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Ex-Ashburtonian stars on Neighbours An Ashburton man has appeared on hit TV series broadcast across Australasia during the past few weeks.

Former Ashburton local Scott Smart made his debut on Australia’s long running TV programme Neighbours on May 8 in Australia, and this week featured on an episode on New Zealand’s TV2.

Mr Smart, in his mid 20s, plays a character called Seamus Illich, a gay accountant new to the fictional town of Erinsborough in suburban Melbourne.

The former Ashburton College

pupil featured in episode 6641 on Tuesday evening in New Zealand, where he struck up a new relationship with another character called Chris Pappas, played by James Mason since 2009.

Yesterday, Mr Smart was reluctant to talk to the Guardian from his new home in Melbourne, respecting the wishes of his acting agency.

His parents Averil and Ross could not speak to the Guardian either, but his sisters took to Facebook on Tuesday night, happy for their young brother.

“Yes. I’m very proud of my younger brother,” sister Kim McEntyre posted.

Mr Smart’s other sister Cara McGrath said “Kim and I are presidents of the fan club” and mentioned he also made a brief appearances on the popular film The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and a McDonald’s advert.

Mr Smart also featured on New Zealand’s own hit series Shortland Street where he played Jared Fisher for seven episodes throughout 2008 and 2009, according to an IMBd profile.

During Tuesday night’s episode, Mr Smart’s character Seamus Illich met with another man called Chris Pappas at a café.

A friend of Chris did not want

him to rush into another relationship because he had just come out of a messy break up.

The friend deceives Chris by saying Seamus (Mr Smart) did not turn up for a date, with the last act in the episode seeing Seamus looking for Chris outside the cafe, shrugging his shoulders and walking off.

Neighbours has been on screen since 1985, and is a soap opera based on the personal and professional lives of characters who live on Ramsey Street and neighbouring areas.

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RIGHT: Former Ashburton man Scott Smart recently featured on the hit TV series Neighbours.

Trophies a definite starter for Harness Jewels

Hospital rebuild plans close to release

By Sam Morton The Ashburton Hospital redevelopment plan is within days of being released, ending months of rumour and uncertainty in Ashburton.

Last week, it is understood the Canterbury District Health Board met to consider three options for the replacement theatre blocks and the final announcement is now less than a fortnight away.

CDHB chief executive David Meates said the final plan would be unveiled next week, all going to schedule, which he predicts will be “a happy outcome” for Mid Canterbury.

Mr Meates was unable to elaborate on the plans yesterday, but suggested the public will be in for a treat when the curtain is raised on the hospital’s future.

“An announcement is expected very shortly, we have a couple of brief things to address first and then I will be in a position to reveal the plan moving forward,” Mr Meates said.

Community watchdog Warren

Janett was delighted with the anticipated announcement, pointing out him and “many other residents” will watch eagerly for any movement.

“It’s brilliant news ... our hospital has stood still for two years and it’s about time we were told what will be in store,” he said.

“It’s a community asset and we’ve been asking for answers for many months. It appears our answers will now be right around the corner.”

Mr Janett has kept a close eye on developments at the local facility since the Canterbury District Health Board closed the theatre blocks early last year.

Following a flurry of concern and rumours in the community earlier this year, Mr Meates worked quickly to dispel any rumours and insisted the future of the hospital was in no jeopardy.

It is widely expected a fund of more than $1.5 million set aside by the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation and other Ashburton charitable groups will be used to fund the approved model – initially put forward to help build two daysurgery suites.

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Ashburton Trotting Club assistant secretary Gareth Murfitt checks out a handcrafted trophy, one of 12 that will be up for grabs at this year’s Queen’s Birthday weekend Harness Jewels Racedays.

By Sue Newman They’re the 12 most coveted trophies in New Zealand Harness Racing – New Zealand Trotting Cup aside – and they’re under lock and key in Ashburton waiting to be claimed.

The gold, ‘jewel’ encrusted trophies will pass into the hands of the owners of New Zealand’s

12 top age group horses at the Harness Jewels Racedays on June 1 and 2.

Over the two-day meeting, New Zealand’s top 12 stake earning two, three, four and five-year-old pacers and trotters race over one mile to earn their owners big stake money and for the winners a gold trophy valued at more than $2000.

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With less than two weeks until day one in this year’s Harness Jewels, work is stepping up at the Ashburton Racecourse as trotting club staff and committee members give the course and grounds a final spruce-up.

The main work, however, will

start next week, with the marquees erected on Tuesday and Wednesday.

While the big weekend’s racing starts at 11.38am on June 1 with the four-year-old Diamond Pacing Mares race, the Harness Jewels carnival kicks off the night before at the Hotel Ashburton in an Off the Cuff evening where the specially designed Jewels drivers’ jackets

will be presented to the owners of the 12 top stake earning horses.

A 13th jacket will be auctioned and this will be signed by the drivers of each of the winning horses before it is packaged and delivered to its winning bidder.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS CULLIMORE, Joseph Charles; (441762-22nd Battalion) – On Monday, May 20, 2013.

At Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton. Aged 90. Loved husband and companion of Maureen and the late Lucy.

Respected stepfather of Noel Orsborn and Kim (Ashburton), Marilyn and Bruce Russell (Hamilton), Wendy and Raymond Suttie (Ashburton), Janice and Bruce Chudleigh (Ashburton). Loved grandad of John and Rakhee, David, and Joseph Orsborn (Auckland), Garrod Russell and Jamie, Toni and Phil McKenzie, Anna Russell (Hamilton), Richard and Brooke Suttie (Takaka), Michael Suttie (Ashburton), Aaron and Angela Chudleigh, Kim Chudleigh and Olly (Ashburton), loved great granddad of Jade, Jordan, Alyssa, Amber, Camryn, Oliver, Bella, Rory, Oscar, Tyler, Cruz, and Connor. Loved brother of the late Mollie and the late John Morgan, the late Charles and Shirley, Sam and Janet, Derrick and Margaret, Trevor and Morag Cullimore and respected uncle and great uncle of all his nephews and nieces, and a special mate of Mon Ami. Messages to 19B Allison Street, Ashburton 7700. At Joe’s request he was privately interred at Ashburton Cemetery.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton ROSE, Graeme Hugh – On May 22, 2013 at Christchurch Hospital. Aged 58 years. Loved son of the late Ken and Merle Rose.

Dearly loved father of SaraeLynn and stepfather of Andrew, Patrick, and Stephanie, and a good friend to Judith. Brother of Max and Doreen, John and Maree, Alison and Donald, and Janice and Brian. A much loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews.

Messages to Rose family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Graeme’s life will be held in Our Chapel, Cnr East and Cox Streets, Ashburton, on MONDAY, May 27, commencing at 1.30pm.

Followed by private cremation.

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Teachers’ pay dispute nears end

By Myles Hume A lengthy negotiation period looks to be coming to an end, as Mid Canterbury teachers look to settle the details of their pay for the next two and a half years.

Primary school teachers’ union, the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI), says it has settled a deal with the Ministry of Education, which includes more than 120 Mid Canterbury teachers.

A little over two months ago, Mid Canterbury teachers rejected a pay offer from the ministry, saying it showed “a lack of respect”.

However, NZEI Mid Canterbury branch manager Janine Barker said yesterday that negotiations appeared to be on the right track with a 3.03 per cent pay rise and a new pay initiative.

She said it was now up to teachers to vote on the collective agreement.

“NZEI think it’s favourable, it’s now up to the teachers,” she said.

Ms Barker did not want to speculate before the June 6 deadline, but said the collective agreement “has got some good things in it”.

111 diary Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently.

Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-the-minute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.

• Close call Several tyres on a large truck and trailer unit caught fire as the vehicle broke down on State Highway One, near Rakaia, yesterday. Police say the tyres on the truck and trailer unit blew out in the early hours of the morning, but despite the mishap, remained upright and the driver was able to stop the truck. However, the trailer tyres caught fire and emergency services were called to the scene. The onboard cattle were released and directed into a nearby paddock, while police and fire assessed the situation. The truck driver was uninjured and no charges will be laid.

She pointed to the latest aspect of the proposal called Advanced Classroom Expertise Teacher, which means teachers could earn up to $5000 allowance each year if they had formally recognised expertise.

“It’s to do with promoting career pathways because a lot of teachers get to the point where they have to enter management to further their career, then that takes really skilled teachers out of the classroom,” Ms Barker said.

Teachers who have higher qualifications would be eligible for the pay boost, but it would need to be integrated into the way they taught.

It has been a robust process to reach this point between the union and the ministry, with 10 months of negotiations.

Ms Barker she was pleased they had reached this point, saying it was the culmination of hard work and public protests during the past two months.

“It was good to see the process was sped up after that.”

Teachers are in the top step of the wage range.

The agreement will expire in about 30 months.

• Disqualified driver An Ashburton man was stopped driving while disqualified and had his car impounded. He will appear in the Ashburton District Court next month.

• Domestic incident Police attended to a domestic related incident in Ashburton overnight Tuesday, but no arrests were made.

• Damaged fencing

Rockquest entries into regional finals

By Myles Hume Mid Canterbury’s Smokefree Rockquest contestants have been left with another month to fine tune their acts with this year’s regional heats being scrapped.

Smokefree Rockquest event organiser Glenn Common said organisers were planning to hold a heats stage for the Timaru region, which encompasses Ashburton, Oamaru and Geraldine, on Friday after an unexpected swarm of entries last year.

It left the organisers scrambling, who had to run a rushed heat stage shortly before the regional finals.

However, with 16 entries this year, including five from Mid Canterbury, Mr Common said there were not enough musicians to host a heats stage and all the contestants would go straight into the regional final on June 22 at the Theatre Royale.

“Last year we had abnormally high number of entries, more than 20. Because of that we scheduled a heats in this year, but this year

there aren’t enough to have a heats stage.

“It’s always the way, when you don’t plan for heats there’s a lot of entries, but when you do you don’t need it.”

Mid Canterbury musicians will feature highly in the Timaru regional final, with Ashburton College bands Titan, Amelia-DanielleGreg-Tyler and Heavu Weather joining solo artist Jackie Tait and a band from Mount Hutt College called Missing Sam. Mr Common said it was a shame the bands would not receive constructive feedback before the regional final in June, but it did allow more time to touch up on their self-written songs.

From the Timaru region, two bands and two solo or duet performances will be selected to advance on to the next stage where they submit a 15 minute DVD with national judges determining who goes through to the national final in Auckland.

The top two national solo or duet performances will go through to the Auckland final on September 28, along with the top six bands.

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St Joseph’s School pupils Caleb Colins, 12, and Edwin Dargue, 10, help Salvation Army foodbank manager Judith Lilley

Helping hand for foodbank

By Myles Hume Helping the elderly, caring for the environment and working for those in need was all part of a day’s learning for St Joseph’s School yesterday.

The Catholic school joined 240 schools of its kind, including Methven’s Our Lady of the Snows, as part of Catholic Schools’ Day yesterday.

For the youngsters, the daily timetable was put on hold as they went

into the Ashburton community to make a significant difference.

Caleb Colins, 12, and Edwin Dargue, 10, made the short trip to the Salvation Army foodbank with eight fellow pupils, where they sorted apples, stacked the shelves and dusted the china – all jobs foodbank manager Judith Lilley said always needed doing.

“It’s great to have them here doing jobs, these are the things that sometimes don’t get done,” she said.

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Car into house

A woman and her young son escaped injury when their car ploughed into a house in west Auckland yesterday.

The car crashed into the front of the house on Peter Buck Rd, New Windsor, shortly before 3pm.

Tim Morrison, who lives at the house, said he heard a loud bang which sounded like an earthquake.

He went outside to find the car embedded in his flatmate’s bedroom.

“He wasn’t home, fortunately. If he had been on his computer he could have been knocked off his chair.”

The car had also scraped the flatmate’s vehicle.

“He’s not going to be too happy,” Mr Morrison said.

Senior Constable Graeme Freeman said it appeared driver error had been the reason for the crash, although the investigation was continuing.

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Street Daycare centre, helping the elderly, with another 19 youngsters at the Rosebank Resthome.

While another bunch of pupils visited some disabled pupils at Ashburton College, 14 others dispersed about town delivering meals to the doorsteps of more elderly Ashburtonians.

St Joseph’s School teacher Catherine Rush said it was about “the community seeing what Catholic schools do and the children will be able to see the needs of our community”.

An Auckland man accused of killing his flatmate has been found to be “legally insane” at the time, according to a psychiatric report.

Geoffrey Tampin appeared briefly at the High Court at Auckland yesterday morning.

Police allege the 38-year-old murdered his flatmate Dean Clark, 36, on June 26 last year. Tampin had been living in the same house as Mr Clark for only a week before the alleged murder.

Justice Timothy Brewer told Tampin that a psychiatric report obtained by Tampin’s lawyer found that he was “legally insane” at the time of the murder.

Justice Brewer said the Crown was now seeking a Photo Rebecca Watson

College third in Stage Challenge There was plenty to celebrate on Tuesday night for Ashburton College head girl Finau Fakapelea and the cast of the college’s Stage Challenge team after they secured third place in the open section of the event.

The ASB Stage Challenge saw a big line-up of schools and hundreds of students perform over several cat-

egories. The college students performed Things That Go Bump In Life, an eight minute mimed drama set to music about the impact of fear on one man’s life, from childhood to old age.

It involved a cast and crew of 70.

A combined cast from Christchurch Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools took

out the open division with its performance, Let’s Play War, while Burnside High finished in second with Rumour Has It ahead of the college.

Event manager Sarah-Jane Phillips said she was blown away by the students’ talent and by the obvious hard work that had gone into the performances.

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report of its own to determine what happens next.

“The issue dealt with first is whether a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity would be accepted by the Crown. If the report concurs with the report your lawyer has obtained then the Crown would probably agree that the only reasonable plea would be one of not guilty by reason of insanity.”

If that is the case a further hearing would he held where the mental health experts would give evidence before a Judge. A final decision would then be made based on that evidence.

However, Justice Brewer said if the report came to a different conclusion, Tampin may have to stand trial.

Tampin was remanded in custody and is due back in court in July.

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A Mid Canterbury driver lost control of his vehicle on Fords Road on Tuesday evening, crashing into and damaging several metres of fencing. The Ashburton Police would like to hear from anyone that may have seen or heard any activity in the area between 5 and 6pm.

Police also dealt with another motorist who had failed to slow down and take a bend on Dromore Station Road overnight Tuesday. The vehicle crashed through a fence and came to a halt.

The driver appeared to walk away with minor injuries.

Enquiries into the incident are continuing.

• Dob in dodgy drivers Northland road police are urging people to dob in errant drivers by pushing *555 on their cellphone. Road policing manager Inspector Murray Hodson said there was a renewed drive to ensure staff rapidly responded to *555 reported incidents and tried to identify the offenders. Many calls to police are related to traffic behaviour and last year nearly 253,000 people phoned the number.

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• Kiwi on trial An ex-pat New Zealander accused of murdering his wife has gone on trial in Canada. Former Napier city councillor Peter Beckett, 56, is standing trial at Salmon Arm Provincial Court for the murder of his wife Laura Letts-Beckett by allegedly pushing her off a fishing boat in 2010. The trial opened earlier this week in Canada and is set down for five days.

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• Confucius says . . .

Wanganui High School has been approved by the international Confucius Institute in Beijing to set up a Confucius Classroom - one of only four in New Zealand secondary schools and only 400 worldwide. Confucius Institutes are non-profit public institutions aligned with China that aim to promote Chinese language and culture, support local Chinese teaching internationally, and organise student cultural exchanges.

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Methven ball plans hit fever pitch

By Myles Hume Even three months ago, the ball was at the forefront of Rebecca Robinson’s mind.

The all-important dress perfected to the final stitch, choosing the colour, style and holding several fitting sessions to get it just right.

Although the college’s head girl would not reveal any details of her dress for tonight, she is confident the time, effort and planning, not to mention the hundreds of dollars

spent, will be all worth it as she steps into the Viva Las Vegas set just before 8pm.

“I started preparing for the ball probably at the end of February ... I’ve had three fittings to make it fit perfectly, I think you have to start back then so it’s all sorted,” Rebecca, 17, said.

Yesterday, Rebecca and her two friends Nikita Smith and Freya Livesey, both 17, gathered to test some make up tricks before tonight’s massive social event, the Year 13 trio visibly excited about

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their second college ball. Some had already had their nails done, and just needed their hair styled and make-up applied before they reach the Methven Resort Hotel.

“They say this is the biggest social highlight of the year, while the prizegiving is the formal highlight, it’s going to be great,” Rebecca said.

While girls were turning up to school earlier this week with their spray tans applied with only the ball in mind, Freya said it has been a somewhat different approach for the males.

“They don’t really think about it until the night, they might have a shave or some might have a hair cut before it,” she joked.

Second time round, and what can be a stressful process, particularly for girls, has become a lot less painful this year, Nikita said.

“I think it has been a lot easier this year, I just haven’t worried about it as much, you get a better idea of when you need to get things done.”

The doors open for the ball tonight about 7.45pm.

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By Sam Morton Hundreds of Mid Cantabrians have openly benefitted from a Government health initiative since its inception in the late ‘90s.

The Green Prescription programme has proved its value nationwide and has recently been recognised around the world – a big leap from its humble beginnings in 1998.

The programme, open to any resident 18 or over, aims to supTony Ryall port patients and encourage participants to have a more active and healthier lifestyle. ity back,” Mr Ryall said.

The Green Prescription iniMrs Welch, who regularly cotiative, co-ordinated by Jacqui ordinates aqua jogging classes Welch, of Sport Mid Canterbury, for her participants, praised the has received overwhelming sup- initiative concept and insisted it port from the district’s GPs and had helped “many” lives locally. the successes speak “It’s a motivafor themselves. tional programme to Mrs Welch estiimprove their health mates more than 20 and wellbeing and people are referred once they are on It’s huge to the programme my file, we keep in every month, most really, the value touch with them for being directed by least three to four is incredible. at their doctor or physmonths and continBeing physical ue to give them that io – others booking themselves on encouragement they can help all the programme for need,” she said. much-needed moti- sorts of health “It’s huge really, vation and discithe value is incredissues pline. ible. Being physical More than 250,000 can help all sorts New Zealanders of health issues and have been issued the programme realwith a Green Prescription since ly gets people out there to help it launched and Health Minister spur on their fellow members.

Tony Ryall is confident of further “And it’s not as if when they success and funding. stop the programme that’s it for “A year ago things were get- them, no – most of them will ting a bit difficult for 72-year-old continue on and continue on the Brian Kelly from the West Coast direction they have been working – he had type 2 diabetes, needed towards,” she said. to lose a little weight and was The Green Prescription prostruggling with his mobility. gramme also covers nutrition “Brian said the Green and dietary advice and draws on Prescription from his doctor was other professionals in the area to the motivation he needed to start deliver high quality support in all exercising and he’s very happy areas of physical health. with the results ... his diabetes is *For more information or any now under control, he’s lost over further queries, contact Sport five kilograms and got his mobil- Mid Canterbury.

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Mount Hutt College Year 13 pupil Freya Livesey (left) applies make-up to head girl Rebecca Robinson with Nikita Smith yesterday before the college’s biggest social event tonight.

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By Myles Hume With the appointments booked, last minute dress alterations, and plans to create a spectacular Viva Las Vegas set within hours – the Mount Hutt College Ball is in its final stages of coming together.

Tonight, about 160 of the school’s senior pupils will turn up in their finest to one of the biggest nights on Methven’s social calendar.

The college’s ball committee has been grafting away behind the scenes, as many of the girls have their dresses made or fitted, while the boys source the sharpest suit.

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Head girl Rebecca Robinson said yesterday some of the girls were already arriving at school with bronzed skin and finely crafted nails, but there was still one final element to come together.

“The set’s going to be really good, it’s Viva Las Vegas with glitter and gold, today there will be a group of about 20 helping to set that up between 8am and 1pm and it’s going to look great,” she said.

Principal John Schreurs was excited for his pupils, but warned those who were thinking of having a drink before hand.

“There’s no alcohol before or at the ball, we will be doing breath testing and checking the students, but they are well aware of that,” he said.

Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drugs Service has worked with the college’s welfare committee to co-ordinate an after party at the Methven Rugby Clubrooms.

Only those who have attended the ball can go, and must arrive promptly before midnight, with no more than the maximum six alcoholic drinks, each containing no more than five per cent alcohol.

“The only concerning thing is students who preload before they go to the ball, but they only have half an hour to get from the ball to the function for that reason, so we just ask parents to watch out for that,” Ms Clark said.

Luckily for those who stay until the 3.30am finish, they can sleep in with the college holding its teacher only day tomorrow.

KEY POINTS Ball time: Thursday 7.45 to 11.30pm Where: Methven Resort Hotel After function time: Friday midnight to 3.30am Where: Methven Rugby Club Who: 160 senior pupils No alcohol at the ball Maximum of six drinks containing 5 per cent alcohol at after party

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More to starving kids than just feeding them M

ilk in schools seems to be an all-round positive story but it may be just putting a plaster on wider social problems.

Hampstead School yesterday was the first school in the district to roll out Fonterra’s Milk For Schools initiative which will be followed by other schools around Mid Canterbury.

The launch comes hot on the heels of the announcement that the Government is working with Sanitarium and Fonterra to provide breakfast in low decile schools for children who might be going without food in the morning.

Milk For Schools is a wonderful emotive initiative with lots of

OUR VIEW warm fuzzies, including pictures of smiling children with milk cartons on the front page and parents remembering the days when they were the recipients of the state-run dairy supply.

One adult in their 40s this week told me she could still recall the smell and the taste of the strawberry milk at her school.

Milk became part of our education system in 1937 as the country was struggling with the Depression and the subsequent war effort and many families could not put enough food on the

table.

The sponsored milk was stopped in 1967 as the general standard of living had improved significantly to assume that all parents were able to provide the basic necessities.

Sadly, many parts of our society have slipped back into those dark days and children are again going without food, shoes and clothes in a country that considers itself a First World country.

Instead of waiting for the Government to step in or blame incompetent parents, several

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groups have got on with it and started feeding our hungry children.

Hopefully the Government and their corporate partners will support and learn from the existing initiatives instead of gazumping these volunteers.

Letters and text messages to

the Guardian indicate that there is a lot of ill-feeling towards the parents who do not give their children breakfast. Indeed one writer points out that a week’s supply of milk and Weetbix cost the same as a packet of smokes.

Many immediately jump to the conclusion that the children are suffering because of nicotine, alcohol and gambling but often life is more complicated than that.

It is hard to accept that any parent would let their children go hungry but the community has to be careful judging some families.

Some critics say that milk and food programmes simply offer an excuse for disengaged parents

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at the bottom of the cliff, the Government needs a two-pronged solution and avoid children falling off that cliff.

While the current programmes are commendable, they should run alongside initiatives to teach families in crisis to care for their children.

Feeding our children is vital, for their health and learning, and will save millions of dollars in other state services if those fragile ones get a better start in life.

Witnessing the appalling reality of child poverty in our wealthy nation, it is disappointing this issue did not get more attention in last week’s budget.

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to abdicate their responsibilities to the schools and there may be some truth in that.

The most important point though, which is lost on many, is that it is not the children’s fault and that some need help urgently.

Simply fixing the symptoms and feeding children, however, is not enough and in some circumstances may even exacerbate the situation.

Even though Mid Canterbury children may seem largely unaffected, nobody will deny that there is a child poverty crisis in New Zealand.

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YOUR VIEW Hungry kids Well I have listened to all the debate over where the responsibility lies over ensuring our young children get fed at school, however when it comes to pointing the finger at the Government of the day this is where I disagree.

The ideal way to look into this problem and put the onus where it belongs would be to start at the household by identifying the income to the household and then be confident that the children are high on the priority list when it comes to the allocation of monies within the household.

Because just relying on the government is not the answer, simply because the importance of our young children starting the day well nourished is a must but what happens to them during the school mid-term breaks and Christmas holidays?

I am so sure a survey of households would highlight many

issues where income is purely wasted on the unnecessary of life and while they get assistance in feeding their young nothing changes in some households to improve their problem because they simply have their priorities all wrong, and may I say this is not an assumption this is a fact and it’s time our people stopped relying on handouts.

There is a simple answer to assist in this problem and again it’s up to each and every household to consider, before you start a family ensure you can afford a family and only in extreme circumstances should families require assistance, because if you can’t feed them well you have made a poor decision along the way.

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Police Commissioner Peter Marshall has apologised for mistakes made during the Urewera raids but says those arrested and convicted should also consider saying sorry for the stress it caused to the community.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority’s report released yesterday found in some areas police acted “unlawfully, unjustifiably and unreasonably”.

Mr Marshall said he apologised for mistakes but not for the investigation, which focused on alleged military-style training camps in the remote Urewera Forest in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

The 2007 raids resulted in 18 people being arrested, four of which were left facing charges.

IPCA chairman Sir David Carruthers said the police operation was justified but officers acted “unlawfully, unjustifiably and unreasonably” in establishing road blocks and detaining and searching some people during the raids.

“We don’t shy away from the investigation, we absolutely think the right thing was done in terms of the investigation,” Mr Marshall said.

“We made mistakes, we went there in good faith and we got in wrong in a few areas in Ruatoki.

“It shouldn’t have happened, it did happen and we apologised.”

Sir David’s report said the detention of the occupants at five

properties of the 41 properties raided was “unlawful and unreasonable”.

Police were also criticised for the unnecessary stopping and searching of vehicles and taking 66 photos of drivers and passengers, including children. It left some people feeling “degraded and intimidated”.

Activist Tame Iti, who was one of the four convicted after the raids, has signalled he may consider legal action against police.

Mr Marshall said Mr Iti should explain to New Zealanders why he and his colleagues “ran around in the forest with Molotov cocktails and semi-automatic weapons and threatened to kill people”.

“He certainly brought us to the Ureweras,” Mr Marshall said. “If it hadn’t been for Tame Iti and his band of colleagues ... we would not have gone there.”

Mr Iti said he had never contemplated apologising.

Prime Minister John Key said the Government was taking advice on whether it needed to apologise to the Tuhoe people.

He said he doubted those detained illegally would receive any compensation.

Police have made “many” changes to policies and practices since the raids and continued to rebuild trust with the Ruatoki community, Mr Marshall said.

No police officers were disciplined as a result of mistakes made, he said.

- APNZ

IPCA RECOMMENDATIONS - Re-engage with Tuhoe - Maintain a decision log during the planning of major operations - Police should complete a community impact assessment for all operations with a potential for significant adverse impact - Amend policy on planning for children and vulnerable people when executing search warrants - Clarify policy regarding photographs at road blocks - Amendments and clarification of policy reflected in police training

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“Runaway millionaire” Leo Gao’s bid to have his jail sentence reduced has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.

In its judgement released yesterday, the Court of Appeal said Hui “Leo” Gao’s good behaviour before he stole $6.7 million from Westpac could potentially have made him eligible for a threemonth deduction to his jail sentence.

However, the Appeal Court justices found it was the High Court judge’s discretion to sentence Gao to four years and seven months in jail.

“We agree that it would have been open to the judge to apply a further discount to reflect [Gao’s

previous good behaviour] if he had thought it appropriate to do so,” the Court of Appeal said.

“In the end, however, the judge was not required to provide the discount that Mr Gao’s counsel sought. Discounts of this type are very much a matter of sentencing discretion.”

Gao admitted seven charges relating to the theft of $6.782 million.

During a hearing in the Court of Appeal last week, even the inquiries from three justices could not shed light on what happened to $3.7 million of the stolen funds that was still missing.

Gao became rich after applying for a $100,000 loan to keep the

doors open at his struggling petrol station in Rotorua.

Instead, Westpac transferred $10 million after a clerk put the decimal point in the wrong place.

Gao transferred the money overseas to 23 bank accounts before fleeing from New Zealand. Despite the best efforts by Westpac and authorities to recover the money, $3.7 million is still missing.

Defence lawyer Ron Mansfield told the appeal hearing the bank had liquidated the property owned

by Gao, who was declared bankrupt earlier this year.

The Appeal Court justices said it was for Gao to establish what had happened to the outstanding $3.7 million.

- APNZ

Person paints own pedestrian crossing

By Nicholas McBride Arnott Heights residents hope to convince authorities to install a pedestrian crossing in the hillside Greymouth suburb, but in the meantime one resident has painted their own.

The renegade safety crossing did not impress the Grey District Council, however, and yesterday it was hosed off by contractors.

Line Low, who lives nearby in

Stirling Drive, was pleased to see that someone had taken the initiative to hand-paint a crossing on the roadway.

With a children’s park just across the road, Miss Low said they needed a safe way for children to cross the road.

Arnott Heights area was also notorious for “boy racers” in the past.

“We’re talking about road safety, we’re talking about children,” she said.

The issue was raised at a neighbourhood barbecue last week and then on Saturday evening the crossing suddenly appeared.

Miss Low, who has two young children, said she already noticed people were slowing down since the faux-crossing was painted.

“The thing is, it’s working.”

She now hoped to convince the council to make an official crossing.

A petition has also been started and as of yesterday it had 111 names in support.

-APNZ

By APNZ staff Four Christchurch schools have been told they will be closed to form a new super school.

Aranui High School, Aranui Primary, Wainoni and Avondale will close to form one school that caters to Years 1 to 13.

It would be built on the Aranui High School grounds.

Chisnallwood Intermediate, which was originally proposed to be merged, will remain open, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced yesterday afternoon.

Education Ministry staff would speak to each school and principals and board members would then meet Ms Parata.

Ms Parata announced last September a proposal to close Avondale, Wainoni and Aranui schools, Aranui High School and Chisnallwood Intermediate to form one school.

Chisnallwood and Avondale opposed the proposal, while the other three schools supported it in varying forms.

The Aranui schools will now have six weeks to provide further feedback on the interim decision until July 3.

Another 17 Christchurch schools are proposed for closure or merger and are set to have a final decision by the end of the month.

Ms Parata said Chisallwood would remain open on its current site and would be reviewed in 2020.

Prime Minister John Key acknowledged that the schools shake-up had been a “painful process” for a city recovering from a major disaster.

“I certainly acknowledge the stress on those schools and the communities and we’ve done everything we can to minimise that on the back of what has been a very difficult situation,” he said.

But he was at pains to stress that the $1 billion Government cash injection would give Christchurch “21st century learning facilities that will actually serve the children of future generations very well”.

Chisnallwood Intermediate principal Richard Paton was delighted that his school would stay open.

He praised Ms Parata for paying attention to their strong submissions against merger or closure.

“Everyone is absolutely over the moon,” he said, speaking on his way to a debrief with the ministry this afternoon.

Around 800 students, staff and parents clapped and cheered when they were told the news this afternoon.

“The support of everybody in

the community has been overwhelming, and the nice thing is that they’ve got the result they wanted, and as a school, it’s up to us now to work with them and give them the best opportunities they could ever wish for.”

While it was a great day for his school, Mr Paton acknowledged the pain Avondale Primary would be going through.

Aranui Primary principal Mike Allen said that while some of his parents were resigned to the decision and are “OK with it”, others are disappointed and unhappy.

But he said: “At least we’ve finally got a decision and we can move forward.”

Since the announcement last year that his school was one tipped for closure or merger, he said it’s been “pretty unpleasant”.

There is still some uncertainty over the future, he said, with a lot of questions needing to be answered before the final decision is made in September.

One of the major uncertainties is whether all of his staff, including himself, still has a job come 2017.

“If everything goes the way the interim decision looks, then I think we’ve got some incredible opportunities to make a huge difference in the area.”

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By Kate Shuttleworth Health Minister Tony Ryall has given district health boards the hard word on cutting waiting times for diagnostic tests.

Although thousands of diagnostic tests, including MRI and CT scans, were being performed, people in some parts of the country were waiting too long, Mr Ryall said yesterday.

His warning to DHBs comes after news a Southland woman with breast cancer had to wait nine weeks to see a specialist.

She secured an appointment only after she’d reminded staff at her GP’s office to speak to the hospital about her referral.

Last July the Health Minister released guidelines that required boards to be 75 per cent compliant by the end of June this year as part of a three-year improvement plan.

The number of patients in the Nelson /Marlborough region waiting longer than six weeks for an MRI scan has increased by 50 per cent in six months.

Figures showed 224 people in the region were waiting longer than six weeks for their scan compared to 147 in September 2012.

Earlier this year a proposal for an MRI unit at Blenheim’s Wairau

Hospital was rejected by the DHB because of the cost.

Mr Ryall said that over the past four years, the Government had significantly increased the number of people having elective surgery and reduced the length of time people wait for a first specialist appointment.

“Our focus is now on reducing wait times for diagnostic tests where there are unacceptable waits.

Government has set a gold standard of 95 per cent of patients receiving their diagnostic tests in six weeks or less by 2015/16.

Mr Ryall said DHBs were introducing measures over three years to reach gold standard.

“Currently 75 per cent of patients across the country are receiving their CT scan within six weeks and just over half are receiving their MRI scan within six weeks.

“Most DHBs are doing well.

However, in some areas, such as Dunedin, wait times for nonurgent routine MRI scans can be up to 35 weeks.”

Capital and Coast DHB has increased the number of MRI scans performed by 25 per cent in the second half of last year by increasing its working hours, working closely with neighbouring DHBs and outsourcing some scans.

-APNZ

• Living wage Hamilton has become the first city council in New Zealand to approve paying all staff a ‘living wage’, and Auckland and Wellington are considering following suit, a campaigner says.

Campaigners say the living wage, calculated at $18.40 per hour, is the rate needed for workers to fully take part in society. The minimum wage is $13.75. The change will affect about 80 council staff, and cost about $168,000 a year.

- APNZ

• Sunfish surprise Rough seas have been blamed for washing ashore a rare and weighty spectacle at Whangaimoana Beach near Lake Ferry. Resident Janie Malton said her husband, Tan, had been checking beachline fences for damage in the wake of rough seas last Thursday when he stumbled across an ocean sunfish that had been washed ashore dead. “It was measured out at about two metres by one metre and would have weighed a lot,” Mrs Malton said.

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Conservation Minister Nick Smith will visit Denniston today to announce whether he has granted an access agreement to Australian miner Bathurst Resources for its proposed open-cast mine on the plateau. In late March, an interim decision gave tentative approval for the proposed Escarpment Mine, which commissioners said could potentially create hundreds of jobs but also result in the loss of rare native species.

Forest and Bird and the West Coast Environment Network appealed to the Environment Court.

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Vodafone New Zealand, which bought phone company TelstraClear for $840 million last year, lost a net 7000 mobile customers in the first three months of the year, its ninth straight quarterly decline.

Auckland-based Vodafone had 2.307 million mobile customers as at March 31 from 2.314 million three months earlier, according to its London Stock Exchange-listed parent company’s annual result.

That’s the fewest New Zealand customers Vodafone has had on its books since the third quarter of 2007/08, though it doesn’t include customers acquired from the TelstraClear purchase, who already run on the Vodafone network under a repackaged service.

Vodafone’s percentage of pre-paid customers edged up to 66.7 per cent from 66.6 per cent at the end of the December quarter.

The parent Vodafone group said its Australian and New Zealand busi-

nesses were the only regions not to report revenue growth in the Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific segment, which accounts for about 30 per cent of the company’s service revenue.

The carrier has had to contend with increasing competition since Two Degrees Mobile entered the market in 2009, grabbing a 21 per cent share in three years and eating into Vodafone and Telecom’s dominance.

Vodafone New Zealand boosted annual profit 16 per cent to $175 million in the 12 months ended March 31 from $151.5 million a year ago, even as revenue fell 4.3 per cent to $1.62 billion, according to the last financial statements filed to the Companies Office.

That was better than what Vodafone foreshadowed a year earlier when it said sales would fall $124 million and comprehensive income by $55 million due to the Commerce Commission imposing a reduction in mobile termination rates, the fees carriers charge each other for ending – APNZ a call on a rival network.

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People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm showing Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock exchange surged 261.88 to 1578.36 in Tokyo this week.

Japan’s economy picking up – bank Japan’s central bank says the world’s third-biggest economy is “picking up” as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home.

The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting yesterday with no change to its strategy of doubling the monetary

base for the sake of reaching a 2 per cent inflation target and jolting the economy out of two decades of stagnation. That outcome was expected.

The central bank said in a statement, though, that there is a “high degree of uncertainty concerning

Japan’s economy” and that prices show no signs yet of rebounding.

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Connecting with migrant business owners encouraged

By Ben Chapman-Smith Mainstream small and medium-sized enterprises should be tapping into the skills, experience and global connections held by migrant business owners, says an ethnic affairs leader.

Mervin Singham, director of the Office of Ethnic Affairs, said he wanted to see stronger connections between ethnic and mainstream SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) in New Zealand.

“There is a huge untapped potential here. We have a wide range of ethnic people in New Zealand who have an in-

depth firsthand understanding of the markets and the way businesses operate in their countries of origin.”

Business owners from countries like China, Pakistan and India had connections which could help Kiwis gain a foothold when pursuing new markets overseas, he said.

“These connections open the door to a world of potential markets and investment, creating economic and trade opportunities for New Zealand.”

As at March 2013, there were about 456,000 enterprises in New Zealand employing up to 20 people.

Singham said the government did not

know exactly how many of these were run by people who had migrated to New Zealand.

But a person only needed to walk down any main street in New Zealand to see businesses like spice shops, restaurants and dairies being run by migrants, he said.

Greater interaction would also offer huge benefits to ethnic SME owners, who often struggled to understand things like health and safety or tax rules, he said.

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Better relationships could also offer ethnic people access to wider markets in New Zealand, he said.

“Many tend to focus on their own community and they might be oblivious to the fact that New Zealanders that are not Chinese, for example, might also appreciate Chinese food.”

David Deakins, director of Massey’s New Zealand Centre for SME Research, said his research in the UK had shown migrants tended to gravitate towards

their own community.

“They’ll often start businesses that serve the needs of their own people.

The issue then is how to become more mainstream and develop links with mainstream SMEs.” The same problem existed in New Zealand, though Deakins said he had not carried out research into the issue here.

The Office of Ethnic Affairs is this Friday running the EPIC (Ethnic People in Commerce) NZ 2013 conference in Auckland, offering business owners the chance to network and harness potential trade opportunities.

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Irrigation a game changer - PM

By Christine McKay Prime Minister John Key has expressed his support for a multimillion-dollar irrigation scheme in the Hawke’s Bay. On a visit to what he described as the “rural heartland”, Mr Key was in Dannevirke backing a major water storage project and oil exploration.

“The Government supports irri-

gation because of its potential for significant economic advantages and I’m hopeful the Ruataniwha water storage project in Hawke’s Bay will go ahead,” he said.

“With $80 million set aside in the Budget for irrigation and water schemes nationally, we are looking at how we can drive the economy forward and irrigation is one of the major game players.

“Research tells us that 90 per cent of our water - rain - goes to

the sea. In Canterbury we know we can generate $1 billion more in GDP (gross domestic product) by harnessing water and using it effectively.

“It’s a game changer and one of the fundamental things we can do to lift economic growth.

“The big competitive advantage New Zealand has over Australia [not withstanding a drought] is rainfall and it’s one of the reasons the National Government is back-

ing irrigation schemes.”

Faced with anti-oil exploration protesters on his arrival at The Hub in Dannevirke yesterday, Mr Key told the Dannevirke News, oil exploration in the district would create jobs, lift incomes and lower the unemployment rate.

“The Government’s job is to make sure there’s balance between the economy and and a safe environment,” he said.

“Of the 18 [sedimentary] basins

in New Zealand, only one is tapped and that’s in Taranaki and if you look at its economy, there are high levels of growth. Fracking is safe and we should say yes to oil exploration, but make sure it’s done to a high standard.”

Mr Key visited the Kiwi Sock Company in Norsewood and spoke with staff before travelling to Dannevirke for a meet and greet with 180 members of the Chamber of Commerce.

He also visited Metalform and Scanpower’s Oringi Cold Stores, where the last Prime Minister to visit Dannevirke, the late Sir Robert Muldoon, opened the now defunct freezing works in 1981.

“The common factor in two of the businesses today, the Kiwi Sock Company and Oringi Cold Stores, is Scanpower,” Mr Key said. “I think it shows the answers [to growth] aren’t with central Government, but are here in this community.”

And just to help the Government balance its books, local businessman, Bill Taylor, presented Mr Key with a Big Wednesday ticket.

“Just to help him balance the books by 2015,” Mr Taylor, the owner of Blockbuster Video where a $14.1 million Big Wednesday ticket was sold recently, said.

“It’s great to have a Prime Minister visit because it shows he’s recognising the importance of small-town New Zealand.” - APNZ

Baby the ultimate Most of Carisbrook stadium to be demolished holiday souvenir

By Nigel Benson Thomas Jones and Erica Gunther have the ultimate souvenir of their New Zealand holiday.

Mr Jones, 23, from England, and his US-born partner Ms Gunther, 22, had only been in New Zealand for a few weeks when they had the biggest, and best, surprise of their lives.

The couple met in 2011 when Ms Gunther was working as a teaching assistant in Mr Jones’ home town, Kettering, in England.

However, visa difficulties in their respective countries kept them apart until they reunited properly in New Zealand in February for a year-long working holiday.

“Erica’s ankles were swollen for an unnaturally long time after we arrived. A few weeks later, she was getting pain in her hip, which a doctor diagnosed as hip bursitis and told her to ice it and rest for 10 days,” Mr Jones said yesterday.

“I thought it might be a burst appendix or, maybe, irritable bowel syndrome,” Ms Gunther said.

“But, a week later, we were staying at the backpackers in Wanaka when I woke up with severe cramps in my lower abdomen.

“When they told me I was pregnant at the Wanaka Medical Centre I just thought ‘Oh, my God’. I had no idea. There was no bump at all.”

For Mr Jones, it was an even bigger

shock. “I was in the waiting room for over an hour and people kept coming in and were being turned away at reception. I was worried, because I thought something must be really wrong with Erica,” he said.

“Then, 10 minutes before the baby was born, the doctor got me from the waiting room and said I was about to be a father. Before the air ambulance had a chance to arrive, she had given birth to our shock daughter, Laurelin.

“It was such a huge shock, because Erica didn’t show at all and didn’t even know she was pregnant.

She had no bump and the doctor didn’t even realise it the week before when examining her hip.

“Up until the day Laurelin arrived, she was cleaning, making beds and swimming in Lake Wanaka almost daily, all the while having no idea she had a baby girl inside her.

Laurelin was full-term and weighed 7lbs 2oz. [3.23kg]” Their families back home in New York and Kettering were equally surprised at the news.

“They didn’t believe us,” Ms Gunther said.

The couple married on the Lake Tekapo foreshore on May 13 and moved to Dunedin earlier this week, in the hope of Mr Jones finding work.

“We want to be a family and live in the same country. We’d really like to stay in Dunedin, if we could.”

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Lucky escape for Snoopy the dog

By Rosie Manins Snoopy is a survivor.

The 4-year-old spaniel-cross spent six hours stranded on a Dunedin cliff ledge in the cold and rain yesterday.

Owner Derek Hovius walks Snoopy around the Chisholm Park golf course most mornings, but yesterday the dog disappeared about 10am.

It wasn’t until 4pm that a very cold and wet Snoopy was back in Mr Hovius’ arms, following a threehour search and rescue operation

by Dunedin Marine and LandSAR volunteers.

Snoopy had slipped off the cliff near the golf course.

Mr Hovius was unaware Snoopy had fallen and spent 90 minutes searching the golf course.

He bumped into two women who had heard a dog barking while walk-

ing along Tomahawk Beach.

They called the Otago SPCA and Land and Marine SAR, and volunteers arrived about 1pm.

Two men went over the cliff on ropes in an effort to see Snoopy, while others took to an inflatable life raft and scoured the base of the cliff from the ocean.

The dog was discovered about 12m below the cliff top, on a narrow ledge, and was difficult to reach.

Mr Hovius waited anxiously at the top and was overcome with relief when a shivering Snoopy was placed in his arms.

“He’s a survivor,” Mr Hovius said.

Mr Hovius had taken Snoopy’s collar off because the dog was recovering from an abscess on its neck, so had not been on a leash.

Snoopy was examined by a veterinarian and given the all-clear before Mr Hovius took him home. - APNZ

Couple to be laid to rest together

By Kristin Edge A Far North couple fatally shot at their home will be buried together but their families are yet to decide where.

A family member from Kaitaia, who did not wish to be named, said they expected to have the bodies of Ivan and Carmen Maheno back at Te Paatu Marae in Pamapuria yesterday. Mother-of-two Carmen, 38, died about 10.30pm in Whangarei Hospital on Sunday after being shot in her Fairburn home, 15km east of Kaitaia, that day.

Her husband, Ivan, 44, was also fatally shot in the same incident. His body was removed from the house about 2pm on Monday, after family had gathered.

Ivan and Carmen married two years ago and had two children together, aged 8 and 17. Neither child was home at the time of the shootings and they are now in the care of extended family.

The family member said both sides of the family were coming together at the marae to discuss where the couple would be laid to rest.

Whanau were coming from

throughout New Zealand as well as Australia for the tangi.

“One thing we have agreed on is that they will be buried together but we have to talk about where that will be,” he said.

The shootings were a fresh shock for the small Pamapuria community after local school deputy principal James Parker admitted sexually abusing boys who slept over at his Awanui farm. He is due to be sentenced.

It has been revealed Mrs Maheno raised concerns about Parker with the former Oturu School principal, Fiona Lovatt Davis, who then went to police.

Chairman of Te Rarawa Runanga Haami Piripi said the Pamapuria community was shocked and under severe pressure, given the run of tragic events.

“We are in a community, I think, that is in great need of support and not just the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff stuff. More pro-active interventions are required at a socioeconomic level and a cultural level,” Mr Piripi said.

Pamapuria man, Edwin Harvey Maheno, 38, is charged with two counts of murder.

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Calder Stewart has plans to demolish almost all of Carisbrook.

The company bought the old stadium from the Dunedin City Council in a conditional deal in February for $3.3 million. Confirmation of the purchase appears to be due

next month. Documents released to the Otago Daily Times yesterday confirmed the company planned to clear almost every structure from the former home of Otago rugby for future development.

Only the Neville St turnstile building would be spared, at least for now, as the Dunedin City Council and the New Zealand

Historic Places Trust continue to discuss a covenant to protect the category one-listed structure.

However, the Speight’s, Neville St, Rose and Railway stands would be demolished, as would the terrace hospitality complex, built for $4 million in 1994.

The details were spelled out in two building consents issued by

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US rescuers dig for life after tornado Rescue teams are combing through a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people.

Passengers flying into Oklahoma City could see the track left by nature’s fury as it played out on Tuesday: the spot where the tornado touched down then chewed through the suburb

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of Moore like a lawnmower for 45 terrifying minutes.

Nine children were among the dead and entire neighbourhoods vanished, with housing foundations the only thing left from what used to be houses and cars tossed like toys and heaped in big piles.

“I think overall, the medical examiner has actually confirmed 24 deaths. But four of those are in Oklahoma City, the remainder

LEFT: A concrete angel rests on a destroyed car in a tornado-ravaged neighbourhood in Moore, Oklahoma.

would be in Moore,” Oklahoma City police chief Bill Citty told a news conference.

“There could be obviously others in the coming days. The search is still going on, heavily in Moore because they have such a large area to cover,” he said, adding: “So we have a 24 right now.

There could be more.

“All of the people that have been reported missing – initially last night, about 48 – all of those have been actually found except for I think a few left in Moore that they are working on to try to

locate that have not.”At least 101 people have been pulled alive from under debris, said Terri Watkins of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, and officials said more than 200 people have been injured.

Some of the children killed were buried when the 3.2kmwide funnel of wind demolished an elementary school.

US President Barack Obama declared a “major disaster” as crews combed the wreckage of the shattered community, where even residents with long memo-

Tornado stronger than Hiroshima bomb

By Seth Borenstein The massive killer tornado in Oklahoma was caused by a precise combination of wind, humidity and rainfall, experts say.

The awesome amount of energy released on Oklahoma City and its suburbs dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima.

Yesterday, the National Weather Service in the US gave the tornado the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 320km/h and 337km/h.

Several meteorologists contacted by The Associated Press used real-time measurements to calculate the energy released during the storm’s life span of almost an hour.

Their estimates ranged from eight times to more than 600 times the power of the Hiroshima bomb.

The tornado at some points was 2km wide and its path stretched for 27km and 40 minutes.

That’s long for a regular tornado but not too unusual for such a violent one, said research meteorologist Harold Brooks at the National

Severe Storms Laboratory.

Less than 1 per cent of all US tornadoes are this violent – only about 10 a year, he said.

It was the third strong storm to hit the suburb of Moore in 14 years and some people are wondering why.

It’s a combination of geography, meteorology and lots of bad luck, experts say.

If you look at the climate history of tornadoes in May, you will see they cluster in a spot – maybe 160km wide – in central Oklahoma, said Adam Houston, meteorology professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

That’s the spot where the weather conditions of warm, moist air and strong wind shear needed for tornadoes combine in just the right balance.

Several meteorologists also believe “bad luck” is the reason the suburb of Moore has been hit repeatedly by violent tornadoes.

Scientists know the key ingredients that combine in a devastating tornado. But they are struggling to figure out why they develop in some big storms and not others.

They are also still trying to determine what effects, if any, global warming has on tornadoes.

– AFP

Jewellery heist during day A group of armed and masked robbers have looted a jewellery shop in broad daylight in Milan’s luxury shopping quarter, thowing Molotov cocktails in the street and wounding two people in their escape.

Wielding baseball bats and pickaxes, between six and 10 men burst into the Franck Muller shop on the northern Italian city’s famous Via della Spiga and smashed the glass cabinets, grabbing watches and jewellery before fleeing on foot, Italian media reported.

The shop’s manager began chasing after the men, who were dressed in black and were wearing ski masks which covered their

faces, but was thwarted when they threw three Molotov cocktails behind them, sparking panic and wounding two other shopkeepers on the street.

“I saw a hooded man running, he shouted ‘Molotov’ and then there was an enormous bang,” one witness told La Repubblica, while another said: “It was crazier than a film.”

A fourth unexploded cocktail was found nearby.

A 39-year-old security guard hit in the chest with a bat by one of the robbers was taken to hospital, while another man was treated for light wounds at the scene, the – AFP reports said.

• 18 killed in Iraq Violence in Iraq, including a bombing near a mosque, has killed 18 people officials say, the latest in a spate of unrest that has cost more than 370 lives so far this month.

Yesterday’s bomb near a mosque in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, killed five people and wounded at least 16, officials said. Dozens of mosques have been attacked so far this year, including two Shi’ite places of worship in Hilla, south of Baghdad, where bombs killed 13 people on Tuesday. – AFP

• 5 Yemenis executed Saudi Arabia yesterday executed five Yemenis convicted of crimes and displayed their bodies in public as a deterrent for future criminals, the government said. The Interior Ministry said the five were convicted of setting up a gang that carried out several crimes, including the murder of a Saudi man. They were executed yesterday and their bodies were put on display at a square in the southern city of Jazan. – AP

• Jonas to host

Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski (foreground) of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, assisted by Port Authority structural specialist Pete Mizialko, holds one of four peregrine falcon chicks for banding, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, yesterday.

INSET:Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, examines one of the falcons.

City-dwelling falcon chicks banded Four peregrine falcon chicks roosting high on a bridge connecting New York and New Jersey were pronounced healthy yesterday and fitted with tracking bands to help biologists keep tabs on them.

Their mother’s squawks competed with the din of morningrush hour traffic on the George Washington Bridge as wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski gently lifted the fluffy chicks out of their nesting box and used pliers to fasten metal bands around their legs.

Face-chewing victim continues recovery A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami appeared yesterday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making jokes and thanking people for their donations to help pay for his care.

Ronald Poppo doesn’t like to leave his hospital room, though, and he won’t allow anyone to visit, other than his doctors and nurses. “My face,” he said.

The 66-year-old Poppo lost his left eye, his nose and most of the surrounding skin when a naked man attacked him for no reason beside a highway a year ago.

A police officer shot and killed Poppo’s attacker, Rudy Eugene.

It’s still not clear provoked Eugene.

Callers reported seeing a naked Eugene swinging from a light pole minutes before the attack. Lab tests found only marijuana in his system.

Poppo doesn’t blame Eugene for what happened, said Adolfa Sigue, nurse manager at the Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Centre, where he lives.

“The only thing that he always tells me is that, ‘I’m sure that that man had a bad day that day’,” Sigue said.

In a brief video posted online yesterday by the hospital caring for him, Poppo’s left eye socket is a hollow shadow, his blinded right eye is covered by a skin graft and his nose is reduced to just the nostrils. Still, he leaves his face uncovered to address the camera.

Poppo could still use his own tissues or prosthetics to replace his nose or eye, but he is not interested in more facial reconstruction.

“There’s still work that can be

Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, peered into the birds’ ears, then spread their wings to check for lice.

“You can see how the fight feathers are just starting to emerge,” he said.

When fully fledged, the babies will be fierce hunters that can dive at speeds of 320km/h or more to snatch other birds in mid-flight.

The chicks’ parents are among some 20 peregrine fal-

con pairs that live in New York City, favouring bridges and tall buildings where they can easily spot their prey. And because scores of migratory bird species pass through New York, there is plenty.

“I’ve documented over 140 of birds that they feed on,” Nadareski said.

Peregrine falcons became endangered decades ago because of pesticides.

Populations have recovered since the ban on DDT in the 1970s but scientists band them

to keep track of them.

“If it gets into trouble we know exactly which nest to bring it back to,” Nadareski said as he banded one of the squirmy youngsters.

Because peregrine falcons don’t build nests but lay their eggs on a flat surface, officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey started protecting the eggs several years ago by building nesting boxes on the George Washington and the other bridges the authority – AP operates.

UK gay bill passes first hurdle A bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain has passed a crucial hurdle in parliament, despite efforts by MPs from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party to wreck the plans.

Members of the House of Commons voted by 366 to 161 in favour of the same sex marriage bill, a majority of 205, and it will now go to the unelected House of Lords for consideration.

There was applause as the result was read out, although the bill is likely to face stiff opposition when it is debated in the Lords next month, especially from the bishops.

Yesterday’s vote followed a marathon debate on Tuesday in which Cameron was forced to make a deal with the opposition Labour party to defeat a bid by his own rebellious Conservative MPs to scupper the bill.

Right-wing Tories had proposed an amendment to allow heterosexual couples to form civil partnerships, which was condemned by Cameron’s office as a “wrecking amendment” that

Norman Tebbit would have delayed the introduction of the new law.

Although the motion was easily defeated with Labour’s help, the depth of the Conservatives’ divisions were made clear when 121 Tory MPs backed a separate plan to allow officials to opt out of carrying out gay marriage. It too was defeated.

Britain has seen none of the mass protests over gay marriage held across the channel

in France, which last weekend became the 14th country in the world to legalise it.

Some 54 per cent of Britons are in favour of allowing samesex couples to marry, according to a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times.

But MPs are sharply divided, and Conservative former minister Norman Tebbit stoked the row yesterday by claiming gay marriage could result in a lesbian Queen giving birth to an heir by artificial insemination.

“When we have a Queen who is a lesbian and she marries another lady and then decides she would like to have a child and someone donates sperm and she gives birth to a child, is that child heir to the throne?” he told The Big Issue magazine.

The rancour over gay marriage within the Conservatives has heaped further pressure on Cameron, who is already facing bitter opposition from many Tories over his leadership style and a promised referendum on Britain’s EU membership.

– AFP

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Ronald Poppo, a homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami, plays the guitar in his room at Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Centre in Cutler Bay, Florida. done, but he’s more than happy with how he is now, and he’s quite grateful,” said Dr Wrood Kassira, a plastic surgeon.

Poppo still requires daily medi-

ries of past storms were shocked by the devastation.

In televised remarks from the White House, Obama made special mention of the young victims as he mourned those lost and promised to provide survivors with the help they need to find their footing.

“The people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground there for them, beside them as long as it takes for their homes and schools to rebuild,” Obama said.

– AFP

cal care for his wounds. He can dress himself and is learning again to play the guitar, an instrument he had not picked up for 40 years.

– AP

Some 200 youths have hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze in a suburb of Stockholm in the second day of rioting triggered by an incident in which police shot and killed a man wielding a knife.

Dozens of windows were smashed, 10 cars and several containers were set on fire, and seven police were injured. Cars and containers were also set ablaze in another Stockholm suburb, Fittja, although police said it was not clear the two events were linked.

The unrest began on Monday, apparently in response to the May 13 shooting, in which police killed

a 69-year-old man, armed with a knife, who had locked himself in an apartment in Husby, an area west of Stockholm predominantly populated by immigrants.

Police refused to give the nationality of the victim, whose death is regarded by many locals as another instance of police brutality.

Six youths were arrested yesterday, but two were released after questioning, local police spokesman Jorgen Karlsson said.

The events in Husby have stirred debate in Sweden, known for its strong welfare state and egalitarian society but which has seen the biggest surge in inequal-

ity of any OECD country over the past 25 years, according to a recent publication by the global economic watchdog.

“This is not OK. We will not give in to violence,” Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said.

“We must all help out to regain calm. The residents of Husby need to get their neighbourhood back.”

Reinfeldt added that Husby – where around 80 per cent of the roughly 11,000 residents are first or second-generation immigrants – has been going in the right direction during his seven-year tenure, with employment increas– AP ing and crime falling.

Donald Trump’s Miss USA pageant will be hosted by a Jonas brother and an E! News personality. Pageant officials announced yesterday that Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers pop act and Giuliana Rancic, co-anchor of E! News, would host the June 16 pageant. The winner of the 62nd annual pageant in Las Vegas goes on to compete in the Miss Universe pageant. Jonas’ brother Joe Jonas was among the judges last year, and Rancic hosted.

– AP

• Brother cleared The older brother of South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been acquitted of charges of culpable homicide and reckless driving over a deadly road crash five years ago. Carl Pistorius, 28, walked free from Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court, south of Johannesburg. The prosecution said it was hard to prove that a female motorcyclist he had been accused of killing died from injuries sustained during the accident.

– AFP

• Xbox total package Microsoft has unveiled an eagerly awaited new generation Xbox One video game console, touting it as a home entertainment hub that goes far beyond play. “Today, we put you at the centre of a new generation in the living room,” said Don Mattrick, head of Microsoft’s interactive entertainment business. The beefed-up hardware is powered by a software that allows for instant switching between games, television, and internet browsing, according to Mattrick. Skype was also integrated for online video calls.

Kinect motion and sound sensing accessories that will come with consoles will recognise users and respond instantly to commands spoken in more natural language, according to Microsoft executives.

– AFP

• Jailed for 90 years Four Turks have been sentenced to nearly 90 years in prison each after they were found guilty of lethally poisoning five Russian tourists in 2011 with bootleg alcohol, a lawyer for the victims’ families says. A court in south-western Turkey convicted the four on charges of “manslaughter” over their involvement in producing and selling counterfeit alcohol, lawyer Kader Ruhittin said.

Thirty Russian tourists were hospitalised after drinking the fake alcohol on a yachting trip near the resort town of Bodrum in May 2011. Five Russians died. An investigation showed high doses of methanol, commonly used to mix bootleg alcohol, in blood samples from the victims and the seizure of some 200 bottles of counterfeit drinks on vessels operated by the same yachting company.

– AFP

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North artist to show her striking ceramics Among guest artists at the Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition this year will be Wellington Potters Association 2011 Potter in Residence Mia Hamilton.

Ms Hamilton’s ceramics are bold and simple yet striking contemporary pieces. Often they are raw and understated, whilst paying tribute to the material.

“I love creating tension with my work, smooth inside, with rough edges; shiny white glaze against matt bisque. These are not necessarily functional works; they are an exploration of structure and texture, demanding to be touched. My hope is that they will nourish those that live with them,” she said.

During the past three years Ms Hamilton has been a participant of Headland Sculpture on the Gulf, Auckland’s Sculpture in the Gardens and the Dowse’s Shapeshifter exhibition with her larger-than-life outdoor works.

She has also been a finalist in some of New Zealand’s largest art awards, including Portage Ceramic Awards, Small Sculpture Awards, No. 8 Wire Art Awards and Objective Art Awards.

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Mia Hamilton, Wellington Potters Association 2011 Potter in Residence will be a guest artist at the Ashburton Society of Arts annual exhibition this year.

Some examples of Mia Hamilton’s ceramics. Ms Hamilton’s contemporary pieces are bold, simple and striking.

Dame Malvina to bring her rising stars Dame Malvina Major and the Rising Stars will strike a chord with an Ashburton audience in July.

The Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains will sponsor the fundraising event on behalf of the Ashburton Youth Institute.

The concert, Rising Stars and Dame Malvina Major, will be held on July 6 at 6pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

“The committee is excited to have Dame Malvina Major coming to sing in Ashburton,” concert organiser Elaine Vallender said.

“She is always very supportive of youth and this project touched her enough to say yes.”

Dame Malvina had her first professional success winning the Mobil Song Quest in 1963 followed by the 1964 Melbourne Sun Aria contest. Making a comeback in 1986, she began a successful international career, mastering more than 30 opera roles.

In 1992 she started the Dame Malvina Major Foundation and recently she has tutored in voice at both Canterbury and Waikato universities.

The Rising Stars and Dame Malvina Major concert will provide a rare opportunity for people to hear her perform.

The first half of the concert will be made up of performances by Mid Canterbury’s own rising stars, including the Ashburton College’s Phoenix Chorus, Liam Kennedy-Clark, Ocean Waitokia and Olivia Pike. Pianist Joy Sun and former Ashburtonian Bridget King will also perform.

In the second half emerging artists supported by the Foundation and Dame Malvina Major will perform.

Tickets are now on sale at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre or online at www.ticket-

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Tensions involving a relationship may become evident.

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Reorganize your schedule if possible and try to relax.

Arts DIARY • May 24 – Miss Saigon by the Variety Theatre of Ashburton to stage at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre to May 31. From the writers of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon is a stunning, intense love story featuring such musical hits as The Movie In My Mind and Last Night Of The World.

• May 24 - Asterix exhibition at Heather Sarin’s home, 102 Allens Road, 10am to 4pm Friday to Sunday.

• May 28 – A morning with Jean Laming. This is a free event, beginning 11am. Light refreshments will be served as gallery staff converse with Jean Laming about her life, exhibition and artistic career.

• May 28 – NZQA exhibition Top Art opens at the Ashburton Domain hockey/cricket pavilion off Walnut Avenue. Runs to May 31, open 9am to 5pm first two day, and the last two days 3pm to 5pm. Entry is free.

• May 29 – Ashburton Film Society evening, Song For Marion (PG), 5.45pm at the Regent Cinema.

• May 31 – Courier delivery to Ashburton Art Gallery to arrive before 3pm for Ashburton Society of Arts 49th annual exhibition entries.

• June 4 – Personal delivery to Ashburton Art Gallery from 10.30am to 2.30pm for Ashburton Society of Arts 49th annual exhibition entries.

• To June 4 – Methven artist Karen Smith exhibition, The Motatapu, at the Methven Heritage Centre.

• To June 6 - Christchurch artist Ira Mitchell-Kirk opens her exhibition A Time To Blossom at Terrace Downs Resort.

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• June 9 – Ashburton Musical Club public concert with visiting artists, Tres Cordes, chamber music group.

Afternoon tea served.

• June 10 – Official opening and presentations for Ashburton Society of Arts 49th annual exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery.

• June 11 to June 28 – Public viewing of Ashburton Society of Arts 49th annual exhibition exhibition at Ashburton Art Gallery. Every day 10am to 4pm and evening viewing 4pm to 7pm.

• June 13 – Hypnotist Dave Upfold at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

A fundraiser for the Manio-O-Roto Kea Scouts. World renowned comedy stage hypnotist with one of the biggest crowd pulling reputations.

Show 7pm, tickets $25 adults, children under 12 $15.June 22 – Ten Years of Song by the Mid Canterbury Choir, concert at 7pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, tickets at event centre and on line at ticketdirect.co.nz • June 26 – Ashburton Film Society evening The Reluctant Fundamentalist, 5.45pm at the Regent Cinema.

• Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm.

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) It may be a day to step up your social life and perhaps to pursue romance. Be sure to get your priorities straight and do the right thing.

However, you might need to deal with matters at home first of all. If a domestic issue is testing your patience, slow down long enough to get a fresh perspective. A family member can assist.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Inspiration and creativity can help you make choices that encourage career progress. Getting the right kind of information and asking key questions may pave the way for an opportunity you can’t refuse.

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) It’s a good day to start a journey, make travel plans or to explore subjects of interest that open your mind to new ideas and concepts. Information that you take in and digest today could encourage you to learn more. Perhaps you’re looking for a set of beliefs that can help motivate you to create the kind of life you’ve been dreaming of.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) The way you feel my affect your day whether you like it or not. The Moon in Scorpio reveals you may be deeply sensitive to your personal emotional issues and those of others.

Don’t let yourself be distracted. One of the best ways to immediately feel better may be to go for a walk in nature or visit a caring and helpful friend.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) You might be happy to share your talents, especially as you may be productive and seem to have plenty of opportunities to flourish. While your career may be on hold, it’s still possible to come up with ideas that could earn you a lot of money or that might encourage you to consider working for yourself.

Later, a romantic invitation can excite.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) Be hopeful, aim high and dream big, but be practical too.

There are all sorts of reasons why you may feel like risking everything and seeing what happens.

You may feel bold, optimistic and also rebellious. Anything that takes time might fluster you. Attend to details and aim for success one step at a time. Some time out, ironically, can help.

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Calving app designed to make farmers’ lives easier

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Learning from some of the country’s best, dairy farmers Rob and Debbie Mackle explain their dairy farming operation to the 12 finalists in this year’s New Zealand Dairy Trainee of the year competition.

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Mobile more recently in 2009 which is now used by more than 2500 farmers in what Rob describes as a “one-stop” shop for herd records on a Windows mobile device.

But with the increasing popularity of Android and Apple devices, almost one in two New Zealander’s now own a smartphone and farmers wouldn’t be far off that either, Rob said.

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Play or the Apple iTunes Rob says the ‘app’ can also be store. installed on multiple devices, so • No additional cost for staff can share and enter data from farmers subscribed to their own phones, for the manager 480LIC’s MINDApro herd or record-keeper to approve back in 35 micron recording software. the office before herd records are

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The best and brightest young minds in New Zealand’s dairy industry were in the Ashburton yesterday as part of a three-day study tour of the district.

The 12 finalists in this year’s New Zealand Dairy Trainee of the Year competition are aged 6000 between 23 and 28 and have all been working in the industry for less 5500 than five years. The study Cheddar to increase their tour is designed enthusiasm and knowledge of the 5000 industry and to demonstrate the opportunities available as they 4500 progress.

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A new tool will soon allow Mid Canterbury farmers to add calving information to their herd records with a mobile device – from anywhere.

The MINDA calving application, or app for short, has been developed by farmer-owned co-operative LIC for Android and Apple’s iOS smartphones after requests from farmers for functionality that takes their records out of the office with the ability to view and update details from down the farm on their mobile device.

The new app will be ready for spring calving, says Rob Ford, LIC’s general manager of Farm Systems.

“It’s got to be one of the most requested products we’ve ever had.

Farmers have told us they want more mobile applications, so it’s great we are able to deliver this first one in time for the upcoming spring calving.

“They say there is an app for everything these days, and we’re working to ensure that’s the same for our dairy farmers. There’s plenty more in the pipeline too.”

The new app is not the first mobile solution for LIC, after first releasing a mobile version of its MINDA herd recording software in 2002, called M-Note, and MINDA

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With irrigation underpinning the Mid Canterbury economy, an industry body is concerned about political rhetoric around water storage and a cross-political party agreement is needed to advance the issue.

IrrigationNZ, a national body representing irrigators and the irrigation industry, was responding to comments from former Labour MP Stuart Nash that a future Labour Government wouldn’t fund water storage developments.

“As water storage has multiple benefits, from improved river flows to more productive farms and job creation for towns and cities, we struggle to understand why some politicians continue to see water storage as a negative. It’s far too important to be treated as a ’political football’.

It’s an investment in New Zealand’s future and one we need to make now,” says IrrigationNZ CEO Andrew Curtis.

“All groups involved in the Land and Water Forum noted the importance of water storage and need for its further investigation. The political debate should focus on maximising the benefits and making storage affordable for communities.”

In a year of significant drought, IrrigationNZ says it’s even more apparent how much of the economy is driven by agricultural exports – and irrigation and water storage helps future-proof supply.

“We all want our supermarkets to offer a variety of quality produce at minimal cost. The drought is already biting with consumers experiencing high prices and limited supplies of some produce.”

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ting the electronic notes into my phone too.

“I don’t use the computer much anymore, I like to do everything on my phone – it saves time and it’s something I always have with me.

His staff are the same, with mobiles being their way of keeping in touch across the farm.

“It’ll be good to have the option of getting them recording, and more involved with the app on their phones too.

“It’s really simple and it also provides a set way for everyone to record the information. All the data then feeds back into one place so we can check it back home and approve before it’s updated in our full records.

“MINDA Mobile is good, and we’ll still use it in other ways, but the problem with any one fixed machine is that it’s not shared – with the app we can all create calvings, and for me, it’s easier to have it all on my phone.

“At the end of the day, the real skill is still matching the right cow to the right calf, and that’s not easy, but this will reduce the need for double entry of data, or having to try and decipher someone else’s handwriting, and that’s gotta be good.”

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updated. “Apps like MINDA Calving will help them be more effective in their business, with more time to concentrate on other jobs.”

Farmer feedback The MINDA Calving app is currently being trialled with a number of Autumn calving farms and with farmers like Colin Grainger-Allen (pictured) who expressed his interest in the technology with his LIC Customer relationship manager.

The 50/50 sharemilker near Rotorua, with 550 cows on 220ha, says he is never without his smartphone and although he also has MINDA Mobile, he will be downloading the MINDA Calving app for him and his staff to use this spring.

“Calving is an intense time of year, and you’re never quite prepared enough – but this will help with the records because nobody ever leaves home without their phone, or not as often as the notebook gets left behind anyway.

“I used to carry so much around with me in the back of the yellow notebook, calculator and farm maps, but now it’s all in my phone.

“It’s amazing how much I use it, at home and down the farm. In the past we’ve used a waterproof notebook to record calving details but last year I found myself put-

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Pendulum to swing back to jerseys?

The jersey breed was one of the foundation stones of the New Zealand dairy industry.

Their number and popularity of these cows diminished initially in favour of the larger-framed friesians, but more latterly for crossbreds.

But the pendulum could be about to swing back. Until the late 1960s, the jersey breed accounted for 70 per cent of the national herd, today it’s at 12.1 per cent and that, according to LIC jersey bull acquisition manager Malcolm Ellis, is a dilemma – not just for the breed but for the whole industry.

“The industry is better with jerseys, it is one hell of a breed that’s worth fighting for and there’s a lot to be excited about now and in the future with the work we’re doing.

“Based on the amount of milk solids they can produce for each kg of liveweight, jerseys have a tremendous reputation for being a highly efficient breed, and I’ve seen farmers make this breed work across all systems.

“A system 5 jersey farm I visited recently, for example, has a top cow just short of 500kg liveweight – and it’s going to hit a tonne of milk solids this season. Their two-yearolds consistently exceed 600kg milk solids in their first lactation which is 1.18 times their liveweight.

“That’s massive, and it doesn’t stop there – in system 3 and 4 farms I’ve seen 400kg jerseys nailing up to 460kg milk solids each, while system 1 and 2 rockets are also cracking the magical 1kg of milk solids for every 1kg of liveweight.

“These farmers are making the breed work for them, but the biggest problem facing jerseys right now is they’re currently running fourth in a three-horse race when it comes to farmer’s mating choices, and their gene pool is getting lower each season.”

Fixing the numbers New Zealand dairy farmers understand Breeding Worth (BW) as a basis for bull selection and a goal for their herd but Malcom says declining numbers mean the jersey teams just haven’t been up there in recent years so some have understandably made the switch to the popular kiwicross.

Getting it sorted Malcolm left behind 22 years of dairy farming jerseys for the LIC job, 18 months ago, and his goal is clear.

“My number one responsibility at LIC is to produce two jersey bull teams (Daughter Proven and Forward Pack) that jersey farmers are proud of, and that kiwicross and holstein friesian farmers can’t resist.

“We’re always going to have the jersey demand for that first mating because it gets farmers to a crossbred, but my challenge is to get that farmer to want to go jersey again, and for that to happen jerseys have got to become more competitive against those other breeds.”

Embryo transfers will play a big part in that, allowing multiple bulls to be sourced from the country’s top jersey cows and a lifetime of progeny to screen in just one year.

As part a new programme this year, 45 of the most elite jersey yearlings from across the country will be farmed in the Waikato and undergo embryo transfers in addition to standard AB mating to create what Malcolm describes as an “explosion of elite genetics”, with up to 440 high quality jersey offspring for the national herd from just one season.

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Malcolm Ellis with LIC’s top jersey bull, Hillstar Lot Jester, bred by Malcolm’s family in Te Awamutu.

“The jerseys have got to regain BW respect, because I know in this game, if you don’t rock on the wall chart then you don’t perform because that is what farmers base their decisions on.

“They’re in a race against time to recapture genetic gain, but we’ve got to balance that with diversity in the genes too.”

The kiwicross cow is the most popular in New Zealand, but

Malcolm says its continuity is enhanced with strong parent breeds, jersey and holstein friesian, which allows the blend of traits that farmers want.

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standing and predicting market signals so we can then apply scientific logic to the selection of young bulls which will sire the cows which will produce the milk solid componentry required in the future.

“The jersey cow is known for her high fat production and efficiency, so her inclusion either as a purebred or contributor to kiwicross sires is of huge benefit for the industry.”

For now and for the upcoming spring mating, Malcolm describes this year’s LIC jersey teams as a “massive step in the right direction” with a combination of high BW, solid ancestry and strength in liveweight and udders.

The newly formatted Forward Pack is made up of the highest BW ranked Jersey Daughter Proven bulls, and supported by a number of genomically selected bulls.

“The Forward Pack is new this year, but it simply offers farmers the best of the best in their breed of choice.

“But no matter what your breed, I’d encourage you to take a good look at what we’ve got this year in jersey.

“And keep watching this space too, because with a combination of science, rock solid ancestry and extreme depth of pedigree, the future for jerseys is looking much brighter from where I’m sitting.”

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Thanks to our fantastic partners and supporters Major Partners EA Networks New Zealand Lottery Board Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury Ashburton Trust / Lion Foundation

Gold Partners Ashburton Contracting Ltd Ashburton Guardian Co. Ltd BNZ Briggs Family Jennian Homes Mid Canterbury Ltd – for HouseBuild

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e’re at $4,750,000 and counting!!

The phenomenal effort continues by so many!

In this week’s Pages we witness the pain of the Wax It Challenge by Classic Hits radio host Hoops and local BNZ staff member Gavin, the outstanding effort by 15 of

Silver Partners Allenton Swimming Charitable Trust Ashburton Trading Society Ashburton Trust – Trading Arm Carr Group Dairy Holdings Ltd Laser Plumbing and Electrical – for HouseBuild Murney Family Turton Developments Ltd The Radio Network – Classic Hits 92.5fm VetEnt Riverside Wilson Bulk Transport Ltd

Bronze Partners Ashburton Club and MSA Ashford Handicrafts Ltd Busch Irrigation Systems Ltd CJ Redmond Ltd CMP Canterbury & Five Star Beef Cochranes of Canterbury Dpi Design & Print and Elite Embroidery Drummond and Etheridge Ltd KFC Ashburton Neumanns Tyre Service Ltd Newlands Group Paper Plus Ashburton/Office Spot Ashburton Ray Mayne Hose and Fittings Ltd Rosebank Residential Care Ltd Rotary Club of Ashburton Rotary Club of Ashburton Plains RX Plastics Ltd Spray Marks Group Stuart Tarbotton Contractors Ltd Tricroft Properties Murray and Margaret Turley Vision Insurance (S.I.) Ltd Woodham Family

Business Partners Plus Ashburton College Everest Farm Consulting Ltd Kelvin Holmes Insurance Services ltd Mid Canterbury Badminton Club Molloy Agriculture Ltd Todds of Ashburton

Business Partners Andrew Quigley Contracting Ltd Arthur Cates Ltd Ashburton New World Ashburton Pre-Stress Concrete Brady’s Painting and Decorating – for HouseBuild Neil and Judy Brown Robin Burgess Canterbury Longrun Roofing – for HouseBuild C.M. Trailer Equipment Ltd Cooney Silva Evatt Ltd Croys Ltd Ross and Sue Duncan Robert and Jane Ellis Euro Agri Falloon and Co Ltd Frontrunner/Avanti Plus Gabites Ltd R&M Ganda Ltd/BP2Go Goodman Tavendale Reid Law Grieve Construction Ltd Hinds Lions & Districts H. L. Rosevear & Co Ltd Honda Country Ashburton Hydraulink Mid Canterbury Ltd JFM Advertising and Design Rachel and Brian Leadley Leech & Partners Ltd Mainland Wool Ltd Midlands Seed Ltd Mitre 10 MEGA Ashburton – for HouseBuild Murney Grandchildren Murray Smith Aluminium Myers Business Solutions Ltd Parr Family Paveco – for HouseBuild Peter May Ltd Philip Wareing Ltd Plucks Engineering Ltd Precision Cutting and Processing Ltd Property Brokers – for HouseBuild Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative Ross Bros Transport Ltd Rural Transport Ltd Russell Moon and Fail Ryal Bush Transport Ashburton Rylock Ashburton Sebco – Fuel Storage Systems Ltd Seven Bottles Syndicate Shearer Family Skip-2-It Flooring Xtra – for HouseBuild Smith and Church/Electraserve – for HouseBuild Smith Seeds Ltd Stocker Dairy Services Ltd Subway Ashburton Tinwald Canvas and Upholstery Ltd David and Hilary Ward

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$250,000 TO GO AND LAST EFFORT NEEDED! Mid Canterbury’s primary schools running mufti days, and we’ve got a date for the HouseBuild Auction – keep your diaries clear on Saturday 20 July to bid for this 3 bedroom home, built and fitted out by 28 of Mid Canterbury’s finest in the building trade.

I’m also delighted to announce that Classic Hits

with Terrace Downs Golf Course will be holding a second Golf Tournament for the EA Networks Centre – to all you golfers (and would be golfers like me!), again keep 11 October in your diary clear.

We are in the home straight, but we’re very conscious the last $250,000 can be the

hardest, and we really need to raise these remaining funds by midJune. Therefore, if you’ve been thinking about supporting the Centre, we need your support now!

If you would like to become a Business Supporter please phone Fiona at Myers Business Solutions.

If you would like to become a Public Supporter or make a donation, please stop in at the BNZ on East Street. Remember, Public Supporters at any level go into a weekly prize draw every Thursday morning on Classic Hits. Our Public Supporters total is now over $70,000, and Sheena

and the Community Team have set their own Public Supporters target of $125,000.

I can’t say thank you enough to everyone for their support so far, and do ask for your final efforts to help get us over the line to reach our $5 million community fundraising target.

Keep Saturday 20 July free for the HouseBuild Auction

ennian Homes and the Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team HouseBuild is nearing completion, and the auction date has been set! Saturday 20 July will see this modern 3 bedroom home being built at the Braebrook subdivision going to auction. “It’s been an amazing community-wide effort by 28 different trades and suppliers, ranging from concrete to aluminum joinery to landscaping – the best of our Mid Canterbury building community have been involved”, says Chris Watson from Jennian Homes.

If you’re interested in placing a bid, please register your interest with Hamish Niles from Property Brokers on either 027 356 265 or 03 307 9176.

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s a fun-day finish to the final day of last term, fifteen of Mid Canterbury’s Primary Schools supported the EA Networks Centre community fundraising programme by holding a district-wide mufti day. For some schools, this meant adopting a theme and dressing as a sports-person.

Across the Mid Canterbury District the very impressive total of $5248.50 was raised.

Presentation of this money took place on Thursday 16 May when District Councillors had a youthful and positive start to their meeting as student representatives

Chris Robertson Fundraising Chairman EA Networks Centre

Main Construction Tender Draws Closer

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he main construction tender for the EA Networks Centre is on track to be received by tenderers in late May. Explains Mike Southby, Chairman of the Design Committee, “The design documentation has been completed, the building consent has been lodged, and Council has awarded 2 initial site works contracts after a competitive tender process to Ashburton Contracting Ltd”.

As Mike further explains, “Pre-Christmas, the decision was made to call an Expression

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of Interest for main contractors, with 3 contractors being short-listed from this process, i.e., Hawkins, Naylor Love and Fletchers. If you haven’t already, we encourage all local suppliers to contact these tenderers to register your interest. Please know the tender documentation clearly asks all main contractors to make every effort to seek local supplier involvement”.

The main construction tenders will be considered by Council after a full comparative evaluation process, which is expected to be completed in late June/early July.

SCHOOLS’ MUFTI DAY BOOSTS COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING from Allenton, Borough, Ashburton Christian, Chertsey, Dorie, Fairton, Hampstead, Lauriston, Longbeach, Methven Primary, Netherby, St Joseph’s, Tinwald and Wakanui Schools presented their cheques at the Council Chambers.

There was a great deal of justifiable pride from the students as they announced their school and the amount raised, and then handed their money over to Chris Robertson, Chairperson of the Fundraising Committee, and Angus McKay Ashburton District Council Mayor. A significant amount of work

Supporters Aberavon Farm Ltd Alan Dowdle Home Maintenance – for HouseBuild Allens Ashburton – for HouseBuild Allied Concrete – for HouseBuild Ashburton Forks Engineering Ashburton Joinery – for HouseBuild John and Ruth Bilverstone Brown Family Dale Smith Garden Services – for HouseBuild Dominator Doors Ashburton – for HouseBuild Firth – for HouseBuild Gary McCormick Transport – for HouseBuild G.J. & T.L. Hunt Kiwanis J.H. Lemon D.T. Lowe and Co Lynnford Rural Women McLaren Contracting – for HouseBuild Marley – for HouseBuild Niagara – for HouseBuild Owen and Rosemary Moore Pendene Farm Ltd Penmore Farm Ltd Perry Farms Pink Batts – for HouseBuild Plumbing World and Methven Tapware – for HouseBuild B.V. Quinn Shearmac Aluminium – for HouseBuild The Finishing Company – for HouseBuild Vern and Kay Thomas U Hire Ashburton – for HouseBuild VIP Frames and Trusses – for HouseBuild Waioto Farm Ltd L.G. Webb White Fox and Jones Wire Plus – for HouseBuild

had gone into achieving excellent outcomes and this is acknowledged and valued.

Rakaia School had also held their mufti day but were not able to attend the ceremony.

With six schools Ashburton Intermediate, Carew Peel Forest, Hinds,

Mt Somers/Springburn, Mayfield and Our Lady of the Snows- still to hold their mufti days, the total schools’ contribution from across the district is set to rise.

The Mayor, District Councillors and Project Trustees greatly appreciate the efforts of each of the

schools, their Principals and staff members, and the families who so generously supported this project.

Six of these schools were able to raise donations of $500 or more and will be eligible to have their school name be placed on either a seat overlooking the courts in the Stadium, or on an

alternative high profile option.

Importantly, we have many young people looking forward to using the new facility.

Sheena Tyrrell Trustee, Ashburton Stadium Complex Trust & Chair, Community Funding Team

Mid Canterbury students from Borough and Lauriston Primary Schools announcing their school mufti day fundraising efforts to the Ashburton District Council meeting last Thursday.

Public Supporters Allenton School Altrusa International Ashburton Amarog Trust Russell Anstiss Ashburton Borough School Ashburton Christian School Ashburton Fun League Basketball Lindsay and Bev Bagrie Julie and Bevan Bain Dot Beatty G J Bennett Ivan and Lesley Blain G & M Blair D Bourke Burdett Family J C Burton Lis Butterick Chertsey School W & P Corbett A Craig & J Steenson D J Danielson

Donald Family Dorie School Alan Dowdle Home Maintenance Fairton School Ferguson Family Colin and Anne Fleming J & V Fleming R & J Foster A J Ganzevles B & D George B Glassey Liz Grigg Ngaire & Ivan Griffiths K A & C A Gunn Family Gunn Family A G Hammond Hampstead School D & J Harrison Mrs M J Haskett J Herridge Hodge Family Holmeslee Enterprises Ltd Abby Homer

Honeywell Family Josh Hooper McKenzie Hooper Hoops & Gav Wax challenge Gavin & Annette Hunt & Family Hyde Family Farm MW & CG Hyde Jenkins Family Johnston Family L Kenny M Kenny P Kenny T Kenny Kidzwedd Family Pamela Kingston Laser Electrical - Sausage Sizzle Lauriston School L & P Dairies J & L Leadley W & J Leferink Mr I Lennie Longbeach School

Bob and Rosalie Macpherson McDonald Family/Red Cow Farms Ltd G & V McDougall and Families Ray and Jenny McIntosh T & M Mattingley Methven Primary School D & P Morrison Netherby School Megan O’Brien Thomas O’Brien I M Officer-Holmes Bree, Piper and Portia O’Malley L Parkes DW & MA Procter BW & N E Quantock Rakaia School H & L Ratten G & L Register Rigter Family Ruddenklau Family J & R Savage

Neil and Jeanette Sinclair Smith Family Alister Smyth Southby Family St Joseph’s School Wendy and Raymond Suttie E Swan G & R Tait R & P Tarbotton Tinwald School C Topham P Topham Wakanui School J B Walkham Eileen and George Ward W & D Watson Webb Family Trust A. Wells Owen and Lorraine Wilson Winchmore Branch RWNZ E J Wood BNZ Staff

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE EA NETWORKS CENTRE Please contact Fiona at Myers Business Solutions on 307-6355 (day time) or Janette on 027-308-0020.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, May 23, 2013

WOW! – Mid Canterbury Badminton Donates $15,000

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s Club members Bernie Jopson and Clark Gillies explain “We’ve currently got over 100 players who play each week on a Tuesday night and Thursday morning at the Sports Hall in Tancred Street, and it would be great to have more courts to use.

Bring on the new EA Networks Centre says the Club. We currently cater for all ages and abilities, and see the EA Networks Centre as a fantastic opportunity to not only provide the best possible facilities for our Club, but to also grow Club numbers.

The Club has been building up funds over the years, and believes it is really important for our Club to play its part to help make this Centre possible”.

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Hoops and Gav Wax It Challenge

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uch! was the catch cry as Classic Hits 92.5fm radio host Phill Hooper together with Gavin Templeton from the BNZ jointly sacrificed on air their chest hair, skin and pain for the cause. Hoops’ and Gav’s brave efforts raised a further $1862.70 towards the EA Networks Centre.

Some of the many very generous members of the Mid Canterbury Badminton Club.

After the wax with Gav still dazed and Hoops’ burn in evidence, with Kim Ross from Allure, who kindly agreed to wax the guys.

MOLLOY AGRICULTURE LIMITED BUSINESS PARTNER PLUS

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avid and Sonia Molloy started the spraying business in 1985 with a J1 Bedford Truck, today Molloy Agriculture Limited owns and operates 6 Bateman Sprayers and 4 Spray Trucks - which sprays over 100,000 hectares each year and employs

16 full time staff.

Molloy Agriculture Limited offers a wide range of modern, fully computerised machines backed up by experienced and professional operators.

Other services they offer include being suppliers of Agrichemicals, Liquid N and Syngeta Nozzles,

with the added bonus of being an Agrecovery depot to promote recycling.

Mountainview Agronomy is also a division of Molloy Ag Ltd; this business provides independent agronomy advice with clear cut billing, utilizing the latest ‘muddy boots’

software.

Our business focus is to provide a complete service - Advise, Supply, Apply & Recycle.

David and Sonia both feel that the EA Networks Centre is a worthwhile venture to support. “With the expected growth within the Mid Canterbury

District, we see the need to improve the current facilities for sport and recreation. Not only will this assist our local athletes and teams, it will also increase future opportunities to hold major sporting events, which is advantageous for the whole community”.

Brian Leadley, Deputy Chairman for the Asburton Stadium Complex Trust with David Molloy from Molloy Agriculture Limited.

EA NETWORKS CENTRE PUBLIC SUPPORTERS PACKS Show your support for the EA Networks Centre with a public supporter's pack. Whether you wish to make a personal donation or your whole family wants to pitch in, there's an option for you. And for anyone making a $500 contribution, you'll be acknowledged on one of the permanent seats overlooking the main courts in the new Centre. Thank you for your support.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE Make sure to visit our website. Content is being continuously updated as it becomes available.

See www.eanetworkscentre.co.nz

EA NETWORKS CENTRE IS ON FACEBOOK If you’d like to share in the latest development for the EA Centre, you can now find us on Facebook.

Check out the latest news at www.facebook.com/eanetworkscentre

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

9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

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10.30am. MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. New Comers coffee morning group. McDonald’s Ashburton.

10.30am - 3.30pm. ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS GUILD. Canvas work, Stitch and chat. Senior Centre, Cameron St. 10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

12.30pm. TINWALD GARDEN CLUB. Soup, lunch and quiz.

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1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome.

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RACING

Waverley RC fields, form and riders Fields for Waverley RC meeting at Waverley today.

NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8 RACE 1 12.10pm (NZT) R D 1 WAVERLEY 2200 JMP HWT $7000, JMP HWT, 2200m 1 0x408 Herman Munster dm (1) 73.K Veenendaal (3) 2 1149x Wotabuzz tdm (4) 70.5...............H Curran (3) 3 5x11x Mahanadi dm (10) 69......................L Whelan 4 F370x Electriclite m (11) 66.5.....................C Singer 5 2P45x Binklebonk tdmh (7) 66..................P Ormsby 6 64Px9 Victory Morgan dm (8) 65.5............. S Phelan 7 0Lx05 Hoover Boy m (3) 65.....G Walsh (1.5) 8 4267x Ohopee m (6) 65...........................B Lammas 9 3116x Stainley m (2) 65.............................. J Riddell 10 F7x03 Sea Eagle d (5) 65...................... C Studd (3) 11 55x05 Athenry (9) 65..................................C Perrett RACE 2 12.45pm GALLAGHER 2200 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2200m 1 39652 Time For Gold (12) 58.5................R Hannam 2 4388x Happy Go Lucky (4) 58.5......M Dravitzki (a2) 3 x08x5 Mendean (10) 58.5................... T Kahlon (a4) 4 868x9 Fraggle Rock (6) 58.5........................ K Smith 5 78x06 Heard It All h (13) 58.5............ L Whelan (a1) 6 898x7 Self Evident (9) 58.5..................D Turner (a3) 7 88x69 Straight Ahead (1) 58.5.................... J Parkes 8 0 Wally (7) 58.5.................... K Kalychurun (a3) 9 x5373 Bunkered (5) 56.5..........................B Lammas 10 80035 Honour Roll (2) 56.5....................... L Allpress 11 57727 MacKenzie (11) 56.5.........................R Myers 12 99765 Herecomesthebride (3) 56.5.......B Grylls (a2) 13 58x00 Search For Fame (8) 56.5..................S Doyle RACE 3 1.20pm INGHAM 1650 RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark HWT*, 1650m 1 178x0 Jacksun tdm (12) 70........................L Whelan 2 22812 Lieutenant Lincoln 70.....................Scratched 3 8166x Rangatira (7) 70...............................C Perrett 4 25284 Storm Home (10) 70...........................S Doyle 5 96941 Fredrick William (6) 69...................B Lammas

6 06542 Exceeding A Dream (5) 68.5............C Singer 7 10x87 Kick Back (3) 68................. K Veenendaal (3) 8 54305 Ciron (8) 68...................................... J Riddell 9 3156x Jackabean (4) 68........................H Curran (3) 10 369x7 Torrado m (13) 67.5........................P Ormsby 11 156x0 Za Brute 67.5..................................Scratched 12 53774 Rampantexcuse t (9) 66.................. S Phelan 13 79x05 No Excuses m (2) 65.5.............G Walsh (1.5) 14 20460 Ashalini (11) 65........................... C Studd (3) 15 766x0 The Last Al (1) 65 16 6x088 Goldie Cantride 65.........................Scratched Emergencies: No Excuses, Ashalini, The Last Al, Goldie Cantride RACE 4 1.55pm NRM 1200 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 444x Canyon b (6) 58.5..............................R Myers 2 20x60 Meo 58.5........................................Scratched 3 x60x5 General Lee (9) 58.5.....................B Lammas 4 Jimmy Mac (2) 58.5.......................... J Riddell 5 Pewter (12) 58.5...............................D Walker 6 Sir Kingwood 58.5..........................Scratched 7 Ekko Beech (4) 58.5.......................... K Smith 8 Golden Penny 58.5.........................Scratched 9 3330x Hazel (11) 56.5................................. J Parkes 10 x2528 Persian Dancer 56.5.......................Scratched 11 9x325 Tinka Tinka h (10) 56.5.....................K Myers 12 0x33 Joan Frances h (16) 56.5............... L Allpress 13 29. Star Emerald (13) 56.5..................R Hannam 14 585x Nightclubs (17) 56.5..............M Dravitzki (a2) 15 Adrienne (5) 56.5..........................M Dee (a3) 16 Changes 56.5.................................Scratched 17 7x Anastasia (1) 56.5........................... H Tinsley 18 9 Mr Ink (14) 58.5.........................D Turner (a3) 19 0 Jingle Bells (7) 56.5................. L Whelan (a1) 20 97x Golden Gloves h (8) 58.5................T Russell 21 09x Royal Hussy (3) 56.5 22 00 Mer Noire (15) 56.5 Emergencies: Anastasia, Mr Ink, Jingle Bells, Golden Gloves, Royal Hussy, Mer Noire RACE 5 2.30pm PIONEER SEEDS 1400 3YO MAIDEN

$7000, MDN 3YO, 1400m 1 x2622 Catalan King 57.5...........................Scratched 2 04673 Platinum Marseille (7) 57.5............. D Bradley 3 26x75 Redlaha 57.5..................................Scratched 4 6x73 Rock Band (6) 57.5.......................... J Riddell 5 68 Acquiesce (5) 57.5.................. L Whelan (a1) 6 Jed Clampett h (14) 57.5................ L Allpress 7 0x0x Law Abiding (9) 57.5....................V Johnston 8 0x0 Norbert (11) 57.5.............................. J Parkes 9 824. Allez Rose (13) 55.5..........................K Myers 10 5263x Grace With Power (10) 55.5..............R Myers 11 4 Porotene Lollipop 55.5....................Scratched 12 47x0 Jazz Rock (2) 55.5........................B Lammas 13 00 All In Mystery (4) 55.5..................M Dee (a3) 14 Errols Gift (8) 55.5......................B Grylls (a2) 15 560 Joe Bonanno b (12) 57.5................. H Tinsley 16 x3689 Freya (3) 55.5........................M Dravitzki (a2) 17 8x90 Party Girl (1) 55.5 Emergencies: Joe Bonanno, Freya, Party Girl RACE 6 3.05pm ECOLAB 1400 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1400m 1 23073 Clan O’Ceirin (8) 58.5......................D Walker 2 0x527 Justa Charlie bh (10) 58.5................ J Parkes 3 63x2 King Nero (16) 58.5...............M Dravitzki (a2) 4 247x4 Albakirkee h (13) 58.5.................... L Allpress 5 60620 Sartoby (4) 58.5....................... L Whelan (a1) 6 x6568 Border 58.5.....................................Scratched 7 9 Buddy Broke (17) 58.5...................... K Smith 8 0x Golden Duck (7) 58.5....................R Hannam 9 7 Kens Pride (6) 58.5.........................T Russell 10 8x454 Go Beauty (11) 56.5..........................R Myers 11 0249 Kirkinini (1) 56.5........................D Turner (a3) 12 0 Gina (5) 56.5.................................B Lammas 13 9 I’m Bella (12) 56.5.............................K Myers 14 Skybird (18) 56.5............................. H Tinsley 15 99 Finally Ready (15) 58.5 16 560 Joe Bonanno 58.5..........................Scratched 17 8x90 Party Girl (9) 56.5 18 3860x Graceful Joy (14) 56.5................B Grylls (a2) 19 00x7 He Kin Be Famous (3) 58.5 -

20 37089 Shehad (2) 56.5 Emergencies: Finally Ready, Joe Bonanno, Party Girl, Graceful Joy, He Kin Be Famous, Shehad RACE 7 3.40pm RD 1 1650 RATING 85 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1650m 1 5467x Stormin Norman m (11) 59...M Dravitzki (a2) 2 71545 Likeapins (6) 58.5.........................M Dee (a3) 3 1L203 The Tidy Express (7) 56....................D Walsh 4 87x86 Our Jackpot (5) 55.............................R Myers 5 36163 Just Ishi (3) 54.5................................K Myers 6 60202 Lord Boris (1) 54.5......................... L Allpress 7 x348x Darby Shaw m (9) 54....................... J Parkes 8 04492 Mrs Mac m (10) 54.....................B Grylls (a2) 9 08683 Nine Iron t (2) 54.....................A Morgan (a3) 10 98767 Dragon Beauty (4) 54....................R Hannam 11 6x088 Goldie Cantride m (8) 54......... L Whelan (a1) RACE 8 4.10pm AGPAC 1200 RATING 65 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 360x7 Sir Cosworth tdm (3) 59................. D Bradley 2 890x0 The Miner’s Son d (9) 59...........D Turner (a3) 3 5880x Zane Bay m (2) 59........................M Dee (a3) 4 237x5 Ishiarose (12) 57...............................K Myers 5 31626 Sarah Jane d (6) 56.5.......................R Myers 6 3934x Dinksta (10) 56.5........................B Grylls (a2) 7 21065 Elusive Law (4) 56.5........................ H Tinsley 8 233x1 Wild Rock dmh (5) 56....................... J Parkes 9 551x6 Miss Holly (11) 55.5...............M Dravitzki (a2) 10 45x57 Nena Greena tdh (8) 55.5.............. L Allpress 11 70063 Antownov 55...................................Scratched 12 170x I Suggest d (1) 54.5.......................R Hannam 13 97096 Braxy’s Image 54............................Scratched 14 x7x55 Classic Rio dh (7) 54............... L Whelan (a1) Blinkers on : Heard It All, Search For Fame (R2), Golden Gloves, Royal Hussy (R4), Freya, Party Girl (R5), Albakirkee, Party Girl (R6), Goldie Cantride (R7), Elusive Law (R8) Blinkers off : Ohopee (R1), Jackabean (R3), Rock Band (R5), Finally Ready, Graceful Joy (R6), Sir Cosworth (R8) Winkers on : Time For Gold (R2), Jackabean (R3), Rock Band (R5), Graceful Joy (R6), Nine Iron (R7), Sir Cosworth (R8)

Christchurch greyhound fields Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 4.20pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 x8787 Another Becky 17.58.................J McInerney 2 75312 Ohoka Blue 17.49......................... L Waretini 3 82535 Obsessed 17.16 C &....................D Roberts 4 83234 Another Blend 17.39..................J McInerney 5 28745 Memphis Hotcakes 17.38................. M Flipp 6 24487 Nerd Corner 17.63........................... M Grant 7 5276x Jazzy Jet 17.40.............................A Williams 8 11167 Dynamic Black 17.46 A &...................Seque 9 68417 Smash Dora 17.53........................... M Grant 10 24742 Ringa Ding 17.54.......................J McInerney RACE 2, 4.49pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAUREEN KINGSTON DASH C5, 295m 1 71861 Another Coffee 17.40.................J McInerney 2 87113 Okuku Ollie 17.29........................... R Casey 3 34515 Go Housie 17.17............................ G Cleeve 4 62565 Excuse Please 17.35................... J McMillan 5 31167 Homebush Edith 17.21..............J McInerney 6 17432 Oscar Tuivasa 17.36........................L Philips 7 11242 Pretty Good 16.94 J &.....................D Fahey 8 72875 Jonny Jet nwtd...................................J Dunn 9 17671 Hot Mango 17.37 A &.........................Seque 10 21488 Wandy Boiler 17.33........................ G Cleeve RACE 3, 5.20pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C3, 295m 1 3F437 Elusive Deejay 17.65 A &...................Seque 2 43256 Cawbourne Reeah 17.44...........J McInerney 3 62351 Sosan (c4) 17.43 C &...................D Roberts 4 68778 Another Colt 17.35.....................J McInerney 5 24311 Wandy Jewel 17.43......................D Kingston 6 26856 Starburst Hannah 17.56................... M Grant

7 21124 Will Excite 17.40........................... L Waretini 8 85743 My Little Oah 17.35...................J McInerney 9 34418 Blonde Tori 17.48.......................A Bradshaw 10 84275 Jed Norton 17.36........................... G Cleeve RACE 4, 5.49pm (NZT) CAROL’S TAB STAKES C3, 520m 1 22211 Bone Nerd nwtd........................... M Roberts 2 84442 Opawa Style 30.55 L &....................... Wales 3 35211 Kin Nikki 30.36.............................. L Waretini 4 35771 Opawa Marg 30.39 L &....................... Wales 5 42317 Cawbourne Philip 30.34.............J McInerney 6 11874 Billy Muggins nwtd............................ B Dann 7 38343 Take A Trick 30.64............................. M Flipp 8 63142 Opawa Bomb 30.67 L &..................... Wales 9 37756 Opawa Midnight 30.66 S &..............B Evans 10 65368 Molly Paisley 30.47............................J Dunn RACE 5, 6.25pm (NZT) COALGATE TAVERN SPRINT C5, 295m 1 52653 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 2 18485 Homebush Helen (c4) 17.18......J McInerney 3 34411 Callahan 17.26............................. M Roberts 4 1246x Mr. Whippy 17.23 W &....................... Nissen 5 26135 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve 6 14782 Sea Spray Tich 17.50..................... R Casey 7 42321 Zebidiah 17.02 J &...........................D Fahey 8 81648 Campaigner 17.34 H &........................Taylor 9 38347 Adini 17.16.................................... L Waretini 10 51668 Cawbourne Dusty 17.51.................. M Grant RACE 6, 6.55pm (NZT) GARRARD’S HORSE & HOUND STAKES C4, 520m 1 24213 Indi’s Grace 30.57............................ M Grant 2 58623 Adulterous nwtd C &.....................D Roberts 3 63354 Fizzle Bale nwtd C &....................D Roberts 4 57818 Homebush Iris 30.66..................J McInerney 5 11336 Charlie’s Choice 30.45 A &.................Seque 6 46452 Opawa Webby 30.51 L &.................... Wales 7 14451 Opawa Casper (c5) 30.23 L &............ Wales 8 54257 Cawbourne Kim 30.63...............J McInerney

9 x3485 Waterview Lass 30.66 C &................. Fagan 10 25537 Bob’s Eye 30.73.........................J McInerney RACE 7, 7.25pm CLARKSON SIGN STUDIO SPRINT C5, 295m 1 63347 Ciri Rioli nwtd J &............................D Fahey 2 12124 Know Advantage 17.04.................. G Cleeve 3 11344 Princely Dollar 17.38..................J McInerney 4 64731 Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 5 22283 Nippa Mary 17.09......................J McInerney 6 36551 Wise Wonder 17.34 C &..................... Fagan 7 42732 Roqette 17.22 C &........................D Roberts 8 25145 Not A Know 17.22.........................A Waretini 9 17671 Hot Mango 17.37 A &.........................Seque 10 18618 Pure And Special 17.25................... M Grant RACE 8, 7.55pm SKY HIGH SCAFFOLDING STAKES C5, 520m 1 12111 Raw Energy 29.96.....................J McInerney 2 23537 Wild Grove 30.41 C &...................D Roberts 3 11234 Gordon Bale nwtd C &..................D Roberts 4 23123 Brighton Bullet 30.01 J &.................D Fahey 5 31654 Stolen Money 17.97....................... G Cleeve 6 21242 Russell Hart 30.31.....................J McInerney 7 13554 Brooklyn Hope 30.17 J &.................D Fahey 8 42414 No Undies Sundy 30.39.............J McInerney 9 57178 Homebush Chopper 30.70.........J McInerney 10 73675 Geoff The Ref 30.65 H &.....................Taylor RACE 9, 8.25pm FLAIR DASH C5, 295m 1 45354 Cawbourne Moff 17.00..............J McInerney 2 12141 Pick The Tip 17.11........................... D Voyce 3 65276 Homebush Mayhem 17.38.........J McInerney 4 41111 Dixie Lee 17.00..........................R Blackburn 5 17434 Ocotillo 17.03 J &............................D Fahey 6 86323 Pearl’s Boy 17.19........................... G Cleeve 7 x5827 Deanne’s Magic 17.26......................B Shaw 8 13544 Nova’s Fortune 17.27.................J McInerney 9 38347 Adini 17.16.................................... L Waretini 10 17158 Know Favours 17.37...................... G Cleeve

RACE 10, 8.55pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC DISTANCE FEATURE C2d, 645m 1 31312 Know Which 38.41......................... G Cleeve 2 25262 Magic Lass (c1) nwtd C &............D Roberts 3 24373 Sahara Storm (c0) nwtd.................... M Flipp 4 45x77 Know Taste (c0) nwtd..................... G Cleeve 5 12641 Know Honour (c1) 38.53................ G Cleeve 6 6173F Spicy Bling nwtd C &....................D Roberts 7 52631 Alisaray (c1) 39.15........................ L Waretini 8 23465 Know Chaos (c0) nwtd................... G Cleeve 9 64755 Know Future (c0) nwtd................... G Cleeve RACE 11, 9.25pm I PAVE CONCRETE SPRINT C4, 295m 1 84655 Fireman’s Salute 17.14.................. G Cleeve 2 23615 Anytime Will Do 17.48...............J McInerney 3 83344 Cool Jordie 17.27..............................S Whall 4 73762 Runway Queen 17.41.................... G Cleeve 5 62367 Cawbourne Heidi nwtd M &...............Jopson 6 1F111 Sting Me 17.12................................. M Grant 7 71645 Stirling Dann nwtd C &....................... Fagan 8 38586 Elki 17.31..................................... M Roberts 9 33578 Fiery Flower 17.48............................ B Dann 10 777F6 Just A Mate (c3) 17.29..............J McInerney RACE 12, 9.55pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C4, 295m 1 62352 Fireman’s Escort 17.28.................. G Cleeve 2 31563 Another Jewel 17.32..................J McInerney 3 11661 Opawa Legs 17.56 L &....................... Wales 4 82782 Know Trust 17.23........................... G Cleeve 5 15756 Wandy Paul 17.47............................ M Grant 6 77127 Lynny Southcombe 17.29..........J McInerney 7 16524 Smash Amy 17.30........................... M Grant 8 54134 Knox 17.44........................................ B Dann 9 72876 Benny’s Angel 17.50..................J McInerney 10 66857 Dyna Frier 17.23 C &....................D Roberts LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Waikato greyhound fields, form Fields for Waikato And Districts Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7; 8, 9 and 10; 12, 13 and 14 RACE 1, 12.01pm (NZT) TE AWAMUTU SELF STORAGE SPRINT C0, 375m 1 2877 Obi Wan Kenobi nwtd............K Sutch-Jones 2 77334 Versatile Richie nwtd........................T Agent 3 73572 Found Roman nwtd............................ R Udy 4 68648 Chase Ostee nwtd.......................A Turnwald 5 43426 Gypsy Brad nwtd........................ R O’Regan 6 8 Erena’s Girl nwtd........................ W Toomath 7 48662 This Time Pedro nwtd..........................J Udy 8 83583 Fly My Pretty nwtd............................ B Craik 9 8x676 Madam Knocka nwtd R M &............. J Smith 10 F7 Uno Kim nwtd............................. R O’Regan RACE 2, 12.19pm KIRSTIE.MCGRAIL@RAYWHITE.COM STAKES FINAL C0f, 457m 1 55754 Skyhigh Levi nwtd...........................G Parker 2 47634 On The House nwtd H................ L Laagland 3 2 Cawbourne Penny nwtd.....................C Hore 4 32434 Trilise nwtd................................. A Lawrence 5 8565 Warsteiner nwtd R M &..................... J Smith 6 Hefeweizen nwtd..............................T Green 7 P2532 Le Roux nwtd.................................... B Craik 8 85866 Paige Me nwtd................................G Parker 9 8x676 Madam Knocka nwtd R M &............. J Smith 10 78 Teegz nwtd................................. A Lawrence RACE 3, 12.37pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 375m 1 58286 Hit Da Nos 21.70................................ J Foot 2 46675 Sambucca nwtd.......................... R O’Regan 3 44684 Major Tom 21.91......................... L Laagland 4 36442 Utah Bolt 21.75........................... G Pomeroy 5 113 Ibiza Fling nwtd...........................D Schofield 6 25855 Mic Player nwtd............................... P Lowen 7 56576 Sapphire Phoenix nwtd.............S M Gardner 8 14221 Fierce Star (c2) nwtd F &...............Turnwald 9 88576 Jetsun Coal nwtd............................G Wilson 10 87877 Frizzle Frazzle nwtd..........................T Agent

RACE 4, 12.54pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION DISTANCE C0d, 650m 1 88464 Zagato nwtd............................... A Lawrence 2 33366 Alpinador nwtd.................................. S Clark 3 52523 Coal Sack nwtd.......................... A Lawrence 4 87564 Ragazza Gamba nwtd............... A Lawrence 5 83647 Petrol Voucher nwtd.......................A Speight 6 42553 Hit Boost nwtd..............................T M Patton 7 44571 Bornato nwtd.............................. A Lawrence 8 22316 Little Teegan nwtd...................... A Lawrence 9 58567 Amorea nwtd.............................. A Lawrence 10 78 Teegz nwtd................................. A Lawrence RACE 5, 1.12pm GARRARDS HORSE AND HOUND SPRINT C1, 375m 1 55317 King’s Mistress 21.72.........................J Black 2 3211F Tarapunga 21.48.........................D Schofield 3 52854 Bubble Ostee 21.83......................... M Mann 4 23325 Redsky 21.78 R M &......................... J Smith 5 42454 Bigtime Whizz nwtd..................... R O’Regan 6 76187 Hot Pal 21.94.............................. W Toomath 7 42731 Hell Fire nwtd.......................................J Udy 8 85573 Ila Gladys 21.65..............................G Parker 9 77576 Rhyme In Melody nwtd.................... M Black 10 27686 Otewa Bella nwtd......................S M Gardner RACE 6, 1.29pm FOND FOODS SERIES FINAL C1f, 457m 1 4x131 Jembo 25.68..................................... S Clark 2 43454 Very Chilly nwtd..........................M Mathews 3 4x51 Feel The Vibe 25.60....................D Schofield 4 35772 Our Bernie 26.18..........................H Mullane 5 24232 Charley Farley 25.88..............K Sutch-Jones 6 42635 Ghost Writer 25.68.............................S Ross 7 77277 Judge To Excel nwtd........................... R Udy 8 41222 Another Burst nwtd.....................D Schofield 9 44684 Major Tom nwtd........................... L Laagland 10 25755 Wabi Sabi 26.50.............................. L Martin RACE 7, 1.47pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SERIES HEAT 1 C2q, 375m 1 12118 Thrilling Daze nwtd.......................... K Walsh 2 83325 Peno Boy 21.50.................................J Black 3 28145 Question Me 21.76............................S Ross 4 5Fx72 Sasha’s One 21.32........................... S Clark 5 38144 All In All nwtd.......................................J Udy 6 38652 Thrilling Halo 21.30........................M Gowan

7 64388 Realon Rumba 21.42.................. R O’Regan 8 67534 Star Bound nwtd......................... G Pomeroy 9 73678 Coleridge Ainsli 21.74....................... S Clark 10 75585 Only Kate 21.43.......................... R O’Regan RACE 8, 2.05pm 0800 4 DOWN COW SPRINT C3, 375m 1 44361 Crafty Graham 21.37......................P Henley 2 76773 Samson Dash 21.36......................... B Craik 3 11622 Cawbourne Bully nwtd.......................C Hore 4 76663 Jetsun Playboy 21.83......................G Wilson 5 26216 Thrilling Terror 21.02.........................G Quirk 6 43327 Agent Van Alden nwtd...................... B Craik 7 76561 Where’s The Cat 21.38...............D Schofield 8 53561 Naughty Courty 21.75...................... M Mann 9 73428 Pint Star 21.29.................................. B Craik 10 15526 Belrani 21.54................................... G Farrell RACE 9, 2.22pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SERIES HEAT 2 C2q, 375m 1 23F11 Short And Snappy 21.15...............P Cleaver 2 67423 Winsome Achiever 21.31...............A Speight 3 23651 Time Fraud (c3) nwtd F &...............Turnwald 4 37472 Lincoln Flyer 21.60...........................G Quirk 5 1347x Flash That 21.47......................... R O’Regan 6 11486 Good Perception 21.55............... G Pomeroy 7 6116x Rebel Kahn nwtd.............................. S Clark 8 48872 Hot Lass 21.40...............................A Cleaver 9 41687 Run Kayla Run nwtd.........................T Agent 10 66774 Opawa Johnny 21.59...........................J Udy RACE 10, 2.40pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C5, 375m 1 88187 Grizz 20.92....................................... S Clark 2 13614 One Tough Cookie 20.94................P Henley 3 64271 Making Debree 21.29.....................P Henley 4 26321 Explosive Osti 21.36..........................C Hore 5 12483 Toi Shan 21.05............................D Schofield 6 52132 Percentage Man 21.42................ L Laagland 7 56221 Jack’s First 21.21.............................. A Clark 8 54214 Cosmic Mack 21.18....................D Schofield 9 34F24 Uno Lachlan 21.12......................D Schofield 10 65726 Ladakh 21.37.................................. G Farrell RACE 11, 2.57pm PALAMOUNTIANS NUTRITION STAKES C4, 457m 1 14312 Gainsford 25.72................................ B Craik 2 41175 Big Bolt nwtd....................................T Green

3 36252 Cherry Tree Lane nwtd..................... B Craik 4 11114 Spitfire Osti 25.67..............................C Hore 5 52836 Riddle Mate 25.72........................... G Farrell 6 47175 Jackson Town 25.64.......................... S Clark 7 87855 Kilara’s Fancy 25.69....................D Schofield 8 41525 On Trey 25.72.............................D Schofield 9 x5486 Ruby Tron nwtd H....................... L Laagland 10 63745 Hot Pootie 25.83..................................J Udy RACE 12, 3.16pm SERGIO @ STUD STAKES C5, 457m 1 23333 Thrilling Ella 25.74........................... K Walsh 2 82777 Corby nwtd.................................. R O’Regan 3 51742 Magico 25.81................................... L Martin 4 13274 Cotswald Prince 25.70................ L Laagland 5 17512 Piggy Back 25.27.............................. S Clark 6 26738 Threat nwtd W &..............................T Steele 7 11533 Lochinvar Onyx 25.53.................D Schofield 8 73466 Lochinvar Laredo 25.53..............D Schofield 9 35454 Valain’s Flyer 25.61......................T M Patton RACE 13, 3.32pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C4, 375m 1 85236 Hajime 21.26..................................P Cleaver 2 25255 Mahonie 21.34............................ G Pomeroy 3 23267 Exciting Dream nwtd................... R O’Regan 4 33338 Caruba Queen 21.36.........................J Black 5 81373 Crixus nwtd..................................... G Farrell 6 14424 Thrilling Abra 21.57............................ L Bliek 7 33541 Flying Fabio 21.11.............................C Hore 8 66662 Opawa Sacha nwtd..................... B Littlejohn 9 18474 Quick Cat 21.38..........................D Schofield 10 45465 Winsome Buster 21.22...............D Schofield RACE 14, 3.50pm MTA GIFT VOUCHER STAKES C2, 457m 1 52687 Triple Aye nwtd........................... W Hodgson 2 77325 Munchin’ Krunch 26.09............... R O’Regan 3 12815 Thrilling Marty 25.82........................ K Walsh 4 55753 Endorse 25.78............................D Schofield 5 31331 Thrilling Charly 25.63....................... K Walsh 6 45111 Thrilling Sonic 25.62........................ K Walsh 7 31668 Thrilling Ninja 25.81..................... J C Gifford 8 43525 Edward Cullen 26.21........................ B Craik LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

NZ Metro fields, form and drivers Fields for NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc meeting at Addington Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 8 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1 4.35pm (NZT) SPECIALTY SPIT ROAST CATERING COMPANY MBL PACE $8000, 3yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 53800 Ally Grace (1) fr.................................G Smith 2 0106 Donegal Cam’s Card (2) fr.................D Dunn 3 34009 Lockey (3) fr.................................C McDowell 4 51302 Daughtry Bromac (4) fr..........................J Hay 5 168x9 Starlet Lavra (5) fr............................T Chmiel 6 77448 Tinted Field (6) fr.............................. S Clarke 7 23266 McPocket (7) fr................................. M Jones 8 08478 Vienna Eyre (8) fr............................B Orange 9 10x0 Pandora’s Hope (9) fr..................M Edmonds 10 6480x Between The Lines (21) fr....................R May 11 0P900 The Empire’s Sister (22) fr........C D Thornley 12 66x32 Lauramegan (23) fr..............................J Dunn 13 24322 Queen’s Advocate (24) fr................... J Curtin 14 13725 Flyalong Falcon (25) fr..................S Ottley (J) RACE 2 5.05pm BISHOPDALE & BUSH INN TABS AMATEUR DRS MBL PACE $6000, 4yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace inv.d, mobile, 2600m 1 50909 Mimi Surarti (1) fr........................ M Stormont 2 24810 Shantahlia’s Star (2) fr........................ W Rich 3 468x7 Vanilla Rose (3) fr...............................S Blake 4 66710 Riverboat Diamond (4) fr................. R Reekie 5 64541 Tuscaloosa (5) fr....................J Kriechbaumer 6 59x00 Up Wheels (6) fr.......................... J R Bennett 7 9000x Selester (7) fr......................................J Darby 8 75654 Kellyrox (8) fr......................................G Cook 9 71572 Artys On Fire (9) fr..........................R Burnett 10 070x0 Firebreak (21) fr............................ M Stratford RACE 3 5.35pm WALKER DAVEY LTD HANDICAP TROT $7000, 3yo+ 1 to 3 wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 19 Gordon Trotter (1) fr.............................. A Butt 2 14x02 Juneamy Castleton (2) fr....................P Davis 3 98757 Sunny Jewel (3) fr.......................... P Wakelin

4 50777 Take For Granted (4) fr.....................D Nyhan 5 82076 Sun Of Mystery (5) fr........................ S Clarke 6 00137 Rebma (6) fr................................A Tomlinson 7 77378 Ignite (7) fr.............................. J Anderson (J) 8 19350 Freefall (8) fr................................B Borcoskie 9 412x9 Tarn (9) fr.....................................M Edmonds 10 46454 Paint The Moon (1) 10....................S McNally 11 42504 Trick Star (2) 10.............................T McMillan 12 21605 No Potato (3) 10.................................D Dunn 13 10062 Vacanza (U1) 10...............................B Hutton 14 48001 Oscar (1) 20.......................................J Smith 15 81148 Annabelle Lindenny (2) 20............. R Holmes RACE 4 6.05pm BISHOPDALE & BUSH INN TABS AMATEUR DRS MBL PACE $6000, 4yo+ 1 to 3 wins +claimer mob. pace inv.d, mobile, 1950m 1 44360 Cardinal Huff (1) fr....................... M Northcott 2 66403 Redmaro (2) fr................................. S Phillips 3 52067 Arden’s Attack (3) fr...................... M Stratford 4 04262 Race Cafe (4) fr........................... M Stormont 5 786x9 Opting Options (5) fr........................... W Rich 6 70680 Supreme Estella (6) fr........................S Blake 7 x0704 Highview Phantom (7) fr.............. J R Bennett 8 08176 Its Nukes (8) fr.......................J Kriechbaumer 9 61105 The Lutts (9) fr................................. R Reekie 10 75252 In Tandem (21) fr................................J Darby RACE 5 6.38pm INTERNATIONAL CARGO EXPRESS LTD PACE $7000, 3yo+ non winners pace, stand, 2600m 1 x080x Future Phil (1) fr...........................S Ottley (J) 2 x3P07 Kirstys Luck (2) fr............................K Cox (J) 3 68 Franco Sanchez (3) fr....................T McMillan 4 65232 Stairway To Heaven (4) fr......... B Thomas (J) 5 Seven Blue Chips (5) fr........................R May 6 03000 Twitch (6) fr.........................................D Dunn 7 35 K C Monet (7) fr................................K Barron 8 4627x Leading The Way (8) fr.................. K Hadfield 9 27560 Spirit Eclipse (9) fr........................ C DeFilippi 10 8243 Tricky Girl (10) fr................................G Smith 11 54225 She’s Got It (11) fr.......................M Purvis (J) 12 06x97 Sounds Like Us (12) fr................... K O’Reilly 13 52 Just Ned (13) fr..........................C D Thornley

14 389x4 Magical Mario (U1) fr...........................J Dunn RACE 6 7.10pm RICOH MOBILE PACE $8000, 3yo+ 2 to 3 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 14713 Elios (1) fr............................................J Dunn 2 71167 Mista Mara (2) fr........................ Z Butcher (J) 3 25211 Border Control (3) fr....................... M Purdon 4 91368 Delightful Song (4) fr..........................P Davis 5 91312 Classiesistar (5) fr............................. J Curtin 6 33226 Kid Galahad (6) fr.................................R May RACE 7 7.40pm METALCRAFT ROOFING MOBILE PACE $10,000, 4 or more wins mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 25320 Seabreeze Star (1) fr........................T Chmiel 2 77300 Radar (2) fr................................ J Thomas (J) 3 41326 Elusive Chick (3) fr............................... A Butt 4 12164 Smiling Star (4) fr........................... R Holmes 5 55480 Samuel James (5) fr............................J Dunn 6 11118 Star Of Isis (6) fr................................ J Curtin 7 15671 Easy On The Eye (7) fr................ P Ferguson 8 P1111 Christen Me (8) fr...............................D Dunn RACE 8 8.10pm MARRIOTTS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS MOBILE TROT $5000, 2yo mob. trot, mobile, 1950m 1 Susiesforgivinggirl (1) fr.............C D Thornley 2 Cheeky Pat (2) fr................................P Davis 3 Castle Sun (3) fr.................................D Dunn 4 38 Cuddly Jess (4) fr.............................M House 5 45224 Hot Pants (5) fr................................B Orange 6 4P11P One Over Da Moon (6) fr...................P Nairn 7 76415 Dieu De L’Amour (7) fr.................. C DeFilippi 8 22211 Daenerys Targaryen (8) fr....................R May 9 33172 Trouble Rieu (21) fr.........................S McNally 10 321 Majestic Time (22) fr.........................K Barron 11 1363 Twentyten (23) fr............................. M Purdon RACE 9 8.40pm UNITED STEEL MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 542 Eva Sophnally (1) fr.....................M Edmonds 2 2 Macjestic Toddy (2) fr.......................K Barron 3 27272 Dream Gal (3) fr..............................B Orange 4 03443 Ella Fitzgerald (4) fr............................P Davis 5 30367 Limitation (5) fr............................B Borcoskie 6 78405 Zoerotten (6) fr.............................S Ottley (J)

7 06009 Rainbow Classic (7) fr..................K Cameron 8 69800 Knight Action (8) fr.................... B Thomas (J) 9 Wat A Woman (9) fr............................D Dunn 10 700 Rocky Bay Lass (U1) fr................ C DeFilippi RACE 10 9.10pm MICO PLUMBING PIPELINES GREYMOUTH MOBILE PACE $5000, 2yo non winners mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 72 Crimson Glory (1) fr.......................T McMillan 2 26465 Change Time (2) fr...........................K Barron 3 Speights Girl (3) fr..............................D Dunn 4 Woodlea Beau (4) fr.............................R May 5 23900 Return To Sender (5) fr........................J Dunn 6 Can’t Get Enough (6) fr................ C DeFilippi 7 4935 Bhappy (7) fr................................... R Jenkins 8 5 The Mighty Falcon (8) fr.............. T Bagrie (J) RACE 11 9.40pm LASER ELECTRICAL RICCARTON MOBILE PACE $7000, 3yo+ c&g non winners mob. pace, mobile, 1950m 1 6357 I C U Darling (1) fr...............................J Dunn 2 88403 Jack Hammer (2) fr...............................R May 3 6x067 Bionic Cullen (3) fr..............................D Dunn 4 7x585 Crying Out Loud (4) fr.........................M Neill 5 75809 Private Jones (5) fr..................... C Hunter (J) 6 760x0 Elson (6) fr...................................C McDowell 7 3360x Super Cullen (7) fr..................... Z Butcher (J) 8 82365 My Lifesign (8) fr........................C D Thornley 9 x4956 Macardo (9) fr....................................... B Butt 10 62488 History Maker (21) fr....................R Close (J) RACE 12 10.10pm MONSTAVISION NZ EVENTS LTD PACE $8000, 3yo+ 1 win pace, stand, 2600m 1 10762 Bashful Compton (1) fr..................... M Jones 2 33852 Major Moment (2) fr...........................G Smith 3 4310x Dalness (3) fr.......................................J Dunn 4 92520 Donegal Starella fr..........................Scratched 5 77448 Tinted Field fr.................................Scratched 6 22357 Ideal Arden (4) fr............................... J Curtin 7 0x447 Live Life Betta (5) fr..........................T Chmiel 8 36041 Jeans Mattjesty (6) fr............................R May 9 10330 Kate De Goldie (7) fr...................... R Holmes Pacifiers on : Future Phil (R5)

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, May 23, 2013

SPORT

Turner to make New Zealand golfer Greg Turner will make his debut in a senior professional event tomorrow morning (NZ time) when he tees it up at the 74th Senior PGA Championship in St Louis, Missouri.

The 50-year-old Otago professional, who retired from competitive golf in 2004 when he was ranked inside the top 200 players in the world, has been preparing to compete in the senior ranks since dusting off his clubs to play in the Harewood Open on The Charles Tour last October.

Turner will play in his first senior major championship at the renowned Bellerive Country Club, which is hosting the Senior PGA Championship for the first time.

It is his first major championship since he missed the cut at the 2001 Open Championship.

He will tee off the first hole alongside American Lee Rinker and

Greg Turner Japanese senior pro Kiyoshi Murota at 7.45am (local time) as the only Kiwi in the field.

Turner will once again rub shoulders with many household names

9 Hole Ladies Stableford Round Rosie O’Brien 10

Copland Trophy. Played Monday 20th May Rakaia Golf Course.

1st with 66 net was Graham Taylor; 2nd = with 70 net were Barry Bluett and Stewart Dunlop; 4th with 71 net was Mike Gray; 5th with 72 net was Bernie Caldwell; 6th with 73 net was Colin Morgan; 7th = with 74 net were: Murray Andersn, Lance Innes, Pat Molloy, Riki Shearer and Owen Everest.

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies Stroke Round May 21 1st. Joyce Van Der Heide net 76 on C/B from Pat Bell 76, Judith Smith 80 on C/B from Kirsty McAuliffe 80, Colleen Linney 81, Betty O’Neill 82 Nearest The Pins: Sponsored by No. 6 – Stables Family Restaurant Pat Bell: No12. - Hair by Mac & Maggie Anne Dwan: No. 2: 2nd Shot – Judith Smith: No. 16 : 2nd Shot Outdoor Adventure – Pat McLauchlan Two’s – Pat Bell

Golf Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women May 28 Rnd 1 Tucker Salver Report 9.00 a.m. For a 9.30 a.m. Multiple start Draw Steward: Janice Dunlop - 308 3910, Tuesday Starters: Robin Bennett and Hazel Benke No 1 Tee 1st off S. Elliott, A. Grant, B. Cameron 2nd off W. Parr, R. Bennett, H. Benke No 2 Tee J. Welch, M. Stoddart, B. Watkins No 7 Tee 1st off H. Argyle, S. Simpson, J. Dunlop 2nd off P. Bell R. Fail, W. Carter No 9 Tee J. Mitchell, A. Hunt, J. McKeown No 10 Tee 1st off V. Moore, K. Congdon, J. Hetrick 2nd off H. Lovett, H. Robertson, C. Ness No 11 Tee F. Williamson, K. Green, E. Langford No 16 Tee M. Urquhart, D. Simmons, H. Trott No 18 Tee C. Trott, J. Williams, G. Lane Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Thursday May 30 Eclectic Rnd 1, stroke Nine Hole Convenors – Carolyn King 308 7022 and Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 Saturday May 25 - report 8.20 a.m. for 8.45 a.m. start All women players welcome to join weekend ladies

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

(PGR, T) 7.30 Police Ten 7. (T) 8.00 RBT. (PGR, T) 8.30 Once Upon A Time. (AO, T) Upon discovering Cora and Regina’s plan to take possession of Rumplestiltskin’s dagger, Mary aims to get there first.

9.30 Embarrassing Bodies: From The Clinic.

(Final, AO, T) 10.30 Vampire Diaries. (AO, T) Stefan arrives back in Mystic Falls with Elena and Jeremy.

11.30 Police Ten 7. (R, T)

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6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 Coronation Street.

(PGR, T) Fiz discovers her new friend’s secret.

8.30 Miranda. (G, R, T) Miranda’s having some difficulty convincing people she’s not actually having a breakdown.

9.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(AO, R, T) 9.45 The Catherine Tate Show. (AO, R, T) 10.25 ONE News Tonight. (T) 10.55 Tagata Pasifika.

11.25 Infested. (Return, PGR, R, T) Unearths real-life nightmares of homes crawling with pests.

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12.30 Diplomatic Immunity. (PGR, R, T) 1.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.25 Gardens Of The World. (Final, G, R) 1.35 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere.

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12.00 Chase. (Final, AO, T) 12.55 Crash Course. (PGR, R, T) 1.25 Infomercials. 2.25 No Ordinary Family. (AO, R, T) 3.15 The Amazing Race. (PGR, R, T) 4.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R) 5.05 Erin Simpson. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.00

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3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

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

Home And Away.

(G, R, T) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) Top Chef. (New, G) In Las Vegas, 17 chefs infiltrate the gambling mecca to compete in culinary challenges.

Rachael Ray. (G) Vanessa Lachey discusses her family.

Entertainment Tonight.

(G) Home And Away. (G, T) Sasha doesn’t know how to help Rosie, Natalie is angry about being left out of the loop, and Jett kisses Nina.

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Chelsea New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker.

(G) The remaining 8 contestants are given the challenge of baking three items in two hours to be sold at a school gala.

8.35 Bones. (AO, T) 9.35 Bones. (AO, R) The skull of a promising young dancer is found lodged in concrete at a construction site.

10.35 Nightline.

11.15 ANZ Golf World.

11.45 Saving Grace. (AO) Neely becomes Grace’s next-door neighbour.

12.40 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

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PRIMe 6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (PGR) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

(G) 2.05 America’s Got Talent.

(PGR, R) One of the judges can’t make it to the Minneapolis auditions in time, where taking to the stage is Echo the parrot who can sing like a human.

3.00 Civilisation - Is The West History? (G, R) Historian Niall Ferguson explores the contrasting fortunes of North and South America.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 5.30 Prime News.

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Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) Futurama. (G, R) The Simpsons. (G, R) Family Guy. (PGR, R) American Dad. (PGR) Klaus discovers his original human body, but Stan refuses to help him switch back.

8.30 Cleveland Show. (PGR) Rallo heads to East Stoolbend to stay at Robert’s apartment for the

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ACROSS 1. Minister (6) 4. Subtract (6) 9. Countercharge (13) 10. Heartfelt (7) 11. Sufficient (5) 12. Malice (5) 14. Kingly (5) 18. Bring on (5) 19. Coach (7) 21. Well-informed (13) 22. Withstand (6) 23. Obvious (6)

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

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The 1984 NZ PGA Champion shot rounds of 71, 68, 67 and 71 for an 11-under par four-round total to be only eight shots back from the winner Michael Hendry.

He will look to become the first Kiwi to win the Senior PGA Championship and a senior major championship title.

Sir Bob Charles won 23 times on the Senior PGA Tour, or The Champions Tour as it is now known, No 12,192 but never claimed a senior major championship.

At his peak in the 1980s and 90s Turner won four times on the European Tour and five times on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

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SCOREBOARD Results Golf Draws May 17 Played at Rakaia: Goldsbrough Trophy 1st Di. Bell, net 71, Fairlee Matszinger 75, Ev. Tomlin 76 and Lesley Glassey 77 Nearest The Pins: Marg Kennedy: 2nd Shot: Diane Wellman 9 Hole Ladies : Nellie Burrows

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In his comeback Turner has shown that he has lost none of his cunning or shot-making ability.

He finished in a share of 25th place at the Harewood Open on the Charles Tour and was in contention at the halfway stage of the New Zealand Open at Clearwater last year before fading in the final rounds with 79 and 75 to finish tied 62nd.

Turner will take a lot of confidence from his most recent result of note. He finished in a share of 14th place at the New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship at The Hills in March.

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Bray defends officials after Henry blast

By Patrick McKendry Lyndon Bray has backed his match officials following Sir Graham Henry’s blast on Tuesday and has suggested the Blues’ assistant coach could face sanctions for his comments.

Bray said referee Glen Jackson and television match official Keith Brown made the right calls during the Crusaders’ 23-3 victory over the Blues in Christchurch on Saturday. Former All Blacks coach Henry was angered by several decisions in the match, including the ruling out of a possible Frank Halai try by Brown, the sinbinning of lock Culum Retallick for an intentional knock-down, the failure to penalise Andy Ellis for obstructing a Blues’ attacking ruck, the failure to penalise Wyatt Crockett’s scrummaging, and more.

Bray, though, has not surprisingly backed his men.

In an interview with Newstalk ZB yesterday, he said: “Look in the case of those two calls [Halai non-try and Retallick sinbinning], yes [the officials were correct],” Bray said. “And I know that was, I guess, where the major accent of the criticism is coming from.

“So I think it’s important to acknowledge that in both cases the

Israel Dagg back starting for Crusaders All Blacks’ fullback Israel Dagg has been recalled to the Crusaders starting XV for Friday night’s clash against the Chiefs in Hamilton.

Dagg has been used as an impact player off the reserves bench for the past two matches – wins over the Brumbies and Blues.

Concerns over his form and lack of confidence led to Todd Blackadder’s decision to leave him out of the “hot seat” as he called it, but a rejig of his midfield has opened the door for Dagg to return.

Regular centre Robbie Fruean has made way for Ryan Crotty,

with Tom Taylor moving from fullback to second-five. Fruean could provide an impact off the bench at Waikato Stadium.

Hooker Corey Flynn, who strained a hamstring when warming up for the 23-3 victory over the Blues at AMI Stadium, has been ruled out, with Codie Taylor starting. Ben Funnell, who wore the No2 jersey against the Blues but injured a knee, has been bracketed with Taranaki’s Laurence Corlett.

Adam Whitelock has been ruled out with a knee injury and has been replaced on the reserves bench by Telusa Veianu.

Tomorrow’s match will be the first time the New Zealand heavyweights have met this season. They face each other again in Christchurch on July 5.

Crusaders team to play the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium tomorrow, kickoff at 7.35pm is: Israel Dagg, Tom Marshall, Ryan Crotty, Tom Taylor, Zac Guildford, Dan Carter, Andy Ellis, Kieran Read (c), Matt Todd, George Whitelock, Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Codie Taylor, Wyatt Crockett. Reserves: Ben Funnell/Laurence Corlett, Joe Moody, Dominic Bird, Luke Whitelock, Willi Heinz, Robbie Fruean, Telusa Veianu.

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By Jim Morton

Sir Graham Henry referee did the right thing.”

Of Henry’s criticism of Crockett’s scrummaging, Bray said: “It’s always going to be an area that will create contention because of the forces that are going on behind the loosehead and tighthead props when they actually engage into the scrum.

“And who is at fault is a never ending debate.”

Bray believed the regular criticism of his match officials was coming because there was more of a spotlight on them than ever before.

“We have over the last couple

of years built up a pretty strong attempt to be pretty transparent about performance and be available to discuss the issues that crop up.

“And I think people want to now who’s right, who’s wrong.”

He said he didn’t have a say in whether Henry would be sanctioned, but Sanzar officials would be reviewing the coach’s comments.

Bray said he didn’t take Henry’s criticism too seriously because the coach himself admitted he was “blind” during the interview with journalists on Tuesday. - APNZ

Anointed Wallabies playmaker James O’Connor remains sidelined and will have just one match in six weeks under his belt heading into the blockbuster British and Irish Lions series.

O’Connor had been desperate to make his return from a chest injury tomorrow night but the Melbourne Rebels have opted against risking him in their Super Rugby clash against the NSW Waratahs.

It leaves him with just next week’s match against the Queensland Reds – going headto-head with good friend Quade Cooper – as his only game practice ahead of the three-test series against the Lions.

O’Connor has played just six games at five-eighth for the Rebels, winning just one, and has started only one test at No.10 for the Wallabies – 18 months ago

against Wales. But coach Robbie Deans sees him as best suited to the intense challenge of the Lions.

He will groove his game in a three-week training camp with the initial 25-man Wallabies squad before the first test on June 22.

Young gun Bryce Hegarty will start at five-eighth against the Waratahs at AAMI Park.

“James was desperate to play, which was admirable,” said Rebels high-performance manager Mark Andrews.

“However, it would not be in the team’s or player’s best interest to risk further damage when the injury is a significant one, and has not fully healed.”

Halfback Nick Phipps returns to the starting side following an impressive second-half display in the 30-21 upset of the Stormers, while Luke Jones replaces Cadeyrn Neville in the second row.

Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has made four changes, dropping

Rob Horne to the bench and selecting Berrick Barnes at inside centre for his first run-on start in 10 weeks.

Barnes has played just 77 minutes this season but made two influential cameos off the bench in the Waratahs’ comeback victories over the Stormers and Brumbies to play his way into the 25-man Wallabies squad.

Barnes had also been viewed as a potential fullback, where he’s being sized up for the Wallabies, but Cheika has stuck firm with Israel Folau at No.15 instead of moving him to the wing.

Rebels: Jason Woodward, Tom English, Mitch Inman, Rory Sidey, Lachlan Mitchell, Bryce Hegarty, Nick Phipps; Scott Higginbotham (capt), Scott Fuglistaller, Jarrod Saffy, Luke Jones, Hugh Pyle, Laurie Weeks, Ged Robinson, Nic Henderson. Res: Shota Horie, Paul Alo-Emile, Cadeyrn Neville, Gareth Delve, Jordy Reid, Nic Stirzaker, Kimami Sitauti.

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• Confidence not dented New Zealand No 1 Marina Erakovic insists her confidence hasn’t been dented by a poor run of results heading into the French Open, Newstalk ZB reports. Erakovic has been beaten 6-7 6-3 7-6 by Romanian fifth seed Monica Niculescu in the first round of the Strasbourg WTA tournament.

She has won only one singles match in seven tournaments since capturing her maiden WTA title in February but says the results aren’t reflecting how well she is hitting the ball. “I’ve been playing petty well actually,” Erakovic told Newstalk ZB. Her form slump has been noticeable, despite winning her maiden career title in Memphis in February, and she has dropped from 67 at the start of the year to 91 in the latest rankings. Erakovic and doubles partner Cara Black are through to the second round of the doubles in Strasbourg.

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• Reid linked to Arsenal All Whites captain Winston Reid has been once again linked with a move to Arsenal, even though he recently signed a two-year extension with West Ham. Reid was reported to be a target of the Gunners after his injury-time goal against Slovakia at the 2010 World Cup but instead found his way to West Ham. The centre-back has since caught the attention, recently being named the Hammers’ Player of the Year. Tor-Kristian Karlsen, a former chief scout and sporting director, tweeted that Reid could be a target for Arsenal, who recently confirmed a top-four finish in this season’s Premiership.

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• Phoenix face Brisbane The Wellington Phoenix will open their new A-League campaign at home to the Brisbane Roar on October 13, giving new coach Ernie Merrick a taste of what life will be like at the Cake Tin. For the first time, the season will run until May with the grand final scheduled to be played on May 4. Sydney FC and Newcastle will kick off the season on Friday, October 11, with a grand final rematch between Central Coast and West Sydney scheduled for the following day. The venue of three Phoenix home games are yet to be confirmed, raising the possibility they will be played at other venues around the country. - APNZ

CLUB NEWS Allenton Bowling Club Well the new green is up and running and is playing great thanks to some brilliant under cover work by Richard. He checked for hidden snags and even lay down on the job!!!! Wonderful work by all the guys and gals to get this mat turned and back in action. Tuesday roll up is underway with good attendances to date, as with the Friday fortnightly Triples also having excellent numbers participating.

The first event seeing Bobby’s Harem in 1st place, Royal Stuff Ups 2nd and Russell’s Rascals 3rd. Winter Bowls is alive and well and we encourage players to come along and enjoy the game we all love on the refurbished all weather green.

See you there.

Allenton Rugby Club One of the Allenton Senior B’s sponsors was a bit lighter in the wallet on Saturday when Celtic beat his team 23-0. This match usually has a few friendly bets on it and the weather wasn’t the only thing dark and stormy. Player of the Day was Dan Coley.

The Allenton/Celtic U16s managed to post a few points against a strong Springston side, but lost 20-12. Try scorers were Logan Flett and Max Stapleton, with Kieran Hunt kicking 1 conversion.

Players of the Day were Matt Beveridge and Max Sexton.

Other results; U14.5 Allenton G 31 Allenton M 31; U13 Allenton 14 Methven B 19; U11.5 Allenton 36 Rakaia 24; U10 Allenton 25 Rakaia 30; U9 Allenton 35 Rakaia 15; U8 Allenton G 35 Tinwald 15; Allenton M 45 Southern 15; U7 Allenton

60 Tinwald 55 If the JAB coaches would like their Player of the Day named in the club news, email me at jrgrieve@xtra.co.nz before Tuesday. Cheers

Ashburton County Scottish Soc Our next Ceilidh (concert) will be held on Sunday 23rd June. Please note the date as we have had to change the previously planned date.

We have some really talented items planned including the bagpipes and dancers.

Do come along and enjoy the entertainment and an afternoon tea.

It is only $5.00 entry or members $3.00 and children free. Come along join in see you there

Ashburton Garden Club Thirty four members and one visitor recently gathered in the Seniors Centre lounge with Jenny Marks presiding.

Members observed a minutes silence as a mark of respect for the late Mrs Clare Eaden, a former treasurer, bus convenor and long time member.

Jenny welcomed all members especially Bev Cornwall and Audrey McKay. There were nine apologies.

A list was circulated for the June luncheon and Annual General Meeting to be held in St Pauls Church hall, Oxford Street.

Our speaker was Mr Kevin Woodhouse who by his own admission is hooked on strawberries. Thirty years ago Kevin was growing 22000 plants in Auckland for export to Japan and America. Only the

surplus was sold in New Zealand. His nursery is now in Bridge Street along with son Paul. They grow vegetable and flower plants and sell potatoes, eggs and the strawberries also which are grown at Rakaia.

Varieties which are developed from tissue culture in the north are Albion, Sunset and Camrose. Plant now on weed mat, not plastic, with blood and bone or strawberry mix. Replace half the plants every year. Don’t use pea straw as the slugs will invade use maybe pine needles and cover the plants with plastic netting.

Kevin fielded many questions. Lois Bradley thanked Kevin for a most interesting address and presented him with a gift.

Competition Results: Champion Bloom: Audrey McKay with a delphinium Audrey McKay 3 firsts, 1 second Shirley Thomas 2 firsts, 3 seconds Pat Tarbotton 2 firsts, 3 thirds Heather Gray 1 first 1 second Betty Deiley 1 first, 1 third Mary Smith 1 first, 1 third Mary Leighton 2 seconds, 1 third Isobel Porter 1 second, 1 third Rona McConnell 1 second

Ashvegas Country Club Bad weather meant that the majority of our regular golfers opted to stay in bed last Sunday and there were only 2 who were foolish enough to turn up at Rakaia for their round of golf. Amazingly the weather wasn’t too bad there and Bryan and Clarkie enjoyed a relatively dry round which ended with no beer changing hands.

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Cavendish Club Arts and Crafts guest speakers on Friday 17 May were two sisters Joy Stark and Dawn Harper – these very gifted ladies had very different interests.

Joy’s interest laid working in metal and had explored different mediums making delightful pendants using old jewellery beads and charms setting them in resin.

Free trade to China had enabled her to import all sorts of delightful beads and coloured glass. Dawn’s interest lay in stitching making delightful dolls, the soft cuddly sort in very bright colours that would delight any small child and the not so small also very practicable that one could put through the washing machine. Maj Jong bags made of bright linen. Dawn was also known for knitting argyle socks and dressing Scottish dolls.

Joy and Dawn have a third sister who is also a talented lady.

Travel Circle Travel Circle guest speaker on May 10 was Mrs G Holmes. People travel often to far away countries for so many different reasons.

Mrs Holmes decided to go to China to trace the life of a much respected great uncle who donated his life to mission work in China. Richard Wolf lived from 1862 to 1915 and one cant help but wonder if he and his wife and daughters must have suffered times of longing for their own country their devotion to their mission work of self sacrifice must be admired. Mrs Holmes visited her great uncles old parish at Fazkou and a hospital which is still part of the Fazkou mission.

Modern China with the wonderfully modern trains, beautiful gardens, good food would have been an interesting contrast to the China Mr Wolf would have known. Mrs Holmes attended a conference in Hong Kong and this visit also included Taiwan – an unusual reason to travel but one would indeed feel a great respect and pride for Mr Wolf and his family. Mrs Holmes was thanked

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There were 30 members present at the May meeting. An obituary notice was read about Mary Wilson, a long time member.

There is to be a patchwork knitting class in June. Watch out for the display of our work at the library from the end of this month.

Members who attended the National Fibre Festival at Porirua were very pleased with the venue and organisation of it. We were pleased to have two members who won prizes – J. Willetts and M. Greenslade. The Mystery trip took place on a very wet day and it was to Little River. The railway Station and craft shop were visited.

If you have any ideas for running the new shop in Woolston please let Sue know. It is to be called Wool, Yarn and Fibre Shop.

The Black and Coloured Fleece Festival was held in Motueka. A competition was held for tea cosies to be creaked in black

or coloured fleece. Two of our members submitted knitted cosies.

To celebrate the birth of the Royal baby in July the Royal family has requested that instead of sending gifts for the baby, woollen singlets should be knitted and given to NZ Maternity homes.

World Wide Knitting day on the 8th June will be celebrated at Ashfords from 10 o’clock onwards. Come even if you can only stay for a short time. Competitions and fun will be had by all.

Show and Tell: 2 pompom decorated tree branches, felted balls, 3 knitted bigger balls, a magic square rug, 2 natural black and coloured tea cosies, knitted scarf, knitted shawl with a lacy border, 2 hooded jackets, a knitted light weight jacket and some small pompom sheep.

Grey Power Ashburton Inc On Monday 20th May President Joy Jaine welcomed approx 50 members to the Annual General Meeting of Grey Power Ashburton. Joy also extended a special welcome to Past President Jim Burgess as speaker for the afternoon.

Apologies were received from Shirley & Blair Stringer; Trevor & Ann Gamblin; Shona & Colin Thomas; Sheila Graham and Greer Rickets, these were accepted.

Ann Stafford then gave a comprehensive report on the recent Federation AGM which was attended by herself and Joy. Minutes of the last Ashburton AGM were circulated Ann Stafford moved, seconded by Bob Broome that they be accepted as a true and accurate record; carried.

The annual financial statement was presented and moved by Peter Thomas, seconded by Jeff Jaine and carried.

Councillor Jim Burgess then conducted the election of officers as follows; President Joy Jaine; Vice President Ruth Thomas; Secretary Natalie Blampied; Treasurer Peter Thomas; Membership Secretary Shirley Stringer; Committee, Trevor Gamblin, Sheila Graham, Jeff Jaine, Dick MacDonald, Olive McNab, Heather Mills, Ann Stafford, Blair Stringer, Rex Tarbotton, and Colleen Wederell. As there were no further nominations from the floor, Jim declared the above duly elected.

Councillor Jim Burgess then addressed the members, urging them to apply for their rates rebate as the income threshold had increased and if they had any problems to apply at the council office. He then moved on to general council matters and fielded several questions regarding roads; lights; footpaths; bridges among other topics of concern to members.

Natalie Blampied passed a vote of thanks and presented Jim with a fruit tray.

The raffle was drawn and prizes distributed.

Rose Stead then entertained with a selection of popular melodies.

The meeting concluded at 2.50pm and afternoon tea was served.

Speaker for the 17th June meeting is Garth Bateup Ashburton Hospital Manager.

Nor’westers Muso’s Club April Jam (Part 2) Hi all, next up was another new comer to the club , Ricky Helsloot and he

entertained us with a nice long electric guitar solo, a great effort as it was his first gig in front of a crowd , well done Ricky and hope to see you back. Zane Smuts was next to showcase his talents.

From South Africa and now residing in Ashburton Zane put on a mighty show on electric guitar, he was then joined on stage by Zippy on drums & Phil on bass. Well a South African an aussie & a pom it had to be good , and good it was !.They played as if they had been playing for years. Zane really kicked arse on the guitar, absolutely amazing , lets see more of you fella.Kinner then did a solo on guitar/vocals playing some soungarden & silverchair amongst others.

The Akaroa lads came up again with Kinner replacing Jack on vocals and they ripped thru some great songs including Blindspot & Led Zeppelin.Change of vocals with Jack back and they knocked off some more beauties including some classic Chillies. Zippy then joined in on his drumset and away they went again , mighty stuff.

A Hybrid of 8th Shakra & glitch were up next with Issac taking over from the departed Phil on bass.

Some classic songs all covered superb, including You Really Got Me, Carry On Wayward Son, White Wedding and a terrific Come Together by The Beatles.

Kinner, Jesse, Zippy Issac & Tennison then performed Rockin In The Free World

by Neil Young & then to finish off a terrific day of entertainment , Zippy on the skins & Jesse on guitar played a beauty instrumental.

Certainly one out of the bag , and lets see it all again this Sunday for the May Jam. Two things to remember : May Jam this Sunday 26th May (2 - 6) & Queens Birthday Rage on Sunday 2nd June ( 8 - late ) $ 5.00 cover charge , 2 Top bands ( Glitch & 8th Shakra), raffles & supper provided. All this at Fenneys Lounge, Devon Hotel , Ashburton -” Live music is better - bumper stickers should be issued “ - Neil Young quote.

See you all there for two great shows.

Rakaia Garden Club Our May meeting was held on the 13th and we held a workshop on making floral arrangements. Jan McArthur and Betsy Martin demonstrated by making a few arrangements (making it look easy!)and then let us lose to try some of our own with many colourful arrangements being produced. It was a good and inspiring way to spend a cold damp afternoon.

Results of the monthly competition Decorative: 1st M Hanrahan Bloom of the month: 1st M Hanrahan; 2nd P Duncan; 3rd D Simpson Bloom under 5cm: 1st M Hanrahan; 2nd P Dolan; 3rd F Howard Bloom over 5cm: 1st P Duncan; 2nd F Howard; 3rd M Cutforth Cluster: 1st P Dolan; 2nd P Duncan; 3rd M Hanrahan Spike: 1st P Duncan; 2nd C Hurst 3rd P Dolan Shrub: 1st M Cutforth; 2nd M Hanrahan; 3rd A Copland Produce: 1st C Hurst; 2nd T Molloy The next meeting will be our AGM which will be at the Railway Tavern on Monday June 10. The meeting will start at 11am with lunch at 12.30pm.

Everyone welcome.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Kiwi league star accused of assault

By Steve Deane Auckland-born NRL star Ben Te’o has been accused of punching a woman in the face, leaving her with a black eye and facial injuries.

Australia’s Channel 9 last night aired an interview with the alleged victim, in which she says: “I was laying in the hallway with blood everywhere ... I could have been dead for all they know.”

The incident allegedly occurred on April 20, when Te’o and Queensland teammate Darius Boyd visited the home of their former Broncos team-mate Corey Norman.

The woman reportedly returned to Norman’s Brisbane home, where Te’o lived during his time with the Broncos.

It is alleged an altercation broke out between Te’o and the woman, who was left with bleeding near her left eye.

One of the players immediately fled from the premises.

News Limited reported that Norman, who is also a New Zealander, made an 000 emergency call.

Te’o, who grew up on the Hibiscus Coast and played for the New Zealand Under-16 and Junior Kiwis sides before moving to Australia and switching his playing allegiance, denies the allegations.

“I understand that the news story contains a claim by a female that I was involved in an altercation with her at a house in Brisbane,” he said in a statement.

Ben Te’o “I have not been informed of the exact nature of the news story, however I am able to refute entirely any suggestion that I acted improperly.

“On the night in question, I found myself in unfortunate circumstances that were not caused by me and I acted appropriately to deal with a difficult situation.

“I called the police to report the incident and have the female removed from the house.

“I have not pressed charges against the female and to the best of my knowledge no charges have been laid against me.

“I don’t wish to go into any further detail about this matter because I regard the incident as unfortunate and something I wish to leave behind me.”

Queensland police issued a statement last night saying the woman no longer wanted

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Roulston’s team’s goal takes a hit

By Jonathan Leask Ashburton cyclist Hayden Roulston’s team’s goal on the Giro D’Italia took a hit yesterday.

RadioShack Leopard’s lead rider, Croatian Robert Kišerlovski, lost some important time on the 16th stage to drop back in the general classification to 14th and outside the team’s top 10 aspiration.

A day after the tour’s final rest day on Monday, following an epic weekend of 571km in three days, the transition stage between Valloire and Ivrea, roads that led the tour back

from France into Italy, had a select group containing the main contenders break away off the front over the final climb of the 238km stage.

The break contained 22 riders but no one in the RadioShack colours and with strong sprinters in the mix Roulston and company set about pulling back the five-minute gap.

They made up some ground but a three-man breakaway in the closing stages decided the stage victory with Beñat Intxausti outsprinting Tanel Kangert and Przemyslaw Niemiec for the win.

Italian Vincenzo Nibali still dons the pink leader’s jersey, maintaining

his 1 minute 26 second advantage over Australian Cadel Evans after both were in the lead group.

However, Kiserlovski lost 1:37 on Nibali after coming in 1:57 behind Intxausti in 26th.

After their hard work hauling their team-mate back up the field, Roulston rolled in alongside fellow Kiwis Jesse Sergent and George Bennett as well as Giacomo Nizzolo, all 16:16 behind the winner.

Team manager José Azevedo was disappointed with the stage’s outcome but was confident his riders could close out the final five stages and achieve the team goal.

“The Giro is far from over,” Azevedo said.

“It’s important now that (Kiserlovski) recovers from today, both physically and mentally. We have some tough stages ahead of us and his goal, the top 10, is still viable.”

Roulston is 131st on the general classification but the sprinter, renowned for his ability to perform late in a tour, could feature over the closing stages.

Overnight was another stage for the sprinters, with the peloton travelling 214km between Caravaggio and Vicenza.

police action. They confirmed they attended an incident but said the matter was no longer under investigation.

NRL chief executive said an independent investigation would be carried out, ABC News reported.

Details of the alleged incident have emerged just a week after the NRL celebrated its Women in League round.

Earlier this season South Sydney cleared Te’o of any wrongdoing after Fijian rapper and body building MC Fortafy alleged on Twitter that he been assaulted by the league star.

Samuel Ratumaitavuki, aka Fortafy, alleged he was “jumped”by Te’o, the footballer’s brother Sam and another man.

That accusation followed an incident in Brisbane in 2011 that saw Ratumaitavuki and James Soeli Kisina – drug smuggler Schapelle Corby’s half-brother – convicted of breaking into Te’o’s flat and assaulting his two younger brothers.

Ratumaitavuki’s ex-girlfriend had told him she was pregnant and believed Ratumaitavuki to be the father, however she also claimed to have had sexual relations with a number of other men, including Te’o.

Ratumaitavuki was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, while Kasina was ordered to serve at least three months of a six month sentence in prison for breaching a 2006 suspended sentence for a second time.

- APNZ Ashburton cyclist Jason Christie is looking to have a big finish to his European summer before returning home.

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New Zealand A side Christie set for ‘new chapter’ confirmed to play Jordan

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New Zealand-based All Whites and fringe internationals will get a chance to stake claims for inclusion in the squad for November’s intercontinental playoff when a New Zealand A side take on Jordan at North Harbour Stadium on June 4.

New Zealand Football has confirmed the match will take place and that All Whites assistant Neil Emblen will coach the side.

Jordan, ranked 77 in the world, will play Australia in an Asian World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on June 11 and will use the match against the New Zealand side as preparation.

Jordan beat Australia 2-1 in Jordan in September and currently sit one point ahead of Australia but have played one more game than the Socceroos.

Japan lead group B with 13 points from a possible 18, with Jordan on seven. The top two sides in the group will qualify directly for next year’s World Cup in Brazil.

Jordan will also play Libya in Amman on May 27 before arriving in Auckland on June 2.

NZF have a relationship with the Jordan Football Association

The New Zealand A side is expected to consist largely of NZ-based players from the A-League and ASB Premiership dating back to 2009 when the All Whites travelled to the Middle East for an international match with the kingdom won 3-1 by New Zealand.

The New Zealand A side is expected to consist largely of New Zealand-based players from the A-League and ASB Premiership, along with members of the Junior All Whites preparing for the Under-20 World Cup in Turkey.

The likes of Andrew Durante, Ivan Vicelich, Ben Sigmund, Jeremy Christie, Aaron Scott and Jake Butler.

“It’s a game that we want to play and we have a relationship with Jordan off the back of the 2010 campaign when we played against them before the intercontinental playoff with Bahrain,” NZF chief executive Grant McKavanagh said.

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Meanwhile, NZF continue to search for opponents for the All Whites with the Fifa window for international matches in August, September and October possibilities in the build up to the intercontinental play-off against the fourth placed Central and North American side.

Six Concacaf sides are still in contention and nine fixtures are scheduled for the June window, including the blockbuster USA and Mexico clash. Honduras currently occupy fourth position on goal difference with Costa Rica and the US also on four points. Panama lead the group with five points, while Mexico and Jamaica are on three and two points respectively.

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Ashburton cyclist Jason Christie is looking to have a big finish to his European summer before returning home on his way to start a “new chapter” next month.

Christie has kept his cards close to his chest in terms of what his next step is but will make an announcement at the end of his third European stint.

“It will be a new experience and great opportunity that I will take with both hands.”

After initially planning to turn his back on the European season

this year, he flew out in early April to Switzerland for a training block before moving on to Belgium to train with a few races.

In his third race since he came in third but also took out the overall King of the Mountain Classification.

“It has proved to be good block and I maintained a great level of form,” Christie said After a busy first part of the season, with racing in New Zealand and Australia before heading to Europe, he decided it was time to take a break.

“People comment on how lucky we are to see the world but, in all

honesty, we don’t get to see that much apart from a lot of hotel rooms and a blur of the road chucked in too.

“A trip to Athens proved the perfect way to see some spectacular sights, enjoy some hot days and just have an all-round good time,” he said.

After a few days off the bike it was time to begin building up towards the second part of the season and a heavy racing schedule.

Christie had options – stay in Belgium and build up with a mixture of racing and training or make the trip to Alicante in Spain and do a two-week block of training.

“The chance to get some elevation for a change, along with some awesome weather and the fact I had never been meant Spain, trumped Belgium.

“Being in Spain for training has been great. There are loads of hills and the roads are perfect for riding.

It’s easy to see why so many world tour riders base themselves here and then turn up to the races on another level.”

After a week in Spain Christie hopes he gets the same effect when he returns to racing in Belgium for another three weeks before he returns home to start a new adventure.

Korea grabs win to wrap up hockey series

By David Leggat Another one-goal loss, another frustrating night for New Zealand to wrap up their six-test hockey series against Korea in Papatoetoe last night.

The eighth-ranked Koreans grabbed a late winner from a penalty corner to beat New Zealand 2-1, and they leave with four wins

and two draws. There wasn’t much between the teams in the series, but the Koreans were more adept at taking their opportunities.

Both their goals came from penalty corners last night, by Nam Yong Lee and Hyun Woo Nam, with world No 6 New Zealand’s coming from striker Stephen Jenness midway through the second half.

“We’re not quite there,” said captain for the night, experienced

midfielder Shea McAleese.

“We come in and out of the game a little too much and they’ve been able to dominate too many phases of the game for my liking.”

One positive out of the series was that all 23 players got plenty of game time in the final leadup to selection for the World League 3 tournament in Rotterdam next month. The squad of 18 will be named in the next few days.

“The biggest thing we need to learn is just how to win and what we need to do to win,” McAleese said.

“You can’t have silly mistakes that cost you goals and at the other end we need to be really clinical in the circle.

“In the middle of the field we’re really competitive, but we’re letting ourselves down just a little at either end of the field.”

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Mid Canterbury’s last outing of 2012 will be their first in 2013, taking on South Canterbury in Timaru, but with a new coach and a new-look team.

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Give us your caption ... back losses to South Canterbury in Timaru, losing the Hanan Shield 17-15 before going down 48-20 in the Lochore Cup semi-final a week later.

Moore’s first job is looking to win back the shield and he came into the role with a clean slate, saying his selection would be based on “performance, not on history”.

“It’s an opportunity to get our hands on the shield and set the tone for the season, Moore said yesterday.

“It’s also a chance for us to get a look at a number of new faces at this level before we make the hard

By Jonathan Leask New Mid Canterbury rugby coach Glenn Moore has named his initial squad for the start of his tenure.

The new era gets under way with a Hanan Shield clash against South Canterbury next weekend, being played in Timaru for the southern neighbour’s 125th jubilee weekend.

Moore named a squad of 29 players to be considered for the match, his first in charge since taking over from Chris Neill.

The Neil era ended with back-to-

decisions around the Heartland team.

“We picked this squad based on merit and it’s strictly a squad for this one-off match.”

Of the squad there are 13 players who were involved in the defeats to South Canterbury last year and a number of players who have played at some stage, but none of that came into it.

“There’s a mix of experience from last year and new faces but we never looked at who was here last year. It was based around us getting a handle on where everyone is at.”

The focus is on winning the Hanan Shield but the coaches will also be looking to get a “gauge on players” for later in the season.

“There are a number of guys we want to get the chance to take a look at playing the next level up and see how they cope with that.”

There will be no better test than the cauldron that awaits them at South Canterbury Jubilee celebrations.

Rakaia’s strong showing in the Combined Country Cup has been rewarded with 10 players in the squad while there are eight uncapped players in the 29.

The forward pack still has some experienced heads in James Carr, who is closing in on his 100th Mid Canterbury cap this season, Simon Fleetwood and Jon Dampney.

Manase Nonu is the senior statesman in the backline while Methven five-eighth David Maw and Rakaia centre Dwayne Burrows both returned to Mid Canterbury this season.

The squad was given this week off training as the clubs head into the final round of the Combined Country Cup, and Moore will see how they pull up at Sunday’s light training session before naming a

final 22 for build-up to the shield clash.

Mid Canterbury Senior Squad: Penisonu Latu, Ross McKay, Tukulua Tolu, Tevita Tupou (Celtic), Kennedy Faalavaau, Sefo Makaui, Josh Nonu, Manase Nonu, Tevita Ula (Hampstead), Richard Catherwood, Simon Fleetwood, Andrew Cunneen, David Maw, Mitch Sim (Methven), Mark Andrews, Dwayne Burrows, Jackson Donlan, Andrew Fluker, Ron Manu, Kody Nordquist, Alipete Polutele, Tevita Vi, Josh Walker, Cawte Whiting (Rakaia), Logan Bonnington, James Carr, Jon Dampney, Will McKenzie, Scott Murphy (Southern).

Daniel Vettori set for return to Black Caps Barring an injury calamity in the final training session, Daniel Vettori’s chances of playing in tomorrow night’s test have become a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’.

Sources close to the team said Vettori is back to full fitness after a 10-month hiatus from tests. If so, his selection seems a fait accompli, given coach Mike Hesson’s inclination to have a specialist slow bowling option. Hesson has included a spinner in each of the 10 tests in his 10-month tenure. He appears to work to the theory ‘what can four

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With Bruce Martin’s calf muscle injury ending his tour, Vettori’s arrival a day early underlines the intention to get him game time. It’s understood he has bowled sustained net spells for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League to prepare him as much for five-day cricket as the Champions Trophy one-day internationals.

While Vettori has not turned the ball as much in recent seasons he is still a reliable option, especially backing up a pace attack which continues to impress with its venom.

Tim Southee is coming off his first 10-wicket bag and Trent Boult and Neil Wagner look potent. The Lord’s

test was the first time in six matches New Zealand took a full 20 wickets.

The news will be welcome relief for captain Brendon McCullum. Vettori provides valuable experience and is someone he will feel comfortable consulting. His batting, presumably at No 8, is another asset with 4516 test runs, an average of 30.10 and six centuries.

However, New Zealand spin success at Headingley has been slim.

Vettori’s one previous appearance in 2004 earned him two for 83. The best performance by a New Zealand spinner at Leeds came from another 34-year-old left-armer in 1949. Tom Burtt took five for 97.

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A look through 2013 Headingley scorecards also raises questions about its spin-friendliness. The best first-class bowling by a spinner has come from former England limited overs bowler Adil Rashid. He took match figures of five for 183 from 50 overs when Yorkshire crushed Derbyshire by an innings and 39 runs at the start of May. Otherwise match figures, including a number of five-wicket bags, suggest it has been a seamer’s paradise. Not even England left-arm orthodox spinner Monty Panesar could get a wicket, albeit in early April, when he finished with none for 64 off 26 overs.

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Quote: George Bernard Shaw Trivia question: Craig Lowndes

pace bowlers offer that three can’t?’

Overcast conditions are forecast but that is unlikely to convince Hesson to add Doug Bracewell to his arsenal on what’s understood to be a relatively dry wicket block.

The news means Vettori will pass Stephen Fleming and earn a record 112th New Zealand test cap. He also has one cap for the World XI in 2005.

The 34-year-old wasn’t part of the original tour squad but that was more on the basis of injury recovery than form, after Achilles tendon and groin woes. He last played for New Zealand in July on the West Indies tour.

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7

RANGIORA

Wa i m a k a r i r i

LAKE COLERIDGE

Map for today

9

11

DARFIELD

8

CHRISTCHURCH

11

METHVEN

LYTTELTON

11

LINCOLN Rakaia

ASHBURTON

10

Ash

Geraldine

Ran

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gitata

TIMARU

10

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Waimate

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NZ Today

Canterbury Plains

Canterbury High Country

TODAY: Occasional showers, clearing this evening. Cold southerlies.

TODAY

TODAY FZL: Lowering to 1200m, 1000m later

MAX

10 OVERNIGHT MIN 1

MAX

10 OVERNIGHT MIN 2

MAX

15 OVERNIGHT MIN 6

MAX

15 OVERNIGHT MIN 5

TOMORROW: Early showers clear then mainly fine. Southerlies dying out.

SATURDAY: Mainly fine with morning frosts. Light winds.

SUNDAY: Fine with high cloud. Northwesterlies turn southwest.

Midnight Tonight

ia

Wind less than km/h 30

Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

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

60 plus

Showers and cold southerlies.

TOMORROW Any remaining showers clearing in the morning and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out.

SATURDAY

Showers, falling as snow above 800m, clearing from the south during the afternoon, but remaining rather cloudy, with poor visibility at times.

Wind at 1000m: SE 20 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: SE rising to 40 km/h in the afternoon.

TOMORROW

FZL: Rising to 2000m

Fine with morning fog and frosts.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: W rising to 50 km/h.

SATURDAY

morning min max

showers 12 17 showers 9 16 showers 8 16 showers 6 14 showers 9 12 showers 8 16 showers 5 15 NZ Situation fine 9 15 A trough of low pressure is moving eastwards. Cold showers 7 11 southerlies following this trough spread up the South showers 6 10 Island and onto the North Island this morning. A ridge showers 4 9 showers 7 10 is spreading across the Tasman Sea, and is expected showers 5 10 over southern parts of the South Island this evening.

Mainly fine with morning frosts. Light winds, Fine with morning frosts, then cloud increasnorthwesterlies developing later. ing. Rain developing about the divide later, with snow down to 1700m. NW strengthening, rising to gale about the tops.

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

Fine with high cloud. Northwesterlies, strong Rain about the divide, with snow gradually in exposed places, turning lighter southwest. lowering to 700m, cloudy periods elsewhere. Strong westerlies, severe gale about the tops, easing.

MONDAY

Mainly fine with southwesterlies.

MONDAY Mainly fine. Southwesterlies.

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10 5 26 6 15 21 23 26 6 25 24 28 6 5 4 6 6 26 22 26 24 4 25 7 15 8 9 10 23 30 22 8 9 22 11 10 15 25 8 12 27 20 19 21 8

17 10 32 13 23 30 37 36 13 31 32 40 14 9 11 12 15 30 28 44 33 23 34 13 19 21 17 18 30 45 25 12 22 29 19 17 29 32 14 18 30 33 25 26 10

River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 3:30 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

98.5 6.24 7.47 48.0

Source: Environment Canterbury

nc

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

min grass 16 hour May 2013 min to date to date

13.3

7.9

4.5

0.2

97.4 326.4

W 15

Christchurch Airport 14.8

9.0

7.1

1.8

66.4 203.0

E 17

15.0 10.4

–

0.4

38.6 193.2

E 22

Temperatures °C

Average

14.4

Average

3.6

14.3

Timaru Airport Average

0.9

3.7

13.9

Rainfall mm

1.1

2.6

44

264

37

228

24

191

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Friday

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Wind km/h

max gust

Saturday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

2 1 0

1:34

7:44 1:59 8:15 2:24 8:33 2:50 9:07 3:14 9:24 3:43 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.

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

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Rise 7:50 am Set 5:09 pm Good

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

Last quarter 1 Jun www.ofu.co.nz

7:00 am

9:59

Rise 7:51 am Set 5:08 pm Bad

Bad fishing Set 7:24 am Rise 5:14 pm

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