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A survey has found that Gen Y Australians are more charitable and compassionate than their baby boomer parents. In fact, Australians aged between 20 and 30 are the most charitable demographic, with 67% having done some community work, according to new research by Optus RocksCorp Partnership. That compares with 62% of Gen X members and 64% of baby boomers, the research finds. It found in total Gen Ys donated more than 192 million volunteer hours to charity each year, worth about $3.1 billion. The research also found Gen Ys were generous with their personal finances.

Hand hygiene lacking Nurses are more diligent about hospital hand hygiene than doctors, according to international research by an Australian professor. The research shows health workers are endangering patients by missing one in three opportunities to wash their hands, and doctors are the worst performers, says co-author Professor Mary-Louise McLaws. Although Australian doctors escaped scrutiny in the five-country study, Prof McLaws says they are missing too many hygiene opportunities. “Australia should be way beyond our current compliance rate of 65 per cent in doctors.

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Redheads have higher cancer risk

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A person’s skin pigment, which determines hair colour and skin tone, is influenced by the melanocortin-1 (MC1R) gene receptor. For the population’s one to two per cent of redheads, a mutation in MC1R accounts for their red hair colour and typical light skin. Now researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that the same MC1R mutation responsible for the red hair phenotype also promotes an important cancer-causing pathway. The new findings help to explain the molecular mechanisms that underlie redheads’ well-known risk of developing melanoma, providing new insights for treating and preventing this dangerous type of skin cancer.

Organic food does have benefits There is growing evidence for the benefit of organic food, according to a previously sceptical doctor who says many agricultural pesticides are lethal to good bacteria in the bowel. “Scientists have always said eating organic food is senseless and makes no difference as pesticides don’t harm humans,” says Dr Mark Donohoe, a Sydney GP with a special interest in environmental medicine. “However, the pesticides kill certain species of gut bacteria, not us.” This causes an imbalance that contributes to obesity and poor general health, says Dr Donohoe “This thinking is becoming mainstream, particularly among gastroenterologists. “My wife and patients have told me for 20 years that they feel better on an organic diet, but I have said there is no reason why they should.”

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zance: The stage tour premieres at 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Tickets $79.90. ■ Tomorrow - Junior Hockey: The Mid Canterbury Primary boys’ hockey teams have a mini tournament against South Canterbury on Sunday with games from 9.45 on the Ashburton Hockey

Snails can explore the length of an average British garden in a single night reaching a top speed of one metre per hour, a new study reveals. Scientists examined the habits of 450 garden snails recording their movements using LED lights, UV paints and time-lapse photography. This is the first time snails have been studied in this way, creating some unexpectedly spectacular images. The findings revealed how snails will travel distances of up to 25 metres in a 24-hour period, and seek out areas of shelter, such as long grass, trees or objects left in the garden overnight.

Turf. The Mid Canterbury Primary girls’ play South Canterbury and Canterbury in Timaru from 10am. ■ Out of town: The Wakanui Black men’s hockey team heads to Timaru to take on Northern Hearts in the final of the MidSouth Canterbury Hockey competition on Saturday at Timaru’s Aorangi Park

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An uncompleted New Zealand Transport Agency survey proves a deadly Tinwald pedestrian crossing is dangerous, an Ashburton principal says. Following the death of Ashburton resident Frank Tully, 89, who was killed while on an Archibald Street pedestrian crossing in June, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA)

launched a review to test its use and location. However, it is struggling to get under way after “pedestrian numbers were too small to draw any conclusions” with only nine people surveyed during two sessions recently. “Our consultants have been requested to undertake a further survey in the next few weeks to enable us to complete the review,” NZTA traffic and safety

manager Tony Spowart said. Tinwald School principal Peter Livingstone said the inadequate sample size showed people avoided the crossing. After the fatality, he too conducted a survey on how pupils living on the west side of the railways lines got to school. He found 82 per cent of parents chose to either send their child on the bus or by car, with 75 per cent of those saying the

main reason for their decision was safety concerns over crossing State Highway 1. He said more needed to be done to create a safer crossing. “We have to ask is this the best we can do when it comes to crossing this road , 12 painted lines, two lollipops and two diamonds?” After his survey, some parents had suggested a 40km/h speed limit around pedestrian

crossings backed by strong police enforcement would help, along with increased visibility to highlight the crossing. Robin Burgess, who lives on the west side of the Tinwald railway lines, said he would like to see yellow lines so parked cars did not obstruct views, and pedestrian traffic lights. The NZTA expects the review to be completed in the coming weeks.

Pirates of Penzance takes over our event centre A band of bumbling pirates have invaded the Ashburton Trust Event Centre in preparation for their show, Pirates of Penzance, tonight. The all-star cast for the Gilbert and Sullivan musical, suitable for adults and children aged over 10, includes Tim Beveridge (Pirate King) and Tizane McEvoy (Mabel). Tonight’s performance will kick off a New Zealand tour for the funny and flirty show. Pirates of Penzance was a hit when it premiered in 1879, and decades later it remains a favourite on stages throughout the world. Tickets have sold well, but there are still plenty left for door sales.

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A former Ashburton St John cadet has been recognised with a national accolade in Australia. Susie Dean was awarded the Australian National Emergency Medal for her contribution to the emergency response to the 2009 bushfires in Victoria. The award was approved by Her Majesty the Queen on her visit to Australia in October 2011. During the event, which came to be known as Black Saturday, 173 people died and 414 were injured as a result of a number of bushfires which raged across the state. While emergency services scrambled to cope with the unfolding disaster, Ms Dean was hard at work behind the scenes at the Victorian State Control Centre, which managed the state-wide emergency response to the crisis as it evolved in the days following. As the pre-hospital liaison officer, she was responsible for gathering and interpreting real-time information from each agency and relaying it back to

Domestics Ashburton Police attended several domestic disputes on Wednesday night and Thursday evening.

Bail breach An Ashburton male was arrested for breaching his bail on Thursday and will appear in Ashburton District Court at the next sitting date.

Caught with cannabis An Ashburton woman was arrested for possession of cannabis for supply on Thursday. She will appear in court at the next sitting date.

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Susie Dean was recognised for her contribution to the Black Saturday emergency response. Photo suPPlieD

the ambulance emergency operations centre. Working long hours, Ms Dean provided crucial updates to the ambulance crews on the ground to keep the paramedics safe as they treated dozens of people injured in the fires. When the fires were under control, she continued as the health commander in one of the

bushfire ravaged communities in Kinglake, where Ambulance Victoria remained for more than three years. Ashburton born and educated, Ms Dean launched paramedic career the local St John service, joining as a cadet in 1988. After a stint with the Riccarton division, she jumped the

ditch in 2001, attained a Diploma of Ambulance Paramedic Studies in 2003, and has advanced to become a senior team manager, seconded to emergency service management roles. Her father Nigel Dean, an Ashburton St John committee member, was in Melbourne to see his daughter collect her medal last month.

■ ILLEGAL CHOP-SHOPS

Dismantler calls for regular police checks By Sue NewmaN

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Ashburton auto dismantler Ross Butterick is calling on police to make scrap yard checks a regular on their job list. On the back of the discovery of an illegal chop-shop in Rolleston, and another on Yaldhurst Road police are cracking down on scrap metal dealers and over the past week have checked out dozens of businesses, issuing warnings to some to play by the rules or lose their operating licence. Regular checks of all businesses in the industry can’t come soon enough, Mr Butterick said. “In 33 years I’ve never been checked and I’d like to be checked. We’ve got huge paper work because we run a very tidy business. Hopefully this is a wakeup call for everyone.” Inevitably the backlash from the dodgy dealings of a few would be felt across the industry, but for the good dealers being checked could only be a good thing, he said. Car wreckers and scrap metal dealers are required to keep accurate records of all transactions, including names, addresses and phone numbers of sellers. Sub-standard operators have been found with stolen cars and shoddy bookwork. Most of his vehicles come in for wrecking from insurance

In brief

An Ashburton man was taken to Ashburton Hospital early Thursday after the car he was driving collided with a cow on Maronan Road. He was taken to hospital for a check up.

Drink driving A 20-year-old male was pulled over by police on Thursday on Walnut Avenue and processed with an excess breath alcohol limit of 834mcg.

Zoo virtual tours Animal lovers chained to their desks can now take a virtual tour of the world’s most famous zoos, including Sydney’s own Taronga. Google has photographically mapped the zoos, making them available as part of its Street View feature. In addition to Taronga, users can take a virtual tour of the Chengdu zoo in China, which is home to more than 30 per cent of the world’s pandas. Google also mapped several famous parks in the US, Canada, South America, Asia, UK and Europe. -AAP

Good news for Glee The cast of Glee finally have something to smile about after the death in July of Cory Monteith, who played Finn in the hit TV show. Jane Lynch is to be honoured with the 2505th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 53-year-old actress, who plays aggressive cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in Glee, will unveil her plaque on Hollywood Boulevard on September 4. Glee creator/ producer Ryan Murphy will help to induct her onto the famous sidewalk. - WENN

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companies or through auctions where there was a solid paper trail. All are run through additional checks to confirm ownership and to ensure the vehicle is finance free. “We often get offered things like sets of wheels or tyres but we’re not interested in those. Our cars come to us whole and we break them down.” Ashburon scrap metal dealer Greg Maunsell says he runs a

tight ship and with 90 per cent of his business generated locally it’s easy to spot any dodgy dealers coming into the yard. “The majority of our material, I know exactly where it has come from, usually we collect it and the gate trade is usually the same old people. We have very few cars, there’s no money in them and we’re very vigilant.” He has a list of people he won’t deal with and whenever

he’s visited by police asking if he’s had dealings with a certain person that name is added to his list, he said. “They know they can’t unload stolen stuff here. You look at them and think, where did they get that stuff from; those guys stick out like a sore thumb. I don’t want them in my yard. They’ll come in, snoop around, see something and then come back and rob you.”

Pasta, noodles and rice have replaced the humble potato as Aussie shoppers’ favourite side dish, new research shows. The changing Australian society and its changing tastebuds - are illustrated in 25 years of trolley tracking in the Woolworths’ 2013 Trolley Trends report. Sixty-one per cent of sides purchased by shoppers are now pasta, rice or noodles. That compares with potatoes, a favourite back in 1984, but which now make up just 39 per cent of purchases. The report, which surveyed the buying habits of 9500 consumers over 24 months, also found a shift away from “Anglo” products like carrots, onions and broccoli. It said since 2010 popular produce showed an Arab influence. - WENN

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Mt Hutt will extend its snow season to October 13 to include the two weeks of the October school holidays. The ski area was originally scheduled to close on October 6. Ski area manager James McKenzie said the snow base and conditions were so good a decision had been made to extend the date so people could plan

their school holiday ski break and not have to compress it into the first week. Mt Hutt has close to a 3 metre snow base on its upper slopes and 2.3 metre base on the lower slopes. “Conditions out on the main groomed trails are skiing and riding spectacularly well at the moment,” Mr McKenzie said. “We’re announcing the date extension early because we’ve got a high degree of confi-

dence that the substantial snow base we are enjoying across all our main trails will see us well into October and beyond. “With seven weeks of the season still to go, we’re looking forward to some great spring skiing.” Fantastic early snowfalls and further top-ups had ensured a good season to date, and he reminded skiers the Kids4Free campaign would see children under 10 receive free lift passes. Skiers on Mt Hutt have enjoyed plenty of snow and are looking forward to an extended season.

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■ DRINK DRIVING

Most drink drivers repeat offenders BY EMMA CROPPER Local drink drivers are not learning their lesson, appearing through the courts just as many times as first time offenders. Over two-thirds of recidivist drink drivers who had appeared in the Ashburton District Court this year had racked up three or more convictions, and almost one in two drink drivers were re-offenders. Canterbury road policing manager Inspector Al Stewart

said pulling over repeat drink drivers on their way to the bottle store was not uncommon. “Many of what we deal with are first time offenders, however predominantly the recidivists’ alcohol levels are higher and we find we are picking them up during the day,” said Mr Stewart. “Take it on board that it’s an illness and some of them drink all the time.” Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drugs Services runs a six-week programme called

Driving Whilst Impaired that works with recidivist drink drivers. “By the time they get to the end of the six weeks a lot of their ideals and motivations would have changed,” ACADS manager Chris Clark said. “The course is successful,” said Mrs Clark, “but we always get one or two that aren’t successful”. Mrs Clark said there was some anxiety when they first arrived, but attitudes changed throughout the programme.

Mr Stewart said from a police point of view they try to identify the problem and get them the correct treatment. “It’s a hard conversation to have. We are not asking everyone to be a police officer, but if someone is out there and they know of someone, then they really need to have that conversation.” The highest recorded in the court this year was from a 52 year old who appeared on his eighth drink driving offence. However he had not appeared in

front of the courts since 1999. The judge handed out a minimal sentence because of the 14 year gap between offences. Ashburton lawyer Paul Bradford said the court would look differently at someone who had been charged with drink driving 20 years ago and again this year, compared to someone who was consistently showing up in the courts for the offence regularly. “In an ideal world, there would be no reason for people like me,” said Mr Bradford.

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■ YOUTH OFFENDING

Troubled youth numbers stay same

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As youth offending appears to be on the decline, an Ashburton agency says it is working with just as many troubled teens as ever before. Latest statistics released by Justice Minister Judith Collins this week show the number of 10 to 16-year-olds apprehended by the police has dropped to 438 per 10,000 from an all-time high of 543 in 1995, while Maori youth offending between 2008 and 2012 fell 32 per cent. Safer Ashburton District general manager Kevin Clifford said the agency held contracts to deal with youth offenders. Last year he had about 40 referrals for his youth support service, and dealt with six teens in the youth justice programme.

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“There’s plenty of young people out there that need support and assistance in Mid Canterbury, we get referrals to youth support programmes for youth with behavioural issues and we are certainly busy. statistically if you compare us

But then we are a growing district, statistically if you compare us with a district that isn’t growing you would expect to see more

with a district that isn’t growing you would expect to see more.” He said Safer Ashburton District worked to support youth, often from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping them reach goals in education or employment. He had seen strong outcomes from their service, with the con-

tracts they held allowing them to implement “intensive support” programmes for at-risk young people. That includes the Ministry of Social Development’s Fresh Start initiative which is aimed at the worst 1000 youth offenders, giving the Youth Court more options to deal with troubled teens.

■ LANDMARK RULING

Decision advances gender pay equality An Employment Court decision paving the way for gender pay equality has been hailed as the greatest advance for the rights of working women since the passing of the Equal Pay Act in 1972. The decision released on Thursday was about a resthome worker paid less than $15 an hour after working in the industry for more than 20 years. Lower Hutt caregiver Kristine Bartlett argued her low pay rate was a result of gender discrimination under the Equal Pay Act. Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) national secretary John Ryall said Ms Bartlett’s case showed her pay rate of $14.32 an hour to care for the elderly was based on her gender, rather than her skills, effort and responsibility. Her case was taken to the Employment Court by the union against her employer Terranova Homes and Care Limited. The court found Terranova Homes’ 106 female and four male caregivers were all paid between $13.75 and $15 an hour. The minimum wage is currently $13.75 an hour. The court also found the defendant could not prove it paid its four male caregiver employees the same as its 106 female caregivers, or that it would pay replacement males the same rates. Mr Ryall said the next stage in the case was for the court to get evidence about what the comparative pay rates would be if the industry was maledominated.

Ashburton Youth Aid officer Rob Hooper is on annual leave and was unavailable for comment. Ms Collins put the encouraging national youth offending rate down to a Drivers of Crime initiative introduced in 2009, aimed at tackling the underlying causes of crime. “Reducing crime by addressing the underlying causes of crime is a challenging task to take on because the causes are multiple, inter-related and inter-generational,” she said. “By co-ordinating efforts across agencies, Drivers of Crime is delivering on this Government’s commitment to addressing complex, long-standing problems with an emphasis on reducing Maori offending and victimisation.”

Street name bid sends council staff scrambling for rule book By sue NewMaN

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Lower Hutt caregiver Kristine Bartlett argued her low pay rate was a result of gender discrimination under the Equal Pay Act.

“We need to establish that given the skills and experience and effort required in this work, what is the equivalent male comparator? “The court has found that some industries and some workplaces are low-pay ghettos because the nature of the work is intensively female and therefore the skills of that work has been devalued ... and that’s certainly the case with caregiving.” Mr Ryall said the outcome was the greatest advance for the rights of working women since the passing of the Equal Pay Act in 1972 and would be

celebrated by caregivers and other low-paid women workers throughout New Zealand. “The court has recognised that caregivers are paid abysmally low pay rates because they are women and has dismissed Business New Zealand arguments about the cost of removing pay discrimination as akin to the economic arguments against removing slavery.” Mr Ryall said the union wanted to see a fair rate set for all caregivers. The Public Service Association (PSA) says the decision has far-reaching implications

for thousands of women who work in low paid occupational groups. PSA national secretary Brenda Pilott said it was a big step in terms of getting rid of the notion of ‘women’s work’ and reinforced the fact that equal pay was a basic human right. New Zealand Nurses Organisation industrial adviser David Wait said with a 93 per cent female membership, the decision was important for the organisation. “Today is a great day for each and every one of them. Equality is now one step closer.” - APNZ

A request to end the name of a new street in Ashburton with the word ‘rise’, sent Ashburton District Council staff scrambling for the surveyors’ handbook. Developers of the Braebrook subdivision submitted several options to council for names of streets in the subdivision and among these was Redhaven Rise. When councillors questioned the use of rise for a flat Ashburton street, senior planner Ian Hyde had the answer. “I did query this but I was told through modern surveying measurements a two metre change in elevation over the length of a street or road means it can become an official ‘rise’,” he said. With that information on board the council’s Environmental Services committee signed off two names for streets in the subdivision – Redhaven Rise and Avalon Grove. The names have been chosen to recall the horticultural history of the site; both are the names of fruit tree species. Street and road names have to be approved by the council to ensure there is no confusion with an existing street and also to ensure they are not inappropriate in any way.

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In brief Kiwifruit boost Eating two kiwifruit a day can improve mood and energy levels, a new University of Otago study shows. Researchers at the university’s Canterbury campus tested 54 young male students who had lower than desirable vitamin C levels because they generally ate little fresh fruit. The group was split - with some eating two kiwifruit a day and others half a kiwifruit. Those eating two kiwifruit were found to experience significantly less fatigue and depression than the others. They also felt they had more energy. - APNZ

Murder charge A woman has been charged with murder in relation to the death of south Auckland man Peter Dixon, found dead in his Manurewa home after it caught fire in February last year. Police said the 47-year-old woman was also charged with four counts of theft, four of arson and and one of attempted arson. Police said the charges followed a lengthy and complex investigation. - APNZ

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■ NADINE HAAG DEATH

Coroner returns open verdict By HamiSH mcNeilly An investigation by a former Dunedin family has led to an Australian coroner overturning a police ruling that Nadine Haag died of suicide. New South Wales Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon said he was not satisfied the 33-year-old committed suicide, instead declaring an open finding. That decision was prompted by her family’s private investigation, after she was found dead in the shower of her Sydney apartment on December

3, 2009. Police later concluded Nadine had taken her own life, after a suicide note, pills and a razor were found at the scene. Unconvinced, Nadine’s family carried out their own investigation. Their evidence included the discovery of a note saying “he did it”, a marking of a tile saying “he did it”. There was evidence of a struggle, a lack of blood at the scene, knives missing, a toxicology report, and Nadine’s positive outlook on life. Evidence from Nadine’s diary, and from the Haag family,

showed her former partner Nastore Guizzon was a bully who behaved in an intimidatory, controlling and abusive manner towards her, Coroner MacMahon said. “Guizzon denied this evidence, however, other witnesses corroborated the assertion,” the corner noted. He also noted the movements of Mr Guizzon, the father of their young child, on the day of Ms Haag’s death, “and his subsequent evidence concerning those movements, also gave rise to real suspicion as to the possibility of his involvement in

Nadine’s death”. Mr Guizzon has denied any involvement in her death. In his findings, the coroner noted “Nadine’s circumstances at the time of her death are most unusual for a suicide”. “In my years as a coroner I have had to investigate many deaths that were due to suicide. In the vast majority of such cases the investigation of the death will identify one or more aspects of the deceased’s life that provides an explanation, or at least a clue, as to why they acted to end their life.” - APNZ

Boulder blocks road State Highway 6 near Haast is completely blocked after a boulder “the size of a house” fell onto the road yesterday morning. The boulder, measuring about 10m by 10m, crashed onto the road about 1km west of Clarke’s Bluff, said NZTA senior asset West Coast manager Mark Pinner. “The rock is about the size of a house, weighing 200 to 300 tonnes. Early indications are that it will not be possible to remove the rock without blasting it into chunks,” he said. -APNZ

Fogged in Operations at North Island airports affected by thick fog yesterday morning are back to normal, Air New Zealand says. An spokeswoman said there were delays of up to an hour for flights in and out of Hamilton, Rotorua and Whakatane airports. The fog had cleared and the airports were operating normally, although there could still be flow-on effects on flight times. Despite heavy fog in parts of Auckland yesterday morning, air travel was not affected. - APNZ

Cat loses leg in trap Another domestic cat has been injured by an illegal gin trap in the South Island. The incident left a pet cat with only three legs, as it crawled for shelter with an illegal gin trap clamped through its front left paw. The neutered male tabby was discovered at the edge of the Hope School field last month and Nelson SPCA animal welfare officer Andy Rolfe admits there was a chance the animal could have been put down, before the final decision was made to amputate the leg instead. “It’s dragged itself towards the building because animals tend to go for cover when they’re injured,” said Mr Rolfe. “It was obviously really bad in its leg. We had two choices; either the cat was going to be put to sleep or there was going to be an amputation, and we’ve taken a decision as a society to help the animal.” Mr Rolfe said gin traps are illegal and shouldn’t be used at all. -APNZ

Six-year-old Charlie Scammell discovers the mysteries of his own body in the prototype Life Education Trust mobile classroom, with programme development manager Michelle Dow. photo joseph johnson 230813-jj-019

Mysteries of the body unveiled for all to see By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

Harold the giraffe and the Life Education Trust classrooms have visited a generation of local school children, but the ex-

perience became a lot more personal as a new mobile classroom was unveiled in Ashburton yesterday. Children at Allenton School were among the first in the district to step inside the class-

room, which uses Kinetic digital technology to show children how their own skeletons move. The bus was unveiled by the Prime Minister in May, and is one of a fleet of 45 around the country that visit more than

225,000 children each year to educate them on health and nutrition. Locally the bus visits 67 out of 68 Mid Canterbury schools every year, one of the highest percentages in the country.

GCSB website targeted by hackers yesterday The Government Communications Security Bureau website was attacked by hackers yesterday. A spokesman for the organisation said although the attack did not shut down the website, it slowed the website’s gateway

for about 30 minutes. “... There is an indication there could have been some temporary degradation of service.” It is believed the website suffered a DDoS or distributed denial-of-service attack attack, where a website suffers a satu-

ration of external communications requests to the point that it cannot respond to legitimate traffic in an attempt to cause the server to overload. The attack did not affect GCSB operations in any way the spokesman said.

A Twitter page with the handle ‘OpF*ckGCSB’ tweeted “#TangoDown” and a screen shot showing the website down. The Twitter user claimed links to the international ‘hackticist’ group Anonymous. - APNZ

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Sonia McAlpine is keen to learn about local body politics after becoming a Methven Community Board member just two days after she decided to stand for election. Photo SuSan SandyS

Sonia McAlpine is the newest member of the Methven Community Board, and she is surprised to have made the board so quickly. The born-and-bred Methven resident is the only new member on the board after local body nominations closed Friday last week. Because only four nominations were received, all nominees were duly elected, and a by-election will have to be held in February for the one remaining vacancy on the five-member board. Mrs McAlpine said she knew fellow Methvenites appreciated having a community board, and she had been surprised when she found out she was the only new nomination.

Stashed car linked to fraudster By haMiSh Mcneilly Police have confirmed a Rolls-Royce found stashed in a container is linked to convicted fraudster Michael Swann, who paid a “substantial fee” for the rare vehicle. The vehicle, a 1922 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, was discovered following an attempt to remove a container at Port Otago’s Dunedin container yard earlier this month. Detective Senior Sergeant John Ferguson, of the Dunedin CIB, said records indicate Mr Swann

paid a substantial fee for the vehicle, which has updated body parts, including Rolls-Royce Phantom parts. Police were not in a position to confirm the amount paid for the vehicle, or details of the investigation into the vehicle’s ownership. The Otago Daily Times understands the vehicle had never been registered in New Zealand. However, police confirmed they were preparing a court application to confiscate the vehicle, currently stored in a secure

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agreeing to Mr Wareing and fellow employee Maree Glanville nominating her. Mrs McAlpine is a fourth generation Methven resident and has lived her whole life in the town, besides 15 months when her two children were young she and husband Athol moved to Hanmer for 15 months to work in a tourist park. “I wanted to come back home,” she said. She said she was passionate about the town, and believed her first job on the board would be learning how it worked. Mrs McAlpine, a grandmother of one, has worked in ski lodge management and real estate, and believes Methven has a lot going for it as a town. “When you have lived here all your life you like to see the town improve,” she said.

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■ SNOW CAVE RESCUE

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Lucky escape from cave coffin By CaSSandra MaSon Tears and high-fives followed the rescue of two high school students from a collapsed snow cave on Mt Ruapehu on Thursday. A group of nine Year 13 boys, two outdoor education teachers from Te Awamutu College and a qualified New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Association instructor were getting ready to spend the night in a snow cave they had dug on the Whakapapa Ski Field when it collapsed about 4.50pm. Two boys from the group became trapped under about one metre of snow and survived by

breathing from air pockets. Staff moved quickly after being alerted to the rescue, said National Park constable Conrad Smith, who co-ordinated the rescue. Like with an avalanche, time was “critical” and a St John paramedic raced to the scene on a skidoo, along with three members of the Ruapehu Alpine Rescue Organisation. “It could have been really bad. We’ve had people die up here on the mountain before,” Mr Smith said. But by the time the group arrived, the other students had dug both of the boys out - one of whom was “pretty dazed”. “Their mates dug them out,”

Mr Smith said. “There were lots of tears, and hugs and highfives.” The boys were shaken up but in “pretty good spirits”, and the group stayed in huts overnight. This kind of incident was “extremely rare”, and Mr Smith said it was only the second time he had ever heard of a snow cave collapsing. People sleep in them up there all the time.” The accident was being investigated, but it was not yet known what had caused the collapse. Mr Smith doubted there would be any safety reviews. Te Awamutu College deputy principal Wayne Carter said both boys were pulled from the

snow and checked within 15 minutes of the collapse. “Approximately 10 minutes after the instructor had inspected the cave it collapsed as the boys had continued digging. “As part of their alpine training the boys had been educated about how to respond to a wide range of alpine hazards. The fact they were able to respond immediately and appropriately to such a hazard is testament to the teaching and learning they had done,” Mr Carter said. Both boys were checked by a medical professional after the incident. They “are fine and unharmed”. - APNZ

■ HELPING HAND IN THAILAND

Art therapy a salve for slaves By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

A former Ashburton College student Georgina Sivier has a dream – to use the drama skills she learnt in Ashburton to help victims of child trafficking. In March next year she will travel to Thailand to meet 20 girls who have been rescued from lives of slavery. Ranging in age from four to 20, the girls are now living in a shelter run by the Children’s Organisation of Southeast Asia, and with few skills or support networks many of the girls struggle to move beyond their pasts. Miss Sivier hopes that the ‘art therapy’ will help to restore the girls’ confidence, and help them express their thoughts and feelings about their experiences. This is not just theory: she has seen the value of drama first-hand, in helping her get through difficult situations in her own life. “Drama helped me deal with my feelings and lay them out in a healthy way, and to regain my confidence afterward. “These girls couldn’t afford to go to see a therapist, and this is

a lot more child-friendly than sitting and talking for an hour.” She said that the skills she had gained from years of drama training in Ashburton had helped in all sorts of situations, from acing job interviews to dealing with stress. “I’ll be teaching basic drama skills, storytelling and confidence games and just how to speak and listen to one another. The aim is to help them build trust, too, between each other. “These girls have had to deal with adult things for so long, so this will give them the chance just to have some fun.” Getting there won’t be easy, and Miss Sivier is already hard at work both saving for the trip and doing her best to conquer the Thai language. Although her plans are only just starting to take shape, the project had been on her mind for a long time. “I have always loved drama, but I wanted to do something more substantial with it than just acting. I want to do what I can to make the world a better place.” She needs to raise $3000 to make the three-week trip to

nal level. Council assets and services manager Mark Wheeler said yesterday afternoon the dam had about 60 per cent less water in it than when last week’s earthquakes hit the area. “We’ve calculated that even if it failed now, the flood volume would be only about half what it was a few days ago.”

A Wairarapa man who simultaneously lost his home and exposed his “sophisticated” cannabis-growing operation has escaped a prison sentence. Presiding Judge Ian Mill said the operation “came very close to what I would consider to be a commercial operation”. “However, I am prepared to deal with it without a prison sentence,” Judge Mill said. James Frederick Hannon, 28, appeared in Masterton District Court on Thursday having pleaded guilty to possession and cultivation of cannabis at an earlier appearance. -APNZ

Burglary devastating A Masterton woman and her family have been left heartbroken and scared after their home was burgled, thieves taking property worth about $25,000. Sharon McKenzie “felt sick to her stomach” when her 13-year-old son called her at work on Wednesday afternoon, distraught at the scene he had found at their York St address. “He had come home from school to find the back door kicked in, my car gone, and a lot of stuff missing,” she said. “To hear your boy crying on the phone because he’s come home to someone being in your home, it’s pretty scary.” -APNZ

Kiwis killed in crash Two New Zealanders have been killed in a plane crash in South Africa. Richard Primrose of Pukekohe and another man, whose name is yet to be confirmed, were in a small plane that crashed into a mountain yesterday. The aircraft was reportedly caught in a strong gust of wind and crashed into mountains in Mpumalanga, near Durban. The area is famous for the scenic Drakensberg Mountains. Mr Primrose was president of the Pukekohe Flying Group. -APNZ

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Thailand, but said that if she could raise extra she would like to extend her stay. She has set up a page on fun-

draising site PledgeMe, where people can support her with donations or messages. Visit www. pledgeme.co.nz/1187.

Seddon dam’s water level almost halved The amount of water in Seddon’s Haldon Dam, which was found to be at increased risk of breaching due to quake damage, has nearly halved after about five days of draining. The Marlborough District Council yesterday said contractors expected to have reduced the dam’s water level by more than four metres below its origi-

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“Residents can be reassured that the risk of flooding had come right down, although there is never any absolute guarantee with works on this scale. “Of course emergency services would respond should there be any need,” he said. Volunteer clean-up teams were on hand if residents or

property owners in the SeddonWard area who had vacated their homes needed help in cleaning up. Locals should also be wary of problems with the water supply, the council warned. Those living in Ward and south of Wheelers Hill should boil their water, they were advi sed. - APNZ

Hokitika will be well placed on the world literary map, with New Zealand novel The Luminaries receiving further praise, this time from one of the world’s largest newspapers. British paper The Daily Mail has called Eleanor Catton’s book, set in 1865 goldrush Hokitika, a “hot favourite” for the Man Booker Prize, for which it has been long-listed. It was one of 13 books selected from a list of 151 nominated for the prize, with the shortlist to be announced on September 10. The winner will be crowned on October 15. -APNZ

Cathedral appeal Campaigners battling to save the earthquake-damaged ChristChurch Cathedral have taken their case to the highest court in the country. The Court of Appeal last month ruled that demolition of the building could go ahead. But the bulldozers won’t be allowed to roll over the stricken Christchurch landmark just yet after the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust yesterday sought leave to appeal against the decision. The trust said in a statement the issue of whether the church’s custodians, the Church Property Trustees, were obliged to retain the heritage building was of such importance it should be heard by the Supreme Court. - APNZ

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TV, rugby beckoned but life on the land won out Finding Shrek the sheep made Danny Devine, better known as Cage, famous. The 33-year-old stock manager, one of the Rakaia Gorgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more colourful characters, tells Susan Sandys about his raucous life and television career.

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pril 15, 2004, was just another day at work for musterer Danny Devine, better known as Cage. He and fellow musterer Ann Scanlan and Bendigo Station owner John Perriam were rounding up sheep on the hills of the station when they spotted a large woolly wether. “Ann decided she would dive on it, she dived on it and we carried it down to the truck.” They knew they had a sheep that would be a talking point in the farming world. It had six years of wool on it, and it was rare to come across a creature which had evaded musterers for so long. They thought they would slaughter it and have it professionally mounted. “There was a great debate going on the way home, how we would kill it without wrecking the fleece,” Cage recalls today. As the trio walked back to the homestead, Cage was carrying the sheep on his shoulders, “showing off ” he says, when they bumped into newspaper photographer Stephen Jacquiery who was on holiday and had been taking photos of high country tahr. “He spotted it and wanted to take photos.” He got a photo of Cage with the huge sheep wrapped around his shoulders, and, as they say, the rest is history. The Otago Daily Times and other major papers in New Zealand published the image on their front pages. Then Reuters picked it up and within 24 hours Shrek and Cage were gracing papers and websites around the world. “It just blew way out of proportion,” says Cage, who is today stock manager on Cleardale Station in the Rakaia Gorge. “I wasn’t ready for it, I didn’t know what was going on. I was try-

Cage and Shrek the sheep shot to fame in 2004.

ing to do farm work and there was people pestering me for interviews.” Soon Cage became the go-to guy for television producers looking for the quintessential high country bloke. He fitted the role perfectly, being a good looking six-foot-six baby-faced shepherd with a sense of fun. He describes himself as no more than a “roughian”, but that rough-and-ready nature would make him easy for producers to work with. For the Guardian, he tried to round up a friendly bull, Ferdinand, for a photo, but after a few minutes of running around with the working dogs Ferdinand was not having a bar of it. “It’s just a chance to act the fool,” Cage says of being on TV. “I see it as fun to act the goat while people are watching. I guess, I have always been an adventurous sort of

person and it’s just one more excuse to play the monkey. “I think people quite enjoyed my lifestyle and some of the things like that.” He was on New Zealand’s Toughest Man hosted by Phil Keoghan, breaking cement blocks, running up and down a beach with posts on his shoulders, and negotiating the steep Auckland Sky Tower stairwell, where he was disadvantaged by his country attire. “No-one told me we were doing it (Sky Tower challenge), I ran up with cowboy boots on.” On Island Wars he was described as New Zealand’s man of the land – a 29-year-old professional horse-musterer, whisperer, shepherd, fencer, adrenaline-junkie and rodeoenthusiast. Set in the Cook Islands, Island Wars featured a team of Kiwis and a team of Aussies going head to head in a variety of challenges. Cage admits he was bedazzled by the bikinied beauties on both teams, something he was not used to, having lived in the high coun-

try for most of his life. He did stunt riding in the pavlova western Kiwi movie Good For Nothing, and was in the New Zealand World Records show, where Kiwis tried to beat the record for eating a raw onion in 45 seconds. “I did it in a minute and a half, it was not that nice. I like onions but not that bloody much.” He was on TV’s morning show where he stood on the back of a horse and cracked a stock whip. He was invited to go on The Farmer Wants a Wife in Australia about three years ago when he was travelling in the country, but he declined as he had a girlfriend at the time. “She dumped me a couple of days later.” Cage could today be a contender for a New Zealand version of such a show, as he is single after his last relationship, a one-night stand which lasted a few months longer than expected. While his out-of-work lifestyle has very much been about “boozing and chasing women at the pub”, he thinks he might one day like to settle down. He still gets the odd bit of TV work, and

Ashburton Guardian 15 was recently one of the shepherds helping out teams in an episode of the Amazing Race, filmed on Mt Hutt Station and yet to screen in New Zealand. Cage was brought up on the Kaikoura family farm where his parents hunted with hounds. They were given old pack horses to feed to the hounds, and horses became a big part of Cage’s early life, when he had wanted a motocross bike. “Instead of getting a motorbike, I just got bucking horses.” As soon as he could walk his dad would put him on horses “of some sort”, and at the age of two one of the horses kicked his face, splitting it open and breaking his jaw. He still bears the scar today. It did not turn him off and he became an expert at breaking in horses, as well as a fan of rodeo riding. He competes in rodeos in New Zealand and Australia and has sustained many an injury, including another broken jaw, broken shoulders, broken ribs, a split-open chest, and split lip when a steer head-butted him. Cage chose rodeo and on-farm life over a possible career in rugby. He made the Otago Colts as a teenager when he was working his first shepherding job at Cluden Station after completing a farm agricultural certificate at Telford Polytechnic. Neil Purvis, who was owner of Cluden and a former All Black, encouraged him, but the travel to Dunedin and commitment required would have seen him have to give up shepherding. His love of the land won, and it’s a decision he has not regretted to this day. “I never liked town, aye, especially when you have horses and dogs.” He wants to get ahead in the farming industry and sees the Rakaia Gorge, where he has a merino and angus stud, as the ideal place to learn the finer points of pastoral science and livestock genetics.

Cleardale Station stock manager Cage enjoys working and Photo SuSan SandyS Shrek0017 living on the land.

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■ MALCOLM REWA CASE

IPCA rejects complaints criticism By ReBecca Quilliam The police watchdog has rejected a suggestion that public criticism from the Government prompted its u-turn over an inquiry into the handling of complaints about serial rapist Malcolm Rewa. The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) yesterday announced it would hold an investigation into whether Rewa could have been caught earlier. Just 24 hours ago the IPCA said such a move was “unwarranted”. The shift in stance came after Justice Minister Judith Collins on Thursday wrote to the au-

thority asking why it had declined to investigate a complaint from one of Rewa’s victims. IPCA chairman Sir David Carruthers said the authority had reflected on new information raised over the past few days, and had independently decided an investigation was warranted. It was not uncommon for the authority to change its mind if it received extra information, he said. “In fact we’d be very foolish if we didn’t.” Sir David said new information came from “various” sources, including police and TV3’s 3rd Degree.

The programme reported on Wednesday that police failed to check the alibi given by Rewa after he attacked a 19-year-old in 1988. The woman victim, who featured in Wednesday’s programme, was the first of 25 known victims of Rewa during a nine-year period. Yesterday afternoon a second woman attacked by Rewa, this time in 1994, said she did not believe police had handled her case well. “I came away thinking I’d done something wrong.” The woman, known only as Hillary, told RadioLive police said they would not prosecute

Rewa for attacking her because he was going away for life anyway. “At the time I thought ‘okay, fine, I don’t want to keep reliving this’.” She came forward after watching 3rd Degree on Wednesday and becoming angry that people were hurt after Rewa was “left to prowl the streets”. Ms Collins agreed with Sir David that her letter did not bring about the IPCA’s change of heart. “They have since received new information, and that new information has given them the ability to undertake the investigation.”

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■ TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL

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Tall ships to be competing in race to Auckland Australian Olympic diver Melissa Wu prepares to jump from the bow of the Soren Larson during the launch of the International Tall Ship Festival in Sydney, Australia yesterday. The festival, which runs from October 3 to 10, will feature tall ships from around the world with some competing in a race from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand.

Jackson keen to direct a Dr Who episode Sir Peter Jackson appears to be edging ever closer to taking the director’s chair for an episode of Doctor Who. Show producer Steven Moffat, who has previously played down Sir Peter’s offer to direct in return for nothing more than a gold Dalek, discussed the idea before an audience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Britain’s

Sir David said the investigation team would include nonNew Zealanders and people with experience of rape and sexual abuse matters. He was still choosing the team members so did not have a timeframe on when the investigation would be completed. “But we’ll be getting onto this and doing it as quickly as we can.” The latest developments follow mounting concern about the safety of the conviction of Teina Pora for Auckland accountant Susan Burdett’s rape and murder when Pora was aged 17. - APNZ

Radio Times reported. “He’s serious about it. I was at the Hobbit premiere and he just wants a Dalek,” Mr Moffat said. “We give him a Dalek and then he’ll direct an episode.” If it happens, it was “entirely possible” the episode would be filmed in New Zealand, Moffat said. Sir Peter’s spokesman Matt

Dravitzki did nothing to quash the idea yesterday, saying the Hobbit director and “huge Doctor Who fan” would “absolutely” be keen. “... But it’s by no means a done deal or anything like that. “Peter is directing the Hobbit and will be doing that for some time to come,” Mr Dravitzki said.

A second Kiwi link to the show is provided by Wellington-based Neil Cross, who wrote two episodes in the latest Doctor Who series. The show is celebrating its 50th anniversary in November. Eleventh doctor Matt Smith will be replaced in the role at Christmas by Peter Capaldi. - APNZ

Petone residents have been advised to stay indoors following a blaze that injured a firefighter yesterday. Emergency services were called to the Racetech car seat manufacturing building just after 3pm. Assistant area fire commander Dave Key was unable to confirm what condition the burnt firefighter was in, but said he had been taken to Hutt Valley Hospital. The firefighter was carried out of the burning building by four of his colleagues and a white tarpaulin was placed around him as a temporary cordon, Newstalk ZB reported. At first he seemed relatively unresponsive and needed to be physically carried but he was eventually able to stand up, at which time he was stripped of his uniform and doused in water. TV3 reported other firefighters initially appeared to perform CPR on the injured fireman. There were chemicals in the fire associated with the fibreglass used by Racetech, but it was unclear whether they had contributed to the blaze, Mr Key said. Residents should stay inside their homes, he advised. Twelve appliances and 50 fire staff were at the building. David Black of Racetech said he became aware of the fire at afternoon tea break. “We just stopped for smoko then we smelled smoke. Company product manager Greg Jones said he had no idea how the fire started. “The alarm went off and we all got out. It’s all about getting out as quickly as possible. “Within a couple of minutes it was all in flames,” he said. - APNZ

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After 70 years of marriage Lucy and Ossie Symons have a lot of good times to look back on. Sue Newman reports.

German measles was good luck for Ossie O ssie Symons says he has a bout of German measles to thank for meeting his wife Lucy. He was the patient, she was the nurse aid and neither could have known that at their first meeting the seeds of love that were sown in the hospital ward would grow and then bloom for more than 70 years. Today, with their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, the couple say they’ve had a happy marriage. “We’ve got along pretty well, Ossie’s a nice chap, all the women think he is,” Lucy said. He was from Southland, she was from South Canterbury and both were in Christchurch looking for work during the tough years of the 1930s. Her family moved off their farm when her brother took over the reins but Ossie made his own way north determined to seek his fortune

far from home. “He’s been here long enough now he speaks like a Cantabrian,” she said. Lucy recalls her early years working in Christchurch as a nurse and later as a cutter at Lane Walker Rudkin. “That was during the war and we made a lot of things for the army. There was very little need for embroidery, it was all very plain.” Ossie, on the other hand, reckons he had a good few years where he was footloose and fancy free, taking whatever jobs he could get, from hotel porter to working in a sanatarium for World War One vets with tuberculosis. “An old chap came along and said ‘you know there will be another war’. Everyone laughed, but two years later it was all on.” He joined up but says that

while he went everywhere the army went he didn’t do anything of note during those war years. He did however marry and return overseas leaving Lucy living at Sheffield with their first child. “I thought I might be brave enough to live there on my own in that little house. I lived there for three or so years and that’s where Ossie came back to from the war,” she said. Post war he continued in Europe helping bring prisoners of war back to England to recover in an isolation ward. He then worked his way home on a Dutch hospital boat. With a growing family, Ossie and Lucy decided they needed to put down roots for the future and came to the Ashburton District, buying a farm at Alford Forest in 1952. “It wasn’t a self-supporting farm for about 15 years, but it

gradually came right,” Ossie said. They loved farming life and remained at Alford Forest for 33 years, eventually handing over to their son. They’ve lived in town for 29 years but their farm Glen Arn, is still firmly in their hearts. Ossie has plenty of tales of his farming days and says his trademark was always having a team of collie dogs – never fewer than four – in tow. And for Lucy, that rural life couldn’t be beaten. It was a great life for children and Ossie is quick to praise her prowess in the kitchen. “The shearers always said she fed them well,” he said. Like many farm folk, they made their recreation in their community – cards in the winter and tennis in the summer. They’ll be returning to the farm to celebrate their wed-

ding anniversary with friends and family today and to share stories of the good times. “We’ve had a great life. As you get older you realise that your working years are the best years with your family around you. You’re poor as a crow but they were good years,” Ossie said. Both are in good health and while Ossie says his eyesight and hearing are going he’s proud to be medication free. Lucy, however, admits to swallowing a few pills – when she remembers. One of the good things about getting older is you get someone to do your housework, she said. “We have a woman come in and sanitise the house once a fortnight.” The couple had six children (five surviving), 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren – “I think,” Lucy said.

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Drink driving: Give it up Coen Lammers EDITOR

he main headline in yesterday’s Guardian may have been a bit of a surprise to many in Mid Canterbury. Contrary to common beliefs, the young and reckless are not our main problem when it comes to drink-driving. Instead, middleaged and older men make up the majority of those who get picked up by police with too much alcohol in their system. Despite their maturity, many grown men show an amazing lack of judgment by getting into the car with too much alcohol, endangering themselves and others. Only this year, the courts have convicted 32 men (and the five women) over 30 years old for drink driving and you can only imagine how many drive around intoxicated today without getting caught on Mid Canterbury’s expansive open roads. While the entire nation has an endless and pointless debate about the drinking age and the impact on drink-driving statistics, thousands of older men step behind the wheel with too many beers in their belly. Hopefully the statistics in the Guardian may cause some recidivist offenders to do some soulsearching, but sadly the attitude to drink-driving among older men may be too ingrained. Most younger Kiwis now frown upon those who get caught drink-driving, while their fathers and uncles still have a sense of bad luck when they get caught, instead of hanging their heads in shame and getting a dressing down from their mates. Many are only concerned about making it home without getting caught, instead of considering the carnage they could cause. It is simply appalling. Just think of the family members of the thousands of innocent New Zealanders who have died because drunken idiots want to drive home. The National Party Government refuses to take the right first step by reducing the permitted blood alcohol level from 0.8 to 0.5 like most other developed nations, virtually condoning their rural heartland to keep drinking. The police is clamping down on Mid Canterbury as this district has been identified as one of the worst areas in the country, but real change will only come from within. For some older blokes it may be too late and we have to wait for the much maligned youngsters to force a slow culture change.

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Facts Mr Lester presents a few facts, as he sees them, being true facts, ie being the truth. However, truth is a stretchable thing, you can emphasise one fact, but leave out another altogether, thus manipulating the truth to suit one’s own end, and doing so without being untruthful. Mr Lester in his article has left out a few facts, that if included would put an entirely different “spin” on the art gallery/museum debacle. Immediately after the 2007 local body elections the newly elected councillors were called together for a briefing about this project. This was BEFORE the first full council meeting of the new councillors. They were “ambushed”. The project at that time was driven by council executive staff (no names), not by newlyelected councillors.

CRUMB by David Fletcher

The proposal originated from the then CEO of the Ashburton Trust, and included the sale of the old county offices. The subsequent public submissions were a farce, and that whole exercise was one of process, rather than of outcome. One of the reasons for the hurried approach was to get this project approved BEFORE the new sports stadium came on the council’s agenda. There are many more facts that could be highlighted here, but they could be seen as personal attacks, so I will refrain from mentioning them here. As for Mr Lester’s claim of great enthusiasm from young people about the art gallery/ museum (and the stadium), that is a very subjective observation, and that enthusiasm will in the end be tempered when the reality of ever-increasing rates hits home. Peter Opthoog *****

Notwithstanding a soapbox platform: the expression/timeline account of soon-to-be former Ashburton District Council chief executive’s belief that people are entitled to their own opinion but not entitled to their own facts continues into an unreasonable assault on a personality and ignores valid detail. His attack on a landscape architect/urban designer’s authoritative assessment and interpretation of his own council staffer’s brief and specification for the art gallery/museum project is nothing more than selective hyperbole to his current thesis. In a determination presenting “his facts” he loses sight of “the fact” this development is required to conform to specifics. The document Ashburton District Council Museum / Art Gallery Brief of Space and Design Requirements of March 2007 carries a six-bullet-point

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

A farmyard philosophy

t what point does a chicken on your lawn become your chicken on the lawn? This is the question we’ve been faced with in recent weeks, as a rather handsome hen has taken up residence in our driveway and made itself quite at home. While it has been strutting about our front lawn for some time, it was only last weekend that we really became properly acquainted thanks to the intervention of Mya, our dog. Mya’s brand of dog food proudly proclaims ‘our number one ingredient is chicken’, but knowing where your food comes from can be a painful experience, and in an altercation between pup and the chook, the bird defintely came out better off. Heading outside to an awful racket that would have made Chicken Licken proud, we found Mya on the wrong side of the hedge and the chicken nowhere to be seen. No number of dog

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biscuits could coax our pup back through the fence, so having retrieved her the long way round and finally ascertained the location of her escape hatch, we set about sealing off the hedge with a roll of chicken wire. Then something caught my eye. It was black, feathery, and wedged right into the passage where our puppy had been practising her Houdini skills. Could it be the chicken? Not having had much experience in the art of handling hens, I was not entirely sure how to go about picking it up. Approaching it from behind I attempted to grasp the chook like a rugby ball, but I clearly didn’t pay enough attention in high school PE class, because

my grip didn’t last long. Then again, standard issue rugby balls don’t have beaks and claws and the creature I encountered certainly did. It turned out this wasn’t a headless chicken at all, but a sleeping one, and one that was very vocal in its annoyance about having been woken up. Having experienced the wrath of this chicken first hand, I can now understand why Mya was most reluctant to return through the hole in the hedge and risk another run in with the feathered beast. These days harmony has been restored, with the chicken staking out the front yard and Mya

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confined to the back. In fact, I would be quite happy to wake up to the farmyard warbling if it wasn’t the symptom of a larger trend. In the past few weeks we have had several lost dogs take refuge in our garden, and dinner table talk has been turning with alarming regularity to the possibility of adopting an alpaca. When I came home to find a Trade Me auction for kune kune pigs open on the desktop machine, I actually had to go and check that Old MacDonald hadn’t snuck in and taken up residence in our spare room. Four legs may be good, but in the context of our current place, two legs are definitely better. The chook can stay. Hanne Nielsen is an Auckland import trying to find her way in Mid Canterbury. The views expressed in this column are hers and in no way reflect the opinion of her employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

YOUR VIEW mantra of design consideration. It remains to be seen if it fulfils any promise of them but already fails some. What is developing on site isn’t meeting the council brief; (“in character with surroundings” – “economical”?) and could be a Tui’s ad. Indeed the regularly used artist’s impression is not even true to the character of the surroundings. Further, if the council chief executive is even handed and true to his hypothesis of “fact”, then he would have, in the same soapbox opportunity, challenged deputy mayor Nelson’s Saturday last broadcast assertion that alteration and upgrade of the existing art gallery would cost $9m and the new build-

ing $6.3m. Fact – The 2007/8 Ashburton district annual plan states “Upgrade of Existing Museum /Art Gallery building $2.3m”. Fact – New building tender accepted on August 25, 2011, $6.3m (plus overruns plus fitout/furniture) another $1.7m Fact – Darryl Nelson blurred the lines of fact too in a public broadcast. (edited) Ken R. Leadley

Support art While not intending to debate the council decision, I wish to agree THAT EARTH WITHOUT ART IS JUST “EH”. I used to work at the Ashburton Art Gallery and I am passionate

about art – that is why our business Regent Cinema has an annual corporate membership with AAG, why we host monthly film society evenings in co-operation with the AAG and why we annually host at least one fundraising event for them and others for the museum. So please do not confuse being an art supporter with the building vote. Donna Favel

History vital For those of great ignorance and the uncultured there is a museum. Attached to the art gallery this will house our archives/history – still want to moan? (Text)

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Cruelty shame Shame on you Kevin Craig Smith! How dare you put those poor cows through that? There’s no excuse for it at all, and you said you were sickened by what you had done, more like you were annoyed you got caught. One hundred and fifty four cows, you don’t deserve to ever be free to do this kind of act again. Shame, shame, shame. (Text – edited)

Naysayers knocked I will be voting for Don McLeod and the other forward-thinking councillors. I am tired of hearing from the knockers. C. Bell (text)

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FATHER’S DAY An Ashburton Guardian Advertising Feature.

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The fact that we have a special day to celebrate the man who was most likely your greatest male influence is a plus. With all that is going on in the world and with most families, we can sometimes forget the good parts about fatherhood, so I thought I’d give you some reminders. Feeling the love. Perhaps nothing is more heartwarming than having your children curled up in your arms or even just sitting next to you, and all of you allowing yourselves to feel each other’s love. This is not something that everyone does, but I have to say that it is an amazing experience to just soak up the loving vibes from your kids, stepchildren or those you have adopted in some way. That feeling can keep your mood elevated for weeks on end. Seeing them grow. As our children mature, even though it may not be as quickly as we would like sometimes, it fills us

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Knowing you’ve contributed. As your child turns into a functioning adult, and at each step along the way, you need to know that just being a loving father has helped him or her to grow appropriately. You don’t need to be a great parent. You just need to be a loving one and, of course, to set good boundaries (which kids actually like because it makes them feel safe). Feeling deep inside yourself that you helped raise this person to become someone you respect (and who has self-respect) is empowering for you and your child. Family is more important to many of us than it has ever been before, which is a very good thing. Honour your father and enjoy him. He won’t be around forever. * Dr Barton Goldsmith is a psychotherapist and author, most recently, of 100 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence - Believe in Yourself and Others Will Too.

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Sport 23 Saturday, August 24, 2013

School’s out for tournament week Ashburton College captains set to lead their teams to winter tournaments (from back row left) Josh Stempa, Kane Olsen, Georgia Clarke, (middle row) Chris Hill, Jack Dudley, Matthew Arnold, Western Bartlett, Max Stapleton, (front row) Sarah Tait, Ella Robertson, Jess Dray, Kieran Bell, Katherine Turton. PHOTO JOSEPH JOHNSON 230813-JJ-006

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A week of exam pressure will be alleviated by a week on the sports field. Ashburton College have practice exams next week before winter tournament week takes the various sporting teams to lo-

cations across the South Island. Ashburton have junior basketball teams to Dunedin on August 31 and then on September 4 senior basketball teams head off to Nelson. The college 1st XI hockey team will contest the Johnson Cup tournament in Timaru

while the girls are a little farther down the road in Oamaru playing in the Jenny Hair Trophy. The 1st XI football boys are off to the Jim Wishart Tournament in Christchurch while the girls’ 1st XI host the Gary Sowden Tournament here. The college A netball team

are off to Christchurch for the South Island championships as is the college junior boys’ rugby team heading to their South Island tournament. Caitlyn Bassett will represent college at the National secondary tournament in Wellington after she plays in the New Zea-

land junior singles final. It will also be a big week for the college’s 1st XV rugby teams as the girls prepare for their final against Waitaki Girls on Wednesday and the boys build up or their South Island co-ed rugby final against Dunstan High School next Saturday.

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BY THE NUMBERS

16 - Adam Ashley-Cooper has found himself on the los-

ing side against the All Blacks 16 times. AshleyCooper, who could cop loss No 17 with the Wallabies tomorrow night in Wellington, still trails the player with the most losses against New Zealand - former Australia lock Nathan Sharpe with 20.

18 - Kiwi golfer Steven Alker shot 18 pars during his opening round at the Cox Classic in Nebraska on the Web.com Tour overnight. Alker needs to secure his spot inside the top 25 of the money list to become the third Kiwi - after Tim Wilkinson and Danny Lee - to qualify for next year’s PGA Tour.

38 - Allen Iverson hasn’t played in the NBA since 2010

but the 11-time All-Star is reportedly set to finally announce his official retirement from the game. The 38-year-old, who was the first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, spent 14 seasons in the NBA and last played professionally in Turkey in 2011.

138 - Steve Smith came

The sporting week in numbers into the Australian test team as the next great leg-spinning hope but never quite delivered on the promise with the ball. But he stroked his maiden test century overnight in the fifth Ashes test against England at the Oval, finishing unbeaten on 138 as Australia declared on 492/9.

2 - The Silver Ferns named a 12-strong squad today for the

upcoming Constellation Cup against Australian and two new caps were included. Central Pulse defender Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit and Southern Steel mid-courter Courtney Tairi are the new faces, while Joline Henry returns from pregnancy.

ber’s Fifa Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. The 35 players in the extended squad were told by New Zealand Football this week they would be expected to contribute to costs.

40 - She is one of world sport’s surest things and today Val Adams extended her unbeaten streak in the shot put to 40 straight events. Adams, who last week won a fourth world championship in the discipline, took out the DN Galan Diamond League meeting in Stockholm with a throw of 20.30 metres.

100 - Eleven years ago at the Millennium Stadium, the

All Blacks gave a debut cap to prop Tony Woodcock in a 43-17 win over Wales. On Saturday

4000 10,000 - A t-shirt that Ichiro Suzuki probably cost $30 ended up be- brought up his ing a lot pricier for Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III. Despite not playing in his side’s preseason game against Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Griffin was fined $10,000 by the NFL for wearing an unauthorised t-shirt while warming up.

2000 - Young Kiwi footballers

will have to fork out $2000 each if they wish to represent their country at Octo-

4000th career hit while playing for the New York Yankees against Toronto on Thursday.

Ichiro, 39, recorded 1278 hits in his native Japan before collecting 2722 in a 13-year career in the United States. Pete Rose is baseball’s all-time hits leader with 4256.

night against the Wallabies, Woodcock will play his 100th game in the black jersey, and the 32-yearold is showing no signs of slowing down just yet.

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SET OF SIX

Game of the week

The top eight picture might become a little clearer after this weekend and the game between the Cowboys and Knights might go some way to helping sort this out. The Cowboys have suddenly emerged as playoffs contenders after a season of poor results and another win on Saturday night.

Brotherly love It’s heartwarming when a younger brother goes into bat for their older sibling. That’s what Kyle O’Donnell did this week when he accused the NRL of treating his older brother Luke differently to other players. Luke was handed a three-week ban for flipping Wests Tigers centre Tim Simona in a cartwheel throw in Monday night’s 42-point defeat of the Tigers. Kyle, who plays for Penrith’s NSW Cup side Windsor, said his brother never intentionally tried to hurt anyone and it made his “blood boil” to see Luke targeted.

Mythological

Sin city

New Zealand’s National Premiership kicks off on Sunday when the Northern Swords take on the Canterbury Bulls in Whangarei. The seven teams will play each other once across seven rounds before the final at Mt Smart Stadium on October 21. Sky TV will televise a game each Monday night at Mt Smart.

It’s little wonder players transgress when their team is under the kosh or coaches look for the latest way to slow the play-the-ball. A statistic revealed this week showed that only 10 players have been sinbinned in 2013, which compares to 11 in 2012, 39 in 2003 and 61 in 1998. It’s a very simple and effective way to clean up aspects of the game.

Family affair

Sign of the times

Talking of brothers, spare a thought for Canberra chief executive Don Furner who had to break the news to his brother David that he was being sacked as Raiders coach after a player revolt. Don didn’t know about the approach by players to the board - the players went directly to the board rather than the CEO.

At last count, 160 Wests Tigers fans had signed a petition for coach Mick Potter to dump Benji Marshall NOW! It’s hardly matching the numbers who have signed one on the same website (change.org) for McDonald’s to abandon plans to build a “massive” 24/7 store opposite the kindergarten in Tecoma (87,271) or even the call for Cricket Australia to stop the promotion of alcohol and junk food (1659) but shows the level of feeling against Marshall. It’s a sad and inglorious way for a tremendous rugby league career to come to an end.

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Ko looking for double miracle Golfer Lydia Ko took a little while to wake up yesterday morning ahead of her 7am tee off, but when she did she delivered a round that was once again the talking point of the Canadian Open. “When I tried to wake up this morning my eyelids weren’t coming up,” said Ko in her typical comical way. “I said, ‘oh my God, I’m just tired’. But after you’ve woken up, you’re fine, you’re ready to go.” Ko was ready to go alright. The world No 1 amateur opened with a five-under par 65 at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton to claim a share of the round one lead with American professional Angela Stanford and Dutch player Christel Boeljon. The 16-year-old from the Gulf Harbour Country Club, playing alongside English sensation Charley Hull (69) and Canadian Jennifer Kirkby (67), made six birdies and a bogey to set the early pace. The Pinehurst School Student made international headlines last year when she won in Vancouver to become the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history. Like last year she didn’t see her fast start coming. “It was a pretty special week last year,” Ko said of her record-breaking win. “No, I didn’t have that week coming. So to kind of have that kind of week again this week would be like a double miracle for myself.” Ko said it was an adjustment coming into the event as the defending champion in a worldclass field. “I did feel a little bit of pressure, not from others but from myself thinking because you’re the defending champion people are going to expect more and I’m going to expect more from myself. I called my dad a couple days ago, and he said just relax. You can’t control everything, and just play the game that you want to play and that you planned.” - APNZ

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In brief Adams on top Valerie Adams has cruised to her 40th consecutive victory with a win in the shot put at the DN Galan Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. Adams’ best throw of 20.30 metres was 1.04 metres clear of second-placed Christina Schwanitz from Germany, with American Michelle Carter another 0.70 metres further back in third. The win extends the world and Olympic champion’s lead in the Diamond League standings. Adams now sits on 16 points, with Schwanitz on 12 and Carter on six. Meanwhile Zane Robertson, who made the final of the 5000m at the recent world championships, has finished fifth in the 1500m B race in Stockholm, running a season best 3 minutes 38. 61 seconds.

Erakovic has chance

Ashburton College’s Mikayla Twamley moves to join Tessa Puleaga and Alyz Peko in a gang tackle on the St Kevin’s ball carrier on Wednesday. Photo Jessie Waite oamaru mail

Girls on mission for glory By Jonathan Leask

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The Ashburton College Girls 1st XV qualified for the Aoraki Secondary School Girls’ Rugby Championship final with an unbeaten top four round, but not quite how they had wanted. After convincing wins over Waitaki Girls’ High School 4526 and defending champions

Craighead 27-14, Ashburton completed the round with a 19all draw against St Kevin’s in Oamaru on Wednesday. It wasn’t the result they were after, having beaten St Kevin’s 53-5 in the first round, but it got the result they wanted as they head back to the competition final where they look to shake the bridesmaid tag.

In the last two seasons the Ashburton College girls’ have finished runners-up, losing both finals to Craighead but this year they will battle Waitaki in the final in Timaru this Wednesday. Against St Kevin’s, Tessa Puleaga scored the opening try with Naomi Cone converting before an Emma Waite try handed Ashburton a 12-5 lead

at halftime. St Kevin’s scored a converted try to level the scores but Cone scored and converted her own try to put Ashburton up 19-12. Some scrappy play then result in St Kevin’s’ getting over for a try and converting to level the scores again and neither side could break the deadlock over the closing stages.

New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic has been handed a kind first round draw at next week’s US Open, but life could get considerably more difficult if she progresses to the second round. Erakovic, who is ranked 66 in the world, will take on 102nd-ranked Spaniard MariaTeresa Torro-Flor in the first round at Flushing Meadow. If she gets over that hurdle, Polish third seed Agnieska Radwanska, who won this year’s ASB Classic, is her likely second round opponent.

Veterans re-sign The AFL’s exclusive 400 games club could double over the next two years as Brent Harvey and Dustin Fletcher continue their amazing careers. North Melbourne confirmed yesterday that Harvey had signed another one-year contract, taking the 35-year-old into his 19th season. Harvey is on 360 games, putting him ninth on the all-time list. Hawthorn’s Michael Tuck (426) and Richmond’s Kevin Bartlett (403) are the only players to have passed 400. Fletcher, 38, could join the pair next season, with the Essendon defender on 378.

Silent Wallabies set off alarm bells for Richie By GreGor PauL All this business about whether the Wallabies not talking then talking means something or nothing has kind of passed by All Black captain Richie McCaw. He’ll leave the theorising to the amateur psychologists: they can deliberate and extrapolate meaning, hidden or otherwise. He already knows what he and his side will be facing on Saturday - a fired up, determined and capable Wallaby side. Last week’s result won’t really matter in the sense that the Australians were always going to be coming to Wellington with only one thought in mind - win the test. It’s never any different. Having won one of three hardly matters in the sense that it will count for nothing if the All Blacks don’t back up last week’s

performance. As McCaw says: “The guys have recovered well and we have had a good week but it doesn’t mean anything unless we do the business out on the track. “The first thing is we were pretty honest about our performance. The scoreboard looked okay but there were things we weren’t happy with so we didn’t just gloss over them. “The first couple of days [of training] we tried to rectify those things. The guys who have been around know that if you don’t get the preparation right, no matter what happened the week before things can change real quick.” That’s been the message all week - in fact as soon as the game finished in Sydney, McCaw was eager to stress that the biggest challenge in sport is back-

ing up big performances. The introduction of Tom Taylor doesn’t change anything in that regard said McCaw. While the All Blacks have done what they can to make the new cap easy, Taylor will be wearing No 10 and have to accept the responsibilities that come with that. McCaw and his senior leadership can’t play the game for their first-five. They have told him all they can, supported Taylor as much as possible but come 7.35pm on Saturday, Taylor needs to be ready. And he needs to be ready because McCaw believes the Wallabies will take things up a gear. “I think teams that shut up and just get on with things they are dangerous,” he says. “They are proud men they will come out and get stuck in.”

All Black captain Richie McCaw is ready for a fired-up Wallaby side.

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Perry aids Makos’ cause against Canterbury

New rules in action

By Jonathan Leask

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Tim Perry will start in the front row for the Tasman Makos when they host Canterbury in Blenheim today in the second round of the ITM Cup. Perry will start for the second week after playing in the first round win over Southland while fellow Mid Canterbury product Gary Redmond remains out with injury. The Makos had a solid first up win

but will face a stern challenge against a weakened Canterbury side also coming of a round one win. Canterbury had Colin Slade, Tom Taylor and Luke Whitelock plucked away for All Black duty at the start of the week but were bolstered by the return of captain George Whitelock, Joe Moody and Ryan Crotty. Moody and Crotty were released from the All Blacks and will both start whiel Andy Ellis and Willie Heinz have been rotated

at halfback. Later in the evening Scott Vessey, the other Mid Canterbury prop product in the competition, will also start for Northland. The biggest road trip will take place as Southland head north Whangerai to meet a Northland side still disappointed at a close shave at the Ranfurly Shield as a late try had Waikato hold on for a 31-22 win last week. The battle of the bays takes place tomorrow with the Bay of Plenty Steamers host the Hawkes Bay Magpies in Tauranga before the Manawatu Turbos go up against Auckland.

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Watch out for Wellington By Chris rattue

The new pre-engagement bind in action as Mid Canterbury sets a scrum against Otago B last week.

By Jonathan Leask

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Crouch-bind-engage. No touch, no pause and no hit, and hopefully no collapses. The new changes to scrum engagements have taken effect at test level, ITM Cup and the start of the Heartland Rugby Championship today. Mid Canterbury had two preseason matches to adjust to the

CURRENT LAW ■ The referee calls “crouch” then “touch”, the front rows crouch and, using their outside arm, each prop touches the opposing props outside shoulder. The props then withdraw their arms, the referee calls “pause” and, following a pause, the referee calls “engage”. The front rows then engage.

new laws before they take on Poverty Bay today. Mid Canterbury’s Simon Fleetwood has been packing down at prop since he was 16 and seen all of the changes over almost two decades of scrimmaging stating in since the “bad old days”. “It just used to be set, engage,” Fleetwood said. “You used to bind up as a pack, crouch and away you went.

“I’ve never really known anything different but I’ve always liked the hit, it’s what being a prop is about I guess.” The law change aims to improve player safety and reduce the frustrating scrum collapses by taking away the initial collision, with props now required to bind their arms before the rest of the players engage, taking away the hit and making it more of a technical

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“Their aim is to depower the hit and improve the skill factor. “It’s definitely depowered and more about controlled strength to strike the ball because they are now strict on the scrum feed. “You don’t have that hit so you have to try and get a dominant bind but stay steady before the referee will say “ready nine” to feed the ball in. “However, you still have to be loaded to power into your work

when the ball and the second shunt comes.” Fleetwood believes it will force props to be more technically sound and tactful at the scrum time and although he feels it takes something away the “chest beating” competition between the props, it is for the betterment of the game. “They won’t have the collapses and it will make it more viewer friendly.”

Ross Filipo

bad luck, but they didn’t make much good stuff either. Apart from one break by new first fiveeighths Daniel Brooks, their attack was flat. And after Brooks split Wellington with a classic use of a decoy, he lost the ball anyway. Something is amiss with Taranaki right now. They didn’t have much luck, but they didn’t really deserve any. Taranaki have had a demanding start against Canterbury and Wellington. But they are already stuck in a rut. Wellington couldn’t maintain their standards to the end, and the replacement jumble worked in Taranaki’s favour. But Wellington have done enough already to lay down an ITM Cup marker. The base to their game is in place - the question is how much further on attack can they go. Wellington 29 (Ross Filipo 2, Joe Hill, Faifili Levave tries; Lima Sopoaga 3 con, pen) Taranaki 10 (Daniel Brooks try, Andre Taylor con, pen).

Moimoi, Ruan du Plooy. Chances: Lochore Cup semi-finalists. Had a preseason win over East Coast.

Bottom four but has a big strong forward pack.

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AMENDED LAW ■ The referee will call “crouch” and then “bind”. The front rows crouch and using their outside arm each prop must bind. The props must then bind with their opposing prop using the correct grips. Following a pause, the referee will then call “set” when the front rows are ready and they engage. ■ The “set” call is not a command but an indication that the front rows may come together when ready. When they are steady a referee will indicate for the halfback to feed the scrum.

Mark down Wellington as definite contenders. As for Taranaki, just mark them down. The in-house Hurricanes’ spat in New Plymouth last night turned into a downpour in Wellington’s favour, as they strangled the former first division darlings by 29-10 in front of a 7000 crowd at Yarrow Stadium. Wellington hardly got out of third gear, and slumped into second during the final quarter, but were still mightily impressive, continuing a fair old start to this year’s ITM Cup. Even without All Black call up Jeremy Thrush - the captain - and a couple of other stars, the capital side displayed a confident power in their forwards that had Taranaki back pedalling when it counted and saw Wellington dominate the breakdown. Colin Cooper’s men

looked dispirited, confused and lacked discipline when under pressure. But when it wasn’t raining, it was pouring as far as first half luck was concerned for Taranaki. To put it more bluntly, they were dealt to by the match officials. Wellington’s initial try to Joe Hill contained a big forward pass and probably a smaller one. The second, to Ross Filipo, was built on lovely short passing amongst the forwards, but there were two forward passes there as well. Filipo’s second try came in jumble of body parts on the line - referee Kane McBride sought a video opinion and while there was no evidence that Filipo got the ball over the line the try ruling stood. Put it this way: if the set square precision supposedly being applied to scrum feeds had been used, those first two Wellington tries would have been ruled out. Sport is a funny old game. Taranaki didn’t make their own

The movers, shakers and top prospects The Heartland Championship kicks off today and Terry O’Neill has had a look over all the teams.

East Coast Round 1: v Horowhenua Kapiti, Ruatoria. Coach: Ngarimu Simpkins. Captain: Simpkins. Last year: Meads Cup champion. Key players: James McGougan, Luke Tihema, Adam Tolua, Aleki Kisina. Chances: Top four. Difficult to topple, South Canterbury and Wai- even without Rua Tipoki. rarapa Bush are at $7.00 followed by Mid Canterbury. Wanganui Defending champions East Round 1: v King Country, WanCoast are out at $17 while ganui. Coach: Karl Hoskin. CapBuller is adjudged the rank tain: Peter Rowe. Last year: Meads outsider at $50, despite win- Cup runner-up. Key player: Peter ning the Lochore Cup last Rowe, Josh Edwards, Bradley Grayear. ham. Chances: Expect an unbeaten

Take a punt with the TAB Mid Canterbury is at $10 at the TAB to win their first Meads Cup title. Perennial title contenders Wanganui, who have played in all seven finals winning three, are the favourite to win the Meads Cup at $2.60. North Otago is the next best at $4.00 while

run. Meads Cup champion.

Buller

Wairarapa Bush Round 1: v North Otago, Oamaru. Coach: Mark Rutene. Captain: John van Vliet. Last year: Meads Cup semi-finalist. Key players: Finbarr KerrNewell, Clarke Butcher, Sam Marshall-Wilson. Chances: Top four. Has retained crucial combinations and strong defence.

Round 1: v West Coast, Greymouth. Coaches: Craig Scanlan and Craig Neil. Captains: Phil Beveridge and Andrew Stephens. Last year: Lochore Cup champion. Key players: Phil Beveridge, Luke Brownlee, Logan Mundy, Will Saukuru. Chances: Lochore Cup semi-finalist. Has plenty of experience.

North Otago

South Canterbury

Round 1: v Wairarapa Bush, Oamaru. Coach: Mike Mullins and Troy Looms. Captain: Josh Clark. Last year: Meads Cup semi-finalist. Key players: Lemi Masoe, Semeli Koniferedi, Eric Duff, Ralph Darling. Chances: Top four but it may take time for combinations to click.

Round 1: v Thames Valley, Timaru. Coach: Chester Scott. Captain: Andrew Scarlett. Last year: Lochore Cup semi-finalist. Key players: Hayden Mitchell, Nick Strachan, Steve Burt,Tristram Johnston. Chances: Possibly Meads

Cup semi-finalist. Will be out to make amends for 2012.

Mid Canterbury Round 1: v Poverty Bay, Ashburton. Coaches: Glenn Moore, Grant Keenan and Geoff Frew. Captain: Jon Dampney. Last year: Lochore Cup semi-finalist. Key players: Grant Polson, Dwayne Burrows, James Carr, Murray Williams. Chances: Lochore Cup semi-finalist. Can Moore turn Mid Canterbury around?

Poverty Bay Round 1: v Mid Canterbury, Ashburton. Coach: Mutu Ngarimu. Captain: Sione Ngatu. Last year: Lochore Cup semi-finalist. Key players: David Philander, Efoti

West Coast Round 1: v Buller, Greymouth. Coaches: Allan Lindsay and Sean Cuttance. Captain: Troy Tauwhare. Last year: Ninth. Key players: Nick Makea, Tim Priest, Allan Monk. Chances: Bottom four. Four teenagers in the squad. Boosted by win over Nelson Bays last weekend.

Thames Valley Round 1: v South Canterbury, Timaru. Coaches: Roger Wilton, Matt Bartlett and Andre Wilson. Captain: Blake Hill. Last year: 10th. Key players: Allan McLean, Kieran Ramage, David Bason. Chances:

King Country Round 1: v Wanganui, Wanganui. Coach: Kurt McQuilkin. Captain: Brian Mansfield. Last year: 11th. Key players: Ted Tauroa, Anthony Wise, Steve Ketu, Pehi Te Whare. Chances: Bottom four. Will a new backline lift the Rams?

Horowhenua Kapiti Round 1: v East Coast, Ruatoria. Coach: Jared Tanira. Captain: Grant Robson. Last year: 12th. Key players: Aaron Kearney, Luka Gibb, Robin Praat, Tainui Brown, David Thompson. Chances: Bottom four. Showed tenacity in Ranfurly Shield challenge.

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Taylor grows up at Warriors By Michael Brown Elijah Taylor walked into the Warriors in a school uniform. He will soon walk out a loss for a club trying to usher in an era of consistent success. The 23-year-old has signed a three-year-deal with the Panthers and how long he has left at the Warriors is very much dependent on how they go against the Titans tomorrow night. Lose, and the season is over. Win, and their slim hopes of making the playoffs are still alive. The whole-hearted Taylor will be doing everything he can to ensure it’s the latter. He’s played 64 NRL games since making his debut in 2011 but it feels like he’s been around much longer. It might have something to do with the fact he has been at the club since he was 15 when recruited by Tony Iro into the development squad. Also in that team were Kevin Locke and Bill Tupou. Russell Packer had just made the NRL squad and Ben Matulino was about to move up from Wellington. Taylor would come to training in his school uniform, dreaming of graduating to the first grade side. He was quickly tagged as a player of considerable potential and a possible future Warriors captain - he captained the 2010 Junior Warriors who won the NYC competition. It is perhaps only since signing with the Panthers earlier this year that it’s become apparent just how big a hole he will leave behind. He has the engine and defensive abilities of Micheal Luck but with more on an attacking threat and this season has combined 662 tackles with six tries and 12 offloads.

Elijah Taylor has signed a three-year deal with the Panthers.

He began the year on the interchange bench but offers more than the one-dimensional Todd Lowrie and has been a fixture in the starting side for the second half of the season. If it was up to some fans, however, he would have left soon after signing with the Panthers in March, which clearly hurt the back-rower. “There were a lot of people who said I was going to give up or didn’t care about the Warriors and I should just go to Penrith now because I had signed at the start of the year,” said

Taylor who is looking forward to moving outside his comfort zone at Penrith after a difficult past 12 months conspicuous by the passing of his father. “But I’m passionate. I care about this club. I want to do my best to represent the Warriors... and I think I have. No regrets. “I just don’t want all of our pre-season, how hard we worked, the endless hours we did, to be for nothing. It’s something that drives me. A lot of the boys are passionate, they just show it in different ways.” They will need to show plenty

of energy and intensity against the Titans tomorrow night or their season will be over. They edged Gold Coast 25-24 at Mt Smart in May and have won the last five games between the two sides and their cause has been helped by the loss of Greg Bird (back) and William Zillman (groin) on top of the seasonending injury to Luke O’Dwyer (knee). The Titans have won just two of their last seven but the Warriors are on a worrying threegame losing streak that has seen them drop to 13th. Centre Dane

Nielsen (ankle) is still a doubtful starter but if he can come through Jerome Ropati will play in the unaccustomed position on the wing. The biggest concern, however, is the Warriors’ mental approach which has seen them play with an unacceptable lack of intensity over the last three weeks. “It’s all attitude this game and how much you want it as a player,” Taylor said. “How much do you care?” If they all cared as much as Taylor, that would be plenty. - APNZ

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Auckland have edge in semis

Breakers take on China

Auckland will start as favourites in both men’s and women’s competitions as the National Hockey League enters the finals weekend. The Auckland men qualified as top seeds after six wins (one by a penalty shootout) and one defeat and will take on Midlands in today’s semifinal at the North Harbour Hockey Stadium. The defending champions beat Midlands 4-1 in round two and should be too strong for the team from Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau and Waikato. Auckland have improved as the tournament has progressed and English import Simon Egerton, who has scored

The Breakers are bringing more of an international flavour to their pre-season, with plans to play Chinese CBA team the Dongguan Leopards in a threegame series. The games will be hosted by New Plymouth (Sept 29), Hamilton (Oct 1) and Auckland (Oct 3) as the Breakers prepare to chase a fourth-straight ANBL title. They will also play preseason games against the Melbourne Tigers in Wellington and Christchurch. Dongguan Leopards are coached by Brian Goorjian, a former Australian Boomers head coach and the man who led the Sydney Kings to the first (and only other) three-peat in

nine goals to be second behind Hugo Inglis in the goal-scoring charts, has been in good form. In the other semifinal, the Southern Dogs will hope they can repeat their first-round win over Canterbury, who have the stingiest defence in the competition. Auckland have been the dominant team in the women’s competition, winning six of their seven games and going down only to Midlands in a penalty shootout in their second-round match. They will, however, be without experienced New Zealand international Katie Glynn, who sustained a serious knee injury in Thursday night’s 1-0 win

over North Harbour and is expected to be sidelined for the rest of the year. “I’m sure the team will lift and play for her,” Auckland coach Jude Menezes said. They should still have enough quality to dispose of Capital in their semifinal and have been building momentum since the competition entered the tournament phase this week. “We started off the first round really average but we’ve been progressively getting better in each game and that’s what you want coming to the business end,” Menezes said. “I’m quite happy the way the team is shaping up.” - APNZ

ANBL history. “This is a great opportunity for us to test our readiness for October 10 and the opening game of the season against Wollongong,” Breakers coach Dean Vickerman said. “With two new imports it is vital that we get plenty of exposure to game pressure situations to complement the work we will do on the practice court.” The Leopards have five players over 2.08m, including several Chinese national team members, and includes two US imports, including guard Bobby Brown, who played more than 120 games in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers and New Orleans Hornets. - APNZ

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In brief Hall grabs gold New Zealand paralympian Adam Hall has continued his golden run with a second straight win in the IPC category slalom events at the Winter Games at Coronet Peak yesterday. Hall, the world No 7, made it two gold medals in two days after recovering from a second place finish in his first run to win in a combined time of 1min 33.46s. “This is a first for me, to win back-to-back golds,” said Hall, who claimed the first event on Thursday. “It’s been a really important result for me and to do it at home is very special.” Meanwhile, no New Zealander made it through qualifying for the men’s freeski slopestyle. - APNZ

Swimmers punished

Ex-All Black helps boost coffers for junior rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Union vice chariman Gerard Rushton and his wife Claire with guest speaker Eric Rush at the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union’s annual fundraising dinner at the Hotel Ashburton last night. The 29-test All Black and 16-year sevens veteran Rush spoke to the good crowd in attendance to support junior representative rugby. Photo JosePh Johnson 230813-JJ-026

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Timely return by new mum Henry By Kris shannon A year off and a new baby has only reaffirmed the feeling that the Silver Ferns is exactly where Joline Henry belongs. The Central Pulse wing defence was yesterday officially invited back into the environment she so treasures, being included in Waimarama Taumaunu’s 12-strong squad for next month’s Constellation Cup series against Australia. Henry played the last of her 68 tests in 2011, before sitting out the 2012 season through maternity leave, and her return could have hardly come at a better time. Anna Harrison and Kayla Cullen - who both did a decent job of filling Henry’s bib during her absence - are missing from the squad, with the former having a baby of her own and the latter sidelined through injury. That pair left something of a hole in the wing defence position and, despite Henry appearing an easy choice to slot it, she had no such expectations during the recently-completed national trials. “You never, ever take that kind of thing for granted, especially when you go away and have a baby and wreck your body in the

Joline Henry is back in the Silver Ferns.

process,” she said. “But I had belief in my ability to put my best foot forward and knew that, if I did that, I would get an opportunity to get some time on court.” Taumaunu granted that opportunity, safe in the knowledge that the combative mid-courter was well on her way to recovering her form of old and again becoming an integral member of the Ferns lineup. “I think, given that we’re now without the two people that we ran last year at goal defence, it’s

very timely,” Taumaunu said of Henry’s return. “She has a wealth of experience and she’s pretty hard-headed when she’s on the court, so those two things will stand her in good stead.” While those two attributes were unaffected by her break from netball, the same, understandably, couldn’t be said of other aspects of her game. At the end of the ANZ Championship, Henry estimated she had regained 80 per cent of her old form, but that number has edged

steadily upwards during the national trials. “I could be a bit fitter and a bit stronger and a bit faster but, considering that I didn’t have a summer period to build a base, because I was about nine months’ pregnant, I’m pretty happy with where I’m at. “I still have the utmost ability to do the job, if needed, when I line up against Australia. I know that I can do the job that’s required of me and help my team out.” Henry’s vision and ability to bring the ball through the court will be welcomed as New Zealand begin the defence of the Constellation Cup in Invercargill on September 15, a series the 30-year-old was eagerly anticipating. “It’s really good, just being back in the environment has reaffirmed that it’s the place I want to be. I just really relish the opportunity to be back among them.” Silver Ferns squad for the Constellation Cup: Casey Kopua (c), Laura Langman (vc), Jodi Brown, Leana de Bruin, Katrina Grant, Joline Henry, Cathrine Latu, Camilla Lees, Courtney Tairi, Maria Tutaia, Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit, Irene van Dyk. - APNZ

A group of Olympic swimmers who took sleeping drugs and “pranked” their female colleagues in a bonding ritual ahead of the London games have avoided further punishment from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). The AOC said the fines handed to the six members of the men’s relay team, including newly-crowned world champion James Magnussen, by Swimming Australia were “proportionate and sufficient.” But AOC boss John Coates warned any further conduct which brings swimming into disrepute will result in them being banned from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. - AP

Smith on tightrope Steve Smith has walked the tightrope between next big thing and next man dropped this Ashes series. But finally the talented 24-year-old took the most crucial step in his career so far, posting an emphatic maiden Test century of 138 not out at The Oval. Smith became just the seventh Australian to bring up a first Test ton with a six. Not bad for a bloke who started his international life in 2010 as the country’s next blond-haired legspinner and wasn’t even in the original squad for this Ashes series. “It was an unbelievable feeling,” he said. - AAP

Lehman fined Australian coach Darren Lehmann has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for branding Stuart Broad a “blatant cheat” in a radio interview. Lehmann was charged with a Level 1 offence for breaching the ICC’s code of conduct, and immediately pleaded guilty, accepting his punishment and negating the need for a hearing. He was fined roughly $3000 and admitted publicly criticising and making inappropriate comments about Broad in relation to his nonwalking incident in the first Test.

Gays welcome Russia has pledged that the 2014 Winter Games will be open to all, despite its controversial anti-gay law, the International Olympic Committee said. Amid a barrage of criticism over its legislation banning what it dubs homosexual propaganda, Russia responded to IOC calls to ensure that the law will not undermine the Games in the resort of Sochi. - AAP

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1T olive oil 500g Tegel skinless chicken breasts finely sliced 1 onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 green pepper, finely chopped 1 t ground cumin 1 400g can Mexican tomatoes 1/4 C water 1/4 C tomato puree 12 corn or flour tortillas 1 C grated tasty cheese

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■ Preheat the oven to 180°C. ■ Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. ■ Add the chicken and brown over medium heat. Remove the chicken and set aside. ■ Add the onion, garlic and green pepper to the pan ■ Cook over medium heat until the onion is soft. ■ Add the ground cumin and

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cook for a further minute. ■ Add the Mexican tomatoes, water and tomato puree ■ Bring to the boil. Simmer for 2 minutes. ■ Place half of the tomato mixture into a bowl and set aside. ■ Add the chicken to the pan and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes or until the chicken is just cooked. ■ Spread some of the reserved sauce onto each tor-

tilla ■ Place 2 to3 tablespoons of the chicken mixture on one end. ■ Roll up and place in a lightly greased oven proof dish. ■ Pour the remaining sauce on the top of the enchiladas then sprinkle with the grated cheese. ■ Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.

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■ SYRIA

UN pushes for access to probe ‘massacre’ Syria is under intense pressure to allow UN weapons inspectors into the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus which the opposition says left hundreds dead and provoked revulsion around the world. Damascus has flatly denied the allegations, but a US official cited by the Wall Street Journal said yesterday there were “strong indications” regime forces had indeed unleashed chemical weapons during attacks the previous day on rebel zones near the capital. France said it is seeking a reaction with “force” if allegations by the National Coalition, the main opposition group, of a massacre involving chemical weapons are confirmed. The coalition said more than 1300 people had died while videos and photographs showed scenes of people foaming at the mouth and of bodies stacked up in morgues. In one video posted on YouTube, children are seen receiving first aid in a field hospital, notably oxygen to help them breathe. Doctors appear to be trying to resuscitate unconscious children. Another video showed what activists said was a case of hysteria following a chemical strike in the eastern suburbs. The authenticity of the videos has not immediately been verified. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that Syrian forces yesterday bombed and shelled a number of rebel zones where the coalition alleged the attacks took place the previous day. Western governments demanded immediate access for a team of UN inspectors already in Syria to probe previous allegations of chemical weapons strikes to the sites of the alleged attacks. The head of the UN inspection mission, Aake Sellstroem, was in talks with Damascus “on all issues pertaining to the alleged use of chemical weapons, including this most recent

reported incident,” a UN statement said. White House spokesman Josh Earnest demanded the inspectors be given “immediate access to witnesses and affected individuals” and “the ability to examine and collect physical evidence without any interference or manipulation from the Syrian government”. Washington has previously described chemical weapons use as a red line that might prompt it to intervene militarily in Syria. The Wall Street Journal reported a senior administration official as saying the claims of a chemical weapons attack appeared to have some credibility. “There are strong indications there was a chemical weapons attack – clearly by the government,” the unnamed official said. “But we do need to do our due diligence and get all the facts and determine what steps need to be taken.” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius urged a reaction “with force” if the massacre was confirmed. “If it is proven, France’s position is that there must be a reaction, a reaction that could take the form of a reaction with force,” Fabius told BFM-TV. Human rights groups backed calls for access for the UN inspectors to the sites of the alleged attacks. Should the allegations be true, “the attacks would amount to war crimes”, said Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, who urged the UN inspectors to visit the site. The UN inspectors arrived in Damascus on Monday with a strict mandate to investigate three sites for the alleged use of chemical weapons. A high-ranking Syrian security source described the idea that the army would use chemical weapons while UN weapons inspectors were working inside the country as “political suicide”. – AFP

■ ZIMBABWE

Mugabe, 89, sworn in for another five years By Reagan Mashavave Veteran leader Robert Mugabe has been sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president for another five-year term before a stadium packed with jubilant supporters. Mugabe, 89, pledged yesterday “to observe, uphold and defend the constitution of Zimbabwe” in an oath administered by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, extending his 33year rule. Supporters clad in clothes emblazoned with the image of the man who has lead their nation since independence in 1980 filled the 60,000-seater venue, a show of force after elections many say were rigged. Opposition Leader Morgan Tsvangirai insists the July 31 vote was stolen and his party boycotted the inauguration.

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Tsvangirai’s spokesman said the opposition leader “can’t attend a robber’s party”. Former colonial power Britain has called for an “independent investigation” into the conduct of the election, which Mugabe officially won by a landslide. Unlike previous low-key investitures, yesterday event replete with banners, flags and

chants - carried strong echoes of Mugabe’s inauguration as prime minister of a newly independent Zimbabwe in 1980. A no-show by many neighbouring leaders – including President Jacob Zuma of regional power-broker South Africa – did little to dampen enthusiasm. Tanzania’s Jakaya Kikwete, Namibia’s Hifikepunye Pohamba and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Joseph Kabila were among those leaders who did attend. Mugabe was greeted in the stadium by thunderous cheers and whistling when he arrived with his wife on board a military truck. Gates to the Chinese-built stadium, the venue of Mugabe’s inauguration as president in 1987, opened shortly after dawn. – AFP

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Saturday, August 24, 2013

■ UNITED STATES

In brief

Bradley Manning: Call me Chelsea Bradley Manning, the US soldier sentenced to 35 years for leaking secret documents, says he now considers himself a woman called Chelsea. “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me,” the 25-year-old said in a statement read out on NBC’s TODAY show in the presence of his lawyer, David Coombs yesterday. “I am Chelsea Manning, I am a female. “Given the way I feel and have

felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible,” the statement said. “I also request that starting today you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun.” On Thursday, a military court sentenced Manning to 35 years in jail for handing secret government documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in America’s biggest-ever security breach. Manning will serve his sentence in military custody be-

Girl with grandparents A 12-year-old girl whose parents were murdered in a shocking attack in Queensland is in the care of her grandparents. The girl’s mother and father, both 43, were murdered in a violent attack before the alleged killer was shot dead by police on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday night. The killer, reportedly the girl’s uncle, was shot after he threatened officers while armed with a machete. Neighbours have said the girl’s uncle had been living with the family at Coolum Beach for about a year but had recently been asked to leave, the ABC reports. – AAP

fore being dishonourably discharged. He has spent most of his detention at Fort Leavenworth military base in Kansas where he was expected to serve his time. After the announcement, Coombs told NBC Manning has not indicated whether he would be pursuing sex change surgery. “I don’t know about the sex reassignment surgery ... Chelsea hasn’t indicated that that would be her desire, but as far as the hormone therapy, yes,” he said. – AFP

18 killed in Iraq Attacks have killed 18 people in Iraq, including six who died in a bombing against a wedding party. It’s the latest in spiralling violence that comes despite wide-ranging operations targeting militants. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to press on with the anti-insurgent campaign, which is among the biggest since US forces withdrew in December 2011. – AFP

Far left – Army Private Bradley Manning is escorted to a security vehicle outside a courthouse in Fort Meade, after a hearing during his court martial. Manning plans to live as a woman named Chelsea and wants to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible, the soldier said yesterday. Left – In this undated file photo provided by the US Army, Private Bradley Manning poses for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick.

Mubarak under house arrest released. The decision yesterday to free Mubarak added a volatile new element to the political turmoil that has gripped Egypt since Mohamed Morsi was ousted as president in a July 3 coup, with 1000 people killed in violence in the past week. The unrest has prompted international criticism, and EU foreign ministers agreed in an emergency meeting to suspend

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A Maldivian court has overturned a public flogging sentence on a 15-year-old girl, whose conviction for premarital sex sparked international outrage and focused attention on the holiday island’s treatment of women. The girl had been charged after police investigating a complaint that she was raped by her stepfather found that she had also been having con-

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The world’s sea levels fell in 2011 and it’s all Australia’s fault. New US research shows Australia’s dry soil and mountainous coastline soaked up heavy rainfall in 2010 and 2011 and stopped it from flowing back into the ocean. That effectively halted a long-term trend of rising sea levels which have been caused by higher temperatures and melting ice sheets. The world’s oceans have been rising in recent decades by around three millimetres every year. – AAP

Maldives quashes flogging of teen girl

■ EGYPT

An Egyptian court has ordered ex-president Hosni Mubarak be freed while he stands trial accused of corruption and killing protesters, as authorities pressed their round up of supporters of his ousted Islamist successor. Hours later, prime minister Hazem al-Beblawi, acting deputy military ruler during the state of emergency, ordered Mubarak be placed under house arrest if

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■ SRI LANKA SHUTDOWN

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Staff sent home due to threat By Jamie Gray New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra yesterday told its 755 employees in Sri Lanka to go home as a security measure after protests over food safety took place outside its office near Colombo. Media reports from Sri Lanka, where Fonterra employs mostly Sri Lankan nationals and six New Zealanders, said a government-allied group protested outside the office demanding that the company respect a court order and withdraw what it said was contaminated milk products from the market. The Sri Lankan government wants to increase domestic dairy production and reduce the country’s reliance on dairy imports.

Farmers, many of whom own dairy cows, are President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s main voter base. More than 100 members of the National Freedom Front, a nationalist political party in Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition, had protested at Fonterra Brand Lanka’s head office, 30km north of Colombo. Fonterra and Sri Lankan authorities have been engaged in a war of words over the past few weeks over the safety of some of the co-operative’s products. Earlier this week, Fonterra said it had received notification of a temporary injunction to prevent it selling its products in Sri Lanka. The co-operative has refuted allegations that its products contained agricultural chemi-

cal dicyandiamide, or DCD. The whey protein concentrate products that were the subject of a product recall earlier this month had not been sent to Sri Lanka. In yesterday’s statement, chief executive Theo Spierings said Fonterra had suspended its operations in Sri Lanka as a precautionary measure because the situation there had become “unstable”. He said in a statement that Fonterra had two priorities, protecting its people and protecting its farmer shareholders’ assets. “The temporary suspension is the right thing to do,” he said in a statement. “It is a precautionary measure to ensure our 755 people working there are safe,” he said. “We have closed our plants and office in

Sri Lanka, and have asked our people to stay at home.” In yesterday’s statement, Mr Spierings said Fonterra had provided assurances to the Sri Lankan authorities about the safety and quality of Fonterra’s products. “Recent events, however, have made it difficult to maintain day-to-day operations, and we need to get them resolved.” Fonterra is the subject of an “enjoining order” which has shut down its ability to sell product, advertise it or make public statements in any way with customers or consumers in Sri Lanka. “We are also working with Sri Lankan and New Zealand government authorities on a longterm sustainable solution for our customers.” -APNZ

■ MICHAEL HILL MOVING IN

Award finalists named Flourflax Seed products of Ashburton is among finalists for the 2013 Champion Canterbury Business Awards. Forty-six companies from the region have been named finalists. The awards are organised by a subsidiary company of the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, Champion Canterbury Ltd. Flourflax Seed was named a finalist in the retail section, for small businesses. Former Methvenbased company Hassle-Free Tours, which is now based in Christchurch but continues to take tours to Mt Sunday in the Ashburton Lakes, has also been named a finalist, in the tourism-hospitality sector.

Dollar falls 3.3% The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 3.3 per cent weekly fall after the Reserve Bank announced restrictions on low equity home loans, and central banks in Australia and the US kept investors dark on the trans-Tasman currencies. The kiwi traded at 78.30 US cents at 5pm yesterday in Wellington from 78.29 cents at 8am and 78.38 cents on Thursday, having started the week at 80.97 cents. The trade-weighted index was 73.99 at 5pm from 74.05 on Thursday, and is heading for a 2.6 per cent weekly decline from 75.96 at the Monday open. -APNZ

Significant hit Telecom’s call to “hold the line” on market share has seen its margins take a “significant hit”, says chief executive Simon Moutter. The company’s share price shortly before 1pm yesterday was down 0.44 per cent at $2.24. In its results for the year ending June 30, Telecom yesterday reported revenue of $4.189 billion, down 8.5 per cent on the same period the year before. Telecom net profit - including from discontinued operations - was $236 million, down 79.6 per cent. -AP

Air NZ to cut jobs

Michael Hill Ashburton store manager Linda Cooley moved to Mid Canterbury this month, to prepare for the store opening in three weeks. photo donna wylie 220813-dw-157

Gearing up for a jewel-encrusted opening By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

The growth of the Mid Canterbury economy will be able to be measured in jewels next month, as sparkling diamonds begin to arrive by the box-load for the opening of the new Michael Hill Ashburton branch. With progress going well at the East St site, the grand open-

ing of the new Michael Hill store is scheduled for September 14. Ashburton store manager Linda Cooley said that executives have had their eye on the district for several years, and had ‘seen something here’. “It’s the perfect central location. They have seen the population increase a lot since the

quakes, while the economy is definitely looking strong. It is proof that Ashburton has the potential to be the next place to really expand.” She said that number of customers from Mid Canterbury who were shopping at Christchurch stores also contributed to the decision to bring the 269th Michael Hill branch to Mid

Canterbury. With four locals already signed up to work at the new store, she is on the hunt this month for one more employee to fully staff the branch. The store will be located between Unichem Pharmacy and Redmonds, one of several shops set to open on the site of the former Friedlanders and A G Wells buildings.

Air New Zealand, the governmentcontrolled national carrier, plans to cut 180 jobs at its Auckland Technical Operations engineering base, citing a move to more modern aircraft which require less maintenance. The airline is in talks with staff about cutting jobs from July 2014 as it mulls its future needs for wide body aircraft heavy maintenance, spokeswoman Brigitte Ransom said. The talks will run until late September with a decision slated for October, she said. “The proposed changes reflect a projected drop in future demand for wide body maintenance services both from within Air New Zealand and from external maintenance customers,” Ransom said. -APNZ

Metlifecare turns profit Metlifecare, New Zealand’s secondlargest listed retirement village operator and developer, turned to a profit in 2013 as it benefited from a larger business following the merger with Vision Senior Living and Private Life Care Holdings. Metlifecare posted a profit of $120.3 million in the year ended June 30, from a loss of $141.7 million in 2012 when it wrote down the value of its property portfolio by $99.8 million. Revenue rose 44 per cent to $92.2 million as it increased sales by 214 per cent to 113 and resales by 44 per cent to 424. -APNZ

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CLEANErs EXECUTIVE HOME CLEANING (2012) We will clean anything from the mountains to the sea.

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A new ﬂorist in Ashburton, working from home. Flowers for all occasions. Free delivery in Ashburton. Contact Samantha for all your ﬂoral requirements. Ph 027 469 5169

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Health connections beauty Toenail Cutting Service In the comfort of your own home.

Garcinia cambogia has been used across Africa and Asia for centuries as a powerful natural remedy for digestive health. Garcinia Cambogia® products -valued at $39.90 (60 Capsules)

Ashburton and Rakaia. Just $40! Full soak, toenail trim, file and mini foot massage Use in conjunction with regular diet and exercise.

HEALTH 2000 ASHBURTON The Arcade - Ph: (03) 308 1815 WWW.HEALTH2000.CO.NZ

Sally is in Ashburton and Rakaia every second Friday and one Wednesday each month.

Next dates: Wed, Sept 4, Fri, Sept 6 & Wed, Sept 11

Contact: Sally Marchant - Registered Nurse 03 317 9622 or 021 157 8373

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Nurturing, guidance and support of the staff is expected to maintain morale and boost training while stimulating continuous improvement. If one of these positions interests you, please forward your CV to: Recruitment, PO Box 244, Ashburton, or email: recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz You can also apply onsite at our guardhouse situated at 125 Fairfield Road, Fairton, Ashburton. Note for Non Residents Only applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand will be considered for advertised position.

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This position offers fantastic opportunities for progression within the organisation and the sooner the start the better the transition into the role – so we would like to hear from you today. If this sounds like you, please send your CV with cover letter outlining your relevant skills and current circumstances to: Allan McCormick Helmack ITM 92 Dobson Street ASHBURTON allanm@helmackitm.co.nz publication Ashburton Guardian Press TradeMe x 5

Ensuring ALL targets and goals are achieved and managed within the guidelines and timeframes, as set out by the company in conjunction with the customer’s needs, while complying with regulatory governance. You require all the skills above as well as experience in effective leadership which may include Kaizen, Lean Thinking and 5S training: a proven history in organising, data collection and analysis: a full understanding and implementation of the needs of food safety, health & safety, compliance, industry standards and customer specifications are essential.

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You'll assist the Team Leader in the smooth operation of the Lines, maintain quality and record accurately the needs of compliance and customers. You'll achieve the designated KPI’s of the department which includes operating the specialised machinery to the requirements of food safety, health & safety and all industry standards, target yields and quantities. Nurturing, training and guiding staff where required is essential as is the organisation of staff for optimum performance.

To be successful in this role you will: • Excellent building product sales experience. • Good knowledge of New Zealand Building Codes and construction legislation. • Computer literate. • Be able to manage many workloads and meet deadlines. • Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential. • Have excellent communication skills – as you will be required to liaise at all levels with a range of people. • Highly responsive and ‘business savvy’.

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The successful applicants must have a good understanding of new house builds or farm buildings with a eye for detail, and with excellent communication skills. They should be able to build sustainable relationships with our clients.

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We require higher levels of competence along with an acceptable level of multi-tasking and controlling a variety of machines in unison as a prerequisite. Operators in this area need to be adaptable and experienced in all facets as this is crucial to effective and efficient productivity, practiced in operating the specialised machinery to the requirements of food safety, health & safety and all industry standards.

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Their role is to plan and carry out direct sales activities such as maintain and develop relationships with prospective and current clients. This includes communicating with clients, responding and follows up sale enquiries.

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We are looking for a experienced Building Supplies Sales Representative and a Farm Building Salesperson, to become part of our team based in Ashburton. URL

We are seeking skilled workers with proven industry experience in French Fry, Value Added and Vegetable Production with the relevant knowledge in quality assessment, compliance needs and raw product/final product analysis. Practiced in operating the specialised machinery to the requirements of food safety, health & safety and all industry standards.

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Talley’s is a successful and well known brand, operating several plants throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products. We currently have the following positions at our Fairton plant located 10 minutes drive from Ashburton.

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Temporary Class 5 Driving Roles Early to mid September to end November

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We require an experienced Joiner and Foreman to join our small busy team.

Versatile Fitter Welder

If you have the following attributes then we want to hear from you. • Amazing attention to detail • Accuracy with numbers and drawings • Do it once do it right mindset • Great sense of humour We can offer you a competitive wage and a great team environment to work in. Please reply to:

for a wide variety of work. For more info please phone,

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robyn.andersonjoinery@xtra.co.nz or P O Box 6016, Ashburton 7740

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All applications will be treated in strictest confidence. Applications close September 1, 2013.

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Hilton Haulage Ltd is a diverse logistics company providing an array of transport and storage solutions to its clients. We require temporary class 5 drivers to assist with the transfer of potatoes from storage to factory. This work is available from early-mid September and finishes towards the end of November. Hours of work include both day and night shift, however we can work together to sort any commitments you may have. Drivers can be based in either Timaru or from Ashburton. If you have a safe driving record, are confident with backing a truck and trailer and understand the importance of customer service then we want to hear from you. To apply, please email your CV to us at jobs@hiltons.co.nz Applicants must have the ability to work within New Zealand. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Rural Sales Consultant • Canterbury based • Excellent employer • Business in growth mode (grow to win) Who we are Superior Minerals is a successful solid fertiliser company whose customer centric approach to fertilisation builds sustainable soil fertility and improves long term profitability to the farmer. Every farm is different, so is Superior Minerals solution. The person we seek will possess the following attributes; • A proven record in sales to rural customers • A person who has passion and a drive to succeed. Who is result oriented and can demonstrate a proven sales history • To be able to identify opportunities and develop new accounts. • A person who has strong work ethics and wants to be rewarded for their hard work. • An in depth knowledge of fertiliser industry or a person who can demonstrate that they have a strong understanding of agriculture sector • Strong computer, presentation and negotiation skills • Business savvy and can think outside the square What we offer The successful applicant will be supplied with a fully maintained company 4x4, fuel card, laptop, phone and regular training and career development. Our remuneration package is second to none and is designed to attract the high achievers who want to be rewarded for their hard work with a high income. Applications, including a current CV, are invited by 5 pm, Monday, September 2, 2013. Rural Sales Consultant Superior Minerals Ltd PO Box 337 Mosgiel 9053 Dunedin Ph (03) 484 7721 Email info@superior.net.nz

Senior Qualified Accountant And/or Intermediate Our practice is seeking applications from suitable persons for either of the above roles within our BAS Division. Ideally with previous accountancy experience.

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We have modern integrated systems including MYOB, Banklink, Acclipse and Xero. As a senior you will enjoy full client interaction and responsibility, grow management advisory services and enjoy career development to the maximum. Salary commensurate with your experience. Make the change, enjoy the challenge and join the team. Contact us now with your CV to: Myers Business Solutions Ltd Chartered Accountants P O Box 564 Ashburton 7740 fionaf@myco.co.nz

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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Executive Assistant to support the Group CEO of the Ashburton Trading Society (ATS) and Ruralco NZ Limited. This key position will be based in Ashburton. ATS is a progressive farming co-operative striving to lower costs for Canterbury farmers. Ruralco is two of New Zealand’s most trusted farmer co-operatives coming together for the benefit of real farmers, their families and community. Key responsibilities will include: • Providing high level EA support to the Group CEO and Board(s) • Organisation of meetings, preparing Board papers and minutes. • Diary management including scheduling of internal and external meetings, answering and screening telephone calls, travel bookings for the CEO and executive team. • Composing internal and external communications. • Provide administrative support to the CEO and team for meetings, reconcile expenses. • Organisation and co-ordination of company events, executive functions and management events. To be successful in this role you will need: • Flexible thinking and self-starter with high energy • Able to adapt and respond to a fast paced and changeable environment • Strong verbal and written communication skills with excellent attention to detail • Exceptional interpersonal and relationship management skills to work co-operatively in a team environment • A high degree of professionalism & confidentiality • Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite and CRM • Experience as an Executive or Personal Assistant is preferred ATS offers an exciting workplace, a flexible, fun yet a professional co-operative culture. For more information visit www.ats.co.nz Applications close Friday 13th September 2013. Email your application together with your CV to hr.manager@ats.co.nz

Hardware Assistant Manager Due to an increased workload we require a person for the Assistant Manager’s position. This person will assist the Manager on a day-to-day basis helping to control stock and increase sales. The successful applicant will in the Manager’s absence be able to carry out the Manager’s duties. A background in building products or the building industry would be an advantage. The essentials are:

Safer Ashburton is a non-profit trust working in a number of areas providing services and programmes that support and strengthen individuals and families enabling them to make good choices. We have a reasonable turnover employing 20 staff across 13 project areas so require a capable individual with demonstrated attention to detail to oversee this level of accounts and payroll. If you have demonstrated experience in the following we would love to hear from you. 9 Payroll (we currently use ACE Payroll) 9 Producing monthly cost centre and consolidated financial statements 9 Producing annual financial statements for audit 9 Accrual accounting 9 Processing PAYE, GST, FBT and ACC 9 Banking, invoicing, payments, etc 9 Proficient in accounting and other related software packages. (We currently use Quantum) Given our work it is important to us that any potential candidate is a caring individual who supports and values the work we do and values and respects all people. We are looking for a real team player with a bright personality and a passion to support the work of our organisation. This position is for an average of 25 hours per week and will suit someone looking for permanent part time work in an office full of great people doing fantastic work. For an application pack please contact Safer Ashburton at: 20 William Street, Ashburton, Ph: 03 308 1395 info@saferashburton.org.nz Applications close Friday August 30, at 12 noon www.saferashburton.org.nz We offer a collegial, family friendly and flexible work environment.

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We require staff for our busy contracting business. Five years operating experience with relevant machinery is essential to the role including balers, rotor rakes, wrappers, telehandlers and articulated loaders.

We are also looking for truck drivers with a class 5 licence.

Some heavy lifting would be required and forklift experience would be an advantage.

Please enquire via email for an application form to:

todd@andrewjacksoncontacting.co.nz

The position offers great job satisfaction and the opportunity to join a team of staff who enjoy working together. In return we offer fantastic staff buying privileges and solid job security. If you think you are the one to help us then apply in own handwriting enclosing a CV to: Allan McCormick Helmack ITM 92 Dobson Street ASHBURTON allanm@helmackitm.co.nz

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All applications remain confidential and close on Friday 30 August 2013.

Due to the retirement of a long standing employee Safer Ashburton is now looking to employ a new Finance Officer / Administrator.

www.jacksonholmes.co.nz

Clean full New Zealand driving licence essential.

• Excellent customer service focus • Computer skills and accuracy • Self motivated with a pleasant manner for sales • Be able to manage staff • Ability to use initiative

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Finance Officer/Administrator

Agricultural Contractor Mid Canterbury

Executive Assistant to Group CEO

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Beef Boning Vacancies South Pacific Meats Ltd, Malvern is a modern sheep and beef processing plant at Burnham, south of Christchurch. We are seeking experienced staff for the following positions:

Leading Hand – Beef Boning The primary objective of this role is to assist the supervisor in ensuring the smooth running of the beef boning room and when required to fill in as supervisor. To be considered for this position you should have:

• Knowledge and experience of primal cuts • Ability to ensure yields are maximised while meeting customer specifications • Excellent personnel management skills • Ability to ensure all compliance and regulatory requirements are strictly adhered to ensuring that the process is in control under HACCP • Knowledge of health and safety requirements • Computer literacy.

Boning Trainer/Knife Tutor The objectives of this role are to train beef boners/trimmers and to provide knife training to all knife hands. To be considered for this position you should have:

• Demonstrated beef boning skills, bobby calf, lamb and venison experience would also be an advantage • Knife sharpening skills • Ability to train and mentor others • It would be an advantage to be an accredited NZITO trainer. Competitive pay rates, combined with an extended season, make this an attractive industry option. If you are looking to be challenged, want to join a successful, growing organisation and one of these positions interests you, please forward your CV to: Wayne Lindsay, HR Coordinator, PO Box 8, Rolleston 7643, or email: wayne.lindsay@affco.co.nz Or, alternatively, you can apply onsite, at our plant situated at: 1044 Two Chain Road, Burnham.

www.affco.co.nz

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Livestock driver Trainee driver Opportunities have arisen for the following positions within our company. Livestock Truck Driver - Ashburton or Fairlie Based This position requires a Class 5 License and previous experience would be a definite advantage. Trainee Driver - Ashburton Based Ideally the applicant would be of school leaving age and will have held a Class One licence for at least six months. The successful person would be expected to progress through the classes of licences as soon as possible with the assistance of Rural Transport Ltd. Apply in writing or email your application to: Jim Crouchley PO Box 104, Ashburton 7740 03 308 4079 or 0275 554 364 jim@ruraltransport.co.nz

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Baling Positions Available Truck/Tractor Driver – Class 5 required, full time Rake Driver – Oct to April Loader Driver – Oct to April Donaldson Contracting is a square baling business based in Mayfield, Mid Canterbury. We are currently operating a 4x3 Krone 1290 HDP baler and have been running successfully for six years. If you have at least five years experience with machinery, are professional, careful and conscientious, then please email your CV to: sadonaldson@hotmail.com

DONALDSON CONTRACTING ‘Focused on Quality Feeds’

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MEAT INDUSTRY VACANCIES South Pacific Meats Ltd, Malvern is a modern sheep and beef processing plant at Burnham, south of Christchurch. We are now seeking experienced staff for our new season.

• Beef boners and trimmers • Lamb boners/sawmen and trimmers • Beef butchers • Lamb butchers. While previous experience in the above roles would be an advantage, we will offer training to applicants with a proven work ethic and those willing to make a commitment to the meat industry. Competitive pay rates, combined with an extended season, make this an attractive industry option. If you are looking to be challenged, want to join a successful, growing organisation and one of these positions interests you, please forward your CV to: Wayne Lindsay, HR Coordinator, PO Box 8, Rolleston 7643, or email: wayne.lindsay@affco.co.nz Alternatively, you can apply onsite, at our plant situated at: 1044 Two Chain Road, Burnham

www.affco.co.nz

Ashburton Site Supervisor

Mastagard has an opportunity for a driven and dynamic manager to lead the team at the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park. The roll is responsible for day to day operations, staff management, communication with council and contractors along with detailed monthly reporting. The successful applicant with have management and logistics experience and minimum intermediate computer skills. A competitive salary package will be negotiated for the successful applicant. If this sounds like you then please forward your CV and covering letter to Jacob Stapleton at jstapleton@mastagard.co.nz Phone: 021 860 711

Pest Control Technician Trainee

Experienced Machine Operator

We currently have a vacancy for a full-time driver to carry out milk round duties, which could also include some vineyard work.

GROUND WORK SERVICES is a landscape construction business with a large rural and urban clientele.

We are seeking applications from people with the following attributes:

Due to an increasing workload, we require the assistance of an experienced Machine Operator - to drive a Skid Steer loader.

- A commitment to excellent customer service - The ability to work under pressure and in a team environment - Have excellent communication skills - Be fit and able, as some heavy lifting is required - Have a Heavy Traffic Licence

Applicants for this position are required to have: • Tidy appearance • Good work ethic • Attention to detail • The ability to communicate well with clients • HT licence • Physical fitness

Days of work and hours will be discussed at the time of interview.

Remuneration to be negotiated on experience. All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence.

If this sounds like you, and you are able to multi task, then please apply to:

Please apply in own writing, including resume, to: PO Box 6023, Ashburton, 7742 Applications close August 31, 2013

Dental Surgery Assistant / Assistant Dental Technician This is a full time position. Experience essential with chair side assistance and familiarity with Cerec and glazing Porcelains. Good computer experience is also required. Please apply in writing by August 31, 2013 to: Catherine Mould Practice Manager PO Box 643 Ashburton email: catherine@parksidenz.co.nz

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Charles & Esma Hill Meadow Fresh Milk Vendors/ CharRees Vineyard Ashburton

Please email your interest to Warren Mackenzie at mack.fam@xtra.co.nz or phone directly on 0272 502502.

Mobile: 0274 846 269 After hours: 308 9705

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Senior Office Position Store Person – Methven If you’re keen to grow your career, there’s no better place to nourish it than here. We’re committed to providing our people with all they need to positively thrive. So, isn’t it time you put your trust in the company that’s been trusted throughout New Zealand for more than 30 years? What better way to spend your days than helping to keep your rural community thriving - ensuring our shareholders/customers farming needs are well taken care of. Whether it’s blending bulk fertiliser, despatching orders or driving the loader, keeping your store’s operations running smoothly is the ideal way to get your career thriving. And since this is a front-line customer service role, you’ll also enjoy heaps of interaction through the day, with everyone from our shareholders to transport operators. Keen to see what else we’ve got in store for you? Then give us a shout today. To apply for this position please send your application including a Cover Letter with your CV to Lily Keenan at Kelly Services, PO Box 13418, Christchurch, 8141 or email Lily_Keenan@kellyservices.com Applications close Tuesday, 27 August 2013.

A fabulous opportunity has arisen working for an exciting and innovative long established small business in Ashburton. • Immediate start • Growing Ashburton owned business In this busy, varied role you will be responsible for all accounts functions such as AR, AP, CB reconciliation's, plus month end debtor and creditor reporting and analysis. Telephone answering. Various clients and various work. To be successful in this role you will have: » ABILITY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE SQUARE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS » Proven experience in a senior administration role » A positive, proactive attitude » Strong attention to detail » The ability to work under pressure » Be a team player. » Xero, Synergy or both experience would be helpful but not essential. » General Ledger experience We are looking for an absolute superstar who has the ability to be sociable in the office yet remain professional. Small team environment. If this sounds like you please email your CV to admin@jules.co.nz Alternatively, post to PO Box 650, Ashburton 7740

Wanted for established local business • Must have full drivers license • A pride of personal appearance and good people skills • Excellent wages

Driver/ Milk Round Duties

GROUND WORK SERVICES

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Arable Farm Position

Electricians

We require the services of an enthusiastic employee to become part of our team on our intensive cropping property in Dorie, Mid Canterbury. Duties will include tractor work, irrigation, farm maintenance and general farm duties. Experience preferred. Accommodation available.

We need two Electricians to ﬁll positions on local projects. The work is interesting and the wages will be hard to beat.

Please reply to Peter & Nicki Webster Rhodes Kills Ltd 953 Mainwarings Rd RD 11 RAKAIA peter@rhlgroup.co.nz Phone 03 302 0829 or Peter on 027 436 2629

Top Wages

If you are interested in ﬁnding out more about joining our team and working on a variety of installations in the South Canterbury area, please contact:

Jim Spillane Sullivan & Spillane Electrical 114 Hilton Highway, Timaru jim@spillane.co.nz Phone 021 852 400

Or phone 307 2270 027 277 1021 www.jules.co.nz

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Deadline 2pm prior publication day

Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa. Applications close 31.08.13

307 7900 Rakaia Area Experienced worker wanted to work with standard bred horses.

Experienced Farm Worker Wanted Rakaia area.

Full time or part time.

Good stock and machinery skills required.

Phone 302 7034

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SPORTING NOTICES

BUYERS OF ALL METALS

Ashburton Rowing Club

Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

At The Lakehouse Monday, Aug 26, 2013

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling

AGM 6pm meal, 8pm meeting Nominations, Apologies, etc Contact Secretary on ashburtonrowingclub@gmail.com

or 027 310 2442

Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane Riverside Estate (Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

TRADES, SERVICES

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

Plus much more FREE loan trailer available! From a shovel load to a trailer load. Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

TRADES, SERVICES HOME handyman available. Minor repairs, painting etc. Ph 027-677-1952. PLUMBER / Drainlayer Log fire installations, bathroom and kitchen renovations, plumbing repairs, hot water cylinder replacements. Peter Young reg. Plumber and Drainlayer phone 03 307 7582 or 027 280 0889. ROOFING - for all your roofing requirements, new roofs, reroofing, commercial, insurance claims, repairs. Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-476-0203.

SITUATIONS WANTED EXPERIENCED machinery operator looking for work for up coming season. Have references. Please phone 027-9145-213.

PUBLIC NOTICES

Leeks Celery Carrots 1.5kg Onions 5kg Royal Gala apples 2kg

It’s Show Time! 136th Ashburton A&P Show November 1 & 2, 2013

SHOW SCHEDULES AVAILABLE Please send a A5 self addressed envelope to: Association Manager, Lucy Raisbeck P.O. Box 185, Ashburton 7740 Email ashburtonshow@gmail.com Phone (03) 308 7908 Or view www.ashburtonshow.co.nz Enter online at www.showdayonline.com ENTER NOW!

Also available Baker Boys cake slices

27 August 2013, 7.30pm at the Tennis Pavilion. All Welcome.

Allenton Cricket Club

Any queries please contact Jo Cook, 303 6273.

A.G.M.

$3.99 each

OPEN 7 DAYS Road The Green Grocer Main SouthTinwald

Fresh Fruit & Vege

Phone Julia 027 688 4334

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

Thursday, September 5 7.00pm Robbies Bar & Bistro

AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village. Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

LOST, FOUND

HIRE

LOST by pensioner - 57 year GENERAL hire. Lawnold signet wedding ring. mowers, chainsaws, concrete Reward. Phone 308 4795. breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire LET OR LEASE Ashburton. 588 East Street. Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; FOUR bay shed, with three Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday phase power available with 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 three acre paddock, on town 8061 A/h: 308 7460 boundary. Phone 308-3783. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Weekend Services Methven Pharmacy, 101 Main Street, Methven. Saturday and Sunday open: 4pm 6pm.

$99c each $1.49 each $1.99 bag $3.99 bag $2.99 bag

Specials available from 20/08 - 27/08

Public Notices/ MOTORING LET OR LEASE Meetings Individual Triennial Meeting WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of the Ruapuna of your tyres with an spacious office Reserves Board, alignment from Neumanns to let. Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills including the Street. Phone 308-6737. Ground floor and Ruapuna Pool. central location. MEETINGS, EVENTS Tuesday,

GRAZING

PLANTS, PRODUCE

Soup week

FARM work wanted at weekends and during school holidays for a very keen, LIVESTOCK, PETS hardworking school girl. Can WANTED of unwanted obtain references from BUYER previous employers. Tel: animals. Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. WANTED - used Ford, 027 78129 76 We also sell pet food. Call Belarus and Massey Ferguson tractors in any RURAL TRADING POST Nick’s Pet Food 0272 101 621, A/H 03 322 7626. condition. Freephone BARLEY straw, for sale, 0800-888-343. round bales, excellent quality. milk wanted, Please phone 027-2212-395. CALF TRADES, SERVICES Mayfield/Hinds area. Please FOR Sale - top quality phone 027 498 8659. 4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar lucerne baleage. Approx 80 MOTORING protective films, UV block, bales. Phone 302 6737. fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for SILAGE - round bales $60 + MISUBISHI RVR 1992, glass. FREE quotes - 20 GST. Meadow hay - diesel, turbo, sport gear, good years local service. Bill conventional bales $6.00 + condition, runs well, $2,200. Breukelaar - phone 0800 368 GST. Lucerne - $8.00 + GST. Phone or text 022 634 8244, Patrick. 468. www.tintawindow.co.nz Ph 302 7034.

MEDICAL SERVICES

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GRAZING LAMB GRAZING REQUIRED FOR SEPT/OCT, suit ryegrass feed crop. Phone Graeme 027 228 8075.

GARDENING BUXUS hedging, mature plants, approximately 25 metres. Please phone 3076363.

FOR SALE CUB CADET ride on mower. Model HDS 2000 series. In good working order. New belt. 471 hours. Missing headlight. $1200 ono, ring 027 238 4774 or 027 264 8846 after 6. DRY old man pine, from $60 a metre. Minimum two metres. Phone 027 465 2122. FIREWOOD - old man pine, dry and under cover. Four and six metre loads. Phone Ron Harris. 0274-652-122 HEATING FUEL FOR SALE. 250 litres heating fuel in great condition for sale. Selling due to change of heating source in our home. Offers accepted. The fuel is ready for immediate pick up. Please phone 021 672 881. POTATOES: Rua. $30 bag delivered. Phone 308 5972.

308-1095

Grazing Available 180 Dairy heifers Sept – May 2014 (Rakaia) 100 Dairy heifers Sept – May 2014 (Ashburton) 150 Dairy calves Dec onwards (Oxford) New graziers in December wanted for calves in Mid Canterbury/Selwyn districts

Contact Greg Tait

027 378 6314 ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

TO RENT: rural, Corbett Road South, Wakanui. Two bedroom house, tidy, heat KWILA DECKING Super pump and fire. $200pw. spring special available Phone Jane 03 693 9942. Aug/Sept. Out it goes $6/m 90 x 19, $11/m 140 x 19 (incl TWO bedroom flat available GST) while stocks last to rent in Allenton area. Off (cash/chq/eftpos ONLY) - street parking, single garage. Adams Sawmill, Malcolm private back flat, well fenced McDowell Road - Ph 308- and in very good order. Please contact Kate on 3595. 027 244 3858.

FOR SALE

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WANTED by mature lady returning to Ashburton, long term tenant. 1-2 bedrooms, Sunny, warm, garage. Phone 03 332 0170.

WANTED Relocated Professional Person seeking 1-2 bedroom house long CARAVANS, TRAILERS term, no pets. Anything considered, ph Linda 027 408 C.I. SPRITE pop top. Canvas 4136. in ex condition. Phone 308 WANTED to rent: mature, 1171 or 027 203 3443. professional couple seeking character home, long term, ACCOMMODATION, two car garaging, workshop. Consider semi rural RENTAL Ashburton - Timaru. Excellent property carers, references. LANDLORDS. Don’t leave Moving September. Ph 03 the management of your 573 7131. valuable asset in the hands of a company that’s primary ADULT income is from selling properties. Property ENTERTAINMENT management is our sole CINDERELLA, available focus 24/7. Contact B&N everyday, genuine calls only, Properties Ltd now, 0800 111 no texting please. Phone 252 www.bnproperties.co.nz 021 0233 9259.

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MID CANTERBURY SPCA WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE HML Home care Medical Limited WEEKEND HOURS: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. NUMBER: All enquiries - Inspector John MENTAL HEALTH - Ring 0800 700 155 for FREE 24hr Keeley: 308 4432 or 0274 342 646 HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis MAIL CLOSING TIMES Health Advice. MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER Team. ASHBURTON HOSPITAL ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE DUTY DOCTORS Contact (cats) Andrea 021 892 939 or (dogs) GENERAL WARDS - (Medical and Surgical): SAFE CARE - 24 hr Rape and Sexual FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm This service is for EMERGENCY MEDICAL DAILY, 2.00pm - 4.00pm and 6.00pm Dawn 021 828 350 STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm Assault Crisis Support. Ph: 03 364 8791 CARE ONLY. Please remember your 7.30pm POST DELIVERY CENTRES VETERINARIANS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP Community Services Card. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm CARE VETS - Ph 03 308 2327, 246 Tancred 24 hrFreephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 Emergency phone until 8am Monday CHALMERS WARD Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm Street, Saturday clinic: 10am - 2pm. 846) Direct dials to a volunteer. - 0800 700 155. (including Assessment, Treatment & Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Weekend emergencies: Robert Muir. Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, Moore Street Medical Centre, will be the duty Rehabilitation Unit) - OPEN VISITING. Rakaia: Mon - Fri 4.30pm 9am - 2pm - outside of these hours leave a VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Phone 03 307 practice for Saturday and Sunday until 8am MATERNITY WARD - DAILY, 10am - 8pm. ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS message. Monday. They will hold surgery from 10am until -Husbands and patient’s own children may 5195, Cnr East St & Smithfield Rd, Ashburton. Business Area: Mon - Fri 5pm 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm. No appointment Saturday clinic 9am-12 noon. Weekend ALCOHOL DRUG HELP LINE visit the patient from: 7am - 10pm. Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm necessary. Surgery phone 308 3066. emergencies: Lge: Hazel Foley, Shannon Call us free on (0800 787 797). TUARANGI HOME (Cameron St) - DAILY, INFORMATION CENTRES Thomson-Laing, Chris McFarlane, Ciprian METHVEN & RAKAIA AREA Lines open 10am - 10pm Seven days. -unrestricted visiting. ASHBURTON - Sat 10am until 2pm. Verdes. Small: Alex Avery For weekend doctor and emergency details LIFELINE Sun CLOSED. please phone Methven 302 8105. For medical ASHBURTON REST HOMES: VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Phone 03 308 2321, Toll-Free: 0800 353 353 Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. attention during the weekend there are drop COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, 1 Smallbone Drive, Ashburton. Saturday Phone 308-1050. in clinics from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm unrestricted visiting. clinic: 9am-12 noon. 24-hour weekend OMMUNITY ERVICES Saturday and Sunday. CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted METHVEN - Saturday and Sunday 9am emergencies: Large: Phil Stoakes, Amanda ART GALLERY Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT visiting. 5.45pm. Phone 302-8955 or Kilby, Laura Scott. Small: Refer Care Vets. Phone 308 1133. Baring Square East, provide an accident and emergency service. PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted methven@i-site.org ASHBURTON VETS - Ph 027 683 8000, Ashburton. Except in cases of emergency persons visiting. BUS DEPARTURES 149 Cameron Street Ashburton: The duty Sat & Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm requiring medical attention must consult EMERGENCY DENTIST Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service. vet for emergencies this weekend is: Ben Closed Public Holidays. their own or the duty general practitioner. If you do not have or cannot contact your Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. Hallenstein. Full emergency service all Persons subsequently requiring treatment regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BUSES - Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. weekend. at Ashburton Hospital must have a general for the name of the rostered weekend dentist Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm. CANTERBURY VETS - Ph 03 307 0686, practitioners in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00pm 363 West Street, Ashburton. Saturday clinic: NIMAL ERVICES Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm PHARMACIES Sundays and Public Holidays. Searles Allenton Pharmacy, Harrison Street, DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL 9am-12 noon. Weekend emergencies: Steve ASHBURTON MUSEUM Williams. ELPLINE ERVICES Ashburton. Saturday open from: 9.30am - 12 Baring Square East, Ashburton. Ph 308 3167 Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700 noon. Sunday open from: 10.30am - 12 noon. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - 24 hour service Saturday-Sunday 1.00pm - 4.00pm Saturday and Sunday evenings: 6pm - 7pm. Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) Closed Statutory Holidays.

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Daily Events Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. New members always welcome. Methodist Church hall, Baring Square East. 10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE.

Sunday 8.00am ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street. 8.30am HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Thomson Street, Tinwald. 9.30am ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH. Morning worship with Rev Tevita Taufalele. Methodist Church Lounge, Baring Square

Monday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton. 9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street.

New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Russell Clark’s Gold Rush panels. Main Street, Methven. 10.00am MID CANTERBURY CHILDREN’S THEATRE. Sausage Sizzle fundraiser for Aladdin Junior at The Warehouse, Kermode Street.

10.00am - 12.00pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road, Tinwald. 10.00am - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm MID CANTERBURY SOCIAL WHEELERS. 14km road race. Register from 1pm. Fords Road, near the sale yards. 2.00pm SCHOLA CANTORUM. Choir performing at the St Paul’s Church Hall, 65 Oxford Street.

8.00pm LATIN DANCE PARTY. Theme lace and leather, all welcome. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

East. ST PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Morning worship. All welcome. 65 Oxford Street. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship service, 48 Allen’s Road, Allenton. 10.00am ASHBURTON MODEL AERO CLUB. Radio controlled aeroplane flying, weather permitting. Lovett’s Road, off Maronan Road. HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH. Mass, Sealy Street.

ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street. ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service with Rev David Brown, cnr Havelock and Park Streets. ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy communion every Sunday. 151-153 Thomson Street, Tinwald. 10.30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall).

EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Worshipping god and transforming lives. 63 Princes Street, Netherby. 12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome. Racecourse Road. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

2.00pm ASHBURTON CIVIC MUSIC COUNCIL. Festival concert, admission at door. St Andrews Church, Havelock Street. 7.00pm VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Worship God and study his word. 131 Thomson Street, (Tinwald School hall). ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Church service in the Sinclair Centre with Rev David Brown. Cnr Havelock & Park Street.

9.30am - 10.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies exercise classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 9.45am THE PLAINS LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Monthly meeting, Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street. 10.00am ASHBURTON COUNTY VETERANS GOLF ASSN. Members will host the North Canterbury

Vets, Stableford. Methven Golf Club. METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Russell Clark’s Gold Rush panels. Main Street, Methven. 10.30am - 11.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Men’s exercise classes. Senior Centre, Cameron Street. 1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM.

Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Seafield Road. 1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - counting, all welcome. Waireka Crouqet Club, the domain, Philip Street. 6.00pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road. 7.30pm

CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE. Euchre in the Parish Centre, Cnr Burnett and Winter Streets. TINWALD INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. Bowlers welcome, Tinwald Hall, Graham Street. ASHBURTON SOCIETY OF ARTS. Social meeting and Tash Sim glass artist. Short Street Studio. ASHBURTON BIRD CLUB. Monthly meeting, Rover Den, Mania-o-roto Park, South end Chalmers Avenue.

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Parents Josh Lindsay and Gemma Ludemann are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Harper Elizabeth Lindsay. Harper was born at Timaru Hospital on July 11 weighing 8lb 10oz (3.9kg). PHOTO SUPPLIED

Kylee and Ray Hurst and big sister Scarlett, 2, welcomed Dunstin Ray Hurst into the world on August 18. Dunstin weighed 8lb 11oz. 190813-DW-159

NZTrio, New Zealand’s leading piano trio, has thrilled audiences for over ten years with their unique, intimate and exhilarating performances of a fascinatingly diverse repertoire.

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Justine Cormack, violin; Ashley Brown, cello and Sarah Watkins, piano delight in designing refreshing programmes that match classical masterpieces with brilliant contemporary works – in particular their vast collection of commissions from New Zealand and the Asia Pacific composers – and inspiring people of all walks of life to see classical music as approachable, essential and meaningful. “NZTrio have become a national treasure. Their performances are always slick, intelligent and professional – just as can be expected – however they are also delightfully and refreshingly lacking in pretentious ostentation” Marian Poole – freelance music critic for the NZ Listener and Otago Daily Times, 4 May 2011.

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Above left – Proud dad Corey Heaven holds Riley Jack Heaven, born August 9, weighing 9lb 10oz. A brother for big sisters Annabel, 5, and Georgia, 1.

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6am Te Karere 3 2 0 6:30 Country Calendar 3 0 7am Rural Delivery 7:30 Fair Go 3 0 8am L Sailing – America’s Cup Race Six. From San Francisco Bay. 8:30 60 Minute Makeover 3 9am The Claim Game 3 9:30 Come Dine With Me Omnibus PGR Noon There’s No Taste Like Home 1pm Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook 3 0 1:30 Jamie’s 30-Minute Meals 30 2pm The Chase 3 0 3pm Four Weddings PGR 3 0 4pm First Crossings 3 0 5pm Robson’s Extreme Fishing Countdown 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Country Calendar 0 7:30 Heston’s Fantastical Food 0 8:30 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries AO 0 9:40 M Thunderball PG 1965 Action. Secret agent James Bond is hired to prevent madmen from exploding a nuclear device. Sean Connery, Claudine Auger. 0

12:20 Sailing – America’s Cup (Highlights) 1:05 Louis Spence’s Showbusiness 2am Emmerdale PGR 3 0 4:05 Infomercials 5:30 The Key Of David

CHOICE TV 6:30 Better Homes And Gardens 8am Gardeners’ World 8:30 The Stagers 9am Galleons Of Spice 9:30 Pioneer Woman 10am Location, Location, Location 11am West End Salvage 11:30 What’s Really In Our Food? Noon Bath Crashers 12:30 Storage Hoarders 1:30 Better Homes And Gardens Ideas and practical guides to improvement projects for the home and garden, plus recipes and entertaining solutions. 3pm Gardeners’ World 3:30 Guide To The Good Life 4pm My Dream Home 5pm The People’s Cookbook 6pm Carter Can 6:30 Belfast Zoo 7pm Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 7:30 Natural World PG Lioness That Changed The World. 8:30 Being Erica Erica is a plucky, but flailing, young woman who travels back in time to fix past mistakes. 9:30 Sugartown 10:30 Guide To The Good Life 11pm My Dream Home

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Midnight Carter Can 12:30 Belfast Zoo 1am Natural World PG 2am Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 2:30 Blokes AO 3am Being Erica 4am Sugartown AO 5am People’s Cookbook

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6am Blue’s Clues 3 0 6:25 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:30 Pocoyo 3 0 6:40 Jake And The Neverland Pirates 3 0 7am Stitch! 3 0 7:25 Matt Hatter Chronicles 0 7:50 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:15 SpongeBob SquarePants 3 0 8:40 SymBionic Titan 3 0 9:05 Angry Birds Toons 0 9:10 Adventure Time 3 0 9:35 Regular Show 0 10am Totes Maori 10:30 Neighbours Omnibus 0 12:55 Shipwrecked – The Island PGR 3 1:55 The Amazing Race Australia PGR 3 0 3pm Extreme Makeover – Home Edition 3 0 3:55 Dream Home 3 0 5:05 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air 30 6pm Wipeout USA 0 7pm Dream Home – Offcuts 0 7:30 M G-Force PGV 2009 Animated Action. Voices of Sam Rockwell, Penelope Cruz. 0 8pm L Lotto This week’s Lotto draw. 8:05 G-Force Continued. 0 9:15 M The Man AO 2005 Action. Samuel L Jackson, Eugene Levy. 0 10:55 M Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay AO 2008 Comedy. John Cho, Kal Penn. 0 12:50 M 88 Minutes AO 2007 Crime. Al Pacino. 2:50 The Celebrity Apprentice PGR 3 0 4:30 Who Dares Wins PGR 3 0 5:05 Totes Maori 3 5:30 It Is Written 3

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Moe 3 7am Rocko’s Modern Life 3 7:30 Invader Zim 3 7:55 All Grown Up 3 8:20 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8:40 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 – Fused 3 9:05 Redakai 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Moe 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Bryan And Bobby 3 3:40 Pukana 2 4:05 What’s Up Warthogs 3 4:30 Victorious 3 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 Big Time Rush 3 6pm The Simpsons 3 0 6:30 M Little Manhattan PGR 3 Family comedy. Two 11-year-old friends find love in New York City. 0 7pm Destroyed in Seconds PGR 0 8:25 The Real Housewives of Orange County AO 7:30 Ice-Road Truckers PGR 0 Heather throws a painting 8:30 SVU AO After a family is party, but it is Gretchen and shot in their home, the Tamra who get the brush off. initial motive explored by 9:25 Vanderpump Rules AO The detectives does not work staff celebrates gay pride with out; as the investigation a parade float, but tension progresses, Rollins endangers arises when Stassi catches her job by sharing a secret. 0 Scheana and Jax flirting. 9:30 Blue Bloods AO 0 10:20 Excused AO 10:30 The Winter Games 10:50 Million-Dollar Cash Game (Highlights) PGR

6am Home Shopping 11:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK 3 Noon Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 23 of the current season. 12:30 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus 2:30 River Cottage Road Trip PGR 3 3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Delayed) Waikato v Otago. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Conviction Kitchen Life outside prison is proving too much for some of Curley’s team; a visit from a mystery food critic makes the staff nervous; two weeks after the opening, one trainee leaves.

11pm Outrageous Fortune AO 11:55 Infomercials 3 Pascalle and Grandpa are visited with news that will have far-reaching results. 0 Midnight Criminal Intent AO 1am Infomercials 5am Hillsong 5:30 Charles Stanley

11:05 Top Gear Australia PGR Steve, Ewen and Shane take a Chinese-built Chery, and drive it flat out for 24 hours to replicate 10 years of ordinary wear and tear. Midnight Rugby League – NRL (Delayed) Titans v Warriors. 1:45 Home Shopping

7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 M DARYL PGR 1985 Family Sci-fi. A foster couple become parents to a 10-year-old-boy, unaware that he is a robot. Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Barret Oliver. 9:20 Journey To The West 10:20 Homai Te Pakipaki 3 11:20 Te Kaea 3 2 11:50 Closedown

6am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Waikato v Otago. From Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. 8am Cricket – International England v Australia – Fifth Test, Day Three. Coverage of the last two hours of play from The Oval in London. 10am Sport 365 10:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Waikato v Otago. 12:30 L Rugby League – Storage Wars Holden Cup Dragons U20 v Wests 7:00pm on Prime Tigers U20. From WIN Jubilee Oval. 2:30 L Rugby League – NSW Cup Illawarra Cutters v Newcastle MOVIES GREATS 7:20 Guess Who MS 2005 Romantic Knights. From WIN Jubilee Oval in Carlton, NSW. Comedy. Bernie Mac, Ashton 4:30 L Rugby League – NRL Kutcher. 9:05 The Fugitive MV Dragons v Wests Tigers. From WIN 1993 Action. Tommy Lee Jones, Jubilee Oval in Carlton, NSW. Harrison Ford. 7pm L Rugby League – NRL 11:15 The Boat That Rocked Titans v Warriors. From Skilled Park in MLS 2009 Comedy. Philip Seymour Robina on the Gold Coast. Hoffman, Lucy Fleming, Bill Nighy. 9:30 L Rugby League – 1:30 My Cousin Vinny PGL 1992 NRL Cowboys v Knights. From Comedy. Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, 1300SMILES Stadium in Townsville. Marisa Tomei. 11:30 Rugby – International 3:30 Pearl Harbour MV 2001 Action (Highlights) All Blacks v Wallabies. Drama. Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, SUNDAY Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding jr. Midnight L Golf – European 6:30 The Beach 16VLS 2000 Thriller. PGA Tour Johnnie Walker Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Carlyle, Championship – Round Three. From Tilda Swinton. The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, 8:30 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 Scotland. Action. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. 4am Motorsport – V8 Supercars 10:30 The Omen 16VL 2006 Horror. Championship (Highlights) Winton Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles. 360 – Race 25. SUNDAY 4:30 Golf – US PGA Tour 12:20 A History Of Violence 18VS (Highlights) The Barclays – Round 2005 Crime. 1:55 The Beach 16VLS Two. 2000 Thriller. 3:50 My Cousin 5am L Golf – US PGA Tour The Vinny PGL 1992 Comedy. 5:50 Barclays – Round Three. From Liberty Pearl Harbour MV 2001 Action National Golf Club in Jersey City, Drama. New Jersey.

MAORI TV 10am Toku Reo 3 2pm Waka Ama 3 2:30 Code 3 3:30 Rugby – IRB Junior World Championship France v England. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Tepu 3 2 6:30 Joe’s World On A Plate Joe McLeod of Ngai Tuhoe, who worked in top restaurants all over the world before returning to Aotearoa, prepares international recipes using local ingredients.

THE BOX 6am Criminal Minds 16VS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Fear Factor M 8:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 10:15 Raw MC 1pm 24 Marathon MVLS 4:30 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 7pm The Simpsons PG 7:30 Lie To Me MV 8:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 9pm Counting Cars PG 9:30 Ax Men PG 10:30 The Unit MV 11:30 Chuck MVS

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12:30 24 Marathon MVLS 3am Cajun Pawn Stars PG 3:25 Counting Cars PG 3:50 Chuck MVS 4:45 24 MVLS 5:35 The Simpsons PG

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6am Golf World 6:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) The Barclays – Round One. 7am L Golf – US PGA Tour The Barclays – Round Two. From Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. 10am Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Two. 10:30 NRL Footy Show 12:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Taranaki v Wellington. 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Tasman v Canterbury. From Lansdowne Park in Blenheim. 4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Northland v Southland. From Toll Stadium in Whangarei. 6:30 L Rugby – International All Blacks v Wallabies. 7pm Storage Wars 10pm Rugby – ITM Cup Dave Hester does not spend (Highlights) any money; Jarrod and Brandi Northland v Southland. experience some royal pains; From Toll Stadium in Barry Weiss follows the signs. Whangarei. 7:30 Secret Millionaire UK 10:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Blind millionaire Liz Jackson is (Highlights) determined her disability will Tasman v Canterbury. not define who she is as she From Lansdowne Park in embarks on a challenge. Blenheim. 8:35 Rugby – International All Blacks v Wallabies.

6am Charles Stanley 6:30 Gone Fishin’ 3 7am Outdoors With Geoff 3 7:30 Knight Rider 3 8:30 Infomercials 9:30 The Nation 10:25 Both Worlds 11am 3rd Degree 3 Noon The Little Couple 3 12:30 The Little Couple 3 1pm The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 3 2pm Pregnant In Heels PGR 3 3pm The New Normal PGR 3 3:30 Raising Hope PGR 3 0 4pm Dogs In The City 3 0 5pm Outdoors With Geoff 5:30 The Winter Games (Highlights) From the Queenstown region. 6pm 3 News

11:15 L Triathlon – ITU World Series Women’s Race. From Stockholm, Sweden. 1:45 Rugby – International (Replay) All Blacks v Wallabies. From Westpac Stadium in Wellington. 4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Titans v Warriors.

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6:30 Mythbusters PG 7:30 Mythbusters PG 8:30 ET Fishing Escapes PG 9:30 Tuna Wranglers PG 10:30 Deadliest Catch PG 11:30 Top Hooker PG 12:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 1:30 Mythbusters PG 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 American Guns M 4:30 Sons Of Guns M 5:30 Man v Wild PG 6:30 Backyard Oil PG 7pm Auction Kings PG 7:30 Deadliest Catch – The Bait PG 8:30 Deadliest Catch PG 9:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 10:30 Sons Of Guns M 11:30 Hell And Back PG

6:30 Three Weeks, Three Kids PGC 2011 Family. Anna Chlumsky, Warren Christie. 8am Paranormal Activity 4 MVL 2012 Horror. 9:30 Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy. 10:55 A Dark Truth 16V 2012 Action. 12:40 New Year’s Eve ML 2011 Romantic Comedy. 2:40 Green Lantern MV 2011 Action. 4:35 Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part 1 MVS 2011 Fantasy Drama. 6:35 Something Borrowed MLS 2011 Romantic Comedy. 8:30 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. 10:20 The Watch 16VLS 2012 Comedy.

12:30 Auction Hunters PG 1am Auction Hunters PG 1:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 2:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 3:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 4:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG

Midnight The Debt 16VL 2010 Thriller. 1:50 It Waits 16V 2005 Horror. 3:20 The Watch 16VLS 2012 Comedy. 5am The Debt 16VL 2010 Thriller. 6:50 The Making Of We Bought A Zoo PG

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0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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6am Rural Delivery 3 6:35 Tagata Pasifika 3 7am Praise Be 7:30 Attitude 0 8am L Sailing – America’s Cup Races Seven and Eight. Coverage of the Louis Vuitton Cup final from San Francisco Bay. The winner of this series goes on to challenge for the America’s Cup. 10am Marae Investigates 10:30 Waka Huia 11am Q+A Noon Football – English Premier League Arsenal v Fulham. From Craven Cottage. 2pm Our World – Bite Me With Mike Leahy 3pm Undercover Boss Australia 3 0 4pm The Zoo 3 0 4:30 Animal Rescue PGR 0 5pm Our World – Survival Tales From The Wild 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Sunday 0 8pm The Food Truck Michael van de Elzen takes on American classic dishes and tries to make them as healthy as they are delicious. 0 8:30 Call the Midwife PGR 0 9:40 Mr Selfridge AO Literary giant and spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is in for a book signing, and persuades Harry to hold a séance in the store. 0 10:40 Winners and Losers PGR 3 0

6am Blue’s Clues 3 0 6:25 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 30 6:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 7am What Now? 10am Shortland Street Omnibus PGR 3 0 Noon M The Chronicles Of Narnia – Prince Caspian PGR 2008 Adventure. The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted again to help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the throne. Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley. 0 3pm The Neighbors 3 0 3:30 Home And Away Omnibus 0 6pm Hart Of Dixie 3 A boy on the high school football team has a crush on Zoe. 0

11:40 Sailing – America’s Cup (Highlights) Races Seven and Eight. Coverage of the Louis Vuitton Cup final from San Francisco Bay. 12:25 Q+A 3 1:35 Emmerdale PGR 3 0 3:30 Infomercials 5:30 Believer’s Voice Of Victory

11pm The Walking Dead AO 3 0 12:55 M After.Life AO 2009 Horror. Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long. 0 2:50 Infomercials 3:25 Jeremy Kyle PGR 3 4:15 It Is Written 3 4:45 Anderson Live PGR 3 5:30 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Carter Can 6:30 Christ Embassy 7am My Dream Home 8am People’s Cookbook 8:30 Carter Can 9am Days Of Our Lives Omnibus PGR Noon Natural World 1pm Belfast Zoo 1:30 Guide To The Good Life 2pm Lonely Planet – 1000 Ultimate Experiences 2:30 Being Erica 3:30 Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 4pm Cheese Slices 4:30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast 5:30 The Story Of Wales 6:30 N2K PGR 7pm Travel Wild 7:30 Home Of The Future 8:30 M Mo AO 2010 Biography. The life and career of British Labour Party politician Dr Marjorie Mowlam, who with her no-nonsense attitude and strong confidence, was an equal amongst the men she worked alongside. Julie Walters, David Haig. 10:30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Feast 11:30 Saturday Cookbook

MONDAY

12:30 N2K PGR 1am The Nutters Club AO 1:30 Home Of The Future 2:30 M Mo AO 2010 Biography. Julie Walters, David Haig. 4:30 Travel Wild 5am Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong 5:30 Cheese Slices

7pm M Yogi Bear 2010 Animated Family. Yogi and Boo Boo are about to face Jellystone Park being sold. Voices of Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake. 0 8:35 M Prince of Persia – Sands of Time AO 2010 Fantasy Adventure. Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley. 0

TV THREE 6am Life TV 6:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong 7am Charles Stanley 8am The Nation 9am Three60 9:30 Think Tank 10am Caravan Of Courage – Australia v New Zealand PGR 3 0 11:15 Would I Lie To You? PGR 3 0 11:40 Everybody Loves Raymond 3 0 Noon Entertainment Tonight Weekend 1pm King Of Dirt 3 2pm 111 Emergency PGR 3 0 2:30 Noise Control PGR 3 0 3pm Motorsport – New Zealand OffShore Powerboat Championship 3:25 Motorsport – Moto GP Round 10 from Indianapolis. 4:05 Motorsport – DTM Championship Round seven of the DTM (German Touring Car) Championship from Nurburgring. 5pm Wild Life At The Zoo 3 0 5:30 The Winter Games (Highlights) 6pm 3 News 7pm F House Rules The House Rules champions are announced, with the winning team walking away mortgage free. 8:30 M Knocked Up AO 3 2007 Comedy. The last thing a man expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later telling him she is pregnant. Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogan. 0

FOUR 6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Moe 3 7am Rocko’s Modern Life 3 7:25 Invader Zim 3 7:50 All Grown Up 3 8:15 Scaredy Squirrel 3 8:40 Go, Diego, Go! 3 9:05 Wonder Pets 3 9:30 Dora The Explorer 3 9:55 Sticky TV Omnibus Noon Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Moe 3 3pm Barney And Friends 3 3:30 Bryan And Bobby 3 3:40 Pukana 2 4:05 What’s Up Warthogs 3 4:30 Victorious 3 5pm Mr Young 3 5:30 The Suite Life On Deck 3 6pm Sabrina – The Teenage Witch 3 0 7pm Raising Hope PGR (Part 1) A social worker visits the Chance house to investigate a claim. 7:30 Top Chef PGR 8:30 How I Met Your Mother PGR 3 9pm Rules of Engagement PGR 3 9:30 Rob AO 9:55 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia AO 10:25 The League AO 3 10:50 Entertainment Tonight Weekend

11:15 The Winter Games 11:45 Infomercials (Highlights) 11:45 M Shutter AO 3 2008 Horror. 1:35 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV

PRIME

7pm Storage Wars Jarrod and Brandi try to reel in a score; Barry buys on a tip. 7:30 Top Gear PGR Richard Hammond is in Italy driving two Lamborghinis; Steven Tyler is the rock Star in the Reasonably Priced Car. 8:45 Weekend Murders – Midsomer Murders AO 3 10:55 Killing Time AO 3

11:55 DCI Banks AO 3 With one girl’s body still missing, DCI Banks wants to find her and bring closure for her family, but with DI Annie Cabbot investigating his work, Banks has problems. 12:55 Home Shopping

MAORI TV 7am Rugby League – UK Super League Tetley’s Challenge Cup Final – Hull FC v Wigan. 10am Korero Mai 3 2 2pm Ka TV 3 2:30 Kanikani Mai (Starting Today) 3 3:30 Rugby League – UK Super League 3 Tetley’s Challenge Cup Final – Hull FC v Wigan. 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Waka Huia 7pm Te Kaea 3 2

THE BOX 6am 24 Marathon MVLS 9:20 Ax Men PG 10:15 The Unit MV 11:10 The Simpsons Super Saturday PG A marathon of The Simpsons episodes. 1:15 Lie To Me MV 2:10 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 2:35 Counting Cars PG 3pm Raw MC 5:45 WWE Main Event MC 6:45 SmackDown! MC 8:30 Criminal Intent MV 9:30 Criminal Intent MV 10:30 N Psych MC Shawn and Gus receive a mysterious email inviting them to the Cinnamon Festival in Dual Spires, a quirky town that’s nearly invisible on a map in this homage to Twin Peaks. 11:30 WWE Main Event MC

MONDAY

12:30 SmackDown! MC 2:10 Criminal Intent MV 3am Criminal Intent MV 3:50 Family Business 18S 4:20 Psych MC 5:10 Lie To Me MV

SKY SPORT 1

6am Religious Programming 10:30 Sport Box The best of the past week’s sports from New Zealand and around the world, highlighting sport for young New Zealand fans. Noon Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Dragons v Tigers. 1pm Hot Property 3 Australian real-estate series. 1:30 Grassroots Rugby 2:30 Rugby Highlights Highlights from the week’s rugby action. 4:30 Junior Masterchef Australia 3 The top 50 young cooks face two last challenges to earn a place in the Masterchef kitchen. 5:30 Prime News 6pm Millionaire – Hot Seat 6:30 James May’s Things You Need To Know James May explores the human body.

6am Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) Rally Germany – Day One. 6:30 Rugby – International (Highlights) 7am L Rugby – International Argentina v South Africa. From Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, Argentina. 9:30 Rugby – International (Replay) 11:30 Cricket – International 1:13 L Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship Winton 360. Coverage of the second qualifying race from Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria. 2:02 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) 2:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. From ASB Stadium at Bay Park in Tauranga. 4:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Manawatu v Auckland. 6:30 Rugby – ITM Cup Week 7pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Bay of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay. 7:30 Rugby – International (Highlights) Argentina v South Africa. 8pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Manawatu v Auckland. 8:30 Rugby – International (Replay) All Blacks v Wallabies. 10:30 Motorsport – New Zealand Rally Championship (Highlights) Rally Canterbury. 11pm Rugby – ITM Cup Week 11:30 Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Midnight L Golf – European PGA Tour Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Four. 4am L Golf – US PGA Tour 5:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship

SKY SPORT 2 7:30 My Country Song Show that presents emerging songwriters and singers from small-town New Zealand. 8:30 Daughters Of The Pacific 3 9:30 M No 2 AO 2006 Comedy Drama. Ruby Dee, Tuva Novotny, Mia Blake. 11:05 Te Kaea 3 2 11:35 Closedown

DISCOVERY 6:30 Mythbusters PG Deadly Straw. 7:30 Mythbusters PG Hail Hijinx. 8:30 Hell And Back PG 9:30 The Big Brain Theory PG 10:30 Man v Wild PG 11:30 Sons Of Guns M 12:30 Auction Hunters PG 1pm Auction Hunters PG 1:30 Dual Survival PG 2:30 American Guns M 3:30 American Guns M 4:30 American Guns M 5:30 American Guns M 6:30 American Guns M 7:30 Sons Of Guns M 8:30 Sons Of Guns M 9:30 Backyard Oil PG 10pm Auction Kings PG 10:30 American Guns M 11:30 Auction Kings PG

MONDAY

Midnight Auction Hunters PG 12:30 Sons Of Guns M 1:30 River Monsters With Jeremy Wade PG 2:30 Top Hooker PG 3:30 Deadliest Catch PG 4:30 Flying Wild Alaska PG 5:30 Auction Kings PG

6:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) 7am L Golf – US PGA Tour The Barclays – Round Three. From Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. 10am Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Three. From The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, Scotland. Mr Selfridge Knocked Up 10:30 Rugby League – NRL 9:40pm on TV One 8:30pm on TV3 (Highlights) Coverage of Panthers v Broncos, and Rabbitohs v Bulldogs. 11am Cycling – La Vuelta Race SKY MOVIES MOVIES GREATS 6:50 The Making Of We Bought A 8:50 Mr And Mrs Smith MVLS 2005 (Highlights) Stage One. Zoo PG 7:05 Something Borrowed Comedy Thriller. Brad Pitt, Angelina 11:30 Rugby – International (Replay) Argentina v South Africa. Jolie. MLS 2011 Romantic Comedy. From Estadio Malvinas Argentinas in 10:50 The Omen 16VL 2006 Horror. Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson. Mendoza, Argentina. Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles. 9am Green Lantern MV 2011 1:30 L NRL Sunday Footy Action. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively. 12:40 The Beach 16VLS 2000 Show Thriller. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert 10:55 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 3:30 L Rugby League – NRL Thriller. Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Carlyle, Tilda Swinton. Raiders v Sea Eagles. From Canberra 2:35 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror. Stadium in Canberra. Banks. 12:40 Twilight Saga – Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy 6pm L Rugby League – Breaking Dawn Part 1 MVS 2011 Lawless. Fantasy Drama. Holden Cup Raiders U20 v Sea 2:35 Courageous MV 2011 Drama. 4:05 Ray MC 2004 Drama. Jamie Eagles U20. From Canberra Stadium Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, in Canberra. 4:45 The Descendants ML 2011 Terrence Howard. Drama. 8pm Golf – US PGA Tour 6:40 Men In Black 3 MV 2012 Sci-fi 6:35 Entrapment MV 1999 Thriller. (Highlights) The Barclays – Round Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Three. From Liberty National Golf Comedy. 8:30 Gangs Of New York 16VLS 8:30 The Dark Knight Rises MV Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. 2002 Historical Drama. Leonardo 2012 Action. 8:30 Football – Arsenal TV 11:15 Wrong Turn 5 – Bloodlines DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron (Replay) Arsenal v Fulham. From Diaz. 18VLS 2012 Horror. Emirates Stadium, London. 11:15 Lethal Weapon 3 MVL 1992 11pm Rugby League – NRL MONDAY Action. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover. (Replay) Storm v Eels. 12:45 Cedar Rapids 16LS 2011 Comedy. 2:15 Laid To Rest 18VLS MONDAY MONDAY 2009 Horror. 3:45 Cedar Rapids 1:10 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror. 1:23 L Triathlon – ITU World 16LS 2011 Comedy. 5:10 Wrong Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Series Men’s Race. From Stockholm, Turn 5 – Bloodlines 18VLS 2012 Lawless. 2:40 Entrapment MV 1999 Sweden. Horror. 6:40 Directors – Randal Thriller. 4:30 Gangs Of New York 4am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Bay Kleiser PG 2009 Documentary. 16VLS 2002 Historical Drama. Of Plenty v Hawke’s Bay.

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Family Notices DEATHS PORTER, Alexander Seaton (Shorty) – Passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 18, 2013 after a strong fight, with pride and dignity. Dearly loved and loving friend of Eunice, you will be intensely missed by me. Very, very much loved, cherished and respected dad of Carmen. Dad, you were so strong through your life and right until your passing, which is a reflection on the strength you have given me throughout our special years shared. Loving and caring grandad of Nicole. Grandad, you have given me the best childhood memories I could ever wish for and will never be forgotten. Rest peacefully Grandad. I feel privileged to have been part of your life, and for Kayson to have been a part of our memories. Great grandad of Kayson James Alexander, who shared many laughs and giggles over the past two years that brought lots of smiles and happiness to you both. Our family would like to extend our extreme gratitude to the special staff involved in Shorty’s later care. At Shorty’s request, a private service has been held. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton

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O’NEILL, Kay – Eddie and family would like to sincerely thank all the people who sent messages of sympathy at the sudden loss DEANS, Shane Fenton – Three years tomorrow since of our much loved wife, mother, mother in law, sister, you left us. sister in law and treasured Sad are the hearts nana. Special thanks to Rev that loved you, Silent are the tears that fall, David Brown for the service and those who spoke at Kay’s But living our lives funeral, she would have been without you, very humbled by the Is the saddest part of all. Love and miss you every day. attendance and would have Mum, Dad, Daniel and Aaron. appreciated the people that travelled to be there. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

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A few morning showers with a weak

southwest change, then clearing. BELL - DAY – Zak, son of Vicki and the late Mark Andrews, and Kayla, MONDAY daughter of Cheyne and Susan, wish to announce Mainly fine. Light winds. their engagement on July 27, 2013. Zak and Kayla would TUESDAY like to thank everyone for their love and support at this Mainly fine. Light winds. very special time.

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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Mainly fine. Westerlies, strong about the tops

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BANKS, Beryl Mary – Passed away peacefully on July 26, 2013 at Ward 1, Ashburton Hospital. Beryl is the much cherished and loved wife of Allan (Sandy); loved mother of Robyn and Robert Vallom (Auckland), Maureen and John Bennett (Ruakaka), Lynda Banks (Wellington) and the late David, Richard and Phillip; loved grandmother of Ben, Hamish, Abigail and Tim, Cordelia and great grandson, Callum. Your cards, flowers, and expressions of sympathy have been much appreciated and have given us comfort. A special thank-you to the Doctors, District Nurses and Staff of Ward One, Ashburton Hospital, home help and community services, Dr Lues, Dr Ritchie and staff of the Tinwald Medical Centre (past and present); to Steve and staff at Wises’ Pharmacy; and to Presbyterian Support Services. Thank you to Rev David Brown for your support at Beryl’s funeral service. Thank you all at Paterson’s Funeral Services for all your help. Beryl will be sadly missed and will remain in our hearts forever.

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QUICK ACROSS 1. Self-centred (10) 7. Readily available (2,3) 8. Examined the books (7) 10. Traveller on foot (8) 11. Spoken (4) 13. Elevated (6) 15. Former pupils (6) 17. Conceal (4) 18. In debt to (8) 21. IT workers (inf) (7) 22. Saying (5) 23. Juvenile (10)

Down 1. Way in (5) 2. Parentless (8) 3. Extremely happy (6) 4. Neatly arranged (4) 5. Provisional (7) 6. Unrewarding (3,5,2) 9. Casual romances (10) 12. Distribute (8) 14. Caused to happen (7) 16. Population count (6) 19. Preliminary plan or sketch (5) 20. Cultivate land (4)

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YOUR STARS by Forecasters

ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) Hold on to a clear sense of what you do and don’t want on the work front, realising that you’re the one with all the power and the choices. TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) It’s more important than ever that you keep your mind focused on what does and doesn’t matter, picking your battles wisely. GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) The weekend provides the perfect opportunity to make up for lost time on the home and family front, with communication a vital part of this. CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) The Sun and Mercury align to make this an important weekend for communication across the board, but especially on the relationship front. LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) This is a weekend for not only keeping your mind and a smart head for money focused on income matters, but spending time at the drawing board. VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) Take the opportunity to start your new solar year with your mind sharp and with the intellectual savvy to take your power back. LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Give yourself permission to take the weekend at whatever pace you want to, recharging your batteries ahead of a hectic new professional week. SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Give yourself permission to take the weekend at your own pace, finding the time to listen to your intuition and even do some daydreaming. SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Just as the Sun spends his first weekend in your career sector he’s joined by Mercury, getting you mentally back in the game from the get go. CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With Mars returning to your financial sector on Wednesday let things settle before your financial passions and fighting spirit kick in. AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) This is a weekend when the fog is likely to clear, with a newfound sense of financial clarity just as a smart head for money kicks in. PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Keep your work hat off and make this a weekend for putting your personal life first, with the love gods requiring your full attention.

TITUS, TEAM MEMBER

18V Drill Driver

SKU00318792

“The widest range at the best price” 4 LED Power Cap Khaki, navy or black.

SKU05820612

45cc Petrol Chainsaw

2 stroke. 460mm bar. SKU00278358

Handsaw 500mm. 8tpi.

Can-o-Worms Worm Farm

$ 97

SKU00319180

158

Propagator Vented With Seed Tray

$ 98

SKU02960182

0.9m. 150kg industrial rating. SKU00316837

SKU00224578

187

1.5w x 0.8d x 2h m. Zinc. Kitset. SKU03312670

1400W. 1740psi, 6m hose.

60L Wheelbarrow SKU03350973

4865 Window Vacuum Cleaner

Double Sided Step Ladder 20oz Hammer $

Garden Shed

Waterblaster

15m Hose Reel Combo SKU00220305

SKU00150907

Lithium ion battery.

$ 98

Vehicle Waterbrush SKU00302802

SKU04610072

126

MAX

SKU00239543

249

“Father’s Day fun-for-all” Make a gift for Dad – Kids D.I.Y. workshops* Sat 24th Aug, Sun 25th Aug & Sat 31st Aug, Sun 1st Sept, 10am

MARI, TEAM MEMBER

Family Night

Wed 28th Aug, 6pm–7:30pm

Father’s Day Fun

Globe Touch Lamp SKU04370371

Fingerprint Safe

350w x 250d x 250h mm. All steel construction. Stores up to 20 fingerprints. SKU04220058

4 Shelf Keylock Unit

1370h x 710w x 305d mm. Kitset. SKU02760340

SKU00655370

Adjustable spray regulator. SKU00206538

20L Workshop Vac 4 Stroke Petrol 1250W. SKU00226561 Lawn Mower

300W Paint Sprayer

Adjustable Workbench

148cc Briggs & Stratton engine. 40L catcher.

SKU00189348

Sat 31st Aug Bouncy Castle 10am–2pm Face Painter 11am–1pm

Father’s Day D.I.Y. Sun 1st Sept, 11am & 1pm

*Bookings essential. Contact your local store for information.

Lopper & Secateur Set

SKU00190181

287

95 BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE

3 Piece Sling Bar Setting

Steel frame. 695 x 940mm table. SKU03191241

229

Portable Smoker

Stainless steel.

SKU00154183

3190

4 Burner Hooded BBQ

Stainless steel burners. SKU00154491

249

LED Night Light & Rechargeable Torch

1898

SKU00189656

Not all services and products featured are available in all stores, but may be ordered. See in store for product availability. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Friday 30th August 2013 or while stocks last.

ASHBURTON 363 West Street, Ph 03 307 6671 TRADING HOURS Weekdays 7am-6pm Weekends & Public Holidays 8am-6pm Catalogue online at www.bunnings.co.nz

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