for placing a $10,000 bet on a rival horse in a race he was riding in.

* * * * “We’re very happy where we’re at, but also we wanted to limit the ‘stalkarazzi’ and all those sleazy websites that are out there following us.” - TIGER WOODS announces his new relationship with skier Lindsey Vonn.

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“No son, this is not the celebration in Vatican Square”

- Margaret H

“Hold the ball mate, I’ve just stood in something nasty”

- Margaret H

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

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Fulton stands firm

By Andrew Alderson As one dag noted on that bastion of wisdom, Twitter, this afternoon: you know you’re getting into uncharted territory when phrases like ‘gee, that Peter Fulton’s hard to set a field to’ are bandied about.

Astute punters would have received generous bookmaker odds on New Zealand being 250 for one at stumps on the opening day of the third test at Eden Park.

The crowd certainly thought so; play ended with a standing ovation from most around the ground.

The home side has a prime opportunity to assume a position from which they could press for a rare series win against a major nation.

Fulton eased his way to a maiden test century looking every bit an opener.

He combined for a secondwicket stand of 171 with Kane Williamson who is on 83 and looking as composed as he did during his unbeaten half century at Wellington.

Fulton has reignited a fading

first-class career and looks like sustaining a future.

No vice-captain has been named for this side but the 34-year-old has taken up the mantle with scores of 55, 1, 45 and now 124 not out this series.

The vulnerability which saw him edge out twice to first slip in the second test has been tightened in Auckland.

He left the ball with intent for the most part, playing himself in on an excellent batting wicket.

He showed exaggerated caution for the 10 balls he spent on 99, but he’s only human.

Fulton demonstrated the fluency and range he is renowned for in the Plunket Shield.

He combined in an opening stand of 79 with Hamish Rutherford, who looked quite capable getting to 37 before throwing his wicket away with a feet-planted flail to the bowling of Steve Finn.

Still, if New Zealand had been offered the sort of output produced by their openers before the series, it would have been welcome.

Fulton narrowly avoided giv-

ing a chance to third slip when he played away from himself against Jimmy Anderson in the 13th over.

He also hooked a steepler off England fast man Stuart Broad which managed to sail the meagre 50 metres or so over the fine leg rope.

Broad responded with a teapot stance for about 20 seconds, but the England batsmen are bound to reap reciprocal rewards.

Fulton may be holding more back.

He remains the holder of New Zealand’s highest maiden first class century, 301 not out for Canterbury versus Auckland at Christchurch in 2002-03.

What yesterday’s performance means for Martin Guptill when he returns to fitness is a moot point.

Dean Brownlie needs to muster runs at No 5 to be sure of his spot.

Such rare and genuine competition for places is welcome for New Zealand fans.

England skipper Alastair Cook was left to second-guess his decision to insert the hosts - HOS at the toss.

It’s not on the scale of Cronulla getting their coach Shane Flanagan back, but the sight of hooker Nathan Friend doing extra tackling practice this week was a welcome one for the Warriors.

Friend played 17 games last year but it was interrupted by shoulder and jaw injuries.

He missed the start of this season after undergoing more surgery because of nerve damage to the shoulder he dislocated last August but is making good progress and could be ready within a fortnight.

Back-rower Elijah Taylor has done a workmanlike job as the

starting hooker and the livewire Pita Godinet has impressed coming off the bench to take advantage of tiring defences, but neither are hookers by trade.

Friend is a classy operator renowned for his high workrate and the fact he can be an 80-minute player.

Last season against Brisbane he even played a full game despite break-

Nathan Friend: renowned for his high workrate

ing his jaw in the opening five minutes - and still finished with 53 tackles.

Friend needs to see the specialist before returning to the playing field but coach Matt Elliott expects the 29-year-old to be available soon.

“I don’t think he’s too far way,” Elliott said.

“Another couple of weeks. He will obviously be nice to have available, that’s for sure.

“He did a little contact last week and some really solid contact this week so I would like to think within the next couple [of weeks] he will be available for selection.”

Taylor will once again wear the No 9 jersey on Sunday against Cronulla in Sydney with Godinet providing a spark off the bench.

Godinet has caught the eye with his darting runs out of dummy half in the first two games and he’s hoping to continue that role when Friend returns because he is off contract at the end of the season.

His wife is keen on a move across the Tasman - her brother Latrell Schaumkel plays for Manly’s under-20s side - but Godinet isn’t picky.

“It’s always in the back of my mind,” the 25-year-old said.

“I need to give it my all and hopefully stand out and get more game time.

“I have been thinking about [Friend’s return] as well, where

• Paintball nationals Ashburton Paintball hosts the National Paintball Championships this weekend at the Ashburton Paintball Park at Lake Hood. Mid Canterbury’s teams Napalm and Plague are among the 14 teams from across New Zealand. The action starts at 8am and goes through until 5pm today and tomorrow with spectators welcome to attend in the special viewing zones.

• Hodges out injured Sydney Roosters captain Anthony Minichiello admits the omission of Brisbane centre Justin Hodges is good news for the tri-colours. Hodges was ruled out of today’s NRL clash at Allianz Stadium with a hamstring injury after failing to train yesterday and his withdrawal has the Broncos scrambling to shore up their rightedge defence. Brisbane coach Anthony Griffin said backrowers Matt Gillett and David Stagg would share Hodges’ right centre spot as they look to contain the Roosters’ dangerous left-edge attack which features Michael Jennings and - AAP Sonny Bill Williams.

• No charges for Slater Peter Fulton celebrates a century

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I will slot in because he’s an 80-minute player.

“You never know. The coach might still use me off the bench.

We will soon find out.”

Godinet grew up playing halfback but feels at home at hooker and is suited to coming off the bench when some of the sting has been taken out of the game.

Last week against the Roosters he played the last 48 minutes and scored a secondhalf try when scooting out of dummy half close to the line.

“I’m probably just blessed to have that natural ability to play football,” he said.

“Defensively, I have a bit of work to do because there’s some heavy traffic up the middle.

It’s what I focus on in training because I know my attack comes naturally.

“I enjoy coming off the bench.

“Everyone is fresh at the start but a bit fatigued around the 25-minute mark and that’s when Matty sends me out there to try to dance around with the big boys.”

Cronulla have a fair few of them in their pack and will be a formidable opposition on Sunday, especially given the return of the popular Flanagan.

The Warriors are desperate to arrest a 10-game losing streak but will need to play with more fluency than they did in the 16-14 defeat to the Roosters.

Warriors side to play Cronulla at Sharks Stadium, Sydney, on Sunday (4pm): Kevin Locke, Glen Fisiiahi, Dane Nielsen, Konrad Hurrell, Bill Tupou, Thomas Leuluai, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Elijah Taylor, Ben Matulino, Steve Rapira, Simon Mannering (c), Todd Lowrie.

Interchange: Jacob Lillyman, Feleti Mateo, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Pita Godinet, Ben Henry.

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NRL superstar Billy Slater has escaped penalty for his mid-air boot in the face of an opponent during Thursday night’s clash with Canterbury.

The Test and Melbourne fullback Slater sparked controversy and was put on report when his extended leg caught approaching Bulldogs prop David Klemmer in the chest and face as he flew through the air after catching a high ball. However the match review panel yesterday laid no charges from the grand final sequel, which premiers Melbourne won 22-18 to remain unbeaten after three rounds. Slater had been put on report following advice from the video referee, who had described it as a suspected “act of foul play”.

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• Protecting Reynolds South Sydney coach Michael Maguire has challenged his team to help out talented halfback Adam Reynolds as he becomes a popular target for opposition teams. Maguire has no concerns about Reynolds’ toughness ahead of Souths’ clash with Penrith on Sunday. But he admits it’s not all about the diminutive halfback’s ability to take a hit and the onus is on his teammates to protect him.

Reynolds’ stitch count is around the 20-mark already this season.

“It’s all part of the team looking after him as well,” he said.

“We’re aware he’s getting targeted a little bit but at some stage every player is but he’s a tough - AAP kid and he’ll be right.”

• Flanagan returning?

Coach Shane Flanagan was reportedly meeting with the Cronulla board after being stood down pending a further investigation into his role in the 2011 drugs scandal currently engulfing the NRL club. Flanagan has the full backing of the Sharks playing group and the Nine Network said he had arrived at the club on Friday morning.

Interim Cronulla coach Peter Sharp earlier this week admitted he had no idea if Flanagan would be reinstated, but said everyone involved with the side wanted him back in the driver’s - AAP seat.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

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Super Saturday beckons

By Jonathan Leask

Ashburton College rower Kate Hayman claimed silver in the under 17 single at the Maadi Cup yesterday, and will look to add to her tally today.

It was college’s only race of the day and was thriller that went right to the line.

In a tight finish Hannah Bailey of Woodford House got up for the win

defending her crown in 8 minutes 14.44 seconds with Hayman coming up with the strong finish second, 0.9s behind Bailey and just 0.3s ahead of third placed Caitlin Harvey of Queen Charlotte College.

Hamilton Girls’ Georgia Allen, who pipped Hayman in the semi-finals, came in fourth 0.24 behind Harvey.

“It got the heart rate up because I thought we were out of it when the race commentator didn’t mention her for the first half of the race

but (Kate) assures me she was in the right place,” College coach Steve Beveridge said.

“She got into the lead for a bit but Woodford House closed in and it was a tight finish, but she did well to come in second and gets another crack (today).”

Hayman was the only Ashburton boat on the water yesterday but it is super Saturday for Steve Beveridge’s crews today with four A finals and three B finals today.

Hayman is back on the water, back in the single and back up against Bailey and Allen in the under 18 A final.

Hayman then teams up with Georgia Lysaght in the under 17 double A final, an event they claimed bronze in last year.

The under 18 novice four consists of Sean McCormack, Benji Barry, Lachine Davidson, Mark Tait and cox Madeleine Davidson.

Matthew Beveridge will put his

major focus on the under 16 single A final but also has two earlier efforts in B finals.

Beveridge teams up with Matthew Rae in the boys’ under 16 double and Adam Hodge in the lightweight double B finals while the girls’ under 16 coxed four of Jemma Rotch, Olivia Fleming, Lysaght, Jessica Jary and cox Davidson round out the college finalists.

— Mid Canterbury’s ex-pat school-

girls were also among the Maadi medals on the first day of finals yesterday.

St Margaret’s coxswain Natalie Bocock guided the girls’ under 17 four to a gold medal, the under 15 four to silver and will today be looking to add to her tally as cox for

the under 16 quad and four.

Craighead girls’ Paige Cook, Harriett Sutton and Murdoch were three-quarters of the Craighead girls’ under 17 four that won silver.

Emma Dyke also won silver in the under 18 pair after she earlier picked up a bronze in the under 18 double, both with Erica Taylor.

Cook, Dyke and Sutton then combined, with Taylor, to win bronze in the under 18 four.

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Duncan’s back in the boat

By Jonathan Leask and APNZ

Unwanted earlier in the season, Mid Canterbury rower Duncan Grant made a strong statement with a dominant performance in his heat at the first World Cup Rowing Regatta of 2013 yesterday.

Grant, 33, continued his dominance in the lightweight men’s single taking out his heat and setting the fastest time for the finals.

However, Grant, the world men’s lightweight single sculls champion from 2007-09, was a controversial omission from Rowing NZ’s summer squad training group named in October.

But rather than complain or give up, Grant opted to prove himself.

He turned out at the national championships at Lake Ruataniwha where he won the lightweight double sculls final with crew-mate James Hunter and was third in the lightweight single behind German Jens Schoemann-Fink and London Olympic bronze medallist Peter Taylor.

The strong efforts earned him his recall.

Grant missed out on returning to the lightweight four, which he

had a seat in last year in a failed Olympic qualifying bid, and Rowing NZ opted not to send a lightweight double to Sydney, seeing him return to the single.

Grant was one of the most experienced scullers in the field and covered the 2000m in 7 minutes 21.21 seconds to comfortably win his heat by four seconds.

Grant’s impressive effort was part of a strong start by New Zealand’s 41-strong rowing team.

The women’s quad were first up and led their heat strongly and progressed through to the final, setting the tone for the day.

The men’s coxless four of Jade Uru, Bobby Kells, Adam Tripp and Tobias Wehr-Candler came first in their heat as did the women’s lightweight double of Julia Edward and Lucy Strack and women’s double of Fiona Bourke and Zoe Stevenson.

The men’s quadruple scull of Nathan Cohen, Hayden Cohen, Nathan Flannery and Fergus Fauvel were second in their heat to Great Britain.

The young and relatively inexperienced men’s eight showed grit and kept up with the Australians, but still placed fourth in their heat but progress through to the final.

Left: Kate Hayman powers through the water of Lake Karapiro on her way to victory in the Under 17 at the Maadi Cup regatta yesterday.

A proud moment for coach and pupil as Steve Beveridge and Kate Hayman stand on the podium to receive gold.

Above: Duncan Grant has put in an impressive effort to post the fastest time in the heats of the lightweight men’s single.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

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New season, new coach

By Jonathan Leask

Coming off the worst finish in the Heartland rugby era the pressure will be on incoming Mid Canterbury coach Glenn Moore this season.

The 2013 Heartland Championship draw was released this week, and Moore is happy enough with the hand the Hammers have been dealt.

“I’m always a believer in the draw’s the draw and you just don’t worry about it,” Moore said.

But I guess it’s a good draw in the fact that we have the first games of the season at home, which is a good way to start off the new era.

“We also miss out on facing the top two sides from last year.”

Mid Canterbury open the Heartland Championship at home against Poverty Bay on August 24 and avoid traditional rivals Wanganui and defending champions East Coast during the regular season.

However, Moore’s first focus is a pre-season clash against South Canterbury, their 150th Jubilee, in which he hopes to prise the Hanan Shield back,

Glenn Moore: ‘Selection will be based on performance, not on history’

the perfect way to start his tenure.

“As I understand their jubilee match will double as a Hanan Shield match and the shield will be a really important focus too.”

“It’s just a new opportunity.

“We’ve put together a new group of coaches, a new management group and already met with all the local players in last year’s squad and some of the development guys to outline what we want to achieve this year and what the expectations are.

“Selection will be based on performance, not on history.”

The club competition kicks off on April 2 and Moore has Mid Canterbury squad trainings beginning on April 10, with seven weeks of Wednesday trainings to prepare for the tilt at the Hanan Shield, and spoiling South Canterbury’s jubilee celebrations at Queen’s Birthday weekend.

After that Moore has almost two months to prepare for the Poverty Bay game and starting the season on a good note, but is still in the dark as to how much of a pre-season he will have between the Watters Cup final and the start of the Heartland Championship.

“It’s still to be confirmed, but we are hoping there’s time for three.”

Either way Moore will start working with the players in

Perry sits this one out

By Wynne Gray Despite a strong showing in his debut Tim Perry won’t be crossing the Tasman as the Blues revert to their victorious combinations in their mission to beat the Waratahs.

After trying others and losing to the Bulls, the Blues have restored the men who began this Super 15 campaign with rousing wins against the Hurricanes and Crusaders, leaving Perry to run out for the Blues Development team against the Fiji Warriors at Waitemata Park today.

The notable tweak is in the reserves where former All Black lock Anthony Boric has been chosen after making a long recovery from neck surgery.

Elsewhere coach John Kirwan and his selectors have restored wing George Moala, five eighths Chris Noakes, No 8 Peter Saili, lock Culum Retallick, loosehead prop Tom McCartney and hooker James Parsons for Sunday’s clash in Sydney.

Those changes have also pushed Steven Luatua back to the blindside flank role after he deputised at No 8 against the Bulls.

Alternate five eighths Baden Kerr and loosehead prop Perry produced strong performances in that match, but the selectors decided to return to the group who began the season with such a rumble.

Kirwan has warned his young side to expect a “WWF” type battle from a Waratahs side who are under siege for

their lack-lustre work this year.

A solitary win has increased the blowtorch on new coach Michael Cheika and his playing group who have shown mixed signs about raising their standards this season.

They bombed a number of chances last week against the Cheetahs and now sit at the bottom of the Australian conference.

Meanwhile the Blues see victory as vital for them to reinvigorate their campaign after a loss to the

Bulls then a bye last round.

They are sandwiched on the points table between the Chiefs and the Crusaders in the NZ section, and must nail this match before hitting a run of successive domestic inquiries from the Chiefs, Highlanders and Hurricanes.

“We really need to get over there and get the points and get home because we’ve got our conference games coming up and every one’s a big one,” Kirwan said.

“They’re under the pump, they haven’t been going so well so it’s a big

The Blues Blues: Charles Piutau, Frank Halai, Rene Ranger, Francis Saili, George Moala, Chris Noakes, Piri Weepu, Peter Saili, Luke Braid, Steven Luatua, Ali Williams (c), Culum Retallick, Charlie Faumuina, James Parsons, Tom McCartney. Reserves: Quentin MacDonald, Angus Ta’avao, Anthony Boric, Brendon O’Connor, Jamison Gibson-Park, Baden Kerr, Jackson Willison.

game for them.

“It makes for a pretty big afternoon for both sides.”

The Waratahs field a huge side so the Blues will need to implement the lessons they got against the Bulls when they failed to take the game away from their arm-wrestle threat.

Meanwhile the Blues Development team is looking to bounce back from a lastminute loss against Samoa A when they run out against the Fiji Warriors, with Perry looking to impress and gain a recall ahead of the clash with the Chiefs next week.

Tim Perry: Back in the Development team playing the Fiji Warriors today

three weeks’ time to ensure the Hammers are ready to hit Poverty Bay on day one.

In week two they head to Levin to meet Horowhenua Kapiti before hosting last year’s beaten semi-finalist Wairarapa Bush.

If South Canterbury keep the shield pre-season, they put it back on the line in week two against North Otago with Mid Canterbury taking on North Otago in Oamaru in week four, and then host South Canterbury the following week.

The run home starts with a trip to Taupo to meet last year’s wooden spooners King Country, then a visit from the Thames Valley and concludes against Lochore Cup holders Buller in Westport.

Last year’s Heartland structure will remain the same in 2013, with the Meads Cup and Lochore Cup semi-finals played on October 19 between the top eight placed teams.

The finals for both Cups will be played over the weekend of October 26 and 27.

Before the competition kicks off last year’s Meads Cup victors East Coast will continue their fairytale ride into the new season, hosting a Ranfurly Shield challenge against Waikato at home at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria on 30 July while Horowhenua Kapiti get the first challenge, hosting their bid in Morrinsville on July 17.

• Zac’s ready to rumble Coach Todd Blackadder admits he was surprised how fit Zac Guildford, on the bench for tonight’s match against the Southern Kings at AMI Stadium, was when he returned to training with the Crusaders this week. Guildford - cocooned from the media - was “fit and ready to go”, said Blackadder. “If anything [his time out] has worked really well for him in that he’s had a good conditioning window and he’s nice and sharp and he just wants to play.”

Guildford had returned more confident, he said. “Obviously the journey he’s gone through has really helped his self esteem, and he’s come back to the team really confident, and you can just see that in his body language.” - CS

• Focus on the ‘Tahs Adam Ashley-Cooper says the lure of overseas rugby can wait until he’s given everything he can to achieving glory at home with the Wallabies and Waratahs. Turning 29 next week, the Test star was tempted more than ever to switch to Europe or Japan. But he said his decision to sign a new two-year deal to remain in Australia was motivated by the nagging feeling there’s unfinished business at home. For Sunday’s mustwin Super Rugby clash with the Blues at Allianz Stadium, Ashley-Cooper forms a new-look midfield combination alongside Rob Horne. Horne will start in the less familiar position of inside centre with AshleyCooper at No.13.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

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Chiefs still top dogs

By Patrick McKendry

Liam Messam

Another victory for the Chiefs, 19 points to 7, but not one they will want to replay too many times at their leisure.

The defending champions were made to look vulnerable at times last night at Waikato Stadium by the Highlanders, who, remarkably, still have yet to record a win this season.

The southern men, without All Blacks loosehead prop Tony Woodcock due to a late hamstring injury, would have given future Chiefs’ opponents some clues, too.

It might not make good watching for the Chiefs, but this is one DVD the Blues, their opposition in Mt Maunganui next weekend, will want to get their hands on.

While the Chiefs would have been weary following their trek home from South Africa - the majority got to their beds in the early hours of Monday - they were forced to feed off scraps by a visit-

ing team determined to change things up.

The Highlanders played a game based on speed, breakdown pressure and constant harassing defence and it nearly paid off.

Battling this season with three defeats from three matches, they limited the damage to one Tim Nanai-Williams try, while scoring one of their own through Aaron Smith.

When it came to turn the heat on in the second half, though, they found a Chiefs team determined to make one or two changes of their own. The home side simply denied the Highlanders the ball, and with Gareth Anscombe finding his range again after two rare misses, pulled away.

The Highlanders showed their hand early. Three times they ran penalties from their own half instead of kicking for touch.

It looked ragged to start with - lock Josh Bekhuis coughing up possession in contact to gift Nanai-Williams the opening try -

but it looked increasingly threatening.

Indeed, but for some desperate defence the Highlanders could have scored four tries in the first 40 minutes. Centre Jason Emery, loose forward Jarrad Hoeata later sinbinned for a high tackle on Aaron Cruden - and Hosea Gear, twice, all went close.

Gear was a constant threat, as he was against the Hurricanes last week, and it was his presence, lurking on the blind side from an attacking scrum, which helped create the space for halfback Aaron Smith to score the opening try for the Highlanders.

It was the sternest of tests for the Chiefs, but eventually their quality saw through, often having to rely on their scrambling defence.

The Highlanders finished with a flourish, prop Chris King, celebrating 100 Super Rugby caps, almost scored against a post in the dying minutes but for more scrambling.

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McNicholl pushes into spotlight

By Patrick McKendry The fend, the pace, the ability to find the try-line - young Crusaders wing Johnny McNicholl’s rugby education appears to have been a good one and now he is about to come up against two of his teachers.

Matt Sexton and Brad Mooar, two of McNicholl’s influences as a player in Christchurch recently, are coaching the Southern Kings, the new Super Rugby team from Port Elizabeth.

With the Kings taking on the Crusaders in Christchurch today, both Sexton, McNicholl’s former academy coach, and Mooar, his former coach and onetime agent, will have an excellent vantage point from which to view their former pupil.

McNicholl, in his first season with the Crusaders after shining in the ITM

Cup with Canterbury last season, has impressed with his power and speed.

He has an uncanny ability to beat the first tackle, usually with a powerful hand-off or quick change of direction.

But the 22-year-old, who turned down an offer from Sir John Kirwan to move to the Blues, has not had a traditional rugby education, his latter years under Sexton and Mooar apart.

Instead of attending rugby powerhouses Christchurch Boys’ or St Bede’s, McNicholl went to Cashmere High, the alma mater of cricketer Stephen Fleming, and he said his development was helped by a couple of keen teachers there.

“I had the right people backing me. I had a few teachers there who were keen on rugby and who backed my case and helped me get noticed as well,” McNicholl said.

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Instead of playing first XV rugby, McNicholl played for the Sydenham Rugby Club’s colts team before making his way into the Canterbury rugby academy system where he encountered Sexton and Mooar.

Always a slippery customer on attack, now his fend looks like something out of Cory Jane’s back catalogue, but it’s purely instinctive and not modelled on the injured Hurricane’s, he said.

The same goes with his ability to beat the first would-be tackler.

“I see it as a strength,” he said.

“I don’t know how I do it, it’s just instinctive when I get the ball.

“I put a bit of footwork on or a fend and just hope I get through and it’s always happened for me. It’s just instinct, I don’t train it.”

McNicholl said his goals for the season were to keep his starting spot and main-

tain his high work rate, the latter crucial in a game plan as high tempo as the Crusaders’.

Asked if it was a tiring way to play, he said: “It’s tiring for us, but I think we’re making the opposition expend more energy.”

He pointed to the way the Bulls struggled to keep pace in their 41-19 thrashing last week. “Our game plan was overworking them which was a good sign for us - we know it works.”

A good match-up could be McNicholl up against 18-year-old Kings speedster Sergeal Petersen, who has recorded a 100m time of 10.55 seconds and represented South Africa at the youth world championships.

“I saw him last week and I thought he was bloody quick. I wouldn’t want to give him much room.”

Petersen will probably be thinking the same of McNicholl.

- APNZ

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• Black Sticks invited The New Zealand women’s hockey side will contest the Champions Trophy for the fourth time in a row after an invitation to the next instalment in Argentina at the end of 2014. The Black Sticks failed to qualify after a poor result in last year’s Champions Trophy and were down to play at the second-tier Champions Challenge instead but received one of the two invitations for the eightteam tournament from the FIH. China will also play in the tournament starting at the end of - APNZ November.

• Cup matches scarce New Zealand cricket fans should brace themselves for disappointment when the allocation for 2015 World Cup matches is announced. The co-hosted World Cup is a joint operation between the New Zealand and Australian cricket boards, but it should come as no surprise as to which organisation carries the biggest stick to those meetings. The organising committee is debating the allocation of the 49 matches to be played over 43 days in February and March 2015. “Australia would like two semi-finals,” said Therese Walsh, who leads New Zealand operations for the World Cup. - APNZ

• Watson new skipper Stand-in skipper Shane Watson was unbeaten on 16 as Australia made a wobbly start to reach 2-94 at lunch on day one of the fourth Test against India. Watson was controversially given not out on seven in the 26th over of the morning after a bat-pad appeal and a stumping appeal off the bowling of spinner Pragyan Ojha.

Watson, who won the toss in his new role as Australia’s 44th Test captain in the absence of injured skipper Michael Clarke (back), said it had been an emotional few days.

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Lawn dives into history books Michelle Nelson CHIEF REPORTER

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t will be a bitter-sweet weekend for Mid Canterbury.

On one hand we celebrate with our own Christine Lawn who made history in the sky; and on the other we contemplate an impending diesel drought set to wreak havoc on the rural economy.

Christine Lawn’s legs might not hold her up but nothing holds her back, a point she proved yesterday when she became the first paraplegic Kiwi to skydive solo, adding another arrow to her already bulging quiver.

In a previous incarnation Christine was a promising jump jockey, and the Guardian has charted her progress since she broke her back during a Wingatui race meeting in 2002.

Never one to take the easy road, Christine was soon back in the saddle hunting a spot on the New Zealand Paralympic equestrian squad – although she never made it to the Beijing Olympics she caught the eye of selectors in 2008, and trained with the paraequestrian dressage team; just 12 months after she picked up the discipline.

The previous year she launched her biography, One Stroppy Jockey and all the while, she was a full-time single mother to young Cody – who has autism.

Missing out on Beijing, it was not long before Christine was hunting for a new thrill – which she found in the challenge of sky diving.

The fact she is the first paraplegic skydiving school student in the country doesn’t mean a lot to Christine – but the feeling of freedom does; there are no wheelchairs up in the ether.

On a darker note there is no doubt the South Island-wide diesel shortage, caused by a prolonged shutdown at Marsden Point, will hit hard in Mid Canterbury.

In a district that relies heavily on diesel to keep the wheels of rural business turning, it could scarcely come at a worse time, according to industry spokespeople.

As high value vegetable seed and late wheat crops remain in the fields, devaluing in quality and yield, farmers are comparing the situation with that of peers in the drought-ravaged North Island and West Coast – saying the consequences could be equally devastating.

Even for those who already have their crops in the silo, the diesel crisis will bring the planting of spring crops to a screeching halt some time next week.

And the advice of fuel suppliers to use reserves sparingly is of little comfort to those with crop ready to harvest or transport businesses, whose fleets will be grounded unless a quick solution is found.

It will be weeks, perhaps months, before the cost can be counted.

As the impact becomes evident we will no doubt see other businesses flounder in the diesel drought.

Meanwhile up to 20 per cent of the private vehicle fleet could also be affected.

Although supplies have continued to trickle through, several local fuel stations have been forced to close their diesel pumps for intermittent amounts of time.

It’s a small world, after all T

hey say that in New Zealand there are two degrees of separation between any and all of us, but in some instances it’s more like a phone call and a pint.

That’s what it took to locate two hitchhikers a few weeks back after they said their farewells to the driver and departed, leaving their camera snug in the back seat of our car.

With only a description of the two lads and an old rental car form to go on, it was time to switch into Sherlock Holmes mode and track them down.

There are a limited number of meeting points in rural Mid Canterbury, so naturally our first course of action was to call the pub.

While the barwoman who answered the phone was slightly dubious at first, suspecting she was being put up to a Simpsons-style gag, a quick explanation of the situation roused her sympathies.

Sure, she’d seen the pair, but they were not there anymore – the hills had swallowed them whole. So, what to do?

Sit back and wait for a call is the answer. In a classic friend-of-a-friend chain, the phone rang the next day.

Our travellers had also tapped into their inner detectives, and the description of a tall ginger Irishman who works in town and is amenable to assisting roadside travellers was enough to track down the guardian of the missing apparatus, reuniting photographer and photo maker.

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Had this scenario played out in Auckland, finding the driver would have been like playing Where’s Wally in a scene of one million other people, several hundred of whom are dressed in red and white stripes.

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karma all around.

While such stories are not limited to small towns, the effect is amplified with decrease in population. Had this scenario played out in Auckland, finding the driver would have been like playing Where’s Wally in a scene of one million other people, several hundred of whom are dressed in red and white stripes.

Transfer it to a larger international city, and needle in a haystack would be a more accurate analogy.

Sometimes it takes a trip to one of these cities to make us realise what New Zealand’s two degrees of separation really means. I found this out in Germany, when a friend said “I

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lived with this girl from New Zealand, maybe you know her too”. My initial thought was ‘Okay, New Zealand’s not that small’, but this thought was soon quashed by my astonishment at hearing her name - we had been desk partners in orchestra all throughout High School.

This incident taught me a thing or two about New Zealand. Everyone knows everyone, and you have no idea whose aunty you might be offending if you let road rage get the better of you when stopped at consecutive red lights.

While repressed rage may have negative impacts in the long term, in other ways this idea of community can be a real drawcard.

Often families move to Mid Canterbury towns precisely because of the small size, so that there will be so many more pairs of eyes on their children whose threats of “I know your mother, young man!” actually hold water.

Those observant eyes are a bonus for forgetful hitchhikers, too. ‘Tall and ginger? Sure, he’s my neighbour’… It’s a small world.

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By Brian Fallow Stellar growth in the last three months of last year indicates the economy started this year with more momentum than expected - sufficiently more, perhaps, to counter the headwind of drought.

Gross domestic product rose 1.5 per cent in the December quarter, well ahead of economists’ forecasts, which were clustered around 0.9 per cent.

It followed two weak quarters - September and June both recorded just 0.2 per cent growth - but even so economic output over the whole of 2012 was 2.5 per cent higher than in 2011, the strongest expansion for five years.

The growth was broad-based - all but one of the 16 industry groups expanded.

The exception was manufacturing, which contracted by 0.5 per cent. But even that was concentrated in the volatile petroleum and chemicals sector, which fell 8.7 per cent.

“Excluding this, non-food manufacturing grew by 1.7 per cent,” Westpac economist Michael Gordon said, “and there was particularly strong growth in the service sectors, up 1.1 per cent.”

Construction rose 1.8 per cent in the quarter, to be 11 per cent up on a year ago (but still 13 per cent lower than its peak five years ago). The two biggest contributors to growth were the primary sector, especially forestry, and retail trade. -APNZ

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Subway scoops two SI awards When the team from Ashburton’s Subway turned out to this year’s South Island conference in Christchurch, they never dreamed that two of them would be up on the podium accepting awards.

But that’s what happened for store owner Tony Corbett and manager Amanda Hall. On behalf of his store, Tony accepted the South Island award

for the store with the consistently best bread while Amanda was voted top store manager in the South Island.

And with 56 stores vying for titles, Mr Corbett said he was delighted his business had won two awards.

“We’ve had the business about three and a half years and it’s the first time we’ve won an award. We’re working

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Not so ‘ruff’ - investing in the pet care industry I

know how attached we can become to our pets, they can become like a member of the family. And whilst the undying love of our furry friends is invaluable, our collective spending on our beloved pets is not something to be sniffed at either – the worldwide pet-care industry is huge.

According to the American Pet Products Association, $US53 billion was spent on pets in 2012, up from $US29.5 billion in 2003 and that’s just within the United States.

Pet spending includes (in order of overall sales value): buying animals, grooming and boarding, veterinary care, supplies and over-the-counter medicine, and food.

The latter is by far the biggest component of this market, accounting for $US21 billion in 2012.

How to invest? Here are a few options to consider.

As I mentioned, pet food is the largest component of this industry and it should be no surprise to hear that the biggest pet food companies are part of larger conglomerates. By revenue the top five largest in 2010 were; Mars Inc., Nestle, ColgatePalmolive, Procter and Gamble and Del Monte Foods. This makes direct investment purely to gain exposure to pet food difficult.

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The veterinary service sector does however offer some options and in Australia you will find the listed veterinary business of Greencross Vets.

Over the past five years Greencross Vets’ share price has soared from around $A1 in 2008 to over $A4.50 today. The company has grown through an aggressive acquisition programme and currently owns 91 animal hospitals, clinics and laboratories.

There is plenty of scope for further acquisitions within Australia as there are currently 1865 individual veterinary businesses in operation there. Greencross currently has a market share of 4 per cent of the veterinary services industry in Australia.

At the top end in the United States is Petsmart, a $US6.7 billion company that operates a multitude of pet retail services ranging from grooming and training to pet hotels.

Since 2008, the company’s share price has tripled from around $US20 to over $US60 today.

Idexx Laboratories is a $US5 billion company that offers diagnostics and technologies to the veterinary industry. The shares have almost doubled in the past five years.

A smaller company of interest in the United States is Petmed Express, an online distributor of pet medicines. At just $US276 million, it’s a smaller company, but they have no debt, steadily rising revenue and they pay a reasonable 5 per cent gross dividend.

Looking at the track record of these companies you can see there is potential to make good profits from those companies that cater to our beloved critters’ needs.

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Bomber kills top preacher A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital yesterday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the most stunning assassinations of Syria’s 2-year-old civil war. At least 41 others were killed and more than 84 wounded.

The slaying of Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan alButi removes one of the few remaining pillars of support for Assad among the majority Sunni sect that has risen up against him.

It also marks a new low in the Syrian civil war: While suicide bombings blamed on Islamic extremists fighting with the rebels have become common, yesterday’s attack was the first time a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque.

A prolific writer whose sermons were regularly broadcast on TV, the 84-year-old al-Buti was killed while giving a religious lesson to students at the Eman Mosque in the central Mazraa district of Damascus.

The most senior religious figure to be killed in Syria’s civil war, his assassination was a major blow to Syria’s embattled leader, who is fighting mainly Sunni rebels seeking his ouster.

Al-Buti has been a vocal supporter of the regime since the early days of Assad’s father and predecessor, the late President Hafez Assad, providing Sunni cover and legitimacy to their rule. Sunnis are the majority sect in Syria while Assad is from the minority Alawite sect — an off-shoot of Shiite Islam.

“The blood of Sheik al-Buti will be a fire that ignites all the world,” said Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, the country’s top state-appointed Sunni Muslim cleric and an Assad loyalist.

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The Eman Mosque after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan alButi, an 84-year-old cleric known to all Syrians as a religious scholar, at the Mazraa district, in Damascus.

INSET: Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti.

Syrian TV showed footage of wounded people and bodies with severed limbs on the mosque’s blood-stained floor, and later, corpses covered in white body bags lined up in rows. Sirens wailed through the capital as ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosion, which was sealed off by the military.

Among those killed was alButi’s grandson, the TV said.

The bombing was among the most serious security breaches in the capital. An attack in July that targeted a high-level government crisis meeting killed four top regime officials, including Assad’s brother-in-law and the

defence minister. Last month, a car bomb that struck in the same area, which houses the headquarters of Syria’s ruling Baath party, killed at least 53 people and wounded more than 200 others in one of the deadliest Damascus bombings of the civil war.

A small, frail man, al-Buti was well known in the Arab world as a religious scholar and longtime imam at the eighth-century Omayyad Mosque, a Damascus landmark. State TV said he has written 60 books and religious publications.

In recent months, Syrian TV has carried al-Buti’s sermons

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from mosques in Damascus live every week. He also has a regular religious TV programme.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

Among the opposition, there was a mixture of suspicion and shock that an elderly religious figure such as al-Buti would be targeted by a suicide bomber inside a mosque.

“I don’t know of a single opposition group that could do something like this,” said Walid al-Bunni, a spokesman for the Syrian National Coalition opposition group, speaking on Al-Arabiya TV. - AP

Knife in back for 3 years Doctors in Canada have removed a knife blade from a man’s back more than three years after he was stabbed in a fight.

Billy McNeely of the NorthWest Territories told local media he had suffered itching and minor pain but did not know the blade was still embedded.

This week, his nail caught the tip of the 7.5cm blade and uncovered it.

“I’ve done some jail time in the past,” he said. “The guards rub over you with a metal wand detector, and every time it hit my back ... it went off.”

In April 2010, McNeely got into a fight after an arm wrestling match and was stabbed five times, he told the Canadian Press news agency.

Doctors at the local accident and emergency room stitched him up but never took an X-ray, he said. Seeking subsequent treatment for the lingering discomfort, he was told he had suffered nerve damage.

But this week, McNeely, 32, was scratching his back as usual when his fingernail caught on something. His girlfriend took a look.

“I told Billy: ‘There’s a knife sticking out of your back.’

I was scared. I was ready to pull it out with tweezers,” Stephanie Sayine told CBC News.

McNeely is consider ing whether to file a lawsuit against the local health department.

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Cyprus rushes bailout plan Cypriot politicians moved yesterday to restructure the country’s most troubled bank as part of a broader bailout plan that must be in place by Monday to avoid financial ruin. Concerned customers rushed to get cash from ATMs as bank employees protested.

Cyprus has been told it must raise 5.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion) if it is to receive 10 billion euros ($12.9 billion) from its fellow eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund. If it does not find a way by Monday, the European Central Bank said it will cut off emergency support to the banks, letting them collapse.

That would throw the country into financial chaos and, ultimately, cause it to leave the eurozone, with unpredictable consequences for the region.

Several new bills were being submitted to Parliament, including restructuring the banking sector, setting up an “Investment Solidarity Fund” and restricting banking transactions in times of crisis.

Together, they will make up at least part of the alternative plan Cyprus hopes will secure it bailout money. The lawmakers said the bills would be discussed and voted on today.

The pressure has increased since Parliament earlier rejected a proposal to seize up to 10 per cent of people’s bank accounts. Banks have been shut since last weekend to avoid a run and will not open until Tuesday at the earliest.

Uncertainty was growing among Cypriots as the deadline approached and it became clear that the country’s second-largest bank, Laiki or Cyprus Popular Bank, would be restructured.

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Employees of Laiki bank take part in a protest outside Cypriot parliament, Nicosia.

Queues of 40 to 50 people formed at Laiki ATMs, which responded by capping daily withdrawals at 260 euros ($340) per person from 700 euros ($906).

Although ATMs have been functioning, many often run out of cash.

“We need cash. We have families, children, grandchildren and expenses, and the banks have been closed since Saturday,” said Andri Olympiou after withdrawing money from a Laiki branch in Nicosia, the capital.

The central bank governor, Panicos Demetriades, urged lawmakers to vote immediately on a legal framework bill to rehabilitate Cyprus’s banking sector.

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estimated 2 billion euros out of the total 5.8 billion euros Cyprus needs, according to local media.

Once it is done, the country would be in a position to guarantee all deposits up to 100,000 euros ($130,000) — the EU-wide limit for bank guarantees.

Officials said the restructuring would split Laiki into two, with a “bad bank” taking over its soured investments, and a “good bank” retaining the healthy ones.

Setting up a bad bank is a strategy that’s been used before in Europe’s financial crisis, by Ireland and Spain. A bad bank is tasked with recovering as much money as possible from the investments.

Without the restructure, Laiki would collapse and drag down the

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rest of the banking system and the economy, Demetriades said.

“The restructuring constitutes a significant step toward the achievement of an economic support agreement for the Cyprus Republic from the European support mechanism and the International Monetary Fund,” he said.

But the bank’s acting CEO, Takis Phidias, opposed the restructuring, saying it would do more damage than good.

“It would mean Laiki being transferred to a new bank, an existing one, with only deposits of 100,000 or under going into a good bank, while 6 billion euros in loans would be frozen, most of them would be lost,” Phidias said.

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Another Australian government minister quit yesterday in the fallout from a bungled leadership ballot that reinforced perceptions of a crisis in Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s administration. “This is the honourable thing to do,” Chris Bowen told reporters after Gillard accepted his resignation. Gillard had already dumped the senior minister who forced her to call the leadership ballot before her expected challenger refused to run.

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• Mob kills thief Villagers in Egypt’s Nile Delta killed a man suspected of trying to steal a car in the country’s latest incident of vigilante violence, dragging him half-naked and bloody as they kicked and hit him with sticks and fists before tying him to a tree to bleed to death, witnesses and officials said. A string of vigilante attacks has hiked worries in Egypt over the crumbling of law and order and weakening institutions.

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Aries 21 March - 20 April If some people find you a bit too full of yourself, things could take a downward spiral. You have tremendous force now but a combative approach may defeat the purpose of what you’re trying to achieve. Cool it and try to put yourself in the other person’s shoes.

Romance-wise, the Moon in Leo may make for a fun and entertaining evening.

TAurus 21 April - 21 May Social opportunities are still in place for you to enjoy.

Make party plans and accept invitations today. A friend may share an unusual offer, or changes to a friend’s circumstances may impact on you as well. Don’t believe all you hear but do make the most of this day by being with people you care about. Consider cleaning or de-cluttering your home.

Gemini 22 May - 21 June Count on good friends, special mates and people in general to contribute to any social happenings. Some of your most interesting and unique friends may make a party or other event come alive. Romantic tendencies and partnership issues may be on your mind too. Invite someone to lunch, see a movie or maybe do a little shopping together.

CAnCer 22 June - 23 July It may be a good day to put energy into your career as well as into financial planning. Try not to be too pushy with a professional colleague as an offer to help may be retracted if you only seem interested in yourself. It may be an idea to take a look at your priorities and goals. You may be looking for something more challenging and fast-paced right now.

Leo 24 July - 23 August The Moon in your sign may encourage you to feel your feelings. Ask yourself what you want most of all right now. The answer may be to get away, to take on a challenge or to explore pastures new. It won’t help to impulsively drop everything and make a break for it. Get a plan and try to fulfil stage one today. You’ll get there eventually.

VirGo 24 August - 23 September A focus on one of the deeper and emotionally challenging parts of your chart may encourage you to take a closer look at unexamined feelings. Right now you have the perfect opportunity to observe your current mindset and how your moods may be affecting your performance.

Dealing with old issues may free you up to succeed today.

LibrA 24 September - 23 October There is potential for activities that bring friends, colleagues or business associates together. Social contacts seem to be plentiful but someone with a different agenda could let you down.

You may be keen to collaborate on a project or business idea but those you deal with may be thinking of themselves. You’ll need to take this into account.

sCorpio 24 October - 22 November There is potential for enjoying yourself tonight so don’t say no to any plans that sound exciting. In the meantime you may be looking at your lifestyle and deciding what routines can stay, what needs to go and which new habits to adopt. Work-wise, you may decide to take on freelance opportunities as a way to supplement your income.

sAGiTTArius 23 November - 21 December A friend may have a suggestion that offers potential for fun and good times.

Invite someone to lunch, as a great conversation could start the ball rolling and inspire a brilliant idea. If you enjoy competitive sports you may want to get out and get playing. You have a lot more energy at your disposal and this may be a good channel for it.

CApriCorn 22 December - 20 January Someone in a dominating position may want to rule the show at home. If your partner seems to be on a power trip you need to tread carefully. There could be control battles that exhaust you.

Somehow you’ll need to strengthen your boundaries and stand up for what you believe is the best course of action. Don’t back down today or any day!

AquArius 21 January - 19 February Today brings a burst of optimism, which may override any worries or anxieties you might have felt recently. For now you may feel as though the world is at your feet. It could be time to make a list of your primary goals and devise a plan to make them happen. Feeling in the zone, you could make progress sooner than you hoped starting now.

pisCes 20 February - 20 March A difference in opinion could make waves. It’s another day to enjoy hobbies and family get-togethers. At work, you may be wondering whether you’re getting paid the right amount, and could be thinking about how nice a pay rise would be.

However, with the current accent on spending, any extra you earn may go on personal extravagances.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

Gardening

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pH around 6-7, similar to conditions you’ve been growing tomatoes in. If it’s too low, add lime.

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

10.00am - 12noon. VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Assn and golf croquet 2pm -4pm. Richocet 1pm-2pm. Waireka Croquet Club Domain, Philip Street.

1.30pm. MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 14km road race. Register from 1pm. Fords Road, near the sale yards.

SUNDAY MARCH 24 8.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

8.30am. HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass.

Thomson Street, Tinwald.

9.30am. ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning Worship and Communion. All welcome. 65 Oxford St. 9.30am. ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship. Baring Square Church Lounge.

9.30am. ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service, all welcome. 65 Oxford Street.

9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Palm Sunday family service, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am. HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH, Mass.

Sealy Street.

10.00am. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday with Rev David Brown.

Cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

10.00am. ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street.

10.30am. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 37 Alford Forest Rd, (In Polytechic building).

10.30am. CHERTSERY ST JAMES CHURCH. Harvest festival/Palm Sunday, bring harvest and/or gift for food bank, shared lunch to follow.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic Aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

2.00pm - 4.00pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mixed doubles, Waireka Croquet Club, Domain. Philip Street.

7.00pm. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. now at 131 Thomson Street, Tinwald.

7.00pm. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday with Rev David Brown, Cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

MONDAY MARCH 25 9.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road.

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 - 10.30am. AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies exercise classes start today. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

9.45am. THE PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting and A.G.M. Doris Linton Lounge, RSA, Cox St 10.00am. CARDIAC COMPANIONS. Fortnightly meeting with exercises and occasional speakers. Buffalo Lodge Hall, Cox Street.

10.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Play group in lounge, 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

10.30am - 11.30am. AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Men’s exercise classes start today. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road.

6.00pm. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall, 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

7.00pm. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Mediation Services. cnr Havelock and Park Streets.

7.30pm. CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre in the Parish centre, Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets.

7.30pm. TINWALD INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. Bowlers welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Speaker Nicole Hazlehurst, decorative Dahlia delight.

Sports pavilion. Walnut Avenue.

7.30pm. ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Monthly meeting, Rover Den, Mania-o-roto Scout Park, Chalmers Ave.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

Television

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TV1

TV2

TV3

PRIME

Te Karere. (R, T) Hyundai Country Calendar. (R, T) Rural Delivery.

Fair Go. (R, T) 60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) Mexican Food Made Simple.

(Final, G, T) 9.30 Come Dine With Me Omnibus.

(G, R, T) 12.00 Chef On A Mission. (PGR, R) 1.00 Gordon’s Great Escape. (PGR) 2.00 The Chase. (G, T) 3.00 Four Weddings Australia. (PGR, R) 4.00 Islands Of Britain. (R, T) 5.00 River Monsters. (G, T) 6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Hyundai Country Calendar. (G, T) 7.30 Billy Connolly’s Route 66. (Final, PGR, R, T) 8.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (G, T) Competing for the top prize tonight are uptown girl Stephanie, budding stand-up comic Luke, DJ and tele-salesman Ed, and largerthan-life Helen.

9.35 Masterchef New Zealand.

(AO, R, T) 10.35 Pan Am. (Final, PGR, T) 11.30 FILM: Boy A. (2007, AO, R, T) 1.40 BBC World – What If? 2.00 BBC World News. 2.15 Sport Today. 2.30 One Day In Dubai. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Dateline London. 4.00 BBC World News. 4.10 My Country: China. 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Our World.

6.00 Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 6.20 Pocoyo. (Final, R) 6.30 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, R, T) 6.35 Handy Manny. (G, T) 7.00 Small Blacks TV. 7.25 Gravity Falls. (G) 7.45 Phineas And Ferb. (G, T) 8.15 Green Lantern: The Animated Series. (Final, G, T) 8.40 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (G, R, T) 9.05 Young Justice. (G, R, T) 9.30 Zeke And Luther. (G, T) 10.00 Fresh. 10.30 Neighbours Omnibus. (G, T) 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia.

(PGR, R, T) 2.30 Gary Unmarried. (PGR, R, T) 3.00 Bunheads. (G) 4.00 Good Luck Charlie. (G, T) 4.30 Melissa & Joey. (G, T) 5.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 According To Jim. (G, R, T) 6.00 Oh Sit! (G, T) 7.00 Two And A Half Men. (PGR, R, T) 7.30 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. (Final, G, T) 8.00 Lotto.

8.05 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Continued. (Final, G, T) 8.30 FILM: Easy A. (2010, M, T) Emma Stone. After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl decides to use the rumour mill to advance her social and financial standing.

10.25 FILM: Witless Protection. (2008, PGR) 12.20 FILM: Catch And Release. (2006, M, R) 2.30 Who Dares Wins. (Final, G, R) 3.00 The Celebrity Apprentice. (PGR, R) 4.30 Small Blacks TV. (R) 4.55 Fresh. (R) 5.30 It Is Written. (G)

6.00 Charles Stanley.

6.30 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 7.00 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G, R) 7.30 Knight Rider. (G, R) 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 9.30 The Nation.

10.25 Media3.

11.00 3rd Degree.

12.00 Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style. (G, R) 1.00 America’s Next Top Model: All Stars. (PGR, R) 2.00 The Office. (G) 2.30 Sons Of Tucson. (G, R) 3.00 Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition. (G) 5.00 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 5.30 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G) 6.00 3 News.

7.00 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (G, T) 7.30 Ice Road Truckers. (Final, PGR, T) 8.30 All New CSI. (AO, T) A reverend is killed at the grave site of former CSI Warrick Brown.

9.30 All New CSI: Ny. (AO, T) A woman’s body is found in a stolen sports car, which leads the CSIs to a family of car thieves whose lives may be in danger if the killer isn’t quickly captured.

10.30 Outrageous Fortune. (AO, R, T) 11.30 Law & Order: Los Angeles. (AO) 12.25 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Hillsong. (G) 5.30 Charles Stanley.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 11.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway UK. (PGR, R) 12.00 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus.

(G, R) 2.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 2.

Highlights.

3.30 Country House Rescue. (G, R) 4.30 Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple.

(G, R) 5.00 Milwaukee Fishing And Adventure. (G) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Civilisation - Is The West History? (G) 7.00 Storage Wars. (G) The hunt is on for groovy seventies memorabilia but the unprecedented prices will surprise even the most seasoned buyers.

7.30 American Idol. (G) Nine will become eight as the competitors are whittled down as we edge closer to the American Idol finale.

9.30 Rugby. (G) Super Rugby.

Crusaders v Kings. From AMI Stadium, Christchurch.

11.30 Cricket. (G) ANZ Test Series. 3rd test. New Zealand v England. From Eden Park. Highlights.

1.05 Home Shopping. (G)

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00

SUNDAy 6.00 6.25 6.35 6.45 7.10 7.35 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 11.35 12.00

Rural Delivery. (R) Homefront Extra. (G, R) Gardens Of The World. (G, R) Are We There yet? (G, R, T) Sunday. (R, T) Tagata Pasifika. (R) Praise Be. (G, R) Attitude. (G, R, T) Q+A. Marae Investigates.

Waka Huia. (T) Neighbourhood. (T) Fair Go. (R, T) Coronation Street Omnibus.

(PGR, R, T) 2.00 The Force. (PGR, R, T) 2.30 Coastwatch. (G, R, T) 3.00 Hotel Inspector. (PGR, R, T) 4.00 The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show. (G, R, T) 4.30 Keeping Up With The Joneses.

(G, R, T) 5.00 Our World: Nature’s Miracle Babies. (Final, G, R, T) 6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Sunday. (T) 7.30 Masterchef New Zealand. (G, T) 8.30 Packed To The Rafters. (PGR, T) Ben finds himself unhappily disengaged from his home-life and his work.

9.30 House Husbands. (AO, T) 10.30 Accused. (AO) 11.45 Q+A. (R) 12.55 Call 911. (AO, R) 1.25 BBC World: One Day In Singapore. 2.00 BBC World News.

2.15 Sport Today. 2.30 Click. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 One Day In Mexico City.

4.00 BBC World News. 4.30 To Be Advised.

5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

MONDAy

6.00 Breakfast.

9.00 Good Morning.

10.00 Ellen. (G, R) 11.00 Cowboy Builders.

12.00 ONE News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) 1.30 Come Dine With Me. (PGR) 2.00 Cookery School. (G, R) 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. (G) 3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat. (T) 12.00 The Investigator. (Final, AO, R, T) 1.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.25 BBC World: GMT With George Alagiah. 2.00 Impact With Mishal Husain. 3.30 HARDtalk. 4.00 Global With Jon Sopel. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

5.35 Te Karere. (T)

SUNDAy

6.00 Special Agent Oso. (G, R, T) 6.20 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (G, R, T) 6.45 The Magic Roundabout. (G, R, T) 7.00 What Now? (R) 10.00 Shortland Street Omnibus.

(PGR, R, T) 12.00 FILM: St Trinian’s. (2007, PGR, R, T) 2.00 The Lying Game. (PGR, T) 3.00 Gossip Girl. (PGR, T) 4.00 Make It Or Break It. (G) 5.00 Pretty Little Liars. (G, T) 6.00 All New America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, T) 6.30 The War At Home. (G, R, T) 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. (PGR, R, T) 7.30 Renters. (Final, PGR, R, T) 8.30 FILM: P.S. I Love you. (2007, M, R, T) Hilary Swank. A young woman comes to term with the tragedy of losing her husband through a series of inspirational letters he left for her before he died.

11.00 666 Park Avenue. (AO, R, T) 12.00 FILM: Daybreakers. (2008, MA15+, T) 1.55 Haven. (AO, R, T) 2.50 Infomercials.

3.20 20/20. (T) 4.15 It Is Written. (G, R) 4.45 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.30 Infomercials.

MONDAy

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Pinky And Perky. (G, R, T) 7.25 Back At The Barnyard. (G, R, T) 7.55 Ben 10: Omniverse.

(T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.35 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.45 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.55 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours Omnibus. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Desperate Housewives. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Anderson Live.

3.00 Everything’s Rosie. (G) 3.15 Mike The Knight. (G, T) 3.30 Kung Fu Panda. (G, T) 4.00 H2o Just Add Water. (G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (Final, G, R, T) 5.30 8 Simple Rules. (G, R, T) Bridget breaks up with Donny during a home video message.

12.35 Off The Map. (AO, R, T) 1.35 Infomercials. 2.35 Rizzoli & Isles. (AO, R, T) 3.25 Secret Life Of The American Teenager.

(PGR, R) 4.15 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.05 The Erin Simpson Show. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

SUNDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.55

Bayless Conley. (G) Brian Houston @ Hillsong. (G) Charles Stanley. (G) The Nation.

Three60.

Think Tank. (G) Home And Away Omnibus. (G, T) Entertainment Tonight Weekend.

(G) 1.00 Survivor: South Pacific. (Final, G) 2.00 Motorsport. FIM World C’ship Speedway Grand Prix Series.

Round One. From Western Springs.

5.00 Would I Lie To you? (G, R, T) 5.30 ITM Fishing Show. (G) 6.00 3 News.

7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R, T) 7.30 All New Simpsons. (PGR, T) 8.00 All New Family Guy. (PGR, T) When Peter, Quagmire and Joe need a jolt in their mundane lives, they decide to go skydiving.

8.30 FILM: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. (2008, AO, R, T) Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Michelle Yeoh. A pair of married adventurers team up with their son to battle a resurrected Chinese Emperor and his Terracotta Army.

10.55 FILM: Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story. (2009, AO) 1.00 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer.

5.30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

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

12.30 Home And Away. (G, R, T) 1.00 Dr Phil. (AO) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) 3.00 The Biggest Loser Australia. (G) 4.00 Rachael Ray. (G) 5.00 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 5.30 Home And Away. (G, T) 12.15 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer.

5.30 City Impact Church.

MOVIE P.S. I Love you TV2, 8.30pm, Sunday Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank (below) slums it here as young widow Holly, who discovers that her late husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life in this lacklustre weepie. Played out as two hours of therapy for widows, divorcees and indeed anyone who has lost a loved one, it’s sweet-natured but in the end rather predictable.

FOUR

SUNDAy 6.00 10.30 12.00 12.30 1.00

Religious Programming. (G) Sport Box. (G, R) Getaway. (G, R) Danger Beach. (PGR, R) Better Homes And Gardens. (G, R) 1.55 Customs. (PGR, R) 2.25 Customs. (PGR, R) 2.55 Vacation Vacation Vacation. (R) 3.25 Hot Property. (G, R) 3.55 Super Rugby Highlights Show.

(G) 4.55 Return To River Cottage. (PGR, R) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G) 6.30 Wildlife Patrol. (G) 7.00 Storage Wars. (G) Follows four professional buyers as they scour repossessed storage units in search of hidden treasure.

7.25 Top Gear Africa Special. (Final, PGR) Having survived insane traffic and lethal mud slides last week, tonight the trio and their ailing estate cars reach the climax of their quest to find the definitive source of the Nile. Part 2 of 2 8.40 Prime Presents: Earthflight. (G) Earthflight departs on its grand European tour, using a host of techniques including taking extraordinary footage from microlites as they fly alongside imprinted birds.

9.40 Monroe. (PGR) Monroe’s latest case is a tricky one, keeping the patient wide awake during the entire operation.

10.45 Sea Patrol. (PGR) 11.45 Cricket. (G) ANZ Test Series. 3rd test. New Zealand v England. From Eden Park. Highlights.

2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 12.00 1.00 2.05 3.00

Home Shopping. (G) The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) The Doctors. (G) The Jeff Probst Show. (G) All Saints. (PGR, R) Stargate Universe. (PGR) Excitement spreads through the ship as Eli believes he’s found a way to dial Earth, only Dr. Rush has serious reservations about the plan and abandoning Destiny.

4.00 Rugby League. NRL. Cronulla Sharks v New Zealand Warriors.

Highlights.

5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

KEy: T Teletext R Repeat S Stereo P Premiere F Final RATINGS: G General exhibition PG Parental guidance recommended M Suitable for mature audiences AO Adults only 16 Approved for persons 16 and over 18 Approved for persons 18 and over c Content may offend l Language may offend s Sexual content may offend v contains violence

6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Rocko’s Modern Life. (G, R) 7.25 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.50 All Grown Up. (G, R) 8.20 Invader Zim. (G) 8.40 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.05 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.30 Power Rangers: Samurai. (G, R) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana.

(G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G, T) 5.30 Hannah Montana Forever. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) 6.30 FILM: Aquamarine. (2006, G, R, T) Emma Roberts, Sara Paxton, Joanna Levesque. Two teenage girls befriend the mermaid they find in a local swimming pool.

8.50 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills. (PGR) 9.50 Face Off. (PGR) 10.50 Excused. (AO) 11.15 Poker After Dark. (PGR) 12.10 Infomercials. (G)

SUNDAy

6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu.

(G, R) 7.00 Rocko’s Modern Life. (G, R) 7.25 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.50 All Grown Up. (G, R) 8.15 Invader Zim. (G) 8.40 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 9.05 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 9.30 Dora The Explorer. (G, R) 9.55 Sticky TV Omnibus.

(G) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina The Teenage Witch. (G, T) 5.30 iCarly. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) 6.30 Top Chef Just Desserts. (G) 7.30 Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites. (G) 8.30 How I Met your Mother. (PGR, R) While waiting at the mechanic’s for word on his Fiero, Marshall reminisces about his adventures with the car.

9.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PGR, R) Jeff is jealous when he learns that Audrey’s home Pilates instructor is a man.

9.30 All New Raising Hope. (PGR) Hope’s misbehaviour has become such an issue that Virginia and Burt suggest that it might be time for Jimmy to spank her, since it worked so well for them when he was younger.

10.00 The Ricky Gervais Show. (AO, R) This week’s topics include Karl’s ideal height, Stephen’s evening at a club in London, and a poem from Karl’s diary about his bout with kidney stones.

10.30 Better Off Ted. (PGR, R) A rewards program at Veridian leads to false assumptions about Linda and turns Phil and Lem into counterfeiters.

11.00 Entertainment Tonight Weekend. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55

Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Avatar: The Last Airbender. (G) 7.55 George Of The Jungle. (G) 8.20 Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot. (G) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 9.45 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G, R) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 2303

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The Box 6.00 6.55 7.20 8.10

Underbelly. (M) The Simpsons. (PG) Deadliest Warrior. (M) The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 10.15 Raw. (M) 1.10 24 Marathon. (M) 4.30 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Psych. (M) (Starts tonight) Shawn and Gus find themselves caught between two rival Chinese Triad families.

8.30 Deadliest Warrior. (M) In a fight to the death, Vlad The Impaler, whose blood-thirsty deeds inspired the legend of Dracula, faces off with Sun TZU, the Chinese war monger who wrote the Art of War. 9.30 Spartacus: Vengeance. (18) Spartacus gets a chance for vengeance when a prominent Roman is captured, but will he satisfy desire at the cost of the greater good? The intrigue amongst Glaber and the women surrounding him heats up. (18VLS) 10.30 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 12.30 24 Marathon. (M) 3.20 Spartacus: Vengeance. (18) 4.20 Girls Gone Wild. (18) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

SUNDAy

6.00 24 Marathon. (M) 9.20 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 11.10 The Simpsons Marathon.

(PG) 1.15 Psych. (M) 2.05 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 3.00 Raw. (M) 5.45 Main Event. (M) 6.45 Smackdown. (M) 8.30 Criminal Minds. (M) The team attempt to stop a stalker before he gets close to the woman who is the object of his affection.

9.30 Criminal Minds. (M) 10.30 The Beast. (M) 11.30 Main Event. (M) 12.30 Smackdown. (M) 2.10 Criminal Minds. (M) 2.55 Criminal Minds. (M) 3.45 Family Business. (18) 4.20 The Beast. (M) 5.10 Psych. (M)

MoNDAy 6.00 6.50 7.15 7.40

NyPD Blue. (M) The Simpsons. (PG) Pawn Stars. (PG) America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & order. (M) 10.40 Main Event. (M) 11.30 Smackdown. (M) 1.15 NyPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 2.35 Cash Cab. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & order. (M) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.05 CSI: New York. (M) 3.55 CSI: New York. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

Sky Movies 1 Movie Greats 6.30 Dr: Jekyll And Mr: Hyde.

(2008, M) 8.00 Making of Dr: Seuss’ The Lorax. (2012, G) 8.15 Winnie The Pooh: The Movie. (2011, G) 9.20 J: Edgar. (2011, M) 11.35 This Means War. (2012, M) 1.15 Immortals. (2011, 16) 3.05 Biography: Adam Sandler.

(2008, PG). With over 30 films and countless television appearances, Adam Sandler is one of the most successful comedians of all time. As well as immature comedy, he has also taken on several more serious roles.

3.55 Glee The Concert. (2011, PG) 5.20 The Big year. (2011, PG) Owen Wilson.

7.00 our Idiot Brother. (2011, M) Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks.

8.30 The Ides of March. (2011, M) George Clooney, Ryan Gosling. An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.

10.15 The Mechanic. (2011, 16) Jason Statham, Ben Foster.

11.50 Lovely Molly. (2011, 16) Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis.

1.30 Father of Invention. (2010, PG) 3.05 Lovely Molly. (2011, 16) 4.45 Glee The Concert. (2011, PG)

SUNDAy

6.10 Biography: Adam Sandler.

(2008, PG) 7.00 Father of Invention. (2010, PG) 8.35 The Big year. (2011, PG) 10.15 The Mechanic. (2011, 16) 11.50 our Idiot Brother. (2011, M) 1.20 The Ides of March. (2011, M) 3.00 Why Did I Get Married Too. (2010, M) Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson.

5.00 Big Miracle. (2012, PG) Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski. In Alaska, a news reporter recruits a Greenpeace volunteer on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by ice in the Arctic Circle.

6.50 Horrible Bosses. (2011, 16) Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston.

8.30 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. (2011, 16) Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara. A journalist, with the help of a young computer hacker, is hired to search for a woman who has been missing for forty years.

11.10 one For The Money. (2011, M) Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara.

MoNDAy

7.20 one For The Money. (2011, M) Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara.

8.50 Big Miracle. (2012, PG) Drew Barrymore.

10.35 one Day. (2011, M) 12.20 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. (2011, 16) 2.55 Horrible Bosses. (2011, 16) 4.35 Conviction. (2011, M)

6.00 Children’s Programs. 8.30 Answers with Bayless Conley 9.00 Hour of Power 10.00 Day of Discovery 10.30 Footnote 11.00 Beauty and the Beast 11.30 The Relate Show 12.00 Answers 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 2.00 Nzone Focus 2.30 Building a Difference 3.00 Buzz and Poppy 3.30 PU’s Place 4.00 Hillsong Kids 4.30 JandalVision.

5.30 Nzone Focus 6.00 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV 6.30 Destined to Reign 7.00 The 700 Club 7.30 Leland Klassen’s Comedy 8.00 Little Film Big Heart 8.30

6.30 9.00 10.40 12.40 2.45 4.50

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10.35 12.10 1.00 3.00 4.35

The Departed. (2006, 16) Legally Blonde. (2001, PG) ocean’s 13. (2007, PG) The Peacemaker. (1997, M) The Score. (2001, M) The World’s Fastest Indian.

(2006, PG) Anthony Hopkins. The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle upon which he set the land-speed world record at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

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National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, M) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo.

End of Days. (1999, 18) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne. Set at the turn of the millennium, this supernatural thriller pits the might of Satan against one man who must rescue mankind. 1999.

Saw 2. (2005, 18) Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell.

Biography. George Clooney. (2009, PG) The Score. (2001, M) National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, M) The World’s Fastest Indian.

(2006, PG)

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6.40 Biography. George Clooney. (2009, PG) 7.30 End of Days. (1999, 18) 9.30 Saw 2. (2005, 18) 11.00 The Score. (2001, M) 1.05 National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, M) 2.40 A Good year. (2005, M) 4.40 The Bourne Identity.

(2002, M) Matt Damon.

Loosely based on the Ludlum bestseller, a man washes ashore with bullet wounds and amnesia and races to elude assassins as he regains his memory.

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6.40 The Bourne Supremacy.

(2004, M) Matt Damon.

8.30 Napoleon Dynamite.

(2004, PG) Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez. An ungainly teenage nerd sets out to help his new Latino friend win the class presidency, while coping with his bizarre home-life. 2004.

10.05 The Godfather. Part III. (1990, M) Al Pacino, Diane Keaton.

MoNDAy

7.00 Biography. Woody Harrelson. (2009, PG).

7.50 The Bourne Supremacy.

(2004, M) Matt Damon.

9.35 The Godfather. Part III. (1990, M) Al Pacino, Diane Keaton.

12.25 A Good year. (2005, M) Russell Crowe.

2.25 Napoleon Dynamite.

(2004, PG) Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez.

3.55 Raising Arizona. (1987, PG) Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter.

5.30 Pearl Harbor. (2001, M) Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale.

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Sky Sport 2

6.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Highlanders. Replay.

8.00 Rugby. IRB Sevens World Series. Hong Kong Day One. Highlights.

9.30 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day One. Highlights.

10.00 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Two. Morning Session. . Live.

1.05 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Two. Afternoon Session. Live.

5.30 ICC Cricket 360.

6.00 Swimming. State NZ Open C’ships. Day six. Highlights.

7.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Crusaders v Kings. Live.

9.35 Rugby. Super Rugby. Reds v Bulls. Live.

11.40 Rugby. Super Rugby. Force v Cheetahs. Live.

2.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Crusaders v Kings. Replay.

4.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Sharks v Rebels. Live.

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

SUNDAy

6.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Stormers v Brumbies. Live.

8.00 Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers.

Highlights.

9.00 The Cricket Show.

9.30 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Two. Highlights.

10.00 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Three.

Morning Session. Live.

1.05 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Three.

Afternoon Session. From Eden Park, Auckland. Live.

5.30 Total Rugby.

6.00 Rugby. Super Rugby.

Waratahs v Blues. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

Live.

8.00 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Three.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

Highlights.

8.30 Sky Sport What’s on.

8.55 Motorsport. FIA Formula One C’ship. Malaysia Grand Prix. Live.

11.30 The ITM Fishing Show.

12.00 Soccer. A-League. Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Heart.

Replay.

2.00 Soccer. A-League. Adelaide United v Central Coast Mariners. Replay.

4.00 Athletics. Contact Tri. From Waitangi Park, Central Wellington. Highlights.

5.00 Sky Sport What’s on.

5.30 Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers.

Replay.

MoNDAy

7.30 Small Blacks TV. 8.00 Motorsport. FIA Formula One C’ship. Malaysia Grand Prix. Highlights.

9.30 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Three.

From Eden Park, Auckland.

Highlights.

10.00 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Four.

Morning Session. From Eden Park, Auckland. Live.

1.05 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Four.

Afternoon Session. From Eden Park, Auckland. Live.

5.30 The Cricket Show.

SHINE

MOVIE: Facing the Giants 10.30 Choices 11.00 Footnote 11.30 Ancient Secrets of the Bible 12.00 Building a Difference 12.30 Abundante 1.00 MOVIE: Facing the Giants 3.00 Choices 3.30 Ancient Secrets of the Bible 4.00 Footnote 4.30 Nzone Focus 5.00 Leland Klassen’s Comedy 5.30 Abundante SUNDAy 6.00 Children’s Programs. 9.00 JandalVision 11.00 Leland Klassen’s Comedy 11.30 Day of Discovery 12.00 Ancient Secrets of the Bible 12.30 The Relate Show 1.00 Footnote 1.30 Building a Difference 2.00 Off the Streets 2.30 Leland Klassen’s

11.00 12.00 2.00 3.00 5.30 5.55 7.30 9.45 12.00 1.00 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30

Crowd Goes Wild.

Red Bull Roast It. ANZ Golf World.

Inside The PGA Tour.

Golf. US PGA Tour. Round Two. Live.

Golf. European PGA Tour.

Round Two. Highlights.

Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers.

Replay.

Golf. US PGA Tour.

Highlights.

Rugby League. NSW Cup. Wests Tigers v Manly. Live.

Total Rugby.

Motorsport. FIA Formula One C’ship. Malaysia Practice Session Three. Live.

Soccer. A-League.

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory. Live.

Soccer. A-League. Western Sydney v Sydney FC. Live.

Swimming. State New Zealand Open C’ships. Day Six. Highlights.

Soccer. A-League.

Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory. Replay.

Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Two. Highlights.

Golf. Champions Tour.

Toshiba Classic. Highlights.

Golf. US PGA Tour. Round Two. Highlights.

Golf. US PGA Tour. Arnold Palmer Invitational. Round Three. Live.

SUNDAy

11.00 Sea Master Sailing.

11.30 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Highlanders. Highlights.

12.30 Small Blacks TV. 1.00 Athletics.

2.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Queensland Firebirds v Southern Steel. Live.

4.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Adelaide Thunderbirds v Central Pulse. Live.

6.00 State Insurance Swimming New Zealand Awards.

Highlights.

7.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Canterbury Tactix v WBOP Magic. Live.

9.00 Investec Super Rugby Review.

10.00 Athletics. Contact Tri. From Waitangi Park, Central Wellington. Highlights.

11.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Canterbury Tactix v WBOP Magic. Replay.

12.30 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Queensland Firebirds v Southern Steel. Replay.

2.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Adelaide Thunderbirds v Central Pulse. Replay.

3.30 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne Tigers v Townsville Crocodiles. Replay.

5.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Arnold Palmer Invitational. Round Four. Live.

MoNDAy

11.00 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Round Four. Highlights.

12.00 Rowing. World Cup. Sydney Finals Day. Replay.

3.00 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Canterbury Tactix v WBOP Magic. Replay.

4.30 Netball. ANZ C’ship.

Queensland Firebirds v Southern Steel. Replay.

Discovery 6.00 6.30 7.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30

9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 5.30

Connect. (PG) River Monsters. (PG) MythBusters. (PG) ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) off The Hook: Extreme Catches. (PG) off The Hook: Extreme Catches. (PG) Combat Countdown. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Meteorite Men. (PG) MythBusters. (PG) Moonshiners. (M) Alaska: The Last Frontier.

(PG) outlaw Empires. (M) Dual Survival. (PG) Can you Live Forever? (PG) Gold Rush. (PG) Road to Gold. Todd and his crew finally get to test the new Turbo Trommel. Dave pushes his crew to double their last clean out. Parker brings in dynamite to blast a boulder.

Amish Mafia. (M) River Monsters With Jeremy Wade. (PG) Abalone Wars. (PG) Call 911. (PG) Destroyed In Seconds.

(PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Ecopolis. (PG)

SUNDAy

6.30 River Monsters Goes Tribal. (PG) 7.30 MythBusters. (PG) 8.30 MythBusters. (PG) 9.30 ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) 10.30 off The Hook: Extreme Catches. (PG) 11.00 off The Hook: Extreme Catches. (PG) 11.30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade. (PG) 12.30 Who Survived? (PG) 1.30 Can you Live Forever? (PG) 2.30 yukon Men. (M) 7.30 Hell Roads. (PG)\ 8.30 Auction Kings. (PG) The Gallery 63 crew auction off an unusual 1930s book filled with autographs from Old Hollywood celebrites.

The Garretts gamble on their 1930s gas pump and vintage fire alarm.

9.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 9.30 Driven To Extremes. (PG) 10.30 Alaska: The Last Frontier.

(PG) 11.30 MythBusters. (PG) 12.30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) 1.30 Moonshiners. (M) 2.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 3.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 3.30 I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) 4.30 Nightmare Next Door. (M) 5.30 Disappeared. (M)

MoNDAy 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30

Dirty Jobs. (PG) Moonshiners. (M) Deadliest Catch. (PG) MythBusters. (PG) Nightmare Next Door. (M) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) Stalked: Someone’s Watching. (M) I Was Murdered. (M) Disappeared. (M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Moonshiners. (M) Deadliest Catch. (PG) MythBusters. (PG)

Comedy 3.00 Abundante 3.30 Ancient Secrets of the Bible 4.00 Choices 4.30 Day of Discovery 5.00 Building a Difference 5.30 Give Me An Answer 6.00 Full Flame 6.30 Impact for Life 7.00 Footnote 7.30 CONCERT: Dream On 9.00 The Relate Show 9.30 Nzone Focus 10.00 Footnote 10.30 Off the Streets 11.00 Give Me An Answer 11.30 Beauty and the Beast 12.00 Nzone Focus 12.30 Day of Discovery 1.00 Choices 1.30 Building a Difference 2.00 The Relate Show 2.30 Off the Streets 3.00 CONCERT: Dream On 4.30 Footnote

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CAREER NEEDED Caring creative thinking person needed to support a youth with special needs. $18.00 per hour, drivers licence required.

Ph Heather 308 3288 or 021 102 6724

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900 Niagara Sawmilling Company Ltd is a leading New Zealand manufacturer of engineered timber products.

Handyman/Maintenance Worker FINANCE MANAGER This is both an exciting and challenging position. Being a Chartered Accountant, you will keep your technical skills current, the complexities and statutory requirements associated with local government will keep you interested, and your advice will be sought at a management and governance level.

You will be directly involved in the preparation of financial reports, organisation budgeting, cash flow forecasting, project business cases, along with large scale investment and borrowing decisions. In addition to this, your team will be responsible for rating and also providing financial services for our organisation.

To make the most of the opportunity, apply online.

Applications close Monday, 8 April 2013.

CONTRACTS ENGINEER With technical expertise gained from civil engineering qualifications and previous experience building productive third party relationships; developing forward works programmes and managing contractors to ensure agreed levels of service are met, are key to this position.

Strong time management skills and a systematic approach to work ensuring efficiency are crucial, as you will be in the office and out in the field. Your technical advice will shape the prioritisation of planned works, whilst ensuring the output of Council’s financial spend is optimised.

We are ideally looking for a skilled handyman to assist in building and plant repairs, maintenance and servicing.

The position will also include limited plant operation and other duties from time to time.

Our company can offer you good job security, ongoing training and a positive work environment.

We will consider all applicants who have the following attributes: • An eye for detail and take pride in the accuracy and finish of your work.

• A proven record of achieving set targets.

• Be able to work with a minimum of supervision.

• Work well with others.

Niagara is a drug free workplace. Pre-employment drug screening is a requirement for employment.

Applications can be emailed to phillipt@niagara.net.nz or posted to: Phillip Townshend Niagara Sales/Distribution PO Box 332 Ashburton Applications close on the 28th March 2013

Previous experience in roading infrastructure is preferable with infrastructural contract management experience essential.

To make the most of the opportunity, apply online.

Applications close Monday, 8 April 2013.

PLANNING ADMINISTRATION OFFICER This position will ideally suit someone with industry related experience and who is able to read plans. Your initial focus will be learning and then helping to improve our administrative processes. As your technical knowledge of resource management expands, so will the diversity of your role. Property information memoranda and customer enquiries will become part of your brief.

Strong computer skills and previous experience using Microsoft Office will be critical to ensure that you can hit the ground running. If you’re a positive and proactive individual with strong interpersonal and customer service skills, apply online.

Applications close Wednesday, 3 April 2013.

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Niagara Sawmilling Company Ltd is a leading New Zealand manufacturer of engineered timber products.

Team Members

We are currently looking for keen staff to join our company. We can offer you good job security, ongoing training and a positive work environment.

We will consider all applicants who have the following attributes: • Physically fit and reliable.

• A team player who gets on well with others.

• Keen to learn and do further training to advance their career • Safety conscious.

• An eye for details and take pride in their work.

Niagara is a drug free workplace. Pre-employment drug screening is a requirement for employment.

Applications can be emailed to craigb@niagara.net. nz or posted to: Craig Bartlett Niagara Sales/Distribution PO Box 332 Ashburton Applications close on the 28th March 2013

Customer Relationship Manager - Hinds/Carew/ Westerfield LIC is a leader in the agribusiness sector providing new and innovative products and services to farmers in New Zealand and worldwide. We have built our reputation on the quality of the products we provide our customers.

We need a dynamic sales professional in the Hinds/Carew/Westerfield areas.

Our Customer Relationship Managers are ‘the face’ of our business and you’ll have an important role to advise and support your clients with the innovative solutions our farmers have come to rely on. The bulk of your time will be spent selling and promoting all LIC products and services to dairy farmers in your geographical area, identifying farmers’ needs, providing solutions, and strengthening relationships.

As a driven sales professional working autonomously from home, you will require strong personal discipline and time management skills along with a passion for excellence in account management and an affinity for the rural community.

If you are looking for a fresh and exciting challenge then this is your big opportunity to join an innovative market leader and build your career in the agribusiness industry.

For more information, including a job description and online application see our website www.lic.co.nz/employment Job Code: 12217 Applications close Tuesday, 2nd April 2013

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expressions of Interest Fixed-term human resources Position This position is suited to a person experienced in Human Resource Management.

Commencement for the start of Term 2 2013 (6 May) preferred, for the balance of the 2013 College year.

Expressions of interest by 4:00pm, Wednesday 03 April 2013.

Enquiries/Expressions of interest to: Sheena Tyrrell, Management Administrator Ashburton College, P O Box 204, Ashburton 7740 Email: sheena.tyrrell@ashcoll.school.nz Phone: 308 4193, ext 812 Cell: 027 247 8003 Fax: 308 2104

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GUARDIAN CLASSIFIEDS Telephonist

Administration Officer

Ashburton Hospital Permanent, Part-time Vacancy 72894. Closing 03/04/13

Ashburton Hospital Permanent, Full-time Vacancy 72896. Closing 03/04/13

Are you passionate about providing high quality customer service? Then this may be the job for you!

Are you looking for an opportunity where your exceptional customer focus and strong administration skills will be highly valued?

We are looking for a part-time Telephonist/Receptionist to provide a courteous and efficient service to visitors, patients and their family, and our staff members. You will also have the responsibility of providing clerical support to specified areas of the Ashburton and Rural Health Services. Your warm, friendly approach and excellent interpersonal skills will shine through, as will your compassionate nature and ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality. *Flexibility is a must with this role. Although you will be scheduled for 24 hours a week which includes a lot of weekends, you must be available for all shifts with the possibility of providing coverage for leave and/or illness.

The shifts are 6:00am – 2:30pm and 2:30 – 9pm, and weekends 2:30pm – 11:00pm. You will be working to a roster and this will be discussed in more depth upon interview.

We’re looking for a superstar to join the team on a full-time basis. This is a vital role providing clerical services and support for all Ashburton wards and Rural Hospitals.

You will know what it takes to provide excellent customer service to our clients, as well as administration support to the team. Your ability to learn new processes quickly, think outside the square and prioritise your workload, along with your desire to help those around you will see you succeed in this position.

You will have advanced word processing skills and be competent in Microsoft Office Suite. Previous medical records experience would be advantage, but full training will be provided.

We are looking for all round team players that are not afraid to pitch in and help out in other areas when needed to get the job done! So, if you enjoy working in a fast paced, innovative environment and have a patient focused approach to your work than we want to hear from you!

Enquiries may be directed to Heather Ewing, Recruitment Specialist, phone (03) 364 0599, email heather.ewing@cdhb.health.nz Applications are only accepted online so please visit our website at www.careers.cdhb.govt.nz to complete an application and download a position description. Emailed applications will not be accepted.

Sales & Marketing Manager The last Sales & Marketing Manager did wonders and has set a platform which is yielding results now, he did such a good job he has been stolen, hence the vacancy, so you have big shoes to fill.

You will work alongside the CEO of the Ashburton Licencing Trust in relation to strategic planning & given the job to travel, promote & sell the product on both sides of the Tasman. Your local market brings in the majority of the income and your presence around the district will be vital in continuing that trend.

Find someone with the following; • MUST have hotel sales experience and understand the difference between, wholesale, corporate, retail & online business, as well as continuing the push into the C & M market.

• As a proven Sales & Marketing Manager you will have the ability to sell F & B Outlets as well as accommodation.

• Outstanding written & communication skills go unsaid alongside competitor analysis and reporting. You will not only be writing the sales plan but implementing it and making sure all managers are on the same page.

• Proven experience in soliciting, negotiating, contracting and servicing contracts, clients and suppliers at all levels.

• Visualize, plan and conceive the direction for success alongside strong marketing support.

• Ensures that the organisation remains connected with and supported by the local community • Be up to date with modern trends & online sales & marketing strategies.

• A University degree in Business, marketing, public relations, strategy, advertising or similar field is desired • Sound Financial management is essential as you are working closely with all Venue Managers and CEO. • None Negotiable is that this role is based in Ashburton and you have to live in the Ashburton region.

• Outstanding package and lifestyle. Applications close 31st March 2013

If you can tick off most of the above, you have a real chance.

Just send a copy of your current Curriculum Vitae with a covering letter addressed to david@martarni.com

phone 307 7900

STOREPERSON Due to our ever increasing work load, we seek to fulfil the following positions; Precast Workers Concrete Placers Steel Tiers This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly formed family operated business.

Excellent remuneration will be paid to the right candidates.

All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

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

FULL TIME

Malt Europ is a well established world leader in the Malt Industry. A full-time position has become available at our Ashburton plant for a Store Person.

The applicant would be contributing to the smooth running of our Ashburton Grain Store and a 'can-do' attitude is key to being successful in this role. Although full training will be given ideally the applicant would have some mechanical knowledge and in addition the following attributes: • Have a good level of physical fitness - heavy lifting is involved • Be honest, reliable & a team player • Have some computer skills • Have a current forklift licence (desirable but not essential) • Be keen to learn If you are looking for an opportunity to progress your career in a stable, established environment this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

Please apply via email to or in writing to Jeremy Ravenscroft, Malt Europ, P.O Box 501, Ashburton 7700.

Email: jeremy.ravenscroft@malteurop.com Applications close 31 March 2013

Due to our ever increasing work load, we seek to fulfil the following positions; Carpenters Applicants will enjoy the ability to work in both Residential and Commercial Construction,

WDL – Dairy farm

WDL Dairy is located 7 minutes from Ashburton in Wakanui.

We require 2 part-time relief milkers to assist our staff on our 200 pedigree cow dairy.

Applicants will preferably have dairy experience and/or a willingness and interest to learn new skills. Hours will be to cover days off and leave for existing staff, with some flexibility and will cover approximately 1-2 days per week.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

Alongside a family run business that is experiencing considerable growth.

Applicants will need to have good work ethics; the ability to work unsupervised and the ability to work as part of a team.

Remuneration negotiable to experience/suitability

The voice of Mid Canterbury 24/7

Excellent remuneration will be paid for the right applicants.

nina@canterburydriedfoods.co.nz or phone Nina (Mobile 0275 666 682 Or Work 03 3023817).

All applicants will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

nina@canterburydriedfoods.co.nz or phone Nina (Mobile 0275 666 682 or Work 03 302 3817).

SUZANNA MACILQUHAM

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

MOB TEL FAX EML ADR WEB

021 272 2399 03 307 7973 03 307 7981

suzanna.m@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, 161 Burnett Street Ashburton www.guardianonline.co.nz

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

For further consideration email your cv (detailing experience, skills and including references and visas) to:

Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit, and applications will close on Friday 29 March 2013 at 5pm.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

Guardian Classifieds the destination for

JOBS

• Your next job • Your next house • Your next car • Your next event • Your next purchase •Your next sale

To place an ad, call 307-7900

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

classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

TRADES & SERVICES

Call in and talk to the people that know

PETES PICK of the week

MONTHLY BIRTHDAY PRIZES TO BE WON!

“Locally owned & operated family business for 60 years”

Full range of engineering supplies and accessories for all your repairs and maintenance. Kerrick hot & cold waterblasters & industrial vacuum cleaners. Esseti welders & accessories.

Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment.

CRC

BRAKLEEN

ASHBURTON

South Street, Ashburton PHONE (03) 308-3147 Email blacklows@xtra.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522

RURAL TRADING POST

$870

Ideal for cleaning, degreasing or flushing away built up dirt, grease and oil.

per can

+ GST

Receive an 8 pack of Coke with every 6 cans of Brakleen products purchased.

PUBLIC NOTICES

23’ two axle Steelbro flatdeck trailer

No C.O.F., and registration on hold. Would suit on farm cartage hay/silage.

$7,000 plus GST o.n.o.

Phone Merv 0274 352 165

Ferguson 35 petrol tractor

Complete with Jones front-end loader and two buckets. Starts and runs well, but needs some work.

$1,750 plus GST Phone Merv 0274 352 165 WANTED

WANTED

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $ BUYERS OF ALL METALS

ASHLEIGH FRASER

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

MOB TEL FAX EML ADR WEB

(Off McNally Street)

The voice of Mid Canterbury 24/7

021 892 425 03 307 7975 03 307 7981

ashleigh.f@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, 161 Burnett Street Ashburton www.guardianonline.co.nz

Let us solve your people puzzle Advertise your vacancies with the Guardian today - phone 307 7900

Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane, Riverside Estate TF-SCRAP

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling

– Easter Arrangements 2013 Resource Recovery Parks

The Ashburton and Rakaia Resource Recovery Parks will be closed on Friday 29 March and Monday 1 April 2013.

The Methven drop-off facility for household items will be closed on Friday 29 March 2013.

There are no changes to any other opening days or times.

Kerbisde Collection

WANTED - used Ford, Belarus and Massey Ferguson tractors in any condition.

Freephone 0800-888-343.

TRADES & SERVICES

Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Refuse and Recycling

4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass.

FREE quotes 20 years local service.

Bill Breukelaar phone 0800-368-468 www.tintawindow.co.nz

Phone 308-8959 or BUILDERS, carpenters 027-228-1467 anytime bricklayers, all advertise in

Kerbside refuse and recyclables programmed for collection on Friday 29 March in Ashburton and Rakaia will be collected on Thursday 28 March 2013.

Kerbside refuse and recyclables programmed for collection on Monday 1 April in Tinwald, Mount Somers, Methven, Mayfield and Hinds will be collected on Tuesday 2 April 2013.

There are no changes to any other collections.

ROB ROUSE Operations Manager www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

WANTED

CLIENTS are waiting to hear of your services in the Connections section of CAN’T find what you the Ashburton Guardian are looking for? Place a newspaper. Phone 307-7900. classified in the Wanted section of the Ashburton HOME handyman available.

Guardian classifieds, call Minor repairs, painting etc. today on 307-7900.

Ph 027-677-1952.

Having a garage sale? Call the Guardian 307 7900 for all your classified requirements.

ROOFING - for all your roofing requirements, new roofs, reroofing, commercial, insurance claims, repairs.

Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-4760203.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS STEPPING OUT’S famous 2 day Clearance Sale on Friday and Saturday. Take a further 25% off half price sale stock. Great shoes at unbelievable prices.

Ashburton District Water Supplies – Lifting of Water Restrictions The District Council wishes to advise consumers on council operated schemes, that in accordance with the Council’s Water Restriction Management policy, water restrictions on all water supplies have been lifted effective Saturday, 23 March 2013.

NOTE: Hosing is not permitted at any time on the Dromore and Winchmore water supplies and the Methven Springfield and Montalto piped stockwater schemes.

ROB ROUSE Operations Manager www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

Guardian Classifieds the destination for...

Your next job Your next house Your next car

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Your next event Your next purchase Your next sale

To place an ad, call 307-7900 or classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

guardianrealestate

Birthday Greetings

Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

For all your cake decorating requirements.

New Houses for Sale

25A Philip Street

25B Philip Street

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

Jack Jones Happy 8th Birthday Jack.

Have a great day.

Lots of love from Mum, Dad and Josh.

Jack Jones Happy 8th Birthday Jack.

Have a special day.

Love from Nana, Grandad and Uncle Brent.

Viewing by appointment.

For further enquiries, please phone 027 448 3405

Emma Scammell Happy 9th Birthday Em for tomorrow.

We love you to pieces.

Love Dad, Mum, Charlie, Georgia & Maisy. xxoo Emma Scammell Happy 9th Birthday Emma.

Have a great day!

Lots of love from Nana and Gramps. xx

FOR RELOCATION - COTTAGE 71 Cambridge Street DER

IN REM L A N FI

Emmett Rowlands Happy 6th Birthday for tomorrow Lots of love Mum, Dad, Maxton and Blake.

Noah Williams Happy 1st Birthday gorgeous boy Love you lots Mum & Dad.

Delivered on piles - $35,000 plus GST

TRANSIT HOMES LTD Bill 0274 323 890

DEVELOP HERE

House Wanted

1872m2 (more or less) freehold land.

Potential for investment or build your own new home.

Lot 91 DP 395 CB13K/1136 LV: $126,000 VI: $34,000 CV: $160,000

Jessie Luscombe Happy 3rd birthday, Love from Mum, Dad, Sam, Emma and Chris.

Auction to be held on 25th March 2013, 2pm at 96 Tancred Street (Unless Sold Prior)

AUCTION

Internet ID: 2293593

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Ltd (A member of the First National Group) Licensed Agent (REAA 2008)

96 Tancred Street

ashfirstnat.co.nz

RURAL TRADING POST Chris Luscombe Happy 3rd Birthday, Love from Mum, Dad, Sam, Emma and Jessie.

Happy Birthday

from

Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

SPECIALISED SERVICES ENGLISH tutor required for young lady, grammar and writing. 021-247-0331. Call anytime.

RURAL TRADING POST BARLEY/ WHEAT straw.

4 x 3 x 7, 2 yrs old, good quality, covered.

Offers, must sell. Baleage also suitable for cattle. Hinds area.

Phone 0274-766-871.

Guardian Classifieds Guardian Phone 307 7900

Classifieds phone 307 7900

Price by Negotiation

BARLEY/ WHEAT straw.

4 x 3 x 7. Hinds area. Phone 0274-766-871 or 303-7476.

CALF SHED BEDDING premium woodmulch chipped from our slabwood.

Guaranteed 100% untreated wood NO CONTAMINATION. Sawdust also available.

Adams Sawmilling, Malcolm McDowell Road.

Ph 308-3595.

CAN’T find what you are looking for? Advertise in the Wanted section of the Ashburton Guardian. Phone 307-7900.

307 8317

PUBLIC NOTICES DC3 Fly to the Classic Fighters Easter Air Show, Sat 30 th March, $475 p.p. includes Air Show entry.

Ph Shelley 0800 323-359.

Winner of ChCh Heritage Award 2010.

IMPORTANT announcements, share them with Mid Canterbury in the Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

STEPPING OUT’S famous 2 day Clearance Sale on Friday and Saturday. Take a further 25% off half price sale stock. Great shoes at CAT D8 and 40 tonne unbelievable prices. excavator for hire. Phone 027-474-5243.

PLANTS & PRODUCE

STOCK - buy or sell through the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900. BRAAM Landscapes Unlimited. Plant Nursery.

THIS seasons conventional 119 Maronan Road. Open hay. Good quality. $5.50 per every Friday 8am - 3pm. No bale. Delivery Ashburton Eftpos. Large grade trees, area. Ph 303-7680. shrubs and specials from $2.

Genuine cash buyers looking for a 3/4 bedroom home $410K-$460K. Option to rent and become a cash buyer for your next move.

No agents please.

Ph: 09 238 4542 PLANTS & PRODUCE

FRUIT sells fast in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

MOTORING

MOTORING

SAVE money, by advertising your vehicle in the Guardian WORKSHOP/storage space classifieds. Phone 307-7900. needed between 200-500 square meters. Anything considered. Phone 027-8290000.

MOTORCYCLES RACING bikes, buy or sell in the Motorcycles section of the Ashburton Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

Trailride Mayfield Sunday, April 14 9.30am start

$40 per rider, $60 family $50 rider + one junior Easy main loop Junior/Enduro loop.

Highway 72, Mayfield Ph Jeff Marshall 027 431 1744

MEETINGS & EVENTS FOR SALE: one 2003 Ford Falcon. Excellent condition.

UPCOMING events and Ph 027-544-9008. meetings in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

RACING car parts, trade or sell them in the Motoring Section of Ashburton LIVESTOCK & PETS Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

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

LET OR LEASE

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village..

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

AKAROA - Spacious holiday home with great views.

Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, heatpump, flat section with boat parking.

Close to shops. Phone 302 8028.

HIRE

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work. Call and see U-Hire Ashburton, 588 East Street.

Open: Mon-Fri 7.30am5.30pm; Sat 7.30am-5pm; Sunday 8.00am-12.30pm.

Ph: 308-8061 A/H: 308-7460 BUYER of unwanted www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet RENTAL equipment, food. Call Nick’s Pet Food advertise yours in the 0272-101-621 A/H 03-322- Ashburton Guardian. Phone 7626.

307-7900.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

Guardian Classifieds the destination for...

Your next job Your next house Your next car

Your next event Your next purchase Your next sale

To place an ad, call 307-7900 or classifieds@theguardian.co.nz MEETINGS & EVENTS

SCVCC Swap Meet & Bazaar Winchester Domain April 6th gates open 7.30am.

EDUCATION

your success

Great range of programmes

Something for everyone; car parts, books, clothing, plants, food & much more. $5 entry, under 15 free.

Aoraki’s programmes are vocationally

Sites from Janet Campbell 03-686-0282

firm foundation for future study.

Notice is hereby given of our

2013 Annual General Meeting

Being held: • Thursday - 4th April • Menlorue Building Ashburton College • 7.30pm For apologies please phone Secretary Karen Wilson 302 6882 New members welcome.

GRAZING CAN’T find what you are looking for? Advertise in the Wanted section of the Ashburton Guardian classifieds, call today on 307-7900.

GARDENING

41 DAVIS Crescent. 8am.

Household items, kitchen ware, sheepskins, garden items. Most items $2 or below. Final clearance. All must go. Some free items.

54 BEACH Road, Saturday.

6x motorbikes, 1x racing gokart, 1x spa pool and lots more. All must go. Don’t miss out.

BARGAIN hunters can find treasure at Garage Sales advertised in the Guardian classifieds. Ph 307-7900.

AVAILABLE rEntALs 15 Ludlow Drive Three Bedrooms / Two Bathrooms Web ID AS491 $440 per week 12 Hakatere Drive Three Bedrooms Web ID AS486 $290 per week

collaboration with industry. They will equip you well for employment and provide a

131 Thomson Street (Tinwald School Hall) Sunday Morning 10.30am Sunday Evening 7pm Thursday night Bible Study, 15 Cross Street 7pm

AgRicULTURE ANd HORTicULTURE ARTS ANd dESigN BEAUTY ANd HAiRdRESSiNg BUSiNESS ANd TOURiSM HEALTH ANd EdUcATiON t National Certificate in Animal Care (Level 2) Certificate in Parenting and Care of Children (Level 2) Certificate in Early Childhood Studies (Level 3) Diploma in Childbirth Education (Level 5) New Zealand Certificate in Nanny Education (Level 5) Certificate in Life Skills (Level 1) Intensive English (English as a Second Language) Te Reo Rangatira (Level 3) Certificate in Adult Learning and Teaching (Level 5) Certificate in Health Studies (Level 4) National Certificate in Mental Health and Addiction Support (Level 4) Diploma in Social Services (Level 5) National Certificate in Science (Level 4) - July start Certificate in Laboratory Technician Skills (Level 3)

HOSPiTALiTY iNFORMATiON TEcHNOLOgY MEdiA OUTdOOR EdUcATiON & SPORT TRAdES For all of our programmes visit www.aoraki.ac.nz or phone 0800 426 725 All programmes *subject tosupporting approval and your sufficient numbers success

FREE BUS for 2013 to the Timaru Campus* *Conditions Apply

ENROL NOW - FEBRUARY START

We hope to see you this Sunday!

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts, Phone 308 5409 Website www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

Heart to God And Hand to Man Celebration Service and Children’s Programme

10.00am You’re very welcome!

Cnr Cass & Cameron St 308 7610 - 308 7062

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All Welcome

0800 426 725

Why wait for tomorrow?

Healing is yours now!

www.aoraki.ac.nz

supporting your success

PLANTS & PRODUCE

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

FOR SALE

99c kg

NZ Tomatoes Lettuce Carrots 1kg Silverbeet Pumpkin

$1.99 ea $1.99 bag $1.99 ea $2.49 ea

A great range French Bakery products now available instore; Speights pie, croissants, bagels, breads etc.

Specials available from 19-03/26-03

OPEN 7 DAYS

The Green Grocer

GARAGE Sale. Sunday, March 24. Grove Street. Sign at gate 9am. Deceased estate. Shed and yard clean out. Plus other various items.

FOR SALE

Church Services

orientated and have been developed in

PEASTRAW for sale. Good quality and weed free. $4.50 per bale.

Delivery in Ashburton area. Ph 3037680.

GARAGE SALES

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

Fresh Fruit & Vege

FOR SALE

ONE for free ‘For Sale’ classified advertisement in NEW portable gas heater the Ashburton Guardian still in box plus full bottle of when you buy two. – Phone gas – total cost $208 – sell 307-7900. $95. Official airline wooden dog crate 920mmL x 460mmW x 640mmH $40.

Large eight seater mahogany stained macrocarpa table - $75 o.n.o.

Ph 37-7311. phone 307 7900

FOR SALE SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602.

Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

FOR SALE STEPPING OUT’S famous 2 day Clearance Sale on Friday and Saturday. Take a further 25% off half price sale stock. Great shoes at unbelievable prices.

Guardian Classifieds Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

landscape supplies

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

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

10am Morning Service Speaker: Suzanne Pillans LIFE 2 da MAX (Kids Church) Creche Available Lunch to follow and a farewell to the Wilkinsons.

4.30pm Hour of Power 6.30pm Evening Service Speaker: Suzanne Pillans YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY WELCOME

18A Nursery Drive Two Bedrooms Web ID AS495 $280 per week 289 Moore Street Four Bedrooms Web ID AS496 $390 per week 2 / 375 Burnett Street Two Bedrooms $280 per week 3 / 138 Grove Street Two Bedrooms $270 per week

References required

Alana 0274 736 825 Michelle 027 77 66 497 Better in Blue

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 10.30am Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome Enquiries Phone 308-8699

FOR SALE

Racing Cycle Avanti Giro in mint condition with many upgraded extras suit person 1.5m - 1.7m 12 speed gears.

$900 ono Training rollers $100; 3 jerseys size L $30 each; Shimano shoes size 42 $50

All in perfect order

Phone evenings

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL COTTAGE or small house required for working, mature adult. Looking for warm, tidy home.

References available. Rural location preferred. Ph 027-706-6529.

GET in touch with renters.

Place an advertisement in the Guardian Classifieds.

Phone 307-7900.

ONE BEDROOM FLAT. Very tidy one bedroom flat.

Available mid April. West side. Suit quiet living person. Ph evenings or weekends 021-821-466.

PROPERTY INVESTORS Distance yourself from tenant and management problems.

Have your property managed independently, professionally and cost effectively. Property management is our sole focus 24/7. Call B&N Properties Ltd now, phone 021-1604565. www.bnproperties.co.nz

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

307 2332

EDUCATION EDUCATION

71A Beach Road Four Bedrooms / Two Bathrooms $420 per week

ATTRACTIVE and busty. No texting. Everyday. No W’s.

Phone Zoe 021-023-39-259.

NEW qualifications extend BUSINESS WANTED, SELL your abilities, check for training courses in the Ashburton Guardian 99EXTEND your education, Classifieds under Education. QUICK sale of your business in the Ashburton Guardian look to up-skill in the Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

Education section of the Ashburton Guardian CARAVANS & TRAILERS Classifieds.

WORK for yourself by owning your own business, advertised in the Ashburton FOR SALE: one Munro Guardian Classifieds in LEARN while you work, lots caravan.

1978.

Excellent the Business Sell section. of opportunities in the condition. $8,500 ono.

Ph To place Classifieds phone Education section of the 027-544-9008.

307-7900.

Ashburton Guardian.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, March 23, 2013

WEEKENDservices medical services HML ( Homecare Medical Limited) - Ring 0800 700 155

until 4pm & 6pm until 7.30pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

CHALMERS WARD (including Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from 7am - 10pm.

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

ASHBURTON REST HOMES: COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

for FREE 24 hour health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS This service is for emergency medical care only. Please remember your Community Services Card.

Dr Ryan, Moore Street Medical Centre, will be the duty doctor for Saturday until 8am Sunday. He will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066. Emergency phone until 8am Sunday 0800 700 155.

Dr Holdaway, Gym Company Medical, Cass Street, will be the duty doctor for Sunday until 8am Monday. She will hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9489. Emergency phone until 8am Monday 0800 700 155.

METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA - For weekend doctor

EMERGENCY DENTIST If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

helpline services ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

LIFELINE - Toll-Free Number: 0800 353 353 community services ART GALLERY

Phone 308 1133. Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm.

ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday 10am-1 pm; Sunday 1pm – 4 pm

COMMUNITY POOL WEEKEND HOURS Hours: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM

Baring Square East, Ashburton. Phone 308 3167 Open Saturday and Sunday 1pm - 4pm Closed Statutory Holidays only.

Groups by arrangement - phone 308 3167

MAIL CLOSING TIMES

and emergency details please telephone the Rakaia Medical ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE Centre, ph 303 5002.

Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm

visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.nz for more information. STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm If you want to drink that’s your business, if you want to stop POST DELIVERY CENTRES — that’s ours.

Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm Mon - Fri 5pm MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask Tinwald: Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm for the Crisis Team.

Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm SAFE CARE - ~ 24 hour rape and sexual assault ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS — Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm crisis support. Phone 03 364 8791 Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP ~ 24 hour number INFORMATION CENTRES - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - direct dials to a volunteer. Ashburton office - 307 8409 week-days, ASHBURTON — Sat 10am until 2pm. Sun CLOSED. Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050.

9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a message on answer-phone.

METHVEN — Saturday and Sunday 10am until 3pm.

Phone 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org ALCOHOL DRUG HELPLINE - Call us free on (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and emergency service. Except in cases of emergency persons requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners referral note.

PHARMACIES Unichem Pharmacy, cnr Burnett & East Streets, Ashburton, will be open from 9.30am until 12.30pm on Saturday and from 10.30am until 12 noon on Sunday and from 6.30pm till 7pm both evenings.

HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS ASHBURTON HOSPITAL GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2pm

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In the event of medical or accident emergencies DIal 111 BUS DEPARTURES Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES — Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

animal services DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL - 24 hour

service, phone Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John Keeley, 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER Contact (cats) Andrea 021 892 939 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Phone 307 5195, cnr East Street and Smithfield Road. The duty vets for emergencies this weekend are: Large: Matt Hart, Small: Susan Geddes. Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Phone 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive.

The duty vets for emergencies this weekend are: Large: Carl Finnigan. Small: refer to CARE VETS. Full emergency service all weekend. Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

CARE VETS - Ph 308 2327, 246 Tancred Street. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Robert Muir. Saturday morning clinic: 10am - 2pm.

ASHBURTON VET SERVICES LTD - Ph 027-683-8000. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

CANTERBURY VETS - Phone 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Road, Methven. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Jake Hackney. Ashburton Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

Bringing a new show home to Ashburton To find out more about our upcoming show home or talk about our extensive range of plans made for all budgets, call me today!

Phone Angela on 03 308 7052 or 027 447 0697 | www.gjgardner.co.nz Guardian Weekend Weather

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Saturday, 23 March 2013

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RANGIORA

Wa i m a k a r i r i

LAKE COLERIDGE

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DARFIELD

Map for Saturday

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Ash

Geraldine

Ran

burto

gitata

ia

Wind km/h less than 30 Waimate

30 to 59 60 plus

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing 6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

9 noon 3

MAX

24

OVERNIGHT MIN

12

MAX

25

OVERNIGHT MIN

11

MAX

21

OVERNIGHT MIN

10

6

9 pm am 3

6

morning min

fine fine fine fine fine fine fine cloudy fine fine fine fine cloudy

Monday 9 noon 3

13 8 10 8 14 11 8 13 11 10 13 15 14

1:57

8:02

2:20

8:29

2:37

8:45

3:01

9:09

6

9 pm

3:16

9:27

The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:38 am Set 7:40 pm Bad

Bad fishing Set 2:52 am Rise 5:08 pm

Full moon 27 Mar 10:29 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

Rise 7:40 am Set 7:38 pm Bad

Bad fishing

Fine apart from coastal low cloud in the A slow moving ridge is expected to lie over the North evening. Light winds.

Island through to Wednesday. A front over the South Island tomorrow should weaken as it drifts northWEDNESDAY wards on Monday and Tuesday. A high should lie over most of the country on Wednesday.

Mostly fine with light winds.

105.0 3.29 5.94 44.8

Set 3:54 am Rise 5:38 pm

Last quarter 3 Apr www.ofu.co.nz

5:38 pm

Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Temperatures °C

Fair fishing Set 4:58 am Rise 6:08 pm

New moon 10 Apr 9:37 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

Rainfall mm

Wind km/h

max

min grass 16 hour Mar 2013 min to date to date

21.1

7.6

2.8

0.0

39.0 135.2 NE 33

Christchurch Airport 19.8

6.8

2.8

0.0

19.0

77.0

E 37

Timaru Airport

3.1

–

0.0

26.4 105.4

E 24

Ashburton Airport Average Average Average

20.6 20.1

20.5 19.4

9.1 9.7 7.8

7.1

7.3

43 40 31

151 124 121

TOMORROW

max gust

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

showers 16 25 fine -1 1 fine 27 36 cloudy -10 -3 fine 18 30 showers 24 29 fine 13 24 fine 23 35 fine 11 25 rain 24 32 thunder 25 33 fine 20 26 drizzle 1 2 snow 0 1 snow -1 3

Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi New Delhi

Compiled by © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2013

FZL: Above 3000m

Rain about the divide, and some patchy light rain spreading further east.

Wind at 1000m: NW, gusting 70 km/h in exposed places.

Wind at 2000m: NW gale 65 km/h.

MONDAY Rain about the divide with some heavy thundery falls, scattered light rain spreading further east. Easing in the evening. Gale northwesterlies easing.

TUESDAY Mainly fine. Fresh westerlies.

WEDNESDAY Fine with southwest breezes.

World Weather Forecast for today

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:15 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

Rise 7:41 am Set 7:36 pm Fair

MONDAY

NZ Situation

Source: Environment Canterbury 7:49

Fine with high cloud. Northerlies.

TUESDAY

River Levels

1

1:38

TOMORROW

max

23 23 22 23 19 22 24 18 24 23 21 22 23

FZL: Above 3000m

Fine, high cloud increasing in the south.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to 45 km/h at times.

Wind at 2000m: NW 25 km/h rising to 45 km/h during the afternoon.

Fine with northerly winds.

High cloud, with some light rain possible.

Northerlies dying out in the evening.

2

0

12

Midnight Tonight

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

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m am 3 3

OVERNIGHT MIN

TUESDAY: Mainly fine, evening cloud. Light winds.

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NZ Today

Sunday

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n

TIMARU

Saturday

TODAY

MONDAY: High cloud. Northerlies dying out later.

AKAROA

ka

TODAY MAX

21

Rakaia

Ra

Canterbury High Country

LYTTELTON

LINCOLN

ASHBURTON

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine. Northerlies.

TOMORROW: Fine with high cloud. Northerlies.

CHRISTCHURCH

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METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

showers 4 11 showers 13 21 fog 21 26 rain 20 24 rain 15 24 showers 25 34 thunder 15 28 thunder 25 33 sleet 2 3 fine 12 21 rain 5 14 showers 14 25 fine -16 -9 showers 23 31 thunder 18 34

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

showers showers fine showers cloudy fine fine thunder fine showers cloudy rain cloudy fine fine

-4 5 14 24 5 8 -1 24 -7 22 20 14 10 -3 1

7 10 27 31 15 17 11 32 -2 29 29 20 19 11 10

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