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Kilworth bids for CDHB role By Susan Sandys Long-serving Ashburton District Councillor Robin Kilworth is throwing her hat into a different ring for the coming local body elections. Instead of re-standing for the council, Mrs Kilworth will stand for the Canterbury District Health Board. The mother of four and grandmother of 11 said she had thought about the potential change of role “long and hard” after she was asked some months ago to consider a health board role. It was her involvement with health leadership in Mid Canterbury as a councillor over the years, and her passion for the sector, which had prompted her to make the switch. While it would be sad to leave behind the council, which had been her life for the last 18 years, it is evident from talking to Mrs Kilworth that it has not all been a bed of roses. But Mrs Kilworth is not one for dwelling on that. “I certainly wouldn’t be talking about any low points, they pass,” Mrs Kilworth said. An informed and articulate communicator, Mrs Kilworth has been among councillors with the heaviest workloads and voted in repeatedly with strong polling over the years. She is in her sixth term, making her time on the council among current members only second to John Leadley. She is looking forward to bringing the skill and experience she has gained to her potential new role. She believes it is an exciting time in health, as rebuilding of Ashburton Hospital’s operating theatres and a proposed privately-run family health centre are planned, as well as a Christchurch rebuild under way. Mrs Kilworth hopes in particular to give a voice to the

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Ashburton District Councillor Robin Kilworth is stepping down after 18 years, with a new role in her sights. health needs of Ashburton District and other rural areas of Canterbury, on a board which currently has no members from Mid Canterbury. Of her vast community, board governance and leadership roles over the last 18 years, Mrs Kilworth counts her involvement with the Tinwald Reserve Board among those she has enjoyed the most. It had “tremendous volunteer input” encompassing a golf club, camping ground, Plains museum, railway preservation society and vintage car club. “It’s been a really good exercise in working with all these terrific people on the board, it’s been very good,” Mrs Kilworth said. And her gratitude for working with “terrific people” was a sentiment which went for the many roles she had undertaken in the community throughout her time as a councillor, she said.

- In 1969 Mrs Kilworth joined the Allenton Kindergarten committee, flowing on to Ashburton Intermediate and St Bede’s College where she became a member of its inaugural board of governors, its first female member and deputy chair for six years. - Other long-serving roles have included membership of the Aoraki Polytechnic council and governance roles in the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch and Relationship Services. - Mrs Kilworth renewed her links with St Mary’s where she attended school, becoming a trustee for the Rose Chapel. That role involved her intimately in the chapel’s renovation. - She has been an Ashburton District Health Committee member since it was formed in the late 1990s. More recently she has been involved in discussion with the CDHB on rebuilding the hospital’s operating theatres. - As an Ashburton District Councillor, Mrs Kilworth is chairperson of the environmental services committee and has been a long-serving member on the Ashburton stadium and swimming pool complex project group. She initiated the first Ashburton Youth Council in the late 1990s, aiming for the council to connect with youth and find out their views and vision for the district. The youth council is still going strong today.

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Members of the Mid Canterbury-Hosoe combined football team have found ways to break down the language barrier at the Friendship Football Tournament in Ashburton.

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By Jonathan Leask Football loses nothing in translation. A combined Mid CanterburyHosoe football team has been proving that point this week at the Friendship Football Tournament in Ashburton. For the first time since 2007 the 12th grade football tournament has been attended by Hosoe from Japan and this year they brought enough players for one-and-a-half teams. So hosts Mid Canterbury rallied together enough local players to create a combined team, the first in the tournament’s 16-year history. They may not speak the same

To see more or purchase photos language off the field but the universal language of football has brought the combination of cultures together on the field. Their exchange of words may mean nothing but pointing, waving and all manner of gestures get the general gist across Craig Burdett was put in charge of coaching the combined team but he hasn’t had much trouble with the language barrier.

“I’ve had no troubles because I have a translator,” Burdett said. “The Japanese players understand numbers so I just use those. Our players know all their names so can communicate by calls on the field but I just use their numbers. “They are all loving it and are having a lot of fun in what is a really unique experience for them.”

While Craig has the advantage of a translator, off the field the players aren’t so lucky, but captain Lily Burdett said they worked it out. “We know all their names so we can call to each other and the rest is just plenty of sign language,” Lily said. “We have a lot of new friends now and it has been really fun. We haven’t gone too well but it’s all about having fun.” The Mid Canterbury-Hosoe combined team won’t be playing off for the Japan Cup in the final of the tournament today but they have been the flagship team for what the Friendship Tournament represents. Day two report, P14

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Brian Lester and Mayor Angus McKay who have agreed to write a weekly contribution from the council chambers. We are also pleased Federated Farmers board member Wily Leferink will come on board most weeks, or let one of the other key local Fed Farmers officials shine their light on their field of expertise. With so

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS BLAIN, Florence Jean – On July 24 2013, at Cameron Courts Resthome, Ashburton. In her 97th year. Loved wife of the late Charlie, and much loved mum and mother in law of Sue (Newman), and Paul and Linda. Cherished nana of Sarah and Sonny Fischer, Nicolas and Delwyn Newman and Matthew and Melanie Blain. Beloved great nana of Oscar, and Hugo Fischer, and Sebastian, and Paquita Newman. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. “Mum is at peace, happy after 21 years to be reunited with Dad.” Funeral details to follow. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton BLAIN, Florence Jean – Loved youngest daughter of Susannah and Joseph Rountree and loved sister of the late Rachel, Harry, Mavis, Ella, Meta, and Eva. Loved by her nieces and nephews. COX, David John (Dick) – Passed away suddenly at home, on July 23, 2013. Aged 72 years. Dearly loved husband of the late Lorna. Loved father and father in law of Niall, Trent and Karyn, Reese and Kathy, and Danelle and Lindsay. A much loved granddad of Jordi; Jared, Stephanie, and Ryan; and Rowan and great granddad of Isobella. Messages to P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Dick’s life will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on THURSDAY, August 1, commencing at 1.30pm. Followed by cremation. Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton Please note all late death notices or notices sent outside ordinary office hours must be emailed to: deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz

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Overcrowding ‘adds to Hep A’ By Susan Sandys Overcrowded living conditions may be contributing to the continuing outbreak of Hepatitis A in Ashburton, says a resident. The Netherby resident, who did not wish to be named, said he had three families living next door to him, including six adults and eight children, in one three-bedroom house.

He had complained to the Ashburton District Council, who was to inform the landlord of the situation. He believed such overcrowding in residences in the town had contributed to the town’s Hepatitis A outbreak. However, the Canterbury District Health Board says overcrowded living conditions are not widespread in Ashburton, and overcrowding had not been directly linked to the

outbreak. Medical officer of health Alistair Humphrey said while generally overcrowding in homes was a contributing factor with the spread of infectious disease, “with this particular outbreak there have not been any significant crowded conditions identified by our staff”. “I don’t think Ashburton is any more overcrowded than any other town in New Zealand, there may be pockets of overcrowding, there’s considerable overcrowding

in Christchurch because of a lack of housing,” Dr Humphrey said. Meanwhile, Dr Humphrey believed there were more cases of Hepatitis A in the community than the 13 which had been identified. It was particularly likely that there would be undiagnosed cases in preschoolers, who often did not show symptoms of the disease. These preschoolers could recover from the disease themselves, developing immunity in the process.

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The health board had consulted with the Ministry of Health on what level of disease would need to be present in the community before a community-wide vaccination programme was adopted. “We are well before that, I’m quite confident the Ashburton community can get on top of this by hand washing. “There’s a way this can be stopped, and that is by everyone regularly washing their hands.”

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Australian dryland farmer and biological farming expert Bruce Davison talks to Mid Canterbury farmers about the benefits of worm farming.

Canterbury’s earthquakes proved too much for one of Ashburton’s historic homes, and yesterday, the diggers were due to arrive to bring it to the ground. The home, on Short Street, was red-stickered in 2011 after suffering serious structural damage in the earthquakes. Its owners had waited nine months for answers on the house’s fate, and when those answers finally came in June 2011, they had just two hours to pack up their lives and get out. This week, the house’s life came to the end of the road. As much as the 100-year-old brick house was of historic and architectural merit, it was its site that had played a significant part in Ashburton’s early history. The land on which the house was built was the site of the Ashburton Home, built to accommodate old, sick or vagrant men. As a result of community pressure the North Canterbury Hospital Board later opted to use funds from the Moule Trust to build a replacement, Tuarangi Home. In 1904 the brick home at 46 Short Street was built at a cost of 977 pounds (approximately $1954). The house was then let for several years, to postmaster Roger Delaner Dansey. It later became a private home and in the 1960s fell into disrepair after it was divided into flats. It was saved in the 1980s when Lyn and David Terry became owners and started the long restoration process needed to bring it back to a family home. Sue and Simon Paulson bought the house in 1993 and completed the restoration process.

Ashburton police attended a domestic dispute on Tuesday.

• Vehicle stolen Police responded to a report of a vehicle unlawfully taken on Tuesday. It has since been recovered.

• Fire call The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade attended one call-out yesterday, to a medical assist on Dunford Street about 10.45am.

• Craft fair dates The annual Methven Craft Fair will be held at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall August 3 and 4. There will be more than 35 stallholders from throughout the South Island. The event is a fundraiser for Methven Playcentre, and will open from 10am to 4pm both Saturday and Sunday and entry is free. Anyone wanting more information can contact Sarah Lock on 302-9557.

Worm farms may be popular with everyday gardeners, but Mid Canterbury farmers were told yesterday they can create a unique fertiliser to cut thousands of dollars in operational costs. Australian dryland farmer and biological farming expert Bruce Davison stopped off at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre as part of a South Island tour to speak to 20 Mid Canterbury farmers about the advantages of worm farming to fertilise land and increase farm efficiency. He said often farmers struggled to strike the right balance in nutrient levels in soil when they used chemical fertilisers, prompting unnecessary costs in animal health and feed. “I wouldn’t say worm faring is alternative, I would say it’s complementary to chemical fertlisers . . it’s about using fertiliser better so you can get better outcomes with using not as much,” Mr Davison said. Since he started using ‘juice’ from worm farms on his lowland New South Wales sheep and goat farm, Mr Davison said he had reduced the amount of grass they fed on by 25 per cent, and had healthier animals. John King helped bring Mr Davison over to New Zealand for the tour, after meeting him through his role as an agri business tutor for the organic training college at Lincoln University. He said many of the farmers in attendance would take away the “innovative” approach, hoping they would apply worm farm fertiliser to their own farm.

• Nomination dates Candidate nominations for the Ashburton District Council opened on July 19 and will close at midday on August 16. The nomination period was incorrectly stated in yesterday’s Guardian.

• Fire suspicious A fire at an abandoned house in east Christchurch early yesterday morning is being treated as suspicious. A Fire Service spokeswoman said they were called to the house on Buckleys Rd, Linwood, shortly before 1am. Firefighters searched the building in case anyone was trapped inside but it was abandoned. Police had been advised and a fire safety officer was investigating. - APNZ

• Cold case reopened A 22-year-old cold case of a missing Christchurch man has been reopened by police who say they “clearly can’t rule out foul play”. Terence Hendry was 32 when he went missing from his Woolston home on June 20, 1991 and has not been seen or heard from since. A recent review of unsolved missing person files by investigators found “a number of lines of enquiry” worth chasing up afresh. - apnz

Flu jab offer to finish this month New Zealanders eligible for free influenza immunisation have less than a week left to be vaccinated before a government-subsidised offer ends at the end of the month. The National Influenza Specialist Group said a record 1.25 million doses of vaccine had been distributed this year resulting in an estimated 29 per cent of the population receiving immunisation. Anyone who wants to be immunised against influenza after July 31 will have to pay a charge to get it from their doctor, nurse or in some pharmacies. - APNZ

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Canty breast cancer study “Our new study, building on our earlier findings, will test stored blood samples in a group of women who donated blood samples to a large serum bank in Finland, to find out whether patterns of exposure to cytomegalovirus differ for women with breast cancer compared with women who do not have breast cancer,” said health sciences expert

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Researchers from the University of Canterbury are embarking on a study which they hope will help prevent a significant portion of breast cancer. The research team wants to find the connection between breast cancer and a virus known as cytomegalovirus, which previous studies have linked to the cancer.

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

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By Gabrielle Stuart A change of date for the second Flight 4 Life kite festival at Lake Hood means disappointment for several kite enthusiasts, who will be travelling halfway across the world just days late for the festival. The shores of Lake Hood will be in high demand in November, with the Ashburton Rowing Regatta booked to be held at Lake Hood on the same weekend as the kite day organisers pencilled in last year. The organisers have been offered a new date a week earlier, but it means disappointment for visitors from the UK, who booked their flights months in advance and will now miss the festival by days. Flight 4 Life organiser Craig Hansen said that he had hoped that the two events could go ahead simultaneously, with the Rowing Club using the lake while the kites used the air. Justin Wall from the Ashburton Rowing Club said that it wasn’t that simple. “We’ll have clubs coming from across Canterbury and Otago, so there will be hundreds and hundreds of boats, and they won’t all be in the water at once. With supporters and spectators as well as over 1000 competitors, anyone who has been there will appreciate how much space that is going to require on the land as well as the water.” While facilities at the lake are more than adequate to handle the events separately, the volume of people expected for both events could put strain on parking space, toilet facilities and even just land space. Last year hundreds of locals as well as visitors from across the country and the world travelled to Lake Hood for Flight 4 Life, and organisers are hoping to see an even bigger turnout this year. Mr Hansen said that they were going ahead with planning for the new date, and were getting the word out. All proceeds from the festival go to charity, with funds this year going to Westpac Rescue Helicopters. A new date has been set for the festival on Saturday, November 23, with a postponement date the next day in the case of wet weather.

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CDHB launches plan for family health service By Susan Sandys Establishment of a privately-operated Integrated Family Health Service (IFHS) at Ashburton Hospital could be key to attracting much needed GPs to the town. A shortage of GPs in Ashburton, and a shortage of space for them to work from, were among issues discussed as the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) launched its IFHS proposal at public meetings yesterday. About 25 people attended the first of two meetings at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. General manager planning and funding Carolyn Gullery said creating a privatelyrun service on publicly-owned land was a departure from normal practice, and would require ministerial sign off to enable a long term lease. If this was achieved, such a centre could be established within two years. Mid Canterbury had an ageing population which would result in an increasing burden of disease, and it had been difficult to attract GPs to Canterbury, and rural areas in particular. “We have physical constraints as well as workforce constraints, that’s why we are interested in new solutions,” Ms Gullery said. “It’s about working with practices, pharmacies and other providers to help them develop an integrated way of working.”

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IFHSs involve one or more GPs and a range of support health services, such as pharmaceutical, physiotherapy and counseling. Mid Canterbury currently had seven general practices with 18 general practitioners, 25 nurses and 24 clerical staff, Ms Gullery said. The IFHS concept was generally well received by attendees, including GP Murray Wackrow, mayor Angus McKay and Presbyterian Support representative Jackie Girvan. Dr Wackrow liked the concept of practices scattered about town, and one large building for many may not be ideal as a large deteriorating multi-GP practice in Masterton had shown. But he hoped at least one of the town’s practices would take up the opportunity to move onto the hospital site, and believed an IFHS would appeal to young doctors. Many younger doctors were “quite frightened” of general practice, and would appreciate new technology and a GP education programme which could operate from such a centre. Some of them could end up staying in the town permanently. Mr McKay supported Dr Wackrow’s comments, and said he was excited about the centre, while Ms Girvan said Presbyterian Support may be interested in having an office for a counsellor at the centre. “I see it as an exciting opportunity,” Ms Girvan said.

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It was serious business yesterday at Te Hub school holiday workshops, where five-year-old Lily McConnell painted a terracotta pot for her own elephant garlic bulb.

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Garlic growing theme at workshop By Gabrielle Stuart Garlic bread was taken right back to its roots yesterday, as children at the Te Hub school holiday workshops learned about the whole process from planting garlic bulbs to spreading garlic butter on bread.

It was a perfect day for painting terracotta pots in the sunshine at the old Tinwald Bowling Club grounds, and the children went home with heads full of gardening tips and bellies full of garlic bread, as well as their own garlic bulbs to grow. On Friday, Te Hub will hold vege muffin making sessions, where the children

will create their own healthy muffin recipes and learn how to grow the vegetables at home. The sessions will run from 10am to noon and from 1 to 3pm in Tinwald on Friday. A few places are still available in the morning session, and can be booked by text, 027 476 0204, or by emailing jade@handoverahundy.org.nz.

Skiers in a hurry paying dearly By Erin Tasker It seems people are in a hurry to get up to Mt Hutt skifield this season, and many are paying price. Ashburton’s Highway Patrol sergeant Steve Burgerhout said a number of motorists had been picked up by his staff so far this season, travelling at high speeds in the mornings, on their way to the mountain. He said a number had been travelling well in excess of 130km/h. Speed was under the spotlight across Canterbury at the moment through Operation Feeder – an operation which would continue through until November.

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CDHB general manager planning and funding Carolyn Gullery addresses a public meeting in Ashburton yesterday on a proposed family health service at Ashburton Hospital.

But speed wasn’t the only issue on the roads surrounding Mt Hutt – a hugely popular winter attraction for tourists, particularly this year given the abundance of snow on the mountain. Another annual issue of people failing to obey the road rules at the intersection of the Inland Scenic Route and McLennans Bush Road was also continuing. Officers had handed out a few tickets to motorists sailing through the intersection, although no official operations had been held at the intersection yet this season. Mr Burgerhout said the intersection was controlled by a stop sign, for motorists coming off the mountain.

Those motorists had a clear view of whether there was any traffic coming from their right, but not to the left, and many people were failing to look to the left before turning left. Mr Burgerhout said there was always a chance someone was overtaking, and if motorists did not look to their left before turning, they would not see that. That could mean disaster; a disaster no one wanted to see happen. “There’s always the potential that someone is overtaking in the other direction,” Mr Burgerhout said. He said no matter what the intersection, people always needed to ensure they looked both ways before proceeding.

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e have a race for the mayoralty. A real race. The announcement by Russell Ellis to stand for mayor was a positive surprise for the citizens of the district. Whether you will vote for him or not, Mr Ellis entering the election race against incumbent Angus McKay will offer the voters a genuine choice. It will also give the eventual winner a real mandate to proceed with their campaign promises. Even though he may have an unexpected battle on his hands,

OUR VIEW Mayor McKay will welcome some real opposition to give the victor more validity. Mr Ellis is well known throughout the district as the face of the opposition against the Art Gallery and Heritage Centre. Mr Ellis organised the protest against that project last year, partially against the cost, but mainly against the way the current council had dealt with the concerns in the community. To some parts of the district

he will be seen as their hero who stands up for many concerned people in town. Others may dismiss him as a troublemaker. Whatever you think of Mr Ellis, by standing for mayor he is putting his money where his mouth is. He has demonstrated his commitment to his new ambition by vowing to sell his business if he wins the election to fully commit to the role. The current mayor and his

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predecessor Bede O’Malley carried on as farmer and chemist respectively, but both will tell you that their original jobs had to go on the backburner while they wore the mayor’s chains. As we know, political careers

can be fickle and brief so any mayor, past, current or future, can hardly be blamed for wanting to maintain an income source for life after the mayoralty. In that light, Mr Ellis’s decision to put his business on hold for a political career would have been a difficult one for his family, but signals his passion for local politics. The mayoralty is a demanding role and often ungrateful job. The salary hardly covers the working hours in the office and just following the pages in the Guardian our readers will

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receive more votes in the urban areas. Intriguingly, Mr Ellis has been vocal about the Art Gallery and the lack of openness within council, but Mr McKay will be quick to point out that he actually agrees with his rival on both points. He voted against the Art Gallery and has always pushed for more openness but had to adhere to the wishes of his council. Whatever way the election will pan out, at least we now have a real campaign to look forward to. Nominations are still open until August 16, so there may even be more contenders.

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know how many hours and days Mayor McKay has been away from his farm on public duty, like attending this week’s Local Government conference in Hamilton. Whatever the voters think of the current mayor, he deserves the district’s respect for doing the hard yards over the past three years. Some have already predicted that the election campaign may develop into a town versus country affair, with Mr McKay getting support from the farming community, while Mr Ellis may

Ashburton workers are scheduled to meet today over problems they face in New Zealand’s current employment climate. FIRST Union is holding a meeting at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre where it wants to discuss latest analysis on poverty and inequality, the living wage campaign and controversy over proposed employment legislation that will limit the power of employees. The union, which represents financial, industrial, retail, stores and transport industries, is open to members but will be shut out to the media. Union spokesperson Sam Huggard expected about 20 local workers to attend the meeting, which will be one of 12 to take place in the South Island. “It’s an opportunity for members to unite, to come together once a year to talk about employment and industries, a major theme will be proposed changes to employment law,” he said. Mr Huggard said one of the main concerns for employees was potential changes to employment legislation which would mean employers could walk away from contract negotiations. “Our main concern is that some employers may use it as a tool to get out of collective agreements and require workers to go on individual contracts, but the thing with collective bargaining is that it’s the best way to improve low wages in New Zealand,” he said. After the end of the meeting workers will be signing an A1 pledge poster, which will be sent to a local community leader, such as a councillor or local MP. on behalf of the meeting. The pledge will read: “This meeting of FIRST Union members pledges to campaign for decent work and against poverty and inequality: A Living Wage, Jobs for All; Secure, safe work; 26 weeks paid parental leave; Fair employment laws. We call on our local representatives to do the same.” The meeting will start at 2pm and go until 2.50pm. Members will sign the pledge shortly after.

Judge suppresses covert filmer’s name By Teuila Fuatai Protecting the identity of women and girls captured in covert recordings by a man in central Wellington would have been an important factor in the judge’s decision to grant permanent name suppression, a legal expert says. The man, who had all identifying particulars suppressed, was yesterday sentenced to 10 months’ home detention by Judge Susan Thomas in the Wellington District court after earlier pleading guilty to six charges of making intimate visual recordings between February 2012 and March 2013. Secret recordings of at least 180 women and girls were made by the man. According to the police summary of facts, which was previously

read in court, the man used gaffer tape to attach a small camera to his laptop bag enabling him to film up the skirts and dresses of females. Auckland University Law professor Warren Brookbanks said Judge Thomas would have taken into account any possible “adverse effects” on the man’s victims should he be named. “Part of the reason is to protect [the identity of] victims of these offences.” This would have been weighed against the right of the public to have information, he said. After the man was sentenced, police said it sent a clear message that such behaviour would not be tolerated by the public. “This sort of offending is not common, but the case is a useful reminder for people to be alert

to suspicious behaviour when they [are] out in public places,” Detective Sergeant Glenn Barnett of Wellington police said. Details of the man’s case show police seized 1400 recordings from him, and opened 98. All but four contained intimate recordings of 180 females. The footage included women with children and babies. Some were also undressed in a private bathroom. Twenty-eight girls in school uniform were also captured by the man’s laptop camera. Mr Barnett urged people to report any suspicious behaviour that concerned them. “Particularly if they seem to be getting too close to someone in a public place - then call the police. A common sense approach should tell you what doesn’t look right.” - APNZ

Shearer’s staff shake-up ‘planned’ By Kate Shuttleworth Labour Party leader David Shearer says a shake-up of staff in his parliamentary office had been planned for some time and is wider than just his chief of staff. Mr Shearer and Labour previously told media there was nothing happening behind closed doors with staff in the party and the party’s policy had been not to talk about staffing matters. Mr Shearer has appointed

his former press secretary Fran Mold as his chief of staff in order to tighten up the political management of his office in time for the election next year. Asked if the changes had been sparked by bad poll results, Mr Shearer did not answer. He said there were no firm, or confirmed changes but the changes had been in motion for some time. “The last thing I wanted to do was start talking about making change before we had it all tied down. “You don’t do this over night,

it’s been in the offing for some time and so it’s just the way it’s happened this week - it’s a recess, it’s the best time to do it,” he said. When asked how changing a chief of staff would allow great focus on the issues, Mr Shearer said his whole parliamentary office had been reorganised. “It’s just simply about being much more focused on where we’re going - the campaign is coming onstream now for the election and we wanted to sharpen up on many of our messages.” - apnz

Rugby player dies after collapsing Club rugby player Willie Halaifonua died in Auckland hospital on Tuesday night after collapsing with a head injury at the end of a match on Saturday afternoon. A North Harbour Rugby Union spokesman confirmed Halaifonua died surrounded by family. The 27-year-old father of two was named player of the day moments before he fell to the ground unconscious at the end of the premier division match

between his Takapuna club team and Massey at the Onewa Domain. He could not be roused and was rushed to Auckland City Hospital where he underwent a three-hour emergency operation to relieve pressure on his brain. New Zealand international netball player Maria Tutaia was among the first to express her condolences. “Condolences to the Halaifonua family, his partner and kids. May god give u all the strength in the

world to get u thru this tough time.” A friend of the family previously described him as “very humble”. He reportedly lost a lot of weight a few years ago and got back into rugby, something he and his family loved. North Harbour Rugby Union Brett Hollister previously said the injury was the result of a single clash of heads with a Massey player with one minute remaining in the match. -APNZ

Hone Harawira ignored a police request to move his car at an Auckland housing protest because his headlights were ensuring the safety of protesters on the roof of a house, a court has been told. Harawira is giving evidence at a defended hearing at Auckland District Court where he is charged with failing to comply with a police instruction, an offence punishable by a $10,000 fine. He was arrested last October when he joined protesters fighting the removal of state houses in the east Auckland suburb of Glen Innes who allegedly occupied a property being removed in preparation for redevelopment. Harawira allegedly locked himself in his car and turned his music up loud, blocking a Housing New Zealand-contracted truck and trailer unit from accessing the property, prompting police to smash a window and arrest him. Giving evidence yesterday morning, Harawira said he did not move because he was using the lights to ensure the safety of three female protesters. “When these young people climbed up on the roof of the house I thought to myself ‘they’re real heroes, there’s no medals in this for them’,” he said. “If they’re going to do that the least I can do is put my lights up on them to ensure their safety so that they don’t get taken away in darkness.” He said things had happened “when the lights went out” at previous protests in Glen Innes that he did not want to see repeated. “There have been previous occasions when women have been severely beaten by police while trying to prevent those houses being removed. I’m not going to let that happen on my watch.” The protesters would be safe as long as a Member of Parliament had his lights trained on the roof,

Hone Harawira he said. He acknowledged that a police officer had knocked on his window and asked him to move his car. He said he had rolled his window down slightly so they could talk. “I said I would move it once the girls were off the roof. I rolled the window up and that’s the position I took.” Police denied that he said this. Furthermore, Harawira said the truck would not have been able to move anyway. “The truck hadn’t started up, the gates hadn’t been opened, there were still people milling around. It wasn’t possible for the truck to go anywhere so I can’t have been obstructing it. There wasn’t even anyone in the driver’s seat.” Giving his opening address in te reo, Harawira said he had a duty to take a stand, as an MP who stood for the interests of the poor and dispossessed. “To see what has happened to some of those communities, and in particular this one here in Glen Innes, should pain the heart of every New Zealander,” he said through an interpreter. “What’s happening to those families calls on New Zealanders to do something to stop it.” Harawira is expected to call about a dozen witnesses before Judge Stan Thorburn. The hearing continues. - APNZ

GCSB changes ‘do not address flaws’ By Audrey Young Changes to the GCSB bill negotiated by United Future leader Peter Dunne do not address the main flaws of the bill, says Rodney Harrison, QC. He says it is still “rushed, ill-conceived and downright dangerous legislation”. “The bill unnecessarily broadens the functions and powers of the GCSB,” he said. “The need to do so has not been demonstrated.” He also said the promise of a review of the GCSB and SIS in 2015 “merely holds out false hope”. “History demonstrates that intrusive powers once conferred on security agencies are never curtailed, only ever increased when the opportunity arises.” Dr Harrison led the Law Society’s submission on the bill but made his comments yesterday in a personal capacity. Dr Harrison is joining other critics of the bill, including Kim Dotcom, to speak at a public meeting in Mt Albert tomorrow night, ahead of protests around the country against the bill on Saturday. Dr Harrison said the changes to the bill essentially related to what Mr Dunne termed as “increased oversight, and a future independent review of the operations and performance of the GCSB and NZSIS and their governing legislation”.

“However, none of these measures addresses the substantive flaws in the GCSB bill, which have been repeatedly pointed out to the Government during the select committee process.” The GCSB has been New Zealand’s foreign intelligence agency. But the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Bill will expand its legal powers to spy on New Zealanders through its cyber protection role and legalising the assistance it has been giving to three domestic agencies, the SIS, the Police and Defence. That assistance will have to be declared under Mr Dunne’s changes and Prime Minister John Key said this week he believed that it would involve no more than 10 to 12 occasions a year. Mr Key said this week that any collection of metadata had to be done under a warrant. He said some people opposed the bill because they were opposed to New Zealand’s position in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with Australia, US, Britain and Canada. “Anyone who has been around long enough in my role or as Foreign Minister or other roles would understand that there is huge benefit to New Zealand in the Five Eyes. “The reality is that their capacity to give us information is far greater than our capacity to gather information on our own.” - APNZ

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Three of brazen thieves identified By Matthew Backhouse and Teuila Fuatai Police say they have identified three people linked to a brazen theft from a Wellington cafe after Sunday’s magnitude 6.5 earthquake. Mojo State has been flooded with messages, calls and emails after it released CCTV images of four young people stealing the safe from the cafe in the State Insurance Tower on Willis St at 12.20am on Monday, about seven hours after the tremor. The “low-life” offenders, whose faces were clear in CCTV images posted on Facebook, have been condemned by social media users. Mojo has since removed the images from its Facebook page, but in a post yesterday thanked customers who had come forward with information. “Thank you to everyone who’s messaged, called and emailed us regarding the burglary at Mojo State. We’ve sent the information you supplied to the Wellington police to follow up. Wellington police acting district commander Superintendent Sue Schwalger said police had spoken to a 16-year-old girl in relation to the burglary. On Tuesday, police said they had identified three people in relation to the burglary. A scene examination was completed at the cafe yesterday and inquiries were continuing. Meanwhile, work to clean up damaged buildings in Wellington’s city centre continued yesterday.

Most buildings hit hard by the quake suffered only superficial damage, including the badly shaken BNZ building at Harbour Quays, which will be closed for at least six weeks as internal repairs are carried out. Some buildings suffered more serious structural damage, like the historic Old Public Trust building which is home to Creative New Zealand and a number of law offices. A Creative NZ spokeswoman said staff had vacated the building due to earthquake damage. More engineering checks were required before any decisions about returning to the building could be made, she said. Wellington City Council’s Civil Defence controller Stavros Michael said council staff were working closely with building owners and engineers to keep tabs on 28 damaged properties in the central city. He said good progress was being made to repair damaged buildings in Featherston St, most of which had either broken windows or superficial damage to their facades. All but one of the Featherston St buildings were open today, but sections of the street will continue to be cordoned off, with traffic reduced to one lane, while the work is done. The Central Library is expected to reopen this morning after repairs were carried out on plastering on pillars. The Earthquake Commission yesterday said it had received 1475 claims following the swarm of quakes centred off the coast of Seddon in Marlborough, the first of which struck on Friday.

GNS Science said GPS monitoring had shown parts of Marlborough moved up to 5cm to the east during the biggest of the quakes on Sunday. However, the movement would have gone unnoticed to most people in Marlborough, who would have been far more involved in the the earthquake’s strong ground-shaking at the time. The biggest surface displacement occurred in a large area between Blenheim and the Awatere Valley, with smaller horizontal movements in other parts of Marlborough. GNS said the fault rupture under the strait had been calculated as a 19km northeast-southwest slash in the earth’s crust, coming to within a short distance of the coast at Clifford Bay at its southern end. Seismologist Stephen Bannister said the fault’s vertical rupture, between 6km and 18km below the seabed, was consistent with the pattern of aftershocks. However, the data was not a clean fit with known existing faults - raising the possibility it could be a previously unknown fault. Previous mapping of the southern part of Cook Strait had shown a complex network of faults on the seabed. “It’s like grand central station down there. It’s a challenge to understand the interactions among these faults,” Dr Bannister said. Little is known about the neighbouring faults, one of which is believed to rupture once every 3500 to 5000 years. - APNZ

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It was storytime yesterday for six-year-old Riley Broker at the St David’s youth school holiday programme, when children’s book writer Marilyn Cross visited to share some of her stories. The programme will continue today with a visit from Britney Moore and Hannah Wakeland from the Ashburton School Council, and finish tomorrow with a children’s talent concert.

Premature NZ baby NZ pulling out of the stuck in China By Anna Leask An Auckland couple are fighting to bring their sick baby home after she was born three months early on a stopover in China. Amy Hewgill went into labour in Shanghai on Friday while she and husband Greg were in transit on their way home from a holiday in Europe. She was 27 weeks pregnant, well short of the usual 38-week period. Baby Lily Helen weighed 990g and was put in an incubator, with a ventilator to help her breathe. She is in an isolation ward and her parents need permission to see her. The Hewgills have seen Lily only twice since she was born. Lily has underdeveloped internal organs and an infection, and her parents want to get her home. But because she does not have travel documents to say she is a New Zealand citizen, she is stuck in China. She is in a stable condition and strong enough to cope with a medical evacuation flight. The Hewgills contacted the New Zealand Embassy in China to find out what arrangements were needed to bring her home and were told it would take up to two months to organise the paperwork. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was in “regular contact” with the couple. But Mrs Hewgill said it was not moving quickly enough and she was

now facing having to stay in China on her own. “New Zealand is dragging its feet. We are New Zealanders, we had a baby overseas unexpectedly and we want to bring her home. But it feels like the Government has absolutely abandoned us,” she said. “Greg must return home to return to work. I must stay with the baby. This splits up our family and puts pressure on us emotionally and financially.” Mrs Hewgill spent only one day in hospital after Lily’s traumatic birth. “I had no instructions, I was delivering my first baby, and three months early and I thought someone would be coaching me, at least be helping me. But there was nothing. I had to tell them that the baby was coming and I needed to push. I was in agony, I was begging them for help ... I was screaming. It was appalling.” Mrs Hewgill was born in the US and her husband in Canada, but each has dual citizenship. Lily was issued a Chinese birth certificate and the US Embassy gave the couple a passport in her name. “Our lives are in Auckland. Lily is a Kiwi by descent. We are citizens and she is our baby, she should be able to come home. This is ridiculous.” MFAT said it was providing consular support and advice to the parents of the baby. It had liaised with the Department of Internal Affairs to confirm citizenship and to hurry the issue of emergency travel documents. - APNZ

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New Zealand will withdraw its military personnel from the Solomons after 10 years as part of a regional peace-keeping mission but some New Zealand police personnel will remain. Prime Minister John Key, Police Commissioner Peter Marshall, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman and Police minister Anne Tolley were in the Solomon Islands yesterday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (Ramsi) in Honiara. Ramsi was tasked with bringing an end to an often bloody ethnic civil war between the people of Malaita and Guadalcanal and after a decade, the military-led mission is moving to police control. “We have made great progress but it is vitally important we continue to support the capacity and capability of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force to ensure law and order is maintained as the country grows and develops,” Mr Marshall said. Some 17 New Zealand police officers serve in the Solomons as part of the international policing unit alongside staff from Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia and Vanuatu. Dr Coleman said more than 1000 NZDF personnel had been deployed to Solomon Islands since 2003. Eight are currently serving with the Combined Task Force. -APNZ

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World meets royal baby By Julian Drape Well-wishers screamed and cheered when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge emerged from St Mary’s Hospital to show off their new baby boy to the world for the first time. But there wasn’t a lot of applause outside the Lindo Wing because most royal supporters had their hands full with mobile phones, cameras and tablets to capture the moment. Well-wishers stood on bins, fences and their own step-ladders to try and gain a better vantage point. Others crowded into a walkway over the road. Kate, dressed in a light blue dress with white spots, carried the future king in her arms. The tiny monarch-to-be appeared to give a royal wave as his hand briefly appeared out from a white baby blanket. The Duchess then passed their son to Prince William who was wearing slacks and a casual blue shirt. The couple appeared relaxed before the world’s press, many of whom had been waiting outside the hospital for three weeks. It’s believed the third-in-line to the British throne was a week overdue and the Duke made light of that yesterday. “I’ll remind him of his tardiness when he’s a bit older because I know how long you’ve all been sat out here,” he said. Asked about the baby’s hair Prince William added: “He’s got way more than me, thank God.” Kate told reporters it was “an emotional and special time”. “I think any parent will probably know what this feeling feels like,” the Duchess said.

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Safe in the arms of the Duchess of Cambridge, the royal couple and their son leave the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in west London yesterday. Now the world has caught its first glimpse of the royal baby, the question on everyone’s lips is what he’ll be called. “We’re still working on a name,” Prince William said. “We will have that as soon as we can.” George, James and Alexander are favourites with the bookies. After answering a few questions,

William and Kate returned to the hospital before re-emerging minutes later with their son in a baby capsule. William secured it in the back of a black Range Rover before driving his family to their home at Kensington Palace. The Cambridges are living in the relatively modest two-bedroom Nottingham Cottage for now,

while $A1.7 million renovations are completed on the much grander apartment 1A at Kensington Palace. The couple may not have a conventional nanny, but rather a more modern set-up with a carer who also takes on other duties. Alan Baberstock is a patient at St Mary’s public hospital directly opposite the private Lindo Wing

Long wait rewarded with right royal view By Julian Drape A lot of royal fans are so fanatical it can be a little unsettling chatting to them. But 78-year-old Terry Hutt, who has become semi-famous after camping out for 13 days to catch a glimpse of Kate and William’s baby, is a charmer. The Cambridge carpenter – who now does volunteer work “for the elderly” – has been a constant presence outside St Mary’s Hospital in London. He dresses loudly in a Union Jack suit and tie, but as a man, he’s softly spoken and thoughtful. Yesterday, the crowd of wellwishers and journalists gathered outside the private Lindo Wing made sure the quiet royal watcher had a front row position when Britain’s future king was carried outside in Kate’s arms.

“At first when I saw the youngster it was wonderful,” Terry told AAP, adding his view was “excellent”. “I couldn’t believe they came out of that door. It was really great. “It wasn’t a waste of time.” When he says “it” Terry is referring to the 13 days he spent waiting – first for the Duchess of Cambridge to give birth and then for the bub to be shown off. He’s slept on a park bench opposite the Lindo Wing at night and members of the public and police officers have delivered him sandwiches during the day. “It’s always worth it for the royals,” he said. “Give it a bit more time, we’ll see another baby and I will be there for another 13 days.” Terry is sure Prince William and Kate are a happy couple. He can see in their eyes they love each - AAP other.

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where the royal baby was born on Tuesday. He made his way to the foyer barefooted and with the aid of a walking frame yesterday to try and see the future king. “I’m close, I can see ... well I can hear at least,” Mr Baberstock told AAP. “It’s good to just be near the people who are all so happy.” The 51-year-old said it wasn’t too difficult to shuffle his way downstairs “and I would have come down anyway even if it was tough”. A few protesters held banners and shouted that the monarchy was elitist and undemocratic, but they were howled down by the thousands of royal supporters. Joanna Ahmed, 27, travelled from her home just outside London with 17-month-old son Isaaq to witness history. She saw the Cambridges through the mass of ladders being used by photographers. “Kate looked beautiful from a distance,” she said. “But I want to see it on TV now, because it’s closer.” Ms Ahmed wasn’t into the “older royals” but loves William and Kate. Earlier in the afternoon, both sets of grandparents visited the Lindo Wing. Michael and Carole Middleton were first, followed by Prince Charles and Camilla. “Absolutely wonderful,” Charles said as he was bombarded by shouted questions from the assembled media afterwards. Hospital staff tried to keep the public entrances clear during the three-week wait for Kate to give birth. But they gave up yesterday once it became clear the Cambridges were set to depart. - AAP

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By Paul McBeth The limited level of damage sustained by Wellington in the 6.5 magnitude earthquake on Sunday is unlikely to result in higher reinsurance costs, according to local insurers. The swarm of quakes over the past five days damaged just 35 buildings in the capital city, most of it minor, meaning Wellington corporates and the public sector could get back to business on Tuesday. Because of the limited damage, insurers don’t expect global reinsurers to lift their prices in the same way they did after the

Canterbury quakes. “It’s very early days, and if things remain as they are, it’s unlikely there would be any significant roll-on” by reinsurers, Val Graham, QBE New Zealand marketing and communications manager told BusinessDesk. Similarly, Vero Insurance, a unit of ASX-listed Suncorp, said in an emailed statement that there have been no reports of damage “that would have a significant impact on insurer or reinsurer profitability”. That confidence is somewhat undermined by the reluctance of some local insurers to write new policies in Wellington and Marlborough amid the

heightened seismic activity in central New Zealand, and GNS Science estimates there is a 19 per cent chance of another 6+ magnitude earthquake this week. And with damage assessments still underway, global reinsurer Munich Re, which generates an annual 28 billion euros in premium income from reinsurance alone, said in an emailed statement it is too early to discuss the impact of the quake. Christchurch went through a protracted period of insurers limiting their cover for earthquake events, which seeped into the national market and left some earthquake-prone buildings

and infrastructure projects uninsured. Higher reinsurance costs were touted as a major cause for rising dwelling insurance premiums since the Canterbury earthquakes and a string of other major disasters left the global reinsurers facing losses of some US$108 billion in 2011, their secondworst year for disaster losses behind 2005, when hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita struck the US and other Gulf states. Since the September quarter in 2010, when the first Christchurch quake hit, the price of dwelling insurance has soared 96 per cent, more than 16 times the 5.9 per cent increase in broad-

er consumer prices over that period, according to government figures. The price of contents insurance has climbed 22 per cent since the September quarter of 2010, as have health insurance prices, while vehicle insurance increased only 2.9 per cent and life insurance 3.2 per cent. Local insurers typically renegotiate their reinsurance contracts on an annual basis, and Vero said it’s scheduled to renegotiate its reinsurance within the coming year, while Insurance Australia Group, whose local brands include State and AMI, has its reinsurance programme in place until 2014. - BusinessDesk

Kiwi tipped to take RBS helm Henry says FMA claim has ‘no merit’ one of the worst hit by the economic downturn. The UK Government ultiA New Zealander is being mately came to its rescue in tipped to take over the helm a record bailout deal which of one of Britain’s biggest resulted in 82 per cent of the banks. bank being owned by the taxRoss McEwan, a former payer. high-flier at Commonwealth Goodwin had his knightBank of Australia, was headhood, awarded in 2004 for hunted to take over the services to banking, stripped retail banking operation of last year. Edinburgh-based RBS last Sky News has reported Ross McEwan year. that McEwan has become the Now, he looks set to replace frontrunner to take over from the man who took over from previ- current chief executive Stephen Hester. ous chief executive Fred ‘The Shred’ The married father-of-two is the leadGoodwin who became one of the most ing internal candidate to be announced vilified figures in Britain after the global as Hester’s successor once RBS’s halffinancial crash. year results are announced on August After years of aggressive offshore 2. There are a number of external canexpansion led by Goodwin, RBS was didates who have not been named also By Kurt Bayer

Brian Henry, a venture capitalist who helped found Diligent Board Member Services, says a Financial Markets Authority suit alleging he manipulated the company’s shares in early 2010 “has no merit” and has already been considered by the FMA’s predecessor. The FMA’s suit contains “six claims alleging certain orders and trades made by Mr Henry in 2010 breached the market manipulation provisions of the Securities Markets Act,” the market regulator said in a statement yesterday. Its investigation followed a referral from NZX, whose former chief executive Mark Weldon is now a Diligent director. Henry said he “would be responding vigorously” to the civil proceedings through his New Zealand lawyer. US-based Henry confirmed in a statement that he had made “errors” in trading the shares in early 2010 though he himself had brought it to the attention of the FMA’s predecessor, the Securities Commission, “back in 2010 when he realised he had made the errors”. “The Securities Commission discussed the matter thoroughly with Mr Henry and took no action,” Henry said in a statement emailed to BusinessDesk. “The trading I brought to the attention of the Securities Commission in 2010 had a minimal effect on the market, inadvertently lowering and

then raising the price of the stock by a matter of cents,” he said. “The net effect of these trades at the time was about $1500.” Henry was a former chief executive of Diligent, leaving the company in 2009. In more recent times, Diligent has stumbled with a series of administrative missteps over disclosures, recognition of sales and executive options. Shares of Diligent almost tripled in 2010, rising from 25 cents to about 67 cents. The biggest trade during the year was current chief executive’s Spring Street Partners, which acquired 2.5 million shares in February. The B. Henry and K. Borg Living Trust sold 543,157 shares, reducing its stake to 5.4 percent, according to a filing in May. Those shares were later distributed to the trust beneficiaries, a later notice that month shows. FMA Head of Enforcement, Belinda Moffat, said it was the first market manipulation case to be taken in New Zealand. “Market manipulation interferes with the integrity of New Zealand’s financial markets and harms the function of open, transparent and efficient capital markets,” she said in the statement. Shares of Diligent dropped 1.5 per cent to $6.40, reversing an earlier gain. - BusinessDesk

to be said to be line for the top job. Sky News reported that McEwan had told RBS chairman Sir Philip Hampton that he would be prepared to commit to a long-term stint to work in the UK if he was to get the job at the helm of the state-controlled lender. RBS declined to comment on the potential move. McEwan was appointed head of RBS’s retail banking operation last August after being lured away from Commonwealth Bank of Australia where he was group executive for retail banking services for five years with a “golden hello” of 3 million pounds (NZ$5.7 million) worth of shares. His profile on the RBS website says he has worked in the insurance and investment industries both in Australia and New Zealand for more than 25 years. - APNZ

Heartland signals boardroom tweaks Heartland New Zealand, the parent of the country’s newest bank, has tapped a new independent director to join its lending subsidiary and will have a quick reshuffle of its board after releasing earnings next month to meet Reserve Bank guidelines. The Christchurch-based lender will add Nicola Greer to the board of Heartland Bank this week to deepen its banking experience and boost the number of independent directors on the subsidiary unit’s board, it said in a statement. Once the firm announces its annual

result next month, it’s planning to reshuffle the boards of the Heartland New Zealand parent and the Heartland Bank subsidiary to comply with RBNZ guidelines by boosting the number of independent directors, it said. Chairman Bruce Irvine will resign from the board of the parent, while keeping the chair of the Heartland Bank subsidiary. Geoff Ricketts will succeed Irvine as chair of Heartland New Zealand, and remain a director of the bank subsidiary. Heartland New Zealand directors Christopher Mace and Gary Leech

resign from the board of the bank subsidiary, and keep their spots with the parent. Once the changes are completed, Heartland New Zealand’s board will comprise of Ricketts as independent chair, chief executive Jeff Greenslade, Graham Kennedy, Leech, Mace, and Greg Tomlinson. Heartland Bank will be chaired by Irvine, who will be joined by Greenslade, Greer, Kennedy, Ricketts, John Harvey and Richard Wilks. Heartland NZ’s shares were unchanged at 86 cents yesterday. - BusinessDesk

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Child killer’s death a relief to victims By Melissa Iaria and Steve Lillebuen Evil killer Derek Percy could be taking the secrets of some of Australia’s most notorious child murders with him to the grave. Percy, Victoria’s longest serving prisoner, died in a secure ward in a Melbourne hospital from cancer yesterday, while still a suspect in 1960’s child murders in four states, including the Wanda Beach murders and the disappearance of the Beaumont children in Adelaide. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay said police were very disappointed the killer didn’t shed new light on the cases. “Percy either couldn’t or wouldn’t share information that we think may well have put some issues to rest,” he said. The 64-year-old was quizzed by police about what he knew about more than half a dozen unsolved cases up until his death, but remained tightlipped. Families of those believed to have been killed by Percy were relieved at his death, even though it means they will not get answers about their loved ones.

Derek Percy “There’s a relief in the fact that he’s not there anymore and the emotional pain of him is not so prevalent,” said Gary Stilwell, whose seven-year-old sister Linda disappeared from St Kilda beach in Melbourne in 1968. Percy is the prime suspect in Linda’s death and admitted being

in the area at the same time she went missing. Last weekend, he denied to investigators any involvement in her death, despite earlier saying he couldn’t remember. “I would’ve thought at the end of his life he could’ve found it in his heart to actually give relief to us and to my mother in regards to Linda,” Mr Stilwell said. “I don’t think anybody believes that he didn’t do it.” Percy abducted and murdered 12-year-old Yvonne Tuohy southeast of Melbourne in 1969 and had been detained on insanity grounds since. He was believed to be holidaying near Wanda when 15-year-olds Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt were killed in 1965 and admitted he was in Adelaide at the time the three Beaumont children disappeared from Glenelg beach in 1966. When asked during a 1969 police interview if he killed the Beaumonts, he said: “I could have killed them, I don’t remember a thing.” He also told police he drove past the spot on the day three-year-old Simon Brook disappeared from his

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Glebe home in Sydney in 1968 and was in Canberra when six-year-old Alan Redston went missing. Both boys’ bodies were found nearby the day after they disappeared. Simon’s father Donald Brook said Percy will no longer be able to harm other children. In 2005, the then NSW state coroner recommended that Percy be charged over Simon’s murder, but the charge did not proceed. Professor Brook said he was not surprised Percy had not revealed more to investigators. “I was not expecting him to, no, because he hasn’t done so for more than 40 years,” he said. “It’s a relief to know there’s now no danger of him killing another child.” Crime Victims Support Association president Noel McNamara said Percy was a cunning, evil person and it was a shame he died with so many families not knowing what happened to their children. “We’re glad he’s gone - it’s probably an understatement, because he’s gone to the devil,” Mr McNamara said. “We just hope he rots in hell.” - AAP

Asked whether all distress calls from boats were taken seriously, Mr Lloyd angrily defended AMSA’s record. “We deal with 8000 incidents a year, and have a rescue rate of 99.6 per cent. I find that an offensive question,” Mr Lloyd said. The inquest had previously heard how it took Indonesian and Australian authorities almost two days to decide who was in charge of the rescue after they finally established a GPS position from the rickety boat, called Kaniva. It was revealed an internal review into the tragedy by Customs, AMSA and the Department of Defence concluded AMSA should have done more during the boat’s doomed trip from Java, after handing over the rescue responsibility to Indonesian counterparts. Marco Tedeschi, counsel assisting

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coroner Alastair Hope, revealed the report criticised AMSA specifically, saying it should have been “more pro-active” and more “forward leaning” during the boat’s ill-fated trip. But Mr Lloyd claimed AMSA’s response had been adequate. Its officers had not believed the boat was in genuine distress and their contribution to the internal review had been largely ignored. The report has never been made public, despite numerous requests from media outlets. Mr Lloyd said since the sinking, new arrangements between Indonesia and Australia had been put in place, including embedding Australian officials in the Indonesian rescue centre. But Mr Tedeschi said he still had no indication whether Indonesian authorities would give evidence to the inquest despite a personal request to - AAP their consulate.

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So the stricken passengers jumped and swam to safety. 110 men from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran were saved, but more than 100 drowned in the tragedy – with an inquest into 17 of those deaths resuming in Perth yesterday. Continuing his evidence, Alan Lloyd – the search and rescue manager for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) - vehemently denied his staff did not take distress calls from boats seriously. And he also refused to divulge exactly how his operation made a judgment on whether to call for assistance for boats heading from Indonesia, saying it would immediately be exploited by people smugglers. “If I said it here today, we would hear it on a phone call from a boat tomorrow,” Mr Lloyd said.

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Farmer confidence up - survey Federated Farmers’ new-season farm confidence survey, undertaken at the start of the 2013/14 season, has shown a major turnaround in farmer confidence. The result is in keeping with other recent farm and business confidence surveys. “Farmers are showing a lot more optimism in both the wider economy and individual farm prospects,” Bruce Wills, Federated Farmers president, said. “You could say farmers are in recovery mode but this bounce back comes off a low base. There

is still a large gap in the sentiment of dairy farmers when compared to the other farming sectors. “Six months ago, farmers were fairly negative about the wider economy and were very pessimistic about their own profitability. This was particularly the case for sheep and beef farmers. In contrast, dairy farmers were feeling more optimistic than they had been at this point last year (July 2012), thanks mainly to better dairy commodity prices and growing conditions.” The 2012/13 season was definitely one of two halves, Mr Wills

said. “The timing of our January survey meant it did not fully pick up the impact of the late summer-autumnal drought. That drought ended up being the worst in 70-years and is now estimated to have cost the economy around $1.5 billion,” Mr Wills said. “Like all droughts it eventually broke, but as the new 2013/14 season kicks off, its residual impacts still weigh on the minds of farmers. Federated Farmers’ new-season farm confidence survey found a number of farmers remain concerned about current weather

and how its combination with the earlier drought will affect pasture and feed; any farm’s engine room. He said last season’s drought would make the new 2013/14 season a challenging one for many farmers. “I cannot hide the fact that it will be difficult for some in particular. “Despite these concerns farmers are entering the new 2013/14 season with a lot more optimism. Dairy farmers remain the most optimistic industry group with very strong survey indicators and this isn’t really that surprising, given current

payout forecasts and expectations of a recovery in production.” He said Federated Farmers was especially pleased to see sheep and beef farmers feeling more optimistic. “Admittedly this comes off a low base following a very tough 2012/13 season; something I can speak of with first-hand experience. “Sheep and beef farmers are heavily focused on the problems they see with the red meat industry. This is something Federated Farmers is engaged upon as we have a singular focus to ensure

viable and sustainable red-meat and fibre farming.” He said the biggest concern for farmers was regulation and compliance costs. He said when there were concerns it created priorities for government and the highest priority farmers had remained fiscal policy. For farmers, this means reducing government spending, balancing the books, and reducing government debt. Close behind is the need to reduce regulation and compliance costs.

“While the drought meant the second half of the 2012/13 season was tough and this 2013/14 new season survey finds encouraging improvements, the gap in sentiment between dairy and the rest of farming remains large. “This sets a strategic work programme for Federated Farmers, especially as it relates to the redmeat and fibre.” While there was some progress with wool, the red-meat sector desperately needed reform and both farmers and industry understood this need, Mr Wills said.

Record season for winegrowers By Jamie Gray Last summer’s drought was disastrous for many farmers but for winegrowers, the near perfect growing conditions resulted in record production of 345,000 tonnes for the 2013 season. The season marks an increase of 28.5 per cent on the very short 2012 crop and was 5 per cent higher than the prior record, set in 2011. Philip Gregan, chief executive of 1000-member strong New Zealand Winegrowers, said the summer was terrible for pastoralists but “fantastic” for winegrowers. He said the long, hot summer delivered the quality for the vintage and the December flowering season delivered the quantity. But Gregan said consumers wishing for a return to the low prices

In the year to May, wine exports were worth $1.2 billion of the 2008-9 wine glut could be disappointed. He said the supply imbalance since that time had been addressed and that this season would not result in an oversupply. “All the signs are that the wines are going to be pretty fantastic,” he told APNZ. “They (consumers) are really going to see some spectacular wines out of this vintage,” he said. Demand from offshore will determine pricing and Gregan said there had been a rise in wine prices over the past 12 months “and that’s not going to disappear”. Gregan said there was renewed optimism in the industry, helped along by more exporter friendly New

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Zealand dollar against the US dollar. However, he said a New Zealand dollar at near five-year highs against the Aussie dollar was causing some concern because Australia is the country’s biggest customer. In the year to May, wine exports were worth $1.2 billion. Australia was responsible for $368 million, or 30 per cent, of the export total. Rabobank, in its Wine Quarterly report, said low carryover stock levels have meant that export of 2013 sauvignon blanc has already started with improved momentum. The bank’s senior analyst Marc Soccio said the New Zealand wine industry was on a stronger footing to deal with the rebound in supply now that the local category was well

established in key markets around the world. Rabobank, which specialises in financial services for the food and agribusiness sector, said wine grape production in the southern hemisphere appeared to have been healthy. “Nearly all major southern supply countries are set to register aboveaverage crops for 2013; with Chile and South Africa also expected to harvest record crops, and Australia to record its largest harvest in five years,” he said in the report. New Zealand wine export volumes declined by 8 per cent in the first four months of the year as exporters waited for larger volumes from the 2013 vintage to come on-stream. The value of trade fell more gently by 1.1 per cent as significantly less wine was shipped in bulk format over the period, Rabobank said. - APNZ

Entries open for Canty A&P Show Showing entries are now open for the 2013 Canterbury A&P Show. More than 3000 animals and close to 1000 competitors are expected to compete in 1700 classes including sections for horse and pony, beef and dairy cattle, sheep, alpaca, llama, wool, goat, dog trials, poultry, shearing and woolhandling, woodchopping and vintage machinery. Show organisers are calling on showing enthusiasts from throughout New Zealand to compete in the country’s largest agricultural and pastoral show – a showcase of New Zealand’s best animals and talented competitors. In addition to showing success, exhibitors will be competing for over $100,000 in prize money. Canterbury will also be continuing its exhibitor subsidies, offered to North Island and Southland exhibitors who have to travel great distances to attend the Christchurch show. “We consistently attract around 7000 livestock and equestrian entries each year. Coming off our 150th anniversary celebrations in 2012 we are keen to maintain the momentum in regard to increasing showing entries. Our aim is always to exceed the previous year’s entries and with the development of new classes and competitions offered this year, we are on track to achieving this,” Canterbury A&P Association president Mark Fleming said. A new addition to the equestrian section, one of the country’s largest equestrian programmes, is stock and station, which will be held on November 15 in the Isaac 2 Arena. Stock and station was originally instigated at local A&P shows to reflect the history of the large hillcountry runs, with many stations and farms still relying on the horse today as a work animal. The classes are designed to demonstrate pace, agility and obedience and have great spectator appeal. Riders and their mounts are expected to turn out in tidy attire, appropriate to working on a station.

“A coveted Supreme Champion win at the Canterbury A&P Show is much sort after within showing circles. Each year we invite the best national and international judges to ensure that we retain the high standards associated with Canterbury,” Mr Fleming said. Several top international judges are expected at this year’s show. The boer goat section will be presided over by Johan Strauss of Rietkuil Boer Goat Stud in South Africa. The llama section will have Mark Smith from Indiana, US. Mark is a farmer and llama breeder who has judged throughout the US as well as in Canada and France. The horse section will also have a USA judge, with International Equine Consultant and Educator Wayne G. Hipsley from Kentucky. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Angus cattle in New Zealand, the Angus section will be judged by James Playfair-Hannay. Based in Scotland, James has judged around the UK as well as in Ireland, Brazil and South Africa. “We are also putting renewed focus into our youth classes at this year’s Canterbury A&P Show with the further development of initiatives introduced last year, including The Lady Isaac Scholarship which enables winners across sheep, beef and dairy youth sections the opportunity to travel to Australia and compete internationally. “Encouraging the involvement of youth in showing is integral not only to the success of the Canterbury A&P Show but also for the future of A&P Show’s throughout New Zealand,” Mr Fleming said. This year’s 151st Canterbury A&P Show will be held November 13-15 at Canterbury Agricultural Park in Christchurch. The schedule of classes can be downloaded at www. theshow.co.nz or contact the Show Secretary on 03 343 3033 or info@ theshow.co.nz Entries close late September for most sections.

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Calling all entries for Ballance awards Entries for the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards open on August 1 and organisers are again expecting strong interest in the popular competition. Facilitated by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust (NZFE), the awards promote sustainable land management by showcasing the work of people farming in a way that is environmentally, economically and socially sustainable. Held in nine regions, the awards are open to all farming and horticultural types. NZFE chair Alistair Polson said all farmers, including orchardists, vegetable growers and viticulturists, should consider participating in the competition. “Most people enter because they want feedback on how their farming operation stacks up in terms of environmental and economic sustainability,” he said. “Entrants receive valuable advice from competition judges and other participants on how to improve the sustainability of their businesses.”

Mr Polson says many pastentrants have also commented that their involvement in the competition has helped their personal development “because they get to meet and be inspired by a range of like-minded people”. Entering the competition is easy and the judging process is conducted in a relaxed and friendly manner. Entry forms are available online at www.bfea.org.nz Mr Polson said farmers don’t have to have the prettiest farm in the district to enter. The awards also cover a wide range of categories, so farmers who are performing well in one specific area have a chance of picking up a category award. Supreme winners from each region are honoured at NZFE’s annual Sustainability Showcase, where a national winner is announced. The national winner of the 2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards was Mid Canterbury couple Craige and Roz Mackenzie. As well as being awarded the

prestigious Gordon Stephenson trophy, the Mackenzies received a range of prizes, including an overseas study trip. Mr Polson said supreme winners join a select group of New Zealand farmers who will continue to meet for years to come. “I believe it’s a real life-changing experience for these people.” But a relatively small number of BFEA entrants win the Sspreme award in their first time in the competition. Most past-winners have entered the competition at least once or twice previously. “The key thing is that they take on board what the judges say each time and they use that free feedback to improve their operations. So my advice to anyone considering entering the competition for the first time is to jump in and give it a go. You’ve got nothing to lose.” More information on the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, including closing dates, is available on the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust website.

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Stellar cast for Fly My Pretties national tour By Gabrielle Stuart

Artists capture the seasons Katrina McGettigan and Michelle Green have captured all seasons with their stunning landscape paintings in their upcoming exhibition at Terrace Downs Resort for the month of August. These popular artists both produce works that can be described as uniquely New Zealand, both being able to capture the beauty of our land and the seasons of the soul in a single frozen moment of time. Michelle Green is from the West Coast of the South Island. Being artistic all of her life Michelle’s passion for painting comes from the inspiring scenes and weather that are so prevalent on the coast. The West coast is rich in history and is well known for its wild

weather and that helps to flame the fire that fuels Michelle’s passion for its ever changing moods. From East Coast in Christchurch comes for mer Methven resident Katrina McGettigan, a kindred spirit who connects with the heritage of Canterbury and the land just as Michelle does but projects her interpretation differently in the form of landscape moods, colours and light to depict many mountains and lake reflection scenes. Katrina works full time at Selwyn House Preschool as an art teacher and was extremely successful in her exhibition last year with Terrace Downs. Her works proved popular with travellers and locals providing all with a strong Canterbury

connection. This year Katrina has been exploring the changing weather patterns in the sky

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Ashburton premiere It isn’t often that Ashburton sees a national tour premiere, but the curtains will open on the first performance of a Pirates of Penzance stage show tour at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre next month. The premiere in Ashburton will kick off a series of 19 performances across the country for the all-star cast, led by award-winning young actress/soprano Tizane McEvoy alongside Cameron Barclay, George Henare, Tim Beveridge, Geraldine Brophy, Helen Medlyn and Ali Harper. Pirates of Penzance follows the fortunes of Frederic, a young lad who is mistakenly apprenticed to the Pirate King. When Frederic falls for the lovely Mabel, whose father is ‘the very model of a modern Major General’, a tempest brews on the sea of love. Funny, flirty and filled with bumbling pirates, the Gilbert and Sullivan musical was a hit when it premiered in 1879,

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and decades later it remains a favourite on stages throughout the world. Producer Ben McDonald said it was one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s funniest works. “It’s so completely accessible. And it has some of the most terrific musical moments ever in their work. It’s a very bright, filled with sunshine, moonlight and romance kind of show, with completely silly people.” Kiwi actor George Henare, playing the Modern Major General, said Pirates of Penzance was the show that inspired him to follow acting as a career. He said the tour would be the third time he had played a role in a Pirates of Penzance production, and it remained one of his favourites. The tour will be in Ashburton for one night only at 8pm on Saturday, August 24 at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Tickets from $79.90, with group and child discounts available.

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• July 27 – Theatric Hip Hop group the SuperVillains visit The Blue Pub in Methven on their first New Zealand tour. 9.30pm, R18, entry free. • To July 28 – Exhibition by artists Hannah Batty and Sophie Jones at the Ashburton Art Gallery. • July 31 – Film society screening of ‘Still Mine’ at the Ashburton Regent Cinema at 5.45pm. Tickets $15. • To August 1 – ‘Expressions’ exhibition by artist Rebekah Codlin at Terrace Downs Resort in Methven. • To August 1 – Exhibition of 2012 Darfield Artweek winners at the Selwyn Gallery. Open from 10am-4pm every day but Mondays. • August 1 – ‘Four Seasons in One Place’ exhibition by artists Katrina McGettigan and Michelle Green at Terrace Downs Resort until September 5. Exhibition opening 6.30pm with live music, dinner and drinks. Tickets $45. • August 3 – Screening of the Phantom of the Opera at Cinema Paradiso in Methven. Tickets $30 and include canapés and a glass of bubbly. • August 3 – ‘All Women’ exhibition by Wellington photographer Bev Short at the Ashburton Art Gallery until September 15. • August 7 – An evening with artist Ross Gray, 6pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery. • August 11 – Ashburton Musical Club, Musical Hijinks arranged by Alister Argyle. Sinclair Centre, 2pm, afternoon tea served, visitors welcome $5. • August 12 – Rotorua duo Swamp Thing visiting The Blue Pub in Methven on their first National tour. 7pm, R18, entry free. • August 15 – NZ Trio concert at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • August 16 – Playing Miss Havisham at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • August 24 – The Pirates of Penzance stage tour premiere at 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Tickets $79.90. • To August 25 – Exhibition by artist Ross Gray at the Ashburton Art Gallery. • August 28 – Film society screening of ‘Wunderkinder’ at the Ashburton Regent

Both artists have joined their energy harmoniously at Terrace Downs Resort to produce an

exhibition of paintings that will feature a striking series of scenes from the South Island’s east and west coasts. The exhibition opening is to be held on Thursday, August 1 at 6.30pm at Terrace Downs, where guests will be able to dine with the artists and enjoy a buffet meal and live music from Kris Trousselot on the piano. Price is $45 per person and includes complimentary beverage on arrival, and bookings for the opening are essential. The exhibition is free to attend and will run from August 1 to September 5 during resort opening hours. The works are available to purchase from the resort and online at www.terracedownsart. vc.net.nz

GOODIE GIVEAWAY Cinema at 5.45pm. Tickets $15. • August 30-31 – Comedic stage hypnotist Dave Upfold performs two fundraising shows at 7pm at Ashburton College. Tickets $25, students $15. • August 31 – ‘Inspired to Stitch’ Ashburton Embroiderers Guild Exhibition on display until September 22 at the Ashburton Art Gallery. • August 31 – Shop Me Pretty night market at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • September 13 – NASDA musical HAIR at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Four shows from September 13-15, at 2pm and 7.30pm. Tickets $45. • September 14 – Ashburton Musical Club, Spring Concert, 7.30pm, arranged by Carolie Andrew. Sinclair Centre, visitors welcome $5, supper served. • September 15 – NZ Trio (Arts on Tour NZ) at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • September 21 – Opera Favourites by the Mid Canterbury Choir, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • To September 21 – Ashburton Society of Arts Winter Show at the Short Street Studio. Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10am to 2pm. • September 25 – Fly My Pretties national tour visiting Ashburton for a concert at 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Events Centre. Tickets $45. • September 27 – The Very Best of Suzanne Prentice concert at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. • September 28 – The changing face of small town NZ, photographic exhibition by Mary Macpherson at the Ashburton Art Gallery until November 10. • Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm. If you have an event coming up and you think it might be suited to the Arts Diary, please let us know by contacting Susan Sandys on 3077961 or susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

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VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Put your imagination to work, perhaps in planning some entertainment for tonight. Your heightened sensitivity may provide insight into a loved one, which could be the basis for an intimate discussion. Yet beware of being so involved with your feelings that you find it hard to take a step back. A little detachment may come in handy today.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) You may aspire to overcome your feelings in order to stick to your routines and daily habits. But if you do, there’s also a chance that you may feel resentful if others take advantage of you. Your irritation may show through your body language or an unguarded remark, and all this suggests that being honest may be the best policy.

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The cast including New Zealand’s Anika Moa has been announced for the first Fly My Pretties national tour ever to visit Ashburton, lined up to perform one show at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre on Wednesday, September 25. Plenty of iconic Kiwi musicians as well as upand-coming local talent have joined the ‘Fly My Pretties’ collaborative national tours over the years, which have performed to sell-out crowds across the country since 2004. This year New Zealand’s multiple award winning artist Anika Moa will be joining the cast, as well as two-time Tuinominated folk musician Mel Parsons; singer, Maori TV presenter and Reggae All Star member Ria Hall; Kara Gordon, who comes from working with Finlay Quaye and the Alabama 3 in Europe; Louis McDonald, singer Anika Moa and guitarist of rising stars, Five Mile Town who just won the 2013 International Songwriting Competition; Mark Vanilau who is one third of ‘Vanilau, Maxwell, Baker’ and Shaun Blackwell, singer-guitarist for folk/country outfit John The Baptist. Returning this year are Ryan Prebble, singer and guitarist from Wellington Blues band, The Nudge; Barnaby Weir, Fly My Pretties founder and The Black Seeds frontman and the rest of The Black Seeds cast, drummer Jarney Murphy, bass player Mike Fabulous, and keys player Nigel Patterson. Fly My Pretties is a collaborative tour that draws together musicians from across the country to write together, perform live shows from Kaitaia to Invercargill and come out at the end with a live album from recordings at their concerts. Tickets to the September 25 show at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre are available online or at the event centre, and cost $45.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) A fortunate trend may give your love life a boost. There’s a cultural dimension to the day, which may translate into a desire to go to an art exhibition or to enjoy a concert. A date night that includes all the trimmings such as a special meal or a gentle walk may help you bond more deeply with a close friend or a romantic interest.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) The Moon’s path through your home zone may encourage you to take stock of your life and current situation. You may feel like retreating from the world to whatever extent you can and connecting to your deeper feelings or heart’s desire. This shifting of gears may be required to help you focus before you commit to a goal or project.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) If you have fallen out with someone and almost written them off, today brings an opportunity to give them a second chance. Resolving your differences, dispelling confusion and generally straightening things out between you may form the basis of a supportive friendship in the future. If you show a willingness to make amends, you are to be commended.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) The Sun’s presence in your relationship sector might encourage you to get a fresh perspective on a partnership or other close association. You may be considering to what extent you feel fulfilled and happy in this person’s company, and if not, what you can do to redress the balance. Working closely with another can prove more satisfying than going it alone.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) The Moon makes an upbeat connection to Jupiter and Mercury, bringing hopeful prospects and encouraging warmth and positive interaction. You may feel a need to belong and to relate to friends or loved ones. You may also be sensitive to the moods and feelings of the people around you. If so, this will help you to deepen your bonds with them.

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Emirates Team New Zealand have put themselves in premier position to win the Louis Vuitton Trophy in the 34th America’s Cup. Yesterday they qualified for the final after beating their likely opposition in that final - Italian syndicate Luna Rossa - by a massive seven minutes and 14 seconds; a result that means the Italians again record an official ‘Did Not Finish’ after completing the race more than five minutes behind their opposition. But the race posed a puzzling question - were the Kiwis too fast or were the Italians too slow, restricted by a pre-race incident involving their rudders?

Earlier, the Italians scraped a rudder when their boat was being launched at dead low tide yesterday. The hour-and-a-half delicate operation to lift the boats into the water using a giant crane is ticklish enough without rudder damage. The original plans for this regatta included dredging out the area around the Luna Rossa/Emirates Team New Zealand bases so there could not be problems with depth. However, when the regatta was reduced in numbers and expenditure, the dredging went by the boards. It is not yet known if the Italians suffered bad rudder damage, but they were late for the pre-race build-up after taking the rudder off, inspecting and tweaking it and restoring it to the boat.

But what is known is that Luna Rossa was puzzlingly slow during the start - they were in a good position against Team New Zealand but the Kiwis rolled over them before sprinting away at 30-plus knots while the Italians were comparatively stalled at about 17-18 knots. They were 21 seconds down at the first mark, just over a minute behind at the second but then lost an inordinate amount of time on the upwind leg - nearly two-and-a-half minutes - to be 3m 29s behind at the third mark. The upwind slowness was repeated at the next leg, with Luna Rossa losing another 2m 20s. Again, the question was: Kiwis fast or Italians slow? The New Zealand team appeared

Aussie great retires By Sam Lienert Australia’s former netball captain and the nation’s second mostcapped player, Sharelle McMahon, will torment the Silver Ferns no more, having retired from the sport. The 35-year-old mother-of-one, whose 118 games for Australia leave her trailing only Liz Ellis (122), amassed an enormous collection of honours during her career, including two Commonwealth Games gold medals and two world championship golds. The sharp-shooting McMahon famously produced the last-second goal that clinched Australia the 1999 world championship, among numerous big-time clutch plays for Australia. She was also part of five premierships with the Melbourne Phoenix in Australia’s former national domestic competition, and added another with the Melbourne Vixens in 2009 in the trans-Tasman league. McMahon’s announcement comes just a week after her successor as national captain, Natalie von Bertouch, retired. McMahon said two moments with the national team, both against arch-rivals New Zealand, stood out.

“I always find it really hard to pinpoint things, but two experiences with the Diamonds, winning the world champs in 1999 and winning the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Manchester (in 2002) in double extra time were two real highlights from the Aussie team,” McMahon said. “It’s hard (to choose highlights) from a club perspective because it was all so different. “But certainly the 2009 premiership with the Melbourne Vixens was a really special one with how we actually got there and achieved what we wanted to achieve as a team.” McMahon said it was a tough decision to retire as she still loved the game but it was no longer as great a priority in her life as it has been. “I have kind of just felt like my really strong desire and passion I have always had to put netball first and put everything into that was just not there as it used to be and that, for me, was enough,” McMahon said. McMahon was also last week left out of Australia’s 17-strong squad to play Tests against New Zealand and Malawi. - AAP

Federer to play Brisbane Roger Federer will shun the riches in the Middle East to get himself in the best shape at the Brisbane International for a tilt at a fifth Australian Open crown. In the biggest announcement of the Queensland tournament’s sixyear history, the 17-time grand slam champion has chosen to play at Pat Rafter Arena in the first ATP event of 2014, running from December 29 to January 5. Brisbane International organisers have been chasing Federer since the tournament’s inception in 2009, but the Swiss star has preferred to play in Qatar and Abu Dhabi before arriving in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open. A combination of his desire to be

acclimatised earlier for the Open, Brisbane’s packed stands and positive player feedback has led to the change in schedule. “I’ve heard many great things from the other players. They say it’s a very friendly tournament, fan friendly, player friendly,” Federer said in a video clip at yesterday’s announcement. “For some time, we’ve been in contact with Brisbane and I saw how the tournament got stronger and stronger. “I’ve always hoped that I could come there ... I’m not just coming [to Australia] for the Australian Open, especially when I commit so early in advance - it’s also to win in Brisbane.” Reigning Wimbledon champion and current world No.2 Andy Murray has won the past two Brisbane titles before going on to make the Australian Open final.

Aussies rest Watson Australia have decided that time away from cricket is the best way for Shane Watson to clear his mind and break out of his lbw trend in the Ashes series. Watson, opener Chris Rogers and paceman Peter Siddle are injury-free but staying on in London to refresh after being given a leave pass from the tour match against Sussex in Brighton starting on Friday. Australia haven’t officially named their side for the three-day game, but it’s obvious as there are only 11 players who’ll be available. All of the squad, with the exception of Pattinson, will be available for the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford starting on August 1, when Australia attempt to avoid a series defeat after losing the first - AAP two Tests.

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to be sailing well but didn’t show anything special. Their tactics, crew work and breezefinding were solid, though their foiling gybes did not appear quite as slick and fast as other races. The Italians, on the other hand, were sluggish with their gybes and it is not hard to imagine that the incident with the rudders either troubled performance or confidence in yesterday’s race. The match was run in about 18 knots of wind, the New Zealanders putting up a maximum speed in excess of 39 knots - but did not seem to give much away in gaining their seventh point; an unassailable lead in the round robin, meaning they automatically qualify for the Louis Vuitton final. - HOS

Eight of the world’s top-10 women lined up this year, including Serena Williams, as record crowds of more than 90,000 attended all eight days of action. With the timing of the Brisbane event, two weeks before the Open, it is taking over from the Sydney International as the preferred Australian lead-in event for many of the leading players. “It looks that way, doesn’t it?” said tournament director Cameron Pearson. “We’ve had some of the champions of the sport come and Roger now really is the icing on the cake. “He’s arguably the greatest tennis player of all time and, when he makes decisions, they’re well planned and Brisbane - and it’s timing on the calendar leading up to the Australian Open - is where he wants to be.” - AAP

NRL superstar Johnathan Thurston has taken to social media to express frustration following an early morning visit to his home by drug testers. Offficials arrived at the North Queensland playmaker’s home at 6am Wednesday to obtain urine and blood samples. Players can be subject to random drugs tests at any time, with ASADA made aware of the movements and whereabouts of players by their clubs. Thurston’s main gripe seemed as much with the manner, as the timing, of the visit following the recent birth of his baby daughter. “Thanks ASADA for the 6am visit for a urine and blood test! I nearly forgot to say thanks for bashing down the front door and waking Frankie up too! #effingtorture,” Thurston wrote - AAP on Instagram.

Arthur ‘confident’ Sacked national team coach Mickey Arthur is confident of reaching a settlement with Cricket Australia despite failing to resolve the matter during a day of conciliation talks yesterday. Arthur is suing CA for $4 million or his job back after being axed last month on the eve of the Ashes series in England and replaced by Darren Lehmann. He indicated on his arrival at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney yesterday that he was hoping for a settlement rather than having to take CA to court. “Although we didn’t come to an outcome today, I’m pretty confident that there was enough goodwill in the room for us to continue talks next week,” - AAP Arthur said.

SPORT Gorden Tallis has added his voice to the chorus of former Brisbane greats calling for the Broncos to break the bank to get Cameron Smith in a bid to return the club to the realm of NRL superpower. Just days after Darren Lockyer said Smith should be the club’s No.1 recruitment target, Tallis claimed the Broncos had lost the aura that had made the club an attractive option for recruits. He hit out at the club’s inability to land one of the three Queensland playmakers - Johnathan Thurston, Cooper Cronk or Daly Cherry-Evans - all of who have been available in the past 18 months. - AAP

• Isinbayeva retiring Russian pole vault queen and double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced yesterday she would be retiring after her home world athletics championships, which take place in Moscow in August. “My career will come to its end at the world championships,” Isinbayeva told reporters after winning the national title in Moscow. “For me it will be a really nostalgic moment. I want to enjoy a joyful career finish and will show my best at the world championships.” Isinbayeva won gold at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. - AFP

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James Anderson has spelled out England’s intention to inflict a first home Ashes whitewash on Australia. It has been an unspoken ambition for Alastair Cook’s team so far, to make good on the predictions of former Ashes winner Ian Botham - among others - to beat the old enemy 5-0. But after England went 2-0 up with their 347-run trouncing of Australia at Lord’s and, as he anticipates the prospect of completing a third successive Ashes series win on his home ground at Old Trafford next week, fast bowler Anderson has broken ranks. The tourists pushed England hard in the first Test at Trent Bridge, where a tireless Anderson had to bowl 13 consecutive overs on the final morning and ended up taking Australia’s last four wickets to hold on by 14 runs to take a 1-0 lead. It was a very different story at Lord’s, though, where England recovered from a blip on the first morning - when they were 3-28 - to dominate the match on the back of Ian Bell and Joe Root’s centuries and nine wickets for offspinner Graeme Swann. Anderson still expects Australia to show plenty more fight, but has no time for those who have begun to feel sorry for Michael Clarke’s team after their, at times, hapless display at HQ. “I don’t really feel any sympathy,” Anderson said. “We want to win the series 5-0, so we will be doing everything we can in each game to win.” It will be a dream scenario for Anderson, of course, if he can help clinch the urn on his home ground. A third successive Ashes series victory has not been achieved by England since allrounder and all-time leading Test wicket-taker Botham thrillingly turned the 1981 series in their favour - including a famous century in Manchester. Anderson knows England might need to put in a more complete performance than they did in the second Test. “We were 30 for three in both innings at Lord’s,” Anderson added. “When we have been in tough positions, we have been able to get out of them, so photo ap that is positive.” - PA James Anderson: Intent on sending the Australians home winless.

Move over Wally, Locky and Arty. There could soon be a statue of Mal Meninga at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium. Premier Campbell Newman says he thinks it would be a great idea to have a lasting tribute to Test and Queensland great Meninga, who has coached Queensland to a record eight straight State of Origin series wins. Suncorp Stadium is already home to statues of fellow rugby league legends Wally Lewis, Darren Lockyer and Arthur Beetson. “If there’s a strong move, if people are really going to give us the feedback that they want it, if the QRL are saying yep, this is something we want to see happen ... I think it’s a great idea,” Newman said. - AAP

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Jackman returns to sevens duty By Jonathan Leask Mark Jackman will be hoping to have some venom when he gets back into the sevens scene this weekend. Jackman will play for the Vipers in the Carlton Super Sevens in Sri Lanka, the “IPL of sevens”, with the Mid Canterbury product one of 52 international sevens stars in the 10 teams. Jackman has been out of sevens action since February when he re-broke his thumb and failed to recover in time for last the Sevens World Cup earlier this month. Jackman played in the tournament last year for the Sabaragamuwa Stallions but will be among familiar faces at the Uva Vipers, playing alongside New Zealand captain DJ Forbes, Luke Masirewa, Waisake Naholo and Matua Parkinson. In all 17 New Zealanders are

spread across the teams for the two day tournament at the Galle International Cricket Stadium this weekend. Like the Indian Premier League in cricket, each team will have Sri Lankans who will get the chance to play with and against the best players in the game. Jackman won’t be the only one looking to make it through his first tournament unscathed. Scott Curry was out of action for over 12 months before returning to the national side in Glasgow league of the Sevens world series but then fractured a bone in his right hand during a training run two days before the team’s departure for Moscow for the World Cup. Curry is expected to play with West Melton’s Sam Dickson, Harley Lahmert and Kurt Baker in the NW Blacks that also features Englishman Ben Gollings, the highest try scorer in sevens history.

Player shortage stalls rugby study By Dana Johannsen Ground-breaking New Zealand research that could reveal the long-term impact of concussion in rugby players has stalled at the recruitment phase. Professor Patria Hume of the Auckland University of Technology, which is carrying out a study into the long-term health effects of rugby, said this week’s tragic death of Takapuna rugby player Willie Halaifonua has highlighted the need for more quantitative research. “It is so important that we get a better idea of the health issues out there,” she said, lamenting the lack of rugby players who have signed up to the study. The dangers of repeated head trauma in collision sports have come to the fore in recent years after medical researchers in the United States found evidence linking degenerative brain conditions in former National Football League players to multiple concussions. Closer to home, former All Blacks Paul Tito and Steve Devine have spoken out about their on-going health problems after suffering multiple head knocks during their careers, which were documented in last year’s Herald series The Knock-On Effect. But rugby bosses have so far been reluctant to acknowledge any link between concussion and long-term cognitive impairment, pointing to the need for more research to be done. The New Zealand Rugby Union

Health study Who are they looking for? Male retired rugby players from the following groups: All Blacks, Investec Super Rugby, ITM Cup, NPC, etc, players aged between 30 and 60. Club rugby players of any level aged between 30 and 60. People who were involved in the Rugby Injury Prevention and Performance (RIPP) study in Dunedin in 1993. Also: Former cricket and hockey players (male only) of any level currently aged between 30 and 60. For more information: www.sprinz. aut.ac.nz/our-research/rugby-health

and the International Rugby Board last year enlisted AUT’s sports performance research institute to lead the study - the results of which were to be released in November - but they are struggling to get participants, leaving the research team desperately short of data. “The IRB and NZ Rugby are just so keen to try and help prevent injuries and look after their players. “That’s why we need people to participate in this study, so these organisations can do the best they can,” said Hume, one of the study’s lead investigators. Researchers need to recruit 200 ex-elite rugby players and 200 former community rugby players for the study, which requires

participants to undergo a series of medical and online tests. The original plan was their results would then be compared with those of 200 former cricketers, but with only 22 having signed up so far, Hume said the latter group has now been extended to include hockey players. But although they are “desperately low” on former cricket and hockey players, they are still well short of their targets in all the categories. Of the 426 people who have signed up to do the general health questionnaire online, only 137 have completed it - 99 of those being former community rugby players. Hume said the AUT research team had been surprised by the lack of response. “The IRB wanted us to do the study because New Zealand is rugby mad. If we can’t do the study here, where in the world are we going to do the study?” She believes one of the difficulties is your typical Kiwi bloke does not like discussing health issues or undergoing medical tests. “There seems to be awareness of the study, but we’ve had trouble getting people to contribute,” she said. “Someone said to me ‘I really don’t want to know how my health is’, which is fine, they don’t have to know the results if they don’t want them. Just fill in the questionnaire so that we know them,” she said. Although the long-term effect of concussion is topical, the AUT study, fronted by All Black great Buck Shelford, will look at all health outcomes of playing rugby. - NZH

Mark Jackman: No stranger to scoring tries on the sevens patch

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Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies - Eagles Stableford July 23 Di Bell 40 Stbl. Phyl Ellis 38, Barb Cochrane35 on C/B from Joyce VanderHeide 35, Diana Wellman 34, Judith Smith 33, Carol Shanks 32, Karen King 31 Nearest The Pins: Sponsored by No. 6 – Stables Family Restaurant Di Bell: No12. Hair by Mac & Maggie Judith Smith No. 2 2nd Shot Dairy Business Centre Judith Smith: No. 16: 2nd Shot Outdoor Adventure – Carol Shanks Two’s Maree Moore 9 Hole Stroke Round: June Cartwright 36

Tennis Stanford Classic Collated results from Stanford Classic yesterday (prefix denotes seeding). Women, Round 1 7-Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Christina McHale

(USA) 6-1 6-3. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-2 4-6 6-0. Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-2 6-1. Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Monica Niculescu (ROU) 6-0 6-3. Tamira Paszek (AUT) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-1 6-7(4) 3-0 ret. 6-Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) 6-2 6-4. Round 2: Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt 2-Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-2 6-4.

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St George Illawarra centre Daniel Vidot has revealed the secret behind Canberra’s stranglehold over the Dragons - a ‘pump-up video’ of the Raiders’ domination of the red and white.

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Vidot, who played three season with the Raiders before linking with the Dragons, admitted his new club’s Canberra hoodoo was one of the sport’s most bizarre run of results. The two clubs meet again on Saturday night in Wollongong, with the Dragons looking for their first

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win over the Raiders since 2007. St George Illawarra’s run of outs in the nation’s capital is part of rugby league folklore - a losing streak that stretches back to 2000. But their record at home against the green machine isn’t much better, having lost their last two encounters at WIN Stadium.

Offspinner Nathan L yon admits his dumping from the first two Ashes Tests was tough to cop. Lyon said there were no bitter feelings towards 19-yearold Ashton Agar, who took his place. But after two years of being the side’s first-choice spinner, the 25-year-old found it difficult to take being left out of matches every Australian cricketer lives to play. Lyon has a chance to win back his spot in the three-day tour game at Hove starting on Friday. Agar struggled in the second Test at Lord’s and selectors might look to give the rookie a break if Lyon can prove he’s ready to go.- AAP

Paul Tito: Long term effects

Tuesday Ladies July 30 Medal: 1st Lloyd Trophy Starters: A. Dwan & K. King. Cards: J. Bruhns & J. Smith Tea Duties: A.M. J. Hill: P.M. S. Young & M. Colville No., 1: 10.00 a.m . C. Linney, P.Smith. M. Colville: 10.05: M. Smith, V. Prendergast, M. Pawsey 10.10: A. Dwan, K. King. C. Shanks No 4: 10.00 a.m. D. Bell. J. VanderHeide. J. Smith: 10.05 P. Bell. J. Undy. P. Ellis. D.Sharplin No10: 10.00 a.m B. Cochrane, M. Moore. P. Mclauchlan 10.05 I. Divers, B. Jackson, M. Reddecliffe, L. Bird: No. 13. 10.00a.m. B. O’Neill, D. Wellman. S. Young: 10.05 S. Vucetich, V. Cartney. P. Templeton. M. Oakley 9 Holes: Stableford round No. 10.: 10.10a.m. M. Sherriff, K. Young. V. Johnston No. 17: 10.00 a.m. N. Costin. J. Cartwright. G. Whipp. P. Gibson.

“I seriously can’t explain it - it’s a weird thing,” Vidot said of the hoodoo. “It’s kind of in the back of the head but it shouldn’t be an issue.” Vidot may have let Canberra’s secret weapon out of the bag however in detailing how much beating the Dragons meant to the Raiders. - AAP

Johnson calls it quits

Tinwald Golf Club By Laine Clark In the end, it was the mind and not the body that was no longer willing for battle-hardened North Queensland Cowboys backrower Dallas Johnson. Given he at one stage suffered seven serious head knocks in as many seasons, few would probably be surprised Johnson is drawing the curtain on his impressive NRL career at the age of 30. But it was a shock when the former Test lock yesterday revealed the reason behind hanging up his boots at the end of the 2013 season. “Physically I am not too bad, I could go on again if I chose to,” he said. “But mentally I have had enough.

Canterbury centre Krisnan Inu has no complaints about his two enforced spells on the sidelines this year but admits it’s been a season of frustration. Inu was slugged with a five-game ban for a sickening spear tackle that saw South Sydney fullback Greg Inglis dumped on his head in the Rabbitohs’ 17-12 win on Good Friday. His return to action against Newcastle in May also landed the mercurial Inu in hot water as he was charged with making unnecessary leg pressure on Knights winger James McManus and handed another two-week suspension. The 25-year-old maintains he’s not a spiteful or malicious player and the incidents were accidental, but concedes they were not a good look. - AAP

Dumping ‘hard to cop’

Vidot reveals Canberra’s hoodoo drive By Steve Jancetic

Inu ‘ready to fire’

“It is time to move on and look for a new challenge.” Growing up in Herberton in far north Queensland, Johnson’s NRL dream must have seemed just that. And with the dimensions more suitable for a halfback - his 183cm frame has now bulked up to 93kg Johnson would have been forgiven for thinking he would never fulfil it. No wonder Johnson said he would walk away from a career that boasted a 2007 Test and 12 Origins for Queensland a happy man. “For a bloke of not huge stature, playing in the middle and playing pretty tough I am very content with my career,” Johnson said. Those who witnessed some of Johnson’s sickening head knocks would also be surprised his NRL career lasted so long. - AAP

Squash showdown The New Zealand junior squash team were facing a must-win tie against their transtasman foes at the World Team Championships in Poland overnight (NZT). The eighth-seeded Kiwis had to beat ninth seed Australia to confirm a spot in the last eight, after going down 3-0 to Egypt in the second round of pool play yesterday. With little chance of stealing a match off the powerful Egyptians, New Zealand opted to rest the team’s top player, Ellie Epke. And, as expected, the title favourites swept to victory without dropping a game. -APNZ

Baker 23rd in Barca Queensland-based Kiwi Cara Baker finished 23rd in the women’s 10km open water swim at the Fina World Championships in Barcelona yesterday. Baker, who finished in a share of fifth in the 5km earlier in the week, was nestled in the front pack until the blowtorch went on over the final lap on the technical U-shaped course around the Barcelona Marina. Brazilian pair Poliana Okimoto Cintra and Ana Marcela Cunha won gold and silver, managing to stay out of a congested main pack in what proved an aggressive and physical race, while Baker crossed only 19 seconds back. Swimming New Zealand open water manager Phillip Rush said Baker had swum strongly but could not go with the jump in pace in the final lap. - APNZ

CLUB NEWS Allenton Indoor Bowling Club The season seems to be flying by. We welcome another new member, Colin, we hope that you enjoy spending time with us. Two more Club Championships have been completed, the Pairs being won by Alex Crawford and Bruce Bensdorp. Congratulations and well done to you both. The Championship Singles nearly ended up being a family affair, with John and Cheryl Cartwright both making the Men`s and Ladies Singles finals. But in the Men’s final, John was beaten by Bruce White. In the Ladies, Cheryl won the final beating Yvonne Lister. There was some very good close games in this Championship and well done to everyone who took part. Only one Championship left to go now and that’s the Hunt Singles, for all those who have never won a Singles Championship before. Interclub competition is still running, and while we are having mixed results, those taking part are enjoying the competition. We had a very successful Triples tournament at the Stadium in June with twenty-two teams taking part. Thank you everyone for your support. Our next Triples Tournament is at the Stadium on Thursday the 8th August and once again we are seeking entries for this. George Anderson on 3086987 would love to hear from you.

Road Pavilion to be followed by Joan Chapman’s prepared quiz. All members and intending members you may know of and partners are most welcome; Petanque section have been invited so a good way to meet their sections members. Opening day for the coming season is set down for September 14th at this stage weather permitting.

Ashburton Garden Club

Vice President Gaye Branthwaite welcomed thirty five members and one visitor to our recent 62nd Annual General Meeting and Luncheon at St Pauls Church Hall in Oxford Street. A letter of apology was read from President Jenny Marks who was unable to be present owing to family surgery. Ten apologies were accepted. Gaye Branthwaite presented Jenny Marks very comprehensive annual report outlining the years activities. The financial statement indicated a healthy situation. Our membership stands at 59. Life Memers Norma Galway and Mary Leighton presented the trophies for the 2012 – 2013 year. Most Points Silver Cup Pat Tarbotton 1st Silver Tray Audrey McKay 2nd Jenny Marks 3rd Most Entries Wooden Bowl Jenny Marks 1st Pat Tarbotton 2nd Audrey McKay 3rd Spring Show Jenny Marks 1st Bev Cornwall 2nd Patroness Maureen Mc Dowell then conducted the Election of Officiers. President: Jenny Marks Vice President Gaye Branthwaite Secretary Claire Wesley Treasurer Maureen Small Past President Bev Cornwall Committee: Lois Bradley, Norma Galway, Ellie A few nice Winters Days seen the bowlers out in Leak, Mary Smith, Shirley Thomas, Pat Tarbotton force again at the Friday Triples. Good Competition and Edna Burgess. and a few new names coming through Great Stuff!! Maureen McDowell thanked the officers and The Grinners were the winners, in 1st place committee members for the years activities and “Rogers Rockets” (Diane G. Jo R. Murray A.) for making the Club a real joy to be part of. Posy bowls were presented to Maureen 2nd place “Front Row” (John B. Wendy W. Dawn B.) and 3rd place “Chillblains” (T.Blain A. Blain McDowell, Jean Dellow, Patroness (to be delivered), retiring treasurer Heather Gray (delivR. Lowe). Not a lot going on at present but some members ered) and retiring committee member Yvonne are counting the sleeps now until opening so Matthews. Norma Galway suitably thanked the Church look out then!!! Is that commitment or bowling members for tHe excellent meal they provided and madness I wonder!! Our Congratulation to the Royal Couple on an enjoyable meeting was concluded. the birth of their young prince and future king. Nice to have something else to celebrate for the Royal Family.

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Ashburton Club and M.S.A Outdoor Bowling Club Hi members just a note to inform or remind you of our annual pre season get together and fun quiz day - format being pot luck lunch commencing at 11.30am, Sunday 28th July at Racecourse

Ashburton Harrier Club

On Saturday 20th July 2013 the 5km handicapped race was held in and around the domain, starting on Park St behind the Oval pavilion and finishing near the main West St entrance. 9 runners and 15 walkers took part and the excellent handicapping led to some very close finishes. First home in the handicapped section for the runners and also with the second fastest time was Mathew Clough, 19:29, 2nd Ian Broadbelt 20:56,

3rd Kerry Clough 22:09. The fastest runner home was Peter Larkin with 19:28. Also finishing were Bruce Henderson 20:56, Graeme Wall 21:12, Phil Crozier 28:08 Jimmy Stubbs 28:28, and Mike O’Callaghan 30:28 First home in the handicapped section for the walkers was Kay Miles 42:28, 2nd Jeanette McGrath 41:13, 3rd Richard Giller 36:37. The fastest walker home was Dave Strong with a time of 31:32. Also finishing were Patrice Ansell 33:09, Judith Crozier 33:55, Barbara Taylor 34:55, Karen Hodgson,36:48, Wendy Severins 36:49, Lori Rusbatch 36:49, Lynda Baines 37:12, Robin Ford, 37:35, Cynthia Young 40:35, Jackie Gilbert 40:50 and Johnny McGrath 49:56.

Ashburton Men’s Probus Club Richard and Elizabeth Ashford addressed Probus members and their wives at a monthly meeting reviewing the history and development of their well-known firm – Ashford – makers of spinning wheels and looms. In 1934 Richards’s father, Walter, founded the business in Rakaia. He arrived in New Zealand on a steamer having been sent from the United Kingdom by his father – a much travelled Presbyterian Minister. A depression was damaging our country and a sheep farming venture didn’t succeed so Walter survived by making wooden things, such as stools, rocking horses and spinning wheels, and selling them. From the modest beginning, over 500,000 spinning wheels have been produced and sold by Ashford. It made the firm a world leader, an achievement has been nationally recognised with export awards as well as a QSM for Walter Ashford. The firm seeks excellence in production, innovation and marketing and an example of this is the success of an alternative spinning wheel called the “Joy” (after Richard’s mother). The Joy wheel weights 5kgs and can be collapsed into a holder bag which will fit into an overhead airline passenger baggage locker. Over 10,000 of these wheels have been sold. The spinning wheels have been sent to all over the globe, where spinning wheels could be regarded as the best form of aid – helping people to help themselves. The high quality of the merchandise is due to the creative and innovative design processes developed and invented by key staff employed in the Ashburton plant. Staff numbers are about 26 and some have spent their entire working life on the premises. High productivity has been possible through substantial investment in computerised machinery. The raw materials are wood and wool, both New Zealand based and totally sustainable. From Tuatapere in Southland comes the Southland Silver beech which has an 80 year

life cycle and is wood of strong character. Wool comes from the sheep specially selected for quality fibre. Over 13 tons is stored in a Woollen Mill at Milton, part of which they purchased in January 2012. Here, there is a staff of 5 who, with machines, transform the wool into silver for spinners, felters and weavers. The efficient and comprehensive marketing of the company’s products is vital and Elizabeth (who is a Qualified Lawyer) has put together a concept which has the firm visiting and listening to its customers and building up relationships which meet their needs.

Ashburton Senior Citizens Inc. The monthly social afternoon was held on 9th July 2013 at the Ashburton Seniors Centre, Cameron Street. As the audience were being seated Hope played a very pleasing selection of tunes on the piano. Marion, the President welcomed everyone and especially Doris Wakelin who is now 96 years old and the “Happy Birthday” for her and all who have a July birthday. Yvonne welcomed an Ashburton Intermediate School choir and the speaker Miss Daisy. While the choir was being seated Yvonne played the “William Tell overture” and “The Rose”. The choir then sang “You’re got a friend”, Little Red Poppy”, “Blame it on the Boogey”. Miss Daisy congratulated the choir. She then spoke of the Franchise she represents. It is a national franchise which is there to help those who don’t drive with many things like keeping appointments, going or coming from hospital, replacing a light bulb, night driving and many other such things which would help make life easier for those who are retired. The drivers have to have a police check, a first aid certificate and a Passenger license – and only use a Miss Daisy car. Quotes will be given on phone 0800 948 432 or on website www.drivingmissdaisy.co.nz. The choir then sang “Billy don’t be a hero” which included lovely whistling followed by “Reach for the stars” and more delightful songs all ably conducted by Victoria Kelly. A reminder was given to members to return the survey”. The choir departed at this stage to much sincere applause for their great singing and decorum. Raffles were drawn and followed by a sing-a-long led by Jim and Arthur. They led with ‘You are my sunshine”, “By the light of the silver moon”, “Two little girls in blue”, “Bless us all”, “I overlooked a four leaf clover”, “I want to go home” ending a lovely afternoon’s entertainment. Afternoon tea was then served. For Total Mobility please ring 3081237.

Ashvegas Country Club Club day was held at the Avondale course in Christchurch last Sunday with 11 golfers making the trip up. Unfortunately the day didn’t start so well with a flat tyre on the trailer causing an hour delay in getting to the course and without the expert guidance of Legs to rectify this problem it took a lot longer to get back on the road than what we would have liked. A stableford round was played and saw veteran Richy Watson come out on top with a score of 36 points after his round of 92 while there was a four way tie for 2nd with Cheyne Mapu, Evan Pearce, Bryan McFarlane and Clarkie all finishing their rounds with 32 points. Millsy had a 2. This Sunday’s club day is scheduled to be held at Tinwald at the usual tee off time of 10.00am.

The Plains Ladies Probus As it was a lovely mild day we had a good attendance for the July monthly meeting. 13 apologies were accepted. Birthday greetings were given to several members. Mention of the earthquakes in Wellington and surrounding areas, our thoughts go out to everyone. Pat our Treasurer reported that our club is in a healthy situation. On 7th Oct a bus trip to Mesopotamia is being arranged. A good opportunity to go and have a look and be driven in comfort. Put your name down and husbands are invited if they would like to join the ladies. Our birthday lunch is to be held at the RSA on 26th August following our monthly meeting. Names to be in and a very reasonable $13.00 price to pay. Colleen Williams from Howick Probus was welcomed and transferred to The Plains Ladies Club. President Audrey Lowe attended The Men’s Probus meeting as a guest. Richard and Elizabeth Ashford gave a very interesting talk. Lunch at Braided Rivers followed. The movie this month is “Still Mine” at the Regent Theatre at 11am I have been told this is a very good movie and worth attending. A good way to fill in a cool morning and maybe followed by lunch. As there was no general business we then had a very interesting talk from Jill Bennett. Jill has recently been on a “Golden Oldies” trip to Fiji. This was arranged through a mission which learnt all about the way the poorer village people live and were involved and shared their way of life. Morning tea was then enjoyed by all. Mark Cherry from “Goldmark Garden Business” was the main speaker and gave a very enlightened talk on his days in the Ashburton Operatic. 1986 Jesus Christ Super Star was the first show he was involved with and has appeared in most since then.

Anyone that has seen him on stage will know how much he enjoys it. His gardening days started when he was 5years old helping his parents in their garden on the farm. An apprenticeship at the Ashburton Domain when he left school gave him all the knowledge he needed to get him where he is today. 16years later he went to work for Bramms and then he started “Goldmark” business. He has several staff and is kept busy. A write-up in the Latitude magazine was a great boost for him. Mark is very passionate about his job and treats every job as if it was his garden. Pruning and composting is a busy time for everyone at the moment. He kindly donated a Camellia and 2 hours of his time to 2 different lucky tickets holders. Ray thanked Mark for his very interesting talk about his life.

Seniornet Ashburton Inc. We are getting through the winter now and as the shortest day has been and gone, we look forward to warmer weather on its way. We are still steady with workshops and forums and find people are coming along wanting tuition on beginners courses for XP and Windows 7. Our monthly “Help & Solve” afternoon this month was very popular, with a range of problems, which we tried to solve. We thank our members for their patience, as some had to wait a while until we could help them. Next month this afternoon will be held on: Thursday 15th August from 1.30pm until approx.3pm. Wednesday 24th July is the Beginners workshop in the morning and an Mac/Apple forum will be held in the afternoon. The Ipad and Tablets forum was held last week, with another forum to be held on Wednesday 7th August at 7pm. We have had many questions and queries about Facebook and will be having a forum or maybe a demonstration at our Question and Answer afternoon in the future. Another card making workshop will be held in August. Please enquire if you are interested? Our Question & Answer afternoon earlier this month, was a demonstration on “YouTube” by Julie Crossen. This was an interesting afternoon and members asked many questions, which Julie answered and encouraged members to take a look, as anything you want to know is usually to be found on this website. You can watch the videos at your leisure, in your own home. Next month on Thursday 1st August our Question and Answer demonstration will be on “Smart TV’s” by Noel Leeming. Please note for the month of July, for information on forums or classes ring: Relda 308 4026 or Mac/ Apple Norman 307 0359. It has been brought to our notice, people do not know how to get in touch with SenioRnet. As well

as the above people you can also ring: Margaret 307 7498.

Tinwald Branch New Zealand Red Cross. A General meeting was held on 16 July at the home of the Vice President Ailsa Lovett who welcomed 14 members and Area Manager Carol Ball with all saying the Red Cross Principles. Apologies were accepted and sick members remembered. Matters arising from the June Meeting included notification of a National Working Group being established to look at all aspects of the National Annual Appeal and the month it is to be held. 68 pairs of fingerless gloves and some beanies were donated to a local school knitted by members of the Methven, Rakaia and Tinwald Branches. Members were thanked for the items for the Branch stall at the Tinwald Hall Indoor Market which raised funds for various Red Cross projects. Area Council is still requiring a Youth Representative. Notice was given of the newly appointed New Zealand Red Cross Secretary General Tony Raine. The General Assembly of the International Red Cross Red Crescent is to be held 12- 18 November in Australia. After a report given by Pat O’Brien on the World Refugee Day event held at Parliament Buildings Carol Ball reported that she has a power point presentation on Refugees and Resettlement for showing at meetings. Carol Ball updated the meeting on the Red Cross Winter Warmer Packs for earthquake affected families in Christchurch. In 2012 4500 packs were distributed this year 7500 will be distributed. Appeal monies continue to be distributed to families with various grants such as requiring assistance with packing and moving, storage and to schools for special projects. The Annual meeting followed with President Lynette Lovett presenting a comprehensive report of the years activities of a full and active year for the Branch. Treasurer Audrey Bruce presented the Annual Balance sheet showing a successful year raising funds for Red Cross projects. Area Manager Carol Ball chaired the Election of Officers. Patroness Jean Dellow. President Lynette Lovett. Vice President Ailsa Lovett. Secretary Margaret Blair. Treasurer Audrey Bruce. Committee above plus Bev Reveley and Lyn Gutry. A shared lunch followed, then two members spoke of their recent travel to Vietnam and some neighbouring countries. Their extensive trip took them through bamboo forests, floating markets, crossing busy streets, visiting tunnels used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War, experiencing home stays, new foods, admiring craft work, and the landscape. Eunice Jones thanked them for their very interesting talk.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Thursday, July 25, 2013

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Bennett slams Cleary comment By Steve Jancetic

Wayne Bennett: ‘Cleary’s comments accentuated ban’

Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett claims Ivan Cleary’s inflammatory comments cost Knights prop Kade Snowden an extra week’s suspension - and has hit out at the NRL for not taking action against the Penrith mentor. Bennett accused the NRL of failing to back up its tough talk after coaches had been threatened with fines if they attempted to influence the match review committee. Snowden on Tuesday accepted a two-week ban after pleading guilty to a grade two dangerous contact charge for running with a raised knee. At the press conference following Sunday’s game, Cleary claimed the incident left his player - back-rower Adam Docker - with a fractured cheekbone. Docker has since been named to

play against Cronulla on Sunday. Bennett was adamant that Cleary’s comments had accentuated Snowden’s ban, believing he could have got away with a grade one charge. “I’ve got a fair bit of concern about it actually, particularly when the NRL talked pretty tough about coaches not commenting on judiciary,” Bennett told reporters. “I’ve got no doubt at all he got Kade the extra week. “Kade lifted his knee, I’m not disputing that - Ivan came to the press conference, he was very condemning about the action and he had a player with a broken cheekbone. “As it will turn out the player’s playing this weekend and our player’s doing time - he’ll do an extra week for it anyway. “What we all do know is that the NRL is extremely influenced by the media and by coaches and their comments.”

Bennett said the reluctance of the NRL to punish Cleary was just one of his grievances with the system, which include the disincentive to challenge charges. Snowden faced adding an extra week to his ban had he challenged the charge and been unsuccessful at the judiciary. The Knights can ill-afford to be without their premier prop, with the club walking the finals tightrope with a host of other teams. They face the high-flying Sydney Roosters on Sunday, with Snowden to miss that match and the home game against Brisbane. “There’s a lot of great merits about it (the judiciary system) but it does stop you from your rights contesting it, because you lose it - as we did with Jeremy Smith - and you get an extra two weeks,” Bennett said. “This stage of the year we don’t want to lose Kade for any more than we have to.” - AAP Ivan Cleary: Claimed Docker had fractured cheekbone

Cambridge Te-Awamutu fields, form and drivers

Brent Mangos takes the reins as Mac Bubbles goes for a hat-trick tonight.

3 7.00pm DON “FLASH” COSSEY HANDICAP TROT $6000, 3yo+ 1 to 6 wins discrhcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 105 Karacherie (1) fr............................A Veint (J) 2 39432 Door Slammer (2) fr.................... J Robinson 3 36575 Jimmys Girl (3) fr.......................... C Webber 4 03D50 Saffron Castleton (U1) fr.......... Z Butcher (J) 5 3417D Surreal Moment (1) 10............. S Lawson (J) 6 3x109 Banana Smoothie (2) 10............... D Butcher 7 46x3x Canyouwatchoverme (U1) 10... M McKendry 8 6x062 Mingara (U2) 10............................M Teaz (J) 9 32724 Tommiray (1) 30............................ P Butcher 10 74723 Phoebe Gladiator (1) 40............D Alexander 4 7.25pm ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL MOBILE PACE $5000, 2yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 1x0Px Tactful Lady (1) fr..............................G Robb 2 2 Faster (2) fr.............................. S Lawson (J) 3 Ace Of Delight (3) fr.............. S McMullan (J) 4 Lotta Bets (4) fr.................... S Abernethy (J) 5 Rado (5) fr..................................... P Butcher 6 7 Earthbound (6) fr...................... S McCaffrey 7 60 Smoken Bad (7) fr...........................S Phelan 8 48343 Monets Daughter (8) fr................. B Mangos 9 59605 Stagefright (21) fr...........................N Chilcott 10 7 Supreme Brigade (22) fr................. D Moore 11 656x6 Ineedanorvic (23) fr.................. J I Dickie (J)

Cambridge-Te Awamutu HRC Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 25 Jul 2013 NZ Meeting number : 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 1 6.10pm (NZT) LARRY FINN RETIREMENT MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 24216 Spook (1) fr...................................A Veint (J) 2 42854 Randalstown (2) fr................... Z Butcher (J) 3 76055 Jack Bates (3) fr.............................N Chilcott 4 1 Roger Ramjet (4) fr........................T Mitchell 5 40436 Lively Eastburn fr.......................... Scratched 6 P1722 Vapour (5) fr....................................S Phelan 7 54631 Cougar Bromac (6) fr................. J Abernethy 8 11 Bandana (7) fr........................... S McCaffrey 9 804x6 Alison’s Jet (21) fr.................. A Poutama (J) 10 08x1P Bailey Maguire (22) fr..........................T Hall 11 x8649 Mister T fr...................................... Scratched 12 60x73 Salvador (23) fr.............................B Mangos 2 6.35pm PAM CROSSWELL CLAIMERS MOBILE PACE $5500, claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 57723 Thrill Factor (1) fr.......................... P Butcher 2 26760 Brooke Brad Carolina (2) fr...... S Lawson (J) 3 92610 Jonny Wilkinson (3) fr.............. Z Butcher (J) 4 00636 Viewfield Apache (4) fr.................. D Butcher 5 52118 Carlos (5) fr....................................T Mitchell 6 27154 Broadway (6) fr...............................S Phelan

12 0x9 Miro Bay (24) fr............................. D Butcher 13 60x Royal Arthur (25) fr................... M McKendry 5 7.50pm DE LAUTOURS.CO.NZ HANDICAP PACE $6000, 3yo+ 2 to 6 wins discrhcp pace, stand, 2200m 1 53614 Guilty Verdict fr.............................. Scratched 2 14511 Mac Bubbles (1) fr........................B Mangos 3 86995 Distraction (2) fr...........................A Donnelly 4 467x6 Elias Bromac (1) 10.......................T Mitchell 5 78714 Millview Rachal (2) 10...............D Branch (J) 6 08071 Meet Me In Mayfair (3) 10............ D Butcher 7 81457 Tyler Maguire 20........................... Scratched 8 51545 In The Living Years (1) 20...............S Phelan 6 8.15pm CAMBRIDGE JOCKEY CLUB F&M MBL PACE $5500, 2yo+ f&m up to 3 wins mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 21 Imhisdaughter (1) fr.................. M McKendry 2 06423 Macy Delight (2) fr................... S Lawson (J) 3 47332 Cullies Delight (3) fr..........................G Robb 4 451x3 Stars And Sound (4) fr..................B Mangos 5 03734 Aces N Eights (5) fr.......................N Chilcott 6 17792 Splendid Bet fr.............................. Scratched 7 32948 Shardon’s Pearl (6) fr.................... D Butcher 8 85211 For The Ladies (7) fr J Trainor (J,.............Cl) 9 16847 Silent Night (21) fr..........................T Mitchell 10 54393 Captivating (22) fr................... R Downey (J) 7 8.40pm HARNESSRACINGWAIKATO.CO.NZ AMATEUR

DRS MBL PACE $5500, 3yo+ up to 3 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 1 65677 Johann (1) fr...................................F Phelan 2 40436 Lively Eastburn fr.......................... Scratched 3 66543 Golden Delight (2) fr..........................W Rich 4 33165 Lambrusco (3) fr........................ M Northcott 5 53614 Guilty Verdict (4) fr..................... R Frampton 6 73522 Kippenberger (5) fr............................T Wenn 7 37752 JD’s Dream (6) fr..............................J Darby LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS Race 1: Bandana, Roger Ramjet, Randalstown, Spook Race 2: Carlos, Thrill Factor, Broadway, Viewfield Apache Race 3: Mingara, Surreal Moment, Tommiray, Phoebe Gladiator Race 4: Ace Of Delight, Faster, Tactful Lady, Earthbound Race 5: Mac Bubbles, In The Living Years, Millview Rachal Race 6: For The Ladies, Imhisdaughter, Cullies Delight Race 7: Kippenberger, Golden Delight, JD’s Dream, Guilty Verdict

Christchurch greyhound fields and form Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Addington Raceway Meeting Date: 25 Jul 2013 NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 4.45pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 53338 Know Pride 17.26.......................... G Cleeve 2 82x23 Wandy Luck 17.51......................... G Cleeve 3 54578 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.48 H &.................Taylor 4 61861 Opawa Rufus 17.34 S &..................B Evans 5 33272 Cawbourne Renee 17.35 C &.......D Roberts 6 34641 Avec Lamour 17.58....................A Bradshaw 7 68877 Georgie Wong 17.26..........................J Rush 8 46228 Anytime Will Do 17.48...............J McInerney 9 23745 Blonde Tori 17.48.......................A Bradshaw 10 34782 Benny’s Angel 17.50..................J McInerney 2 5.10pm (NZT) CTV DASH C4, 295m 1 58767 Jonny Jet nwtd...................................J Dunn 2 54348 Wandy Pam nwtd.........................D Kingston 3 36624 Homebush Edith 17.21..............J McInerney 4 11112 Trans Tasman 17.23...................R Blackburn 5 416x6 Wandy Grant 17.19........................ G Cleeve 6 77654 Princely Dollar 17.38..................J McInerney 7 34772 Fireman’s Escort 17.28.................. G Cleeve 8 72741 Dynamic Black 17.46 A &...................Seque 9 54667 Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 10 77884 Cawbourne Dusty 17.51.................. M Grant 3 5.30pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK SPRINT C3, 295m 1 65482 Runway Queen 17.41.................... G Cleeve 2 76718 Roxy Rascal 17.44 M &.....................Jopson 3 17445 Isabelle Domain (c2) nwtd.........J McInerney

4 84327 Dyna Frier 17.23 C &....................D Roberts 5 27353 Another Becky 17.49.................J McInerney 6 4658x Know Spunk nwtd.......................... G Cleeve 7 14761 Nitro Mabel 17.39 H &.........................Taylor 8 27112 Hooray For Hazel 17.56 M &............... Smith 9 23745 Blonde Tori 17.48.......................A Bradshaw 10 65537 Gazza’s Pride 17.24......................... M Flipp 4 5.56pm (NZT) I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C4, 295m 1 22685 Rodriguez 17.19..................................A Lee 2 26813 Cawbourne Chief 17.39................... M Grant 3 11648 Wandy Gaylene 17.30................... G Cleeve 4 13747 False Step nwtd.................................J Dunn 5 34611 Just A Mate 17.29......................J McInerney 6 26455 Austin Wana 17.58.....................J McInerney 7 21133 Gotta Go Ace 17.48...................R Blackburn 8 64736 Know Attention 17.10..................... G Cleeve 9 54667 Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 10 47755 Homebush Helen 17.18.............J McInerney 5 6.25pm (NZT) CAROL’S TAB STAKES C3, 520m 1 85888 Dyna Indigo 30.72 M &......................Jopson 2 56222 Rambunctious 30.63..................A Bradshaw 3 25351 Bone Nerd (c4) nwtd.................... M Roberts 4 24343 Red Typhoon 30.56.......................... M Grant 5 11214 Chevy Chevelle 30.70 H &...................Taylor 6 21274 Starburst Clemmy nwtd................... M Grant 7 57161 Goldstar Bella 30.48 S &.................B Evans 8 17355 Rocky Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 55561 Girl Racer 30.42 H &...........................Taylor 10 66513 Cawbourne Kesha 30.74...........J McInerney 6 6.47pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE SPRINT C5, 295m 1 12132 Sting Me 17.12................................. M Grant

2 1348x Red Carpet 17.29.......................... G Cleeve 3 11564 Zebidiah 17.02 J &...........................D Fahey 4 84716 Know Favours 17.37...................... G Cleeve 5 11782 Another Colt 17.35.....................J McInerney 6 21116 More Better 17.08 W &...................... Nissen 7 68216 Magic You nwtd C &......................D Roberts 8 15855 Dillmanstown 17.45............................J Dunn 9 66348 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve 10 37881 Opawa Legs 17.42....................... M Roberts 7 7.12pm SKY HIGH SCAFFOLDING STAKES C4, 520m 1 57381 Maximum Jewel 30.46 C &...........D Roberts 2 78217 Stolen Money 17.97....................... G Cleeve 3 45615 Opawa Jed 30.06 J &......................D Fahey 4 61534 Take No Prisoner 30.42................. G Cleeve 5 15135 Take A Trick 30.62............................. M Flipp 6 24233 Opawa No Ear 30.18 J &.................D Fahey 7 73531 Homebush Chopper(c5) 30.70..J McInerney 8 18422 Opawa Style 30.55 L &....................... Wales 9 45266 Charlie’s Choice 30.45 A &.................Seque 10 27156 Speedy Kazza 30.46..................J McInerney 8 7.37pm WILSON’S SPORTS BAR TAB DASH C5, 295m 1 73221 Know Advantage 17.04.................. G Cleeve 2 14232 Cawbourne Moff 17.00..............J McInerney 3 12765 Starburst Josh 17.16........................ M Grant 4 23735 Pearl’s Boy 17.19........................... G Cleeve 5 36633 Etched In Stone 17.25...............R Blackburn 6 11113 Mr. Whippy 17.19 W &....................... Nissen 7 28288 Ramrada 17.21 C &......................D Roberts 8 61118 Rule Judge Judy 17.47 J &.....................May Emergencies: 9 66348 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve

10 61588 Matti Oah 17.08.........................J McInerney 9 8.02pm KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C4/5, 520m 1 35154 Homebush Violet 30.41..............J McInerney 2 41867 Opawa Midnight 30.66 S &..............B Evans 3 22218 Opawa Swede 30.02 J &.................D Fahey 4 37433 No Undies Sundy 30.39.............J McInerney 5 67786 Opawa Casper 30.23 L &................... Wales 6 17411 Gordon Bale 30.43 C &................D Roberts 7 35525 Wild Grove 30.41 C &...................D Roberts 8 86671 Cawbourne Philip 30.34.............J McInerney 9 45266 Charlie’s Choice(c4) 30.45 A &..........Seque 10 27156 Speedy Kazza (c4) 30.46..........J McInerney 10 8.27pm CLARKSON SIGNS SPRINT C5, 295m 1 12241 Drysdale 17.17.....................................A Lee 2 51666 Know Mistake 16.95...................... G Cleeve 3 37542 Butterbean 17.29 M &....................PT Binnie 4 43435 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 5 48843 Wandy Boiler 17.33........................ G Cleeve 6 23411 Callahan 17.26............................. M Roberts 7 24711 Starburst Blanch 17.26.................... M Grant 8 22675 Gitcha Easy 17.25 W &...................... Nissen Emergencies: 9 66348 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve 10 45783 Botany Prancer 17.54................J McInerney 11 8.52pm FLAIR DASH C5, 295m 1 38317 Homebush Sarge 17.35.............J McInerney 2 56127 Cawbourne Queen 17.23 C &......D Roberts 3 43425 Nippa Mary 17.09......................J McInerney 4 14138 Hot Mango 17.37 A &.........................Seque 5 11414 Go Housie 17.09............................ G Cleeve 6 13674 Know Escape 17.02....................... G Cleeve

7 55528 Elki 17.31..................................... M Roberts 8 74121 Ciri Rioli 17.11 J &...........................D Fahey 9 66348 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve 10 21777 Know Trust 17.23........................... G Cleeve 12 9.16pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C4, 295m 1 22322 Homebush Mayhem 17.27.........J McInerney 2 51338 Knox 17.44........................................ B Dann 3 62421 Swip And Tear 17.30 H &....................Taylor 4 63683 Know Jealousy 17.29..................... G Cleeve 5 62688 Homebush Cruden nwtd............J McInerney 6 87717 Kin Nikki 17.41.............................. L Waretini 7 25562 Ringa Ding 17.54.......................J McInerney 8 57564 Wandy Paul 17.47............................ M Grant Emergencies: 9 54667 Jackson Cat 17.21............................ B Dann 10 86757 Wise Wonder 17.34 C &..................... Fagan SELECTIONS Race 1: Know Pride, Cawbourne Renee, Wandy Luck Race 2: Trans Tasman, Dynamic Black, Princely Dollar, Wandy Grant Race 3: Runway Queen, Isabelle Domain, Hooray For Hazel Race 4: Rodriguez, Just A Mate, Gotta Go Ace, Cawbourne Chief Race 5: Bone Nerd, Goldstar Bella, Red Typhoon, Rambunctious Race 6: More Better, Sting Me, Zebidiah, Another Colt Race 7: Opawa Jed, Opawa No Ear, Stolen Money Race 8: Know Advantage, Mr. Whippy, Cawbourne Moff Race 9: Opawa Swede, Gordon Bale, Homebush Violet Race 10: Callahan, Butterbean, Drysdale, Starburst Blanch Race 11: Go Housie, Cawbourne Queen, Ciri Rioli, Nippa Mary Race 12: Swip And Tear, Homebush Mayhem, Knox, Wandy Paul LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Today’s Manawatu RC fields, form and riders Manawatu RC Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 25 Jul 2013 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 1 11.45am (NZT) DATACOMMS PLUS HURDLE $10,000, RST OPN HDL, 2900m 1 631x0 Harvest The Gold mh (2) 72.......J Rathbone 2 Px852 Applaud (4) 65........................S Sanders (3) 3 93335 Zardetto (8) 65...................................R Cully 4 3x5x5 Tim (1) 65.......................................S Phelan 5 88x0P Happy Go Lucky (3) 65..............A Kuru (1.5) 6 x5607 Goginga m (6) 65.......................M Cropp (a) 7 9x908 Jamaa (5) 65.................................... C Studd 8 x0781 Stuertzer mh (7) 65..........................G Walsh 2 12.20pm NORWOODS FARM MACHINERY PALMERSTON NORTH $10,000, RST OPN HDL, 2900m 1 x6055 El Patron m (4) 65.5........................C Perrett 2 x5137 No Governance m (3) 65.5................R Cully 3 x2604 Pay The Fox (8) 65.........................S Phelan 4 0x758 Wee Biskit (2) 65...........................E Farr (3) 5 23090 Affaire D’Honneur (7) 65............... M Mitchell 6 50x00 Jules Verne (1) 65......................A Kuru (1.5) 7 9x020 Ripdiddler m (6) 65..........................G Walsh 8 x8805 Zane Bay mh (5) 65......................... C Studd 3 12.55pm NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY RONGOTEA AMATEUR $7000, Rating 65&JMPS Benchmark*, 2100m 1 21521 Sea King dm (10) 75 2 4x4L6 Mister Deejay tm (6) 73........H Duncan (am) 3 5x473 McCulley m (3) 72.5 4 43422 Krase dmb (4) 71.5..............S MacNab (am)

5 60995 Gee Oh m (1) 70.5.............M Northcott (am) 6 444P4 Storm Home (7) 68.5........... L Wheeler (am) 7 3x159 Fred Flinstone mb (9) 67.5......K Bruce (am) 8 01009 Carinya m (5) 66.5.............. K Peterson (am) 9 00985 No Credit d (2) 66.5............... S Fannin (am) 10 00x00 Selamat m (8) 66.5..............M Fenwick (am) 4 1.30pm NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY DANNEVIRKE STEEPLECHASE $12,000, RST OPN STP, 4200m 1 47325 Ayatollah tm (7) 69........................... C Studd 2 07441 Rangatira m (1) 69..........................C Perrett 3 x6697 Yorkie (2) 68.......................................R Cully 4 x5222 Duminy m (4) 66........................... M Mitchell 5 x6342 Authentic (5) 65.5......................A Kuru (1.5) 6 x866L Binklebonk m (3) 65 7 07P6F Ohopee m (6) 65.......................M Cropp (a) 5 2.05pm NEW HOLLAND MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 72690 Party Horse (2) 58.5....................B Lammas 2 848x0 Oleg h (3) 58.5.................................D Walsh 3 69466 Straight Ahead (6) 58.5.................. J Riddell 4 x0705 Barmasai (7) 58.5.....................B Grylls (a2) 5 607x0 Hunky Dory (1) 58.5.........................S Doyle 6 0 Painted City 58.5.......................... Scratched 7 42422 Allez Rose h (10) 56.5............... J McDonald 8 66x38 Lady Lincoln h (8) 56.5..................D Bradley 9 0x495 Dance In The Park h (9) 56.5.... M Cameron 10 096x0 Amies Angel (4) 56.5........... M Dravitzki (a2) 11 x0069 Savarose (5) 56.5........................R Hannam 6 2.40pm NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY HOROWHENUA 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1400m

1 36 By The Powers h (5) 57.5...............D Walker 2 0x05 Innuendo (8) 57.5........................B Lammas 3 0768 Foxcub (4) 57.5.......................... M Cameron 4 0 It Is Written (3) 57.5..........................K Smith 5 04 Helio Star h (6) 55.5......................D Bradley 6 8x Pocket Aces h (7) 55.5................... J Parkes 7 900x Tullyho h (1) 55.5.........................R Hannam 8 Winter Cat h (2) 55.5................B Grylls (a2) 7 3.15pm NORWOOD FARM MACHINERY MARTON MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 460x Be Yourself (6) 58.5...................L Isherwood

Darryl Bradley is down to ride St’ruth in the Marton Maiden at the Manawatu Racing Club’s meeting today.

2 Ralph’s Gift h (7) 58.5..................R Hannam 3 60x9 Da Beast (2) 58.5.............................S Doyle 4 00x00 Lucky Jazz 58.5............................ Scratched 5 Sagrantino (1) 58.5....................... L Allpress 6 27395 Disco Inferno h (5) 56.5............. M Cameron 7 03 Patience (3) 56.5.............................D Walsh 8 008x8 Doozyatold (8) 56.5..........................K Smith 9 7x St’ruth h (4) 56.5............................D Bradley 8 3.50pm NORWOOD AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT R65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1400m 1 x8912 Mr Darcee’s Gold dm (10) 59... B Grylls (a2) 2 x6x47 Sports Coat mh (8) 58.5................. J Riddell 3 05x06 Zerbreeze dmh (11) 58................R Hannam 4 0x571 Caley Rose mh (3) 57................ M Cameron 5 9x003 I Am Leo dm (13) 57....................... J Parkes 6 476x5 Zenno Rolls Royce mh (5) 57.M Dravitzki (a2) 7 9x730 The Great White tdmh (12) 56.5......D Walsh 8 9x882 Bolt Action dm (4) 55.5...........L Whelan (a1) 9 95400 Fair Script d (9) 55........... K Kalychurun (a3) 10 080x9 Kitch m (6) 55...................................S Doyle 11 04570 Seducer tdh (7) 55........................ L Allpress 12 00x90 D’Top dm (1) 54................................K Smith 13 870x0 The Dolphin tmh (2) 55 Emergency: The Dolphin 9 4.20pm KUBOTA MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 x0833 Running Late (11) 58.5................. L Allpress 2 70x03 Party Rock (4) 58.5......................B Lammas 3 5x346 Ready Eddie h (13) 58.5................. J Riddell 4 x0385 Mwaadan (6) 58.5........................R Hannam

5 95446 Sergeant Lincoln h (9) 58.5......B Grylls (a2) 6 5569 Just Collie h (1) 58.5....................... J Parkes 7 Tigger (12) 58.5....................... D Turner (a3) 8 07 Tui Teka 58.5................................. Scratched 9 7x903 Lovetokeep’er (2) 56.5...............L Isherwood 10 80307 Shanghai Lil (7) 56.5................. M Cameron 11 9666B Go Beauty h (10) 56.5............L Whelan (a1) 12 70 Shadow Player h (3) 56.5.... M Dravitzki (a2) 13 00x87 False Empathy (5) 56.5.................. T Russell 14 66x38 Lady Lincoln h (8) 56.5 Emergencies: False Empathy, Lady Lincoln

10 38888 Ila Gladys 21.65..............................G Parker 12.47pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT C2, 375m 1 28685 Mr. Majestic 21.41..............................J Black 2 48842 Monty Dosh nwtd........................ B Littlejohn 3 18762 It’s A Doll nwtd.............................A Turnwald 4 56757 Belrani 21.54................................... G Farrell 5 45481 Realon Rumba 21.42.................. R O’Regan 6 37642 Peno Boy 21.50.................................J Black 7 11142 Another Burst 21.37....................D Schofield 8 85865 Jackson Town 21.19.......................... S Clark 9 88677 Naughty Courty 21.75...................... M Mann 10 85868 Diggin’ On You nwtd........................ I George 4 1.04pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY SPRINT C3, 375m 1 58376 Lochinvar Valero nwtd.................D Schofield 2 44631 Lochinvar Yasi 21.42...................D Schofield 3 85742 Run Stacey Run nwtd..........................J Udy 4 24232 Cocky Appeal 21.00.........................P Green 5 57672 Corby 21.21................................ R O’Regan 6 61221 All In All nwtd.......................................J Udy 7 61F57 Only Kate 21.43.......................... R O’Regan 8 76472 Exciting Dream nwtd................... R O’Regan 5 1.22pm SHORT AND SNAPPY SPRINT C5, 375m 1 42534 Harvey Nichols 21.24........................ B Craik 2 27133 Hajime 21.26..................................P Cleaver 3 21678 Thanks Mercedes 21.17................... S Clark 4 72114 Ate Power 21.22 F &.......................Turnwald 5 63565 Winsome Buster 21.22...............D Schofield

6 P5364 Calamity Free 21.14....................D Schofield 7 34131 Cawbourne Jock 21.04......................C Hore 8 46167 Uno Lachlan 21.12......................D Schofield 9 53878 Rybenbrook Flash nwtd.............. R O’Regan 6 1.39pm CLUBHOUSE SIX PACK JACKPOT STAKES C1, 375m 1 58487 Caruba King 21.67.............................J Black 2 84468 Major Tom 21.91......................... L Laagland 3 75654 Flyin’ Shifty nwtd R M &.................... J Smith 4 67876 Chase Ostee nwtd....................... C F Moore 5 27743 Uncle Romilly nwtd........................... B Craik 6 8x877 Tapu Boy 21.54...............................A Bowen 7 68587 Realon Rose nwtd...................... R O’Regan 8 43244 South Bay Dream nwtd............... R O’Regan 9 38888 Ila Gladys 21.65..............................G Parker 10 87668 Mr. Lochlyn 21.81..........................M J Lozell 7 1.57pm BORNATO STAKES C2/3, 457m 1 34334 Utah Bolt (c2) nwtd..................... G Pomeroy 2 45311 Zagato 25.68.............................. A Lawrence 3 32112 Crackles Appeal nwtd......................P Green 4 22117 Katcha Fire 25.86............................. B Craik 5 58214 Trilise (c2) 25.59........................ A Lawrence 6 11263 Coal Sack (c2) 25.86................. A Lawrence 7 64322 Thrilling Charly 25.63....................... K Walsh 8 31121 Feel The Vibe 25.60....................D Schofield 9 25287 Mr. Chino (c2) 25.64.................. A Lawrence 10 25764 Beau Rivage (c2) 25.51 W &...........T Steele 8 2.15pm LOIS HENLEY MEMORIAL TROPHY INV, 457m

1 31214 Fancy Jill (c5) 25.74....................D Schofield 2 53171 Kiki Rhode (c5) 25.79 W &..............T Steele 3 26326 Thrilling Vegas (c5) 25.34................ K Walsh 4 62263 Ocotillo (c5) nwtd F &.....................Turnwald 5 33853 Toi Shan (c5) 25.64....................D Schofield 6 11416 Pink Bouquet (c5) 25.71.............D Schofield 7 33231 Thrilling Ella (c5) 25.74.................... K Walsh 8 23136 Just Jordana (c5) 25.82.................... B Craik Emergencies: 9 78434 Kiwi Girl (c5) 25.88............................J Black 10 21346 Pink Sock (c5) nwtd F &.................Turnwald 9 2.32pm THRILLING BRAT STAKES C4, 457m 1 36757 Gainsford 25.72................................ B Craik 2 12617 Harajuku Baby nwtd.......................... B Craik 3 74272 Moulin Blue nwtd F &......................Turnwald 4 76848 Secret Sprite nwtd F &....................Turnwald 5 61434 Retaliate First nwtd F &..................Turnwald 6 6x111 Superior Izmir (c5) nwtd F &...........Turnwald 7 37855 Riddle Mate 25.72........................... G Farrell 8 16486 Jetsun Flame 25.95........................G Wilson 10 2.50pm KAREN WALSH STRIKE RATE SPRINT C5, 375m 1 17342 Lord Will 21.07...................................C Hore 2 21748 Ruby Tron 21.18 H...................... L Laagland 3 31441 Black Hombre 21.07......................... S Clark 4 53357 Cosmic Mack 21.18....................D Schofield 5 72851 Matrix 21.18.......................................J Black 6 11415 Question Me 21.61............................S Ross

Neuschwanstein rock solid in Brisbane victory By Stephen Rodgers Trainer Robert Heathcote’s lifelong love affair with Europe is reflected in the naming of yesterday’s Eagle Farm winner Neuschwanstein. When Heathcote was a student in Germany in the early 1980s he was a regular visitor to Neuschwanstein Castle in the state of Bavaria. “It was built in the mid-19th century and was commissioned by ‘mad’ King Ludwig,” Heathcote said. “When I lived in Europe and went to language college in Germany it was only a half-hour drive away and we’d often go there on weekends.” Neuschwanstein Castle was also the inspiration for the design of the iconic Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. Although the gelding scored narrowly by a half-neck in the William & Eileen Duffus Memorial Handicap (1400m), Heathcote says it’s not a true measure of his ability. “He’s a lovely little horse but he’s still doing so much wrong,” he said. “He’ll go for a break and I think he’s got the makings of a nice horse once the penny drops next time in.” Neuschwanstein raced in blinkers at his previous start at Eagle Farm when he finished second but Heathcote removed them for yesterday’s race. “Damian Browne rode him that day and felt he would be better suited with the blinkers off and once again his judgement proved to be correct,” Heathcote said. Browne he missed the ride yesterday because he is on holidays with apprentice Anthony Allen proving an able replacement. Liam Birchley believes These Streets can make the jump to Saturday grade after his all-the-way win in the Queensland X-Ray Maiden (1400m). “He’s always shown plenty of ability but he’s been dreadfully unlucky a few times,” he said. “It was good to see him win like that and he should get a bit of confidence from it.” These Streets was stepping up to 1400m for the first time yesterday but Birchley is confident he can stretch his stamina to 1600m. - AAP TURF

• Day one on the court Canterbury Country were shaken up on opening day of the national under 15 basketball championships in Wellington and it wasn’t from any seismic activity. The Canterbury County boys’ were rocked on day one being well beaten by Waikato Red 38-111 in their opening match and then North Harbour A 24-110. The boys come up against Counties Manukau and then complete pool play against Southland. The Canterbury County girls opened the tournament with a 47-43 win over Hawkes Bay but were undone by Porirua 61-50. The girls go up against Otago A this morning and then North Harbour B in the late round. The Canterbury Country under 19 boys are nearby in Nelson and they were well beaten by North Harbour 44-91 and faced Waikato in the late round.

• Out to avoid spoon The Mid Canterbury under 17 netball team play Whangarei in the wooden spoon match at the New Zealand Under 17 Championships in Hastings. After three losses in pool play had Mid Canterbury fall into the bottom eight they had a 26-37 loss to Kapiti to go onto face Hawkes Bay, who lost to defending champions Manawatu 25-33. Hawkes Bay inflicted a 39-24 loss on Mid Canterbury to put in the playoff for 32nd. Mid Canterbury now square off with Whangarei. At the other end of the draw Christchurch meets Wanganui and Auckland 1 plays Auckland 2 in the semi-finals.

• Brumbies take risk The Brumbies will risk Morne Steyn’s deadly-accurate boot once more in a bold attempt to bully the Bulls at the breakdown. The Brumbies have conceded more penalties than any other side this year, yet coach Jake White says his unchanged side won’t back down from the aggressive ruck tactics that earned them Sunday’s semi-final game in Pretoria. “In the stats you can see we’ve got the most pilfers, the most turnovers and best ability to slow down the opposition ball,” White said. “So with that comes the chance of giving a penalty away. One goes in hand with the other and I’m prepared to take the risk of conceding a penalty or two, knowing full well that you get a lot of return on what we do at - AAP the breakdown.”

• $1million up for grabs Sinking a $1 million clutch putt is a privilege usually reserved for golfers whose pockets are already bulging with cash. But, according to businessman Frank Williams, that’s simply too boring. The former manager of Greg Norman wants to see an amateur sweat it out on the last green and - partly for that reason - has launched a new golf tournament with a twist to be played in February. The Rush, to be contested over 72 holes on the Mornington Peninsula at the Moonah Links Legends course and The Dunes, will boast an impressive $1.3 million purse and feature teams comprising one professional and one amateur. In an Australian first, the winning pair will split the $1 million first prize - with $500,000 for the professional and the other half to a charity of the amateur’s choosing. - AAP

• Craigie ‘quits to live’ Former rugby league star Owen Craigie says the decision to walk away from a lucrative sporting career to confront his personal demons saved his life. In 2006, the former Newcastle, South Sydney and Wests Tigers playmaker quit the game after battling suicidal thoughts, a drinking problem and a corrosive gambling habit. But he says walking away after hitting “rock bottom” ultimately saved his life. “I was contemplating suicide. I thought `I’ve got to retire ... Owen Craigie needs to recover and get himself right’,” he said. “I had to throw away something I really loved and enjoyed, for me to survive.” - AAP

Blinkers on : Amies Angel (R5), Helio Star, Tullyho (R6), Da Beast (R7), Shadow Player (R9) Blinkers off : Selamat (R3), Straight Ahead (R5), The Great White, The Dolphin (R8) Winkers on : Pay The Fox (R2), Straight Ahead (R5), D’Top (R8) Winkers off : Helio Star (R6) SELECTIONS Race 1: Zardetto, Applaud, Harvest The Gold, Stuertzer Race 2: No Governance, El Patron, Affaire D’Honneur, Ripdiddler Race 3: McCulley, Krase, Sea King, Gee Oh, Storm Home Race 4: Rangatira, Duminy, Yorkie, Ayatollah, Authentic Race 5: Allez Rose, Lady Lincoln, Straight Ahead, Barmasai Race 6: By The Powers, Innuendo, Winter Cat, Helio Star Race 7: Patience, Be Yourself, Disco Inferno, Ralph’s Gift Race 8: Bolt Action, Mr Darcee’s Gold, Zenno Rolls Royce Race 9: Running Late, Party Rock, Just Collie, Lady Lincoln

• AFL players ‘fragile’

Today’s Waikato greyhound fields and form Waikato And Districts Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Cambridge Raceway Meeting Date: 25 Jul 2013 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 1 12.10pm (NZT) DENIS SCHOFIELD TRAINER OF THE YEAR SPRINT C4, 375m 1 58227 Predator Drone 21.35 W &..............T Steele 2 25788 Percentage Man 21.42................ L Laagland 3 77234 Karma Rhode 21.33 W &.................T Steele 4 8x783 Lochinvar Vicini nwtd..................D Schofield 5 54176 Louielicious nwtd..............................T Agent 6 36672 Crixus nwtd..................................... G Farrell 7 31768 Cawbourne Henry 21.34....................C Hore 8 55235 Quick Cat 21.31..........................D Schofield 9 85575 Kilara’s Fancy 21.45....................D Schofield 10 67566 Jetsun Blaze 21.19.........................G Wilson 2 12.29pm FAREWELL PAM CROSSWELL SPRINT C1, 375m 1 35648 Bigtime Whizz nwtd..................... R O’Regan 2 55483 Mic Player nwtd............................... P Lowen 3 85647 Go Dolphin Power nwtd............... C F Moore 4 21 Senorita Chang nwtd........................ S Clark 5 75857 King’s Mistress 21.72.........................J Black 6 46685 Where’s The Cat 21.38...............D Schofield 7 48375 Our Bernie nwtd............................H Mullane 8 35656 Tata Safari 21.60............................... B Craik 9 87668 Mr. Lochlyn 21.81..........................M J Lozell

Trainer Robert Heathcote

7 14515 Tarapunga 21.22.........................D Schofield 8 66148 Grizz 20.92....................................... S Clark 9 53878 Rybenbrook Flash nwtd.............. R O’Regan 11 3.07pm WAIKATO WINTER CUP C5, 457m 1 15131 Osti’s Pursuit 25.53............................C Hore 2 67123 Ostis Experience 25.84......................C Hore 3 51532 Valain’s Flyer 25.61......................T M Patton 4 734x2 Benny Rox 25.52........................D Schofield 5 32221 Bornato 25.51............................ A Lawrence 6 72551 Piggy Back 25.27.............................. S Clark 7 44121 Riley’s Mate 25.42............................ S Clark 8 44413 Koko Whiz 25.49.........................D Schofield 9 21134 Indiana Izmir nwtd F &....................Turnwald 10 87138 Thrilling Blitz 25.41........................... S Clark 12 3.25pm CLUBHOUSE BAR SPRINT C1, 457m 1 43254 Very Chilly nwtd..........................M Mathews 2 72352 Ghost Writer 25.68.............................S Ross 3 1121 Thrilling Giggle 25.55....................... K Walsh 4 51523 Teegz nwtd................................. A Lawrence 5 77442 Endorse 25.78............................D Schofield 6 43354 Little Teegan 25.59..................... A Lawrence 7 71374 You’re Lucky nwtd............................. B Craik 8 32281 King’s Legacy nwtd............................J Black 9 48375 Our Bernie 26.18..........................H Mullane 10 26847 Hit Boost 26.04............................T M Patton LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

See The World to bounce back Joe Pride will revert to a proven formula to coax See The World back to his best form at Randwick on Saturday. The gelding has disappointed at his past two starts over 1350m, prompting Pride to drop him back in trip to the 1200m of Saturday’s July Sprint. Pride has also decided to put blinkers back on the stakes winner who has been without them at his past two starts at Doomben and Rosehill. “He has lost his way a bit since he went to Brisbane,” Pride said. “I’ve put the blinkers back on. He wore them in the Hall Mark (Stakes) before he went away, I took them off so he would settle over the 1350.” See The World’s best runs have been over 1100m and 1200m. - AAP TURF

Carlton coach Mick Malthouse says a neck fracture to Blues defender Simon White is a reminder of the fragility of footballers and the importance of AFL rules protecting them. White will wear a neck brace for the next eight weeks after fracturing a vertebrae in his neck while playing in the VFL on the weekend. He’s expected to return next season and Malthouse said given White heard a crunch or crack when the incident occurred, the outcome could have been worse. He referred to former Geelong player Casey Tutungi, who has been diagnosed a quadriplegic as a result of an incident in June in the Geelong Football League. “These are the sort of injuries we dread,” Malthouse said. “Simon’s semi-lucky, I guess, it could have been worse but fortunately in a club environment like this we’re able to look at it and get him right. He’ll be right for next year.” - AAP

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Crusaders up for the big clash The swagger has come from the Crusaders, the stagger from the Chiefs. Rugby psychoanalysts will leap on that as a pointer to their Super 15 showdown on Saturday, while those with rational rugby memories will deliver examples where form is deceptive. The Chiefs qualified top in pool play but have struggled since the June test break while the Crusaders purred through their programme, including victory against the Chiefs, and then they destroyed the Reds last week. Momentum is with the Crusaders, however history is with the Chiefs as they and their supporters buckle up for this dynasty-defining clash. The Chiefs have carried a yen all season to show their 2012 title win was no fluke while the Crusaders, for all their core of big-name players, have not won the big dance since 2008. They were edged out by the Chiefs last year in one semi-final, lost the final in 2011 and semi-final matches in 2010 and 2009. Cynics will suggest the Crusaders know how to lose and the Chiefs have learned to win, while the dispassionate will look for a great contest, and diehard fans will not be swayed from their allegiance. Research shows the top qualifiers have gone on to win four of the last five Super rugby titles. All those theories go into the melting pot of conjecture as time counts down towards the duel between the best New Zealand sides at Hamilton

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the field of 300 golfers. The New Zealand rep shot rounds of 71 and 67 to finish on a six-under 138 total, only one stroke back from American winner Matthew Van Zandt (69, 68). Fellow Kiwi Cameron Jones had rounds of 70 and 75 to finish on a one-over total and six shots back from the qualifying mark. McCall will look to continue his hot form at the US Amateur

Championship at The Country Club in Brookline Club, Massachusetts from August 12-18. “It means so much to me to qualify for the US Amateur,” said McCall shortly after his round. “I achieved some massive goals in so many areas the last few days and weeks. “I played extremely well today but more importantly my mental side was superb,” he said. - APNZ

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on Saturday. Among the keen students will be the All Black selectors, who will then inspect the medical reports and their notes before naming a wider training group to train next week at North Harbour Stadium. Once that and the Super 15 is done they will name a group of 28 players and three extras to prepare for the six Rugby Championship tests with the Wallabies, Springboks and Argentina. In late May, the Chiefs edged past the Crusaders 28-19 at home before being well beaten 43-15 this month in Christchurch. The Chiefs have had three weeks to ponder that and their response, while the Crusaders have marched on. The sides will be revealed today with the Chiefs likely to start five of the All Black squad in June and the Crusaders probably eight of that group, including six in their pack. Two former All Blacks who missed that June cut loom as key figures for this contest. Hookers Corey Flynn and Hika Elliot will set the tone for their packs with their set-piece contributions. The Crusaders have been able to unpick opposition lineouts and squeeze their scrums and in both areas the hookers will be key for the outcomes. If they wobble, they and their packs will be put under more heat. Both have fallen off the All Black lists but Flynn, at 32, has some time left in him and with his massive experience and physical approach may still sniff one final World Cup chance - NZH in 2015.

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Thursday, 25 July 2013

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AKAROA

NZ Today

30 to 59

Canterbury High Country

TODAY

Cloudy periods, with afternoon fine breaks, but becoming fine about the foothills. Northwesterlies dying away early morning, then light winds.

Mainly fine, but showers near the divide, snow lowering to 800 metres. Wind at 1000m: W 35 km/h, dying away. Wind at 2000m: SW 60 km/h, gale gusting 80 km/h.

MAX

11 OVERNIGHT MIN 1

MAX

12 OVERNIGHT MIN 2

MAX

13 OVERNIGHT MIN 2

MAX

13 OVERNIGHT MIN 2

TOMORROW: Fine, morning frost. Light winds. SATURDAY: Fine, morning frost. Light winds. SUNDAY: Fine, morning frost. Light winds.

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

FZL: Lowering to 1100m

TOMORROW

Fine, with morning frosts. Light winds.

Fine. Wind at 1000m: W. Wind at 2000m: SW 60 km/h.

60 plus

FZL: Rising to 1800m

SATURDAY morning min max

showers 10 15 showers 7 14 fine 7 16 showers 9 14 fine 9 13 fine 5 14 fine 4 15 NZ Situation showers 5 11 A west to southwest flow over the country weakens fine 2 12 over central and northern New Zealand during tofine 2 13 morrow as a ridge pushes in from the Tasman Sea. fine 2 8 showers 5 10 Meanwhile, westerlies persist over southern areas, showers 4 9 with a front moving through there on Saturday.

PM10 Alert

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Cloudy periods, afternoon fine breaks. Light winds.

Midnight Tonight

Wind less than km/h 30

Ashburton Forecast

High pollution days in Ashburton so far this year

Fine, with morning frosts. Light winds.

SATURDAY Fine. Westerlies, strong about the tops.

SUNDAY

Fine, with morning frosts. Light winds.

MONDAY

Fine, with morning frosts. Light winds.

In winter, tiny particles called PM10 hang in our air and are harmful to our health. Most of winter PM10 in Canterbury is due to smoke from home heating. A daily PM10 reading over the national standard is considered a high pollution day.

Fine. Light winds.

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River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 3:30 pm, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 3:00 pm, yesterday

185.3 14.2 15.1 66.2

Source: Environment Canterbury

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Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

min grass 16 hour Jul 2013 min to date to date

15.5

1.1 -3.0

0.0

26.6 582.4

Christchurch Airport 16.0 -0.2 -1.3

0.0

46.8 440.6

N 19

Timaru Airport

0.0

11.2 370.6

W 19

Temperatures °C

Average

11.1

Average

10.9

15.3

Average

0.5

-2.5

0.6

-1.9

0.1

10.6

Rainfall mm

–

-1.0

388

361

276

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

Thursday 9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Friday

9 noon 3

9 pm am 3

Saturday 9 noon 3

Wind km/h

max gust

N 19

9 pm

2 1 0

5:17 11:29 5:46 11:59 6:12 12:23 6:39 12:53 7:08 1:18 7:34 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:55 am Set 5:24 pm Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 7:54 am Set 5:25 pm Bad

Bad fishing

Set 8:53 am Rise 8:39 pm

Set 9:26 am Rise 9:49 pm

Last quarter

New moon

30 Jul

5:45 am

7 Aug www.ofu.co.nz

9:52 am

Rise 7:53 am Set 5:26 pm Bad

Bad fishing Set 9:56 am Rise 10:57 pm

First quarter 14 Aug 10:58 pm

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