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The Cancer Society Relay for Life raised $133,000 at the weekend.

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Relay for Life raises $133,000 By matt markham

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Not even a little bit of overnight rain could dampen the spirits of those who took part in the Cancer Society Relay for Life at the weekend.

More than a thousand people flocked to the Ashburton Showgrounds to take part in the fundraising event which sees monies raised pumped directly back into the Canterbury West Coast Division of the Cancer Society wider pool, with families across the district receiving direct support from the event.

More than $133,000 was raised from the weekend’s efforts – as well as fundraising efforts of individual businesses and people.

That’s slightly down on the $157,000 raised three years ago, but still a significant contribution

that organisers were very humbled to have received.

“It’s a fantastic effort from the people of the Ashburton District,” organising committee chairman Alison Driscoll said.

“We are very humbled by the support that has been shown over the weekend, the efforts of some groups and people has been quite remarkable.”

The event began on Saturday at 3.50pm with the first lap dedicated solely to family and friends of cancer survivors or family and friends of those who had unfortunately lost their battle. More than 200 paper bags lined the entire course around the main field of the showgrounds with messages from loved ones to those who had passed.

“That makes you quite emotional just walking past and read-

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ing some of those messages,” Driscoll said.

Eighteen hours after the event started, the final laps were completed, with teams walking throughout the night.

The event was closed with Driscoll announcing the final amount raised to the large crowd in attendance – although that figure may increase slightly as final tallies are counted.

Team S.W.A.T led by Libby Taylor were awarded the best overall entry – raising $13,500 in the fundraising process.

“We would like to have been able to thank everyone individually because of all the support.

“Every little bit counts, it’s all put to good use.”

The Ashburton event was the first for the Canterbury West Coast division and once the other

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three events have been held the money will be pulled together and divided as it is needed across the region.

Last year alone there were $29,000 worth of petrol vouchers handed out locally while a further $10,000 was gifted in grocery vouchers.

Other necessary parts of life like accommodation and even firewood are regular costs too.

One of the major costs for the Cancer Society is the printing of its handbooks which offer information.

The organising committee will meet again in the coming weeks to determine when the next event will be held, but a good sleep and putting the feet up were high on the cards yesterday morning for most involved with the successful event.

Life is literally an open toy box for members of Ashburton’s Toy Library.

And on Saturday they want to share with the rest of the community just how good life can be when your children have access to an almost unlimited range of toys, all without costing their parents a fortune.

The toy library holds an open day each year to showcase itself and what it can offer families.

Group president Jane Fowles said the open day provided an opportunity for non-members to talk to committee members and to see what was on offer in the toy range.

Currently the group has 150 members (about 300 children) and that’s steadily growing. Since a move to a new home in Victoria Street’s triangle that has given it a shop front, Fowles said one or two families are signing on each week.

“Saturday will be a very informal, low-key morning where people can just have a look and there’ll be a cup of tea and face painting for children. We’ll also have a range of toys out for children to play with,” she said.

There will be an incentive to sign up on the day with new members given a $20 credit. Credits are used as toy hire currency.

Hire fees generally range from $3 to $5 an item for two weeks but some baby toys are either free or available for $1 or $2.

“This is really affordable for people. And it’s a good birthday present for a grandparent to give their child a concession card,” she said.

As well as memberships, the toy library offers a casual deal for grandparents who can pay $10 per month when they have grandchildren visiting rather than stocking up with toys that are rarely used.

The Ashburton Toy Library is a non-profit organisation that is funded through grants and fundraising. It’s open day will be held in its Victoria Street rooms from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Saturday.

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■ I-SITE BUILDING

i-SITE radio still on radar

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The doors might be locked and the blinds drawn, but there’s still a flicker of hope that life could come back into the building that once housed the Ashburton iSITE. In December radio announcer Peter McQuarters put a proposal

to the Ashburton District Council that could see Radio Hokonui relocate into the building, setting up its radio station and also acting as an information base for tourists.

Since that initial approach, council chief executive Andrew Dalziel had written to McQuarters indicating the council’s willingness as the building’s owner, to explore the option further.

Future use of the building will be dictated by its resource consent which is for use as an information base, but Dalziel said there was a possibility the combined radio station/information centre could fall within the parameters of the existing consent.

Worst case scenario, he said, is a variation to the consent might be needed.

In the interests of aiding the revitalisation of the town centre, Dalziel said the council would be prepared to offer McQuarters the building at a nominal rental.

McQuarters and NZME managers have visited the building on two occasions.

While the radio option was still on the table, Dalziel said he had also received interest from

another organisation for commercial use of the building. This use would require a change of resource consent.

The Ashburton council’s first priority, however was in pursuing uses for the building that had a community information flavour rather than putting itself in competition with commercial landlords.

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Dogs strut their stuff in the show ring Cats around Allenton kept a low profile over the weekend as more than 300 dogs descended on the Allenton Rugby Club grounds.

The dogs and their owners and supporters were in town for the Ashburton Kennel Association’s annual show which was held on both Saturday and Sunday.

Dogs of all shapes, breeds and sizes strutted their stuff in front of the judges at the show.

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In brief Name released Police have released the name of a man who died following a crash involving a train and an off-road vehicle in the Western Bay of Plenty. Matthew Paul Pettigrew, 53, died in the collision near Katikati around 8.20pm on Friday, police say. It’s believed the off-road vehicle had three people in it when it crashed. The death will be referred to the Coroner.

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Post World War Two drawings, cartoons and autographs discovered in an A4 sketch book in a desk drawer at Ashburton Hospital has staff intrigued.

Ashburton Health Services manager Bernice Marra said quality administrator Grace Bolton found it while cleaning out a manager’s office late last year.

“We thought it was such a treasure,” Marra said.

“We contacted our comms team because we were so delighted with it.

“It feels very much a part of Ashburton’s community.”

The sketch book was used for autographs by men convalescing on Ward One balcony at the hospital, and begins in June 1945.

The group called themselves C Company, and their signatures, along with that of staff, feature throughout.

There are also many drawings, some representing various hobbies, such as dog trialing, motor- Ashburton Health Services manager Bernice Marra (left) views an old autograph book discoving or harness racing. Others re- ered at the hospital with director of nursing Jane Brosnahan.

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If you’re on your way past the Ashburton Trust Event Centre this week, keep an ear out for the hard-working vocal chords of 149 Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School (MCSSS) students.

The group launched into a week of practice yesterday before they bring a musical theatre production to the stage on Friday and Saturday.

It’s the biggest production yet for the MCSSS, which has been operating each January for 18 years and is musically helmed

by Ashburton singing tutor Jo Castelow.

“We now have people from all over, from as far as Timaru and Christchurch, and each time brings a new mix of voices,” said Castelow.

Some singers have been involved in the week-long course for more than 10 years, she said,

junior group are newcomers.

The group range in age from 9 to 21 years and includes members of NAZDA and first-year university students.

This year’s production is themed Time Travellers and will cover musical theatre and tunes from across the ages – from My Fair Lady and Bing Crosby to recent hits like Hamilton and Moana, along with everything in between, Castelow said. “Among the juniors everyone knows the songs from Moana, but they find that they love singing the older ones just as much,” she said.

And not only does the theme provide something for everyone in the audience, she said, but gives the young singers the opportunity to learn about various musicals. The group received their music a month ago, and auditioned for solo positions on Sunday. They are currently un undergoing two days of musical

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A number of older buildings around the Ashburton District will shortly be sporting signs that spell out how they rank against new building standards.

As part of the on-going drive to ensure all buildings will be earthquake safe, the Ashburton District Council will be sending signs to owners of buildings built prior to 1976 and will be asking them to display those signs prominently on the outside of their property.

The public notification is part of the council’s drive to ensure every older building has been inspected by engineers and that where required, strengthen-

ing work is either carried out or planned in the future.

It’s been a long process getting to this point, council building services manager Michael Wong said, but the placard templates had now arrived and these would be sent to property owners over the next month.

The placards would serve a two fold purpose – making the public aware of a building’s compliance level and encouraging owners to carry out necessary strengthening work.

Wong anticipates there will be about 150 sent out in February to owners of non-compliant buildings.

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Police have named the woman who was allegedly murdered at a Tauranga marae on Thursday night.

She was 37-year-old Ariana Eva Mahu of Tauranga. Ms Mahu had suffered injuries to her neck in an incident at Huria Marae. A 21-yearold man, who has interim name suppression, has been charged with her murder and appeared in court on Friday. He was remanded, Sunlive reports.

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Obama to visit Former US President Barack Obama will speak at a New Zealand-United States Council event in Auckland on March 22 and at a similar event in Sydney the next day. The New Zealand-United States Council said it will host an event in Auckland on March 22 that Mr Obama will speak at.

“President Obama’s presidency had an extraordinary impact on the world and during his service, New Zealand’s deep friendship with the United States was strengthened politically, culturally, in trade and investment, innovation and security,” says council Chairman Leon Grice.

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Ski town turns into trail town

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Getting pitch perfect for their production later this week are Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School students (from left): Lucy Clough, EJ Stockman, Emily-Jane Farr and Annah Casey-Solly.

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practice, before director Alice Sollis steps in to help with the actions from Wednesday onwards.

Three 80-minute performances of Time Travellers will take place on Friday night, Saturday after-

Building standards placards set to roll out

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A farmer has been killed in a crash near Gisborne. The man crashed his beekeeping truck on farmland in Motu while tending to beehives at about 1.26am yesterday. The driver of the truck, a man in his 20s, was found dead at the scene.

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already assessed. Then we’ll do another desk top review and pick up the ones we may have missed and we’ll work with them,” he said.

Buildings that have not been assessed will be given the lowest rating until an assessment is done, Wong said.

There had been a proposal to change the rules so the cut-off date for engineering assessment would have moved forward to cover all buildings built before 2004 and that would have seen hundreds of buildings around the district bearing stickers, he said.

The consultation process ensured there was no date change

and that dramatically reduced the number of buildings coming into the net locally.

If a building is required to have THE a placard displayed it will contain information on the percentage it complies with building standards and the year with which it will need to be strengthened to come up to code, Wong said.

Older buildings that have been assessed and found to be up to strength or that have already been strengthened will not need to display placards.

Details on the placard-bearing buildings will be held on a public register with the Ministry of Building and this is accessible to anyone.

noon and Saturday night at the Event Centre, with tickets now available from Ticket Direct.

Honesty boxes targeted From P1 Near Methven, Lucy Raisbeck’s free range egg stall was also burgled on Sunday night.

While taking out the bins yesterday morning, she said she noticed that the security camera had been taken and the padlock had been cut off from her honesty box.

All money had been cleared from the box before the theft, but Raisbeck said she was still gutted to discover the break-in, which she presumes is the work of people “who don’t care about other people”.

However, with new security methods for Raisbeck and an ultra-secure honesty box for Billie, both stalls are continuing to operate.

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Te Araroa walkers are on the rise, benefiting the summer tourism industry in Methven.

Many who do the 3000-kilometre trail, which runs the length of New Zealand, end up in the ski town, as it is a natural resting point near the uncrossable Rakaia River.

Methven i-SITE consultant Lyndsay Agnew said December to February was peak season for trail walkers, and she was assisting about half a dozen per week.

“Most of them are doing the whole trail or the whole South Island, depending on how much time they have got,” she said.

“They are really interesting people, you have to be a certain breed to want to go and walk 3000 kilometres.”

They mostly came from Europe and North America, and walked north to south, hitch-hiking into Methven from above Lake Coleridge. They generally stayed in the campground or backpacker lodges in Methven.

“It’s nice to have them here and they spread the word when they go back,” she said.

Walkers rejoin the trail on Blackford Road in the Rakaia Gorge, and Methven Travel provides transport on the “empty” section of its school bus run, and operates an on-demand shuttle service in school holidays.

The Te Araroa section through Mid Canterbury goes from here to the Hakatere Heron Road, taking a public access easement over Glenariffe Station, then crossing the 60,000-hectare Hakatere Conservation Park.

Among those undertaking Te Araroa is American Clayton Beckett. His trail name is Chef, he has a travel blog at chefspecial5.com and is from Connecticut.

The 26-year-old is walking the South Island section, south to north, and was in Methven at the weekend. He said he ended up staying two nights instead of one at Snow Denn Lodge because he needed the rest, and the fact it of-

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After a couple of days rest in Methven, the Te Araroa trail beckons once again for American hiker Clayton Beckett.

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fered a Hikers’ Special made it all the more attractive.

“My feet were pretty banged up, so I decided to hang out for just one more day,” Beckett said.

He flew into Auckland in midDecember, and had his cellphone stolen in his first two days. He flew to Queenstown and shuttled to the southern end of Te Araroa at Bluff, and walked 555 kilometres north to Twizel over the next fortnight, staying in high country huts and his tent. With last week’s storm system forecast he decided to skip the next section and he

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hitchhiked to Methven, and left at the weekend aiming to hitch to north of Lake Coleridge to resume the trail.

Beckett said the trail to date had had many river crossings, and some mountainous terrain, as well as farm tracks and dirt roads.

Besides the road walks, which he did not like as they lacked the wilderness appeal of true trail walking, and a lack of markers in some areas, he was enjoying the scenery and meeting lots of people.

Of the few fellow hikers he had met, most were walking north to

south. “A lot of Kiwis don’t even know about the trail,” Beckett said.

He was not worried about being without a cellphone.

“If you don’t have service it’s not going to help you and you are not going to get that in the mountains,” he said.

He was confident enough from previous trail walking in Chile and America not to worry about an emergency locator beacon.

In the 12 months to July last year, 550 people walked the full length from Cape Reinga to Bluff,

compared to 350 in 201 and 210 the year before.

Te Araroa Trust chairma vid McGregor said the trail, takes five months to com and officially opened in 201 attracting people from all w life.

“From students and youn ple taking a gap year to r and workers taking an ext holiday.

“It’s a great way to conne New Zealand and to really know the landscapes, peop climate,” McGregor said.

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Slips causing big headache

BY SUE NEWMAN

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It might be a simple shingle road servicing a small number of properties, but Double Hill Run Road is causing the Ashburton District Council’s roading team some major headaches.

Heavy rain in late January saw washouts at both First Ford and Whisky Creek and that meant residents on back country farms were isolated while repairs were made. Those repairs have already cost ratepayers more than $30,000.

Those repairs had not been completed when the district was struck by the edges of Cyclone Gita. At Mt Hutt, 179mm of rain was recorded between Monday and Thursday, bringing fresh problems on Double Hill Run Road.

The road is once again closed from Terrible Gully to its end at Glenfalloch station as new slips have eroded significant stretches. Repairs are likely to come with a price tag of up to $200,000 and the second closure and clean-up job in less than a month is causing headaches for both farmers and for the council, said service delivery manager Neil McCann.

His team were flown over the wrecked road and captured the damage. They outlined their concerns

to councillors at last week’s council meeting and said a full report on the future of this and other remote roads that serviced only a very small number of properties would be prepared.

And that report, McCann said, could include a suggestion that the council devolve itself of responsibility for maintenance and perhaps give property owners a financial grant towards maintaining the road themselves.

With so much water flowing through sections of the road, it could be some time until council contractors can access the area, but McCann said a local contractor was working with farmers to create a temporary access track for farmers.

The council’s contractors will go into the area once water subsides to re-stabilise and reopen the road, but he’s keen to see council staff and residents get round the table and look at options for the future.

“We’re looking at finding a long-term solution, at working with locals to get a satisfactory outcome for everyone.

Looking forward we need to be using local skills, knowledge and experience in the high country with this.”

Between February 2016 and January this year, $116,218 has been spent on emergency work on the road.

A 420 metre slip that smothered Double Hill Run Road during last week’s downpour. It is one of six slips that have caved huge swathes through the back country road.

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■ LAURISTON SCHOOL

Lauriston celebrates revamped pool

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A dozen working bees, more than 50 sponsors and years of work and effort have paid off with a glorious revamped pool facility for Lauriston School.

Members of the Lauriston community, students and friends gathered under the sun on Friday afternoon to celebrate the end of stage two of the school pool project with balloons, drinks, nibbles and a ribbon cutting.

Swimmers will now be able to enjoy new changing facilities, a new pool fence, new paving, fresh landscaping and improved pool pumps.

Since ticking off stage one of the pool project six years ago, pool subcommittee member Karen Butterwick said a huge amount of effort had been put into making the necessary changes – in particular improving changing rooms that had stood for decades.

“It took about two to three years of just having discussions about it, and then there were six to eight months of really knuckling down and getting things done,” she said.

The result was a pool which decades more students could enjoy using.

“It’s a great pool to learn in,” she said.

Lauriston School students (from left) Eilish, 9, Willow, 6, Madelyn, 9, Olivia, 10 and Tom, 9, are thrilled with their new pool facilities.

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A fundraiser well worth Goghing to

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The world’s first hand-painted animation film is about to hit the silver screen in Ashburton, in the name of supporting local art.

This Sunday, Ashburton Art Gallery and the Regent Theatre are joining forces to screen the award winning film Loving Vincent as a fundraiser for programmes and activities at the gallery.

Loving Vincent is a groundbreaking film which pushes the boundaries of animation: entirely painted by hand, by a team of over 100 specially-trained artists.

The film embraces Van Gogh’s signature painting style and even includes his actual paintings as backdrops, in rich royal blues and golden yellows.

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But more than just a visual feast, it tells the intriguing and compelling story set one year after the artist’s death in 1890.

The film begins with the journey of delivering a letter Vincent left behind to his brother Theo and follows a search for truth and what really happened in the weeks leading up to the great artist’s death.

Loving Vincent is directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman. The film has been nominated for 45 awards and has received 11 awards for Best Animated Film, but has never before been screened in Ashburton.

Tickets to the private screening of Loving Vincent are $20 each and can be purchased at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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Stolen Edgar Degas painting found on bus French customs officers have found an impressionist painting

by Edgar Degas stowed on a bus, more than eight years after it was reported stolen.

The French Culture Ministry customs agents in Marne-la-Vallee were surprised to find a work of art bearing the signature “Degas” inside a suitcase in the bus’ luggage compartment. The ministry says none of the passengers claimed the suitcase during the February 16 search.

Experts verified the artwork as

Degas’ Les Choristes (The Chorus Singers), which depicts a scene from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni.

The painting was stolen from a Marseille museum in 2009 while on loan from Paris’ Musee d’Orsay.

French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen said she was delighted by the recovery of a work “whose disappearance represented a heavy loss for the French impressionist heritage”.

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March 2: Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award opening and awards presentation, on exhibit until 31 March.

March 2: Memory of Place Takes Flight exhibition opens at the Ashburton Art Gallery, until 31 March.

March 3: Happy Feet Dance Academy Tap Dancing classes at Tinwald Hall.

March 11: Fiona Van Oyen floor talk at Ashburton Art Gallery.

March 22: Kelvin Cruickshank Live at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 1 – April 11: Art Gallery exhibition space temporarily closed at Ashburton Art Gallery.

April 6: Paul Ubana Jones: NZ Tui Award Winner and Internationally Acclaimed Acoustic Solo Artist in concert with The Mid Canterbury Choir, 7.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 11: The Water Project exhibition opens at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

April 15: Ashburton Society of Arts Autumn Show opens at the Short Street Studio.

April 19: Olive Copperbottom – Arts on Tour NZ at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 20 – 22: One Man, Two Guvners at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

April 27: Foster & Alan Golden Years at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

May 4: Hopetoun Bros & The Genius of Finn Scholes at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

May 18: Mamma Mia at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

June 6: The Ten Tenors at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

August 18: No Holds Bard at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

September 22: Adam McGrath & the Roaring Days at Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

October 10: The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Back for final ride Following a sell-out premiere season across New Zealand, beloved Kiwi actor Mark Hadlow is remounting for a final ride into Christchurch with his one-man show later this year.

Tickets have just hit the market for on MAMIL (middleaged man in Lycra) Remounted.

The original MAMIL, by Gregory Cooper, was lauded in rave reviews in its first outing, and the Remounted version will return to the stage for four shows only, from May 31 to June 2 at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch.

The show explores the male midlife crisis, “where the super bike and cycling culture reign supreme”.

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is a property developer who has accumulated a small fortune building leaking homes.

He is stressed out, self-medicating, self-loathing – killing himself to increase his bank balance while decreasing his golf handicap. When things fall apart in the 2007 financial crisis, he joins a men’s cycling group to relieve stress – and makes a few startling discoveries.

“I’m so excited to be bringing the “team” back together for a final ride,” said Hadlow.

“MAMIL is at least a twice in a lifetime live theatre experience – fascinating at every outing. I can’t wait … and I’m the only one in it!”

Tickets are now available from Ticketek.

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Are tourist drivers really that bad?

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ome interesting numbers appeared over the weekend regarding the hot topic of tourist drivers in New Zealand.

We put plenty of emphasis on the failings of drivers who travel to our shores from distant lands, but by the numbers, perhaps they’re not as bad as we often make them out to be.

Every time there’s an accident that involves a tourist driver you can guarantee it will be prominent on media outlets across the country – but do we give the same credence to accidents that involve Kiwis, I would hazard a guess, no.

Statistics provided by the Ministry of Transport show that proportionally they account for a very small number of the accidents that occur in our country

from year-to-year. It may seem like there has been a spike in recent years, but the intensified media interest in such accidents has no doubt played a part in that.

Basing it on statistics accumulated in the 2016 calendar year, overseas drivers who held an overseas drivers licence were involved in 24 fatal accidents.

Now, there’s no hiding from the fact that 24 fatal accidents is too many, but compare that

to that fact that New Zealand residents were involved in 262 accidents, it’s a small number.

In 2016 there were 3.5 million visitors to New Zealand.

Not all drove, in fact a good percentage of those wouldn’t have sat behind the steering wheel while they were here.

That equates to five fatal accidents for every 725,000 visitors compared to New Zealanders who equated to five fatal accidents for every 89,500 Kiwis.

Overseas drivers also accounted for 114 serious injury crashes and 506 minor injury crashes in that same year while New Zealanders were involved 1985 serious injury crashes and 7077 minor injury crashes.

Considering that the 3.5 million who visited New Zealand in

2016 was almost more than three quarters of the total population of New Zealand that year – the numbers aren’t quite as imposing as that might seem on face value.

We put a lot of emphasis on the need for our visiting drivers to understand our road rules, and similarly we put a lot of importance on educating our own drivers – but is it enough?

We have a sky-rocketing road toll already for 2018 of 57 fatalities, seven more than at the same time 12 months ago.

Motorcycle riders have accounted for 13 of those deaths while 27 drivers have lost their lives and 12 passengers.

There’s been widespread calls for more intense vetting when it comes to allowing licences

for overseas visitors to drive on our roads and to a point we have done a good job in the past couple of years to try and reduce the number of fatal accidents involving tourist drivers, but perhaps it’s time to start pumping some of the same resource into up-smarting some of our own drivers too.

You can’t put a value on a life.

One road death is too many and unless we smarten up and do so quickly we are going to be faced with a road toll for 2018 that could reach in excess of 400 deaths.

We’ve been on the downhill slide for that 18 odd years after it started reaching the high 700s in the mid-1990s, but that’s a path we don’t want to start heading back up.

who blamed Oprah Winfrey’s talk show for a price fall after a segment on food safety that included a discussion about mad cow disease.

Ten years ago: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visiting Beijing, won a verbal assurance from Chinese officials to use their influence to jump-start the stalled process of dismantling North Korea’s nuclear programs. The New York Philharmonic, led by Lorin Maazel, performed a historic concert in North Korea before the

communist nation’s elite.

Five years ago: A hot air balloon burst into flames during a sunrise flight over the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor and then plummeted 1000 feet to earth, killing 19 tourists (one tourist and the balloon’s pilot survived).

One year ago: At the 89th Academy Awards, Moonlight won three Oscars, including best picture of 2016. Kurt Busch won the Daytona 500, surviving a crashfilled season opener to win the race for the first time in 16 tries.

Today’s birthdays: Singer Michael Bolton is 65. The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is 64. Actor Greg Germann is 60. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 60. Bandleader John McDaniel is 57. Actormartial artist Mark Dacascos is 54. Actress Jennifer Grant is 52.

Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 50. Rhythm-andblues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 46. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer

Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 43. Actor Greg Rikaart is 41.

Rock musician Chris Culos is 39.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 39. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 38. Actress Teresa Palmer is 32. Actor Alex Heartman is 28. Actress Taylor Dooley is 25.

Thought for today: “One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.”

— Victor Hugo, French author (born this date in 1802, died 1885).

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, February 26, the 57th day of 2018.

There are 308 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On February 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (The bomb failed to topple the North Tower into the South Tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both structures were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.)

On this date: In 1616, astronomer Galileo Galilei met with a Roman Inquisition official, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, who ordered him to abandon the “heretical” concept of heliocentrism, which held that the earth revolved around the sun, instead of the other way around.

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba and headed back to France in a bid to regain power.

In 1904, the United States and Panama proclaimed a treaty under which the US agreed to undertake efforts to build a ship canal across the Panama isthmus.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed a congressional act establishing Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

In 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain had developed its own atomic bomb.

In 1962, after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, astronaut John Glenn told a joint meeting of Congress, “Exploration and the pursuit of knowledge have always paid dividends in the long run.”

In 1998, a jury in Amarillo, Texas, rejected an $11 million lawsuit brought by Texas cattlemen

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t costs around $100,000 a year – more than $250 a day – to house a prisoner in New Zealand.

Multiplied across 10,000 prisoners, it’s a significant cost to the taxpayer.

The coalition Government are rightly concerned about it.

The new Justice Minister, Andrew Little, has set a target to reduce our nation’s prison population by 30 per cent in 15 years.

He refers to imprisonment as “a waste of money, a waste of human lives”.

I agree with him. Having 10,000 New Zealanders locked up is costly, and is a huge waste of human potential.

What I disagree with is his solution.

In the past week, desperate to not go ahead with the planned expansion of Waikeria Prison, he’s come out strongly against tough sentences for offenders.

He’s also suggested reversing changes made in past years to the Parole Act and the Bail Amendment Act. The Bail Amendment Act was passed by the last National Government to keep more violent offenders off the streets while they

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awaited trial. The Parole Act was passed by Helen Clark’s Labour Government to ensure people served more of the sentence that they were given by the Courts.

In a nutshell, he’s trying to lower the prison population by letting criminals out sooner, or putting fewer in prison to begin with.

To me, that’s an artificial way of resolving the problem, leaving more violent and repeat offenders out of prison to commit further crimes.

He’d be wise to reconsider, and look at the harder, longer term way to reduce the prison population, which is to actually reduce offending.

Which is what’s happened.

Crime statistics nationwide are well down on 10 years ago.

There’s clearly more to do.

We need to do much more to better rehabilitate offenders when they’re in prison so they’re less likely to reoffend when they get out.

Part of that is more drug and alcohol counselling, substances which are behind far too many of our crime statistics.

We need to give prisoners some purpose with skills and employment training. It exists at the moment, but I believe we should explore reductions in sentences if, and only if, prisoners complete training or qualifications that will help them into employment upon release.

And finally, more Police.

As part of National’s last Budget in 2017 we funded an additional 880 sworn Police over four years at a cost of $388 million, part of a wider boost of $503 million for Police.

We were advised that’s how many we would be able to recruit and get through the Police Training College at Porirua.

During the election campaign Labour promised to more than double that, to deliver 1800 new police over just three years.

Since the election the Government haven’t been able to

answer how much those new police will cost, when they’ll be delivered, or where they’ll be located.

So last week in Parliament I asked the Police Commissioner how confident he is that they’ll be able to deliver that many new Police in the three year timeframe.

He admitted it would be a challenge, and that they may have to lower fitness entry requirements to achieve it.

Ironically not being able to deliver the new police that Labour promised would suit the Justice Minister just fine.

He’s cited funding additional police as a risk, noting they’ll “arrest more people which puts more pressure on prisons.”

Mr Little’s approach to reducing the prison population won’t mean we have fewer criminals, just more victims.

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Ties cut with NRA

The National Rifle Association is facing a growing backlash as companies cut ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre in Florida.

Meanwhile student survivors of the shooting are calling for tourism boycotts of their home state until gun control measures are enacted.

The latest companies to end their ties with the NRA are Delta and United Airlines, the first and third largest US-based airline companies by revenue, respectively.

Both Delta and United said yesterday they will no longer offer discounted fares to NRA members to attend their annual meetings, and both have asked the gun rights group to remove any references to their companies from the NRA website.

A growing number of large companies have announced they are cutting or reducing ties with the NRA. Rental car company Hertz will no longer offer a discount programme to NRA members and First National Bank of Omaha said it will not renew a co-branded credit card it has with the NRA. The moves have come as petitions circulated online targeting companies offering discounts to NRA members on its website. Hashtag BoycottNRA was trending on Twitter.

The state of Florida was also facing a potential boycott and backlash as well. One teen survivor of the Florida school shooting suggested on Twitter at the weekend that tourists stay away from the state during spring break; he got immediate response on social media.

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Flags fly over a First National Bank branch in Omaha, Nebraska. The Nebraska-based First National Bank of Omaha will not renew its contract to issue the group’s National Rifle Association Visa Card.

PHOTO AP its website, ranging from life insurance to wine clubs. But the insurance company MetLife discontinued its discount program with the NRA on Friday.

Car rental company Hertz and Symantec Corp, the software company that makes Norton Antivirus technology, did the same.

“We have notified the NRA that we are ending the NRA’s rental car discount programme with Hertz,” the company tweeted. Insurer Chubb said it is ending participation in the NRA’s gun-owner insurance programme, but it provided notice three

months ago. The programme that provided coverage for people involved in gunrelated incidents or accidents had been under scrutiny by regulators over marketing issues.

Those defections arrived after car rental company Enterprise Holdings, which also owns Alamo and National, said it was cutting off discounts for NRA members.

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Sydney beaches reopen after shark attack venile great white of between 2.7 and 3.2 metres in length.

University of Sydney shark researcher Dr Christopher Neff said the nature of the injuries could suggest a juvenile was to blame.

“Juvenile sharks generally don’t know what they’re doing,” he said. “It’s a curiosity injury rather than anything else.”

Dr Neff shut down calls for shark nets in the area, saying there was no data to back up their effectiveness.

He also believes beachgoers shouldn’t be worried about a repeat attack because sharks move between 50 and 100 kilometres a day.

“They don’t stay in the same area – that’s

a myth,” Dr Neff said. “There’s no real science behind looking for the shark, that’s more to ease public fear and to make people comfortable going back in the water,” he said.

Dr Neff said while no swimmer was to blame for any shark incident, swimming at dusk and dawn can be hazardous because people are usually alone.

He said statistically two things are true about increased risk: that water temperatures below 20°C can lead to an increase in white shark activity, and that shark behaviour is correlated to the lunar cycle.

“If there’s a new moon, sharks come in closer to shore. You just want to be mindful.”

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Kylie Minogue says her trademark battle with Kylie Jenner was a “scuffle” but she wanted “clarity”. Jenner, 20, was opposed by the Australian singer after the reality TV star tried to trademark the name Kylie in the US. Minogue, 49, told Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show in the UK: “I’ve had trademarks in place for years.

“There was a scuffle. But all sorted out.

You need to have clarity with whatever the product is.” She previously told Rolling Stone magazine: “It was nothing personal at all...

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Ancient necropolis found in Egypt An ancient necropolis has been discovered near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo, Egypt’s antiquities ministry has announced.

It is the latest discovery in an area known to house ancient catacombs from the Pharaonic Late Period and the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The large cemetery is located north of Tuna al-Gabal area, a vast archaeological site on the edge of the western desert. It hosts a range of family tombs and graves.

“We will need at least five years to work on the necropolis,” Antiquities Minister

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Swimmers at a Sydney beach where a woman was bitten by a shark shouldn’t have reservations about venturing back into the water now it has reopened, experts say.

Anna Shurapey, 55, survived the first shark attack in Botany Bay in at least 25 years after she was bitten on the leg about 7pm on Friday, prompting the Randwick City Council to close nearby beaches for 24 hours.

Mr Shurapey, who’d been swimming off Little Congwong Beach, was taken to St George Hospital where she’s recovering after surgery to deep cuts to her leg.

A Department of Primary Industries biologist speculated the culprit was a ju-

Vicar of Dibley star Emma Chambers has died aged 53, her agent has confirmed. The actress, who portrayed the dim but lovable Alice Tinker opposite Dawn French’s Geraldine Granger in the long-running BBC comedy, died from natural causes. Doncaster-born Chambers also appeared as Honey, Hugh Grant’s character’s little sister, in the movie Notting Hill. “We are very sad to announce the untimely death, from natural causes, of the acclaimed actress, Emma Chambers,” her agent John Grant said.

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Khaled al-Anani said yesterday. “This is only the beginning of a new discovery.”

Archaeologists started excavation work in the area late last year on a quest to find the remainder of the cemetery of Upper Egypt’s 15th nome during ancient times.

They found tombs belonging to priests of Thoth, the ancient god of the moon and wisdom. One tomb includes more than 1000 statues and four well-preserved alabaster canopic jars inscribed with hieroglyphics and designed to hold the mummified internal organs of their owner who was a high priest of the god Thoth.

The priest’s mummy was also found decorated with blue and red beads and bronze gilded sheets.

Archaeologists also uncovered 40 sarcophagi believed to belong to the priest’s family members, some bearing the names of their owners in hieroglyphics.

Another tomb includes several coffins, statues depicting ancient priests and other funerary artifacts.

Mostafa Waziri, head of the archaeological mission, says eight tombs have been uncovered so far and he expects more will be discovered soon.

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The Art of Divorce Hollywood star Russell Crowe is getting rid of his rare film memorabilia as part of his divorce with ex-wife Danielle Spencer.

The auction sale at Sotheby’s which is listed as The Art of Divorce – will contain 223 of items including the chariot from Gladiator and his armour and sword which he wore as the character Maximus from the film. Other things that will be auctioned off include art, watches and jewellery belonging to Spencer and a violin Crowe used in Master and Commander as Jack Aubrey. The sale will go ahead on April 7, which is the couple’s wedding anniversary and also Crowe’s 54th birthday.

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Greece – ruins and relaxation

Less trodden than its Cyclades neighbours, Serifos boasts more than 70 beaches, numerous seaside tavernas serving up fine Greek classics, and a stunning capital.

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utwardly, Crete, Greece’s largest island, may lack the glamour associated with its Aegean neighbours.

Its cliffs are not liberally iced with white and blue buildings, as is Santorini. Nor would you discover a glitzy party scene that would rival Mykonos.

Crete has its own rough charm and rich culture and it would truly be a Greek tragedy if you overlooked this holiday destination.

Renting a car will afford you more enjoyment as Crete’s headlining acts are scattered around the island, which is 260 km wide.

The middle of the island offers up mountainous stretches of roads that every now and then reward you with gulps of glimmering sea views.

To the southwest is the glorious Elafonisi beach, where its peachy-pink sand and perfectly clear water stuns even the most beach-fatigued tourist.

Northwest is the city Chania, where Venetian and Turkish leftovers pepper the area in architectural forms and the harbour is a wonderful place to stroll with a coffee or cocktail in hand.

We ventured out a little further

A Greek holiday conjures images of Mykonos and Santorini, of crisp white buildings wearing blue hats and of lively restaurants by the sea.

But Greece offers so much more, writes Kate Ford. and spent a few nights at an Airbnb tucked away near the water’s edge. The family operation included an attached restaurant right near the sea. As we sat out on the deck, the water lapped so close that ripples threatened to snatch back the octopuses drying out in the sun ahead of their appearance on the menu.

For a different type of Greek holiday that does not involve as many beaches, exploring the Peloponnese’s famous cities is a great option. This peninsula in southern Greece, parades its plump history.

For starters, it is here you will find Olympia, home to the first Olympic Games in 776 BC (and the current location where the Olympic torch is lit). You can still visit the site of the Games, however due to the destruction ordered by Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II and earthquakes since, the remnants of many temples and athletic

facilities exist only as ruins.

Head south on the Peloponnese and you’ll hit Kalamata.

Famous for its raisins, olives and olive oil, the produce in Kalamata is lauded as among the finest in the world. The old town has a tumultuous history, experiencing vast destruction during the War of Independence, before being rebuilt by French engineers in the 1830s and being struck down again by an earthquake in 1986.

Today you can find lovely restaurants using some of the finest olive products in the world, good shopping spots, and historical sites like the beautiful Church of Ypapantis.

You needn’t be particularly familiar with Greek history to know of Sparta, east of Kalamata. This legendary city-state was home to the famous Spartan warriors. The main enemy of Athens during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), Sparta was eventually defeated in 371 BC by Thebes, but

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the legend of the area remains triumphant. With no walls or fortification, however, there are few remnants of the ancient Spartan civilisation.

Visit the archaeological museum to see several Spartan artefacts such as reliefs, votive figurines, terracotta masks and mosaics.

Get a tasty bite of history at the Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil and learn the origins of the olive from its beginnings in the Mediterranean in 60,000 BC to its uses today. Be assured, this museum is more interesting than it may sound.

A visit to Greece will see you added to the country’s tourism statistics, but that doesn’t mean you have to be part of the crowds.

There are numerous Greek islands blooming with the beauty of classic tourist destinations Santorini, Corfu and Mykonos but without such a touristy feel.

Less trodden than its Cyclades neighbours, Serifos boasts more than 70 beaches, numerous seaside tavernas serving up fine Greek classics, and a stunning capital, Hora, a quintessential Greek town with whitewashed buildings.

To experience biblical history, visit Patmos. According to the Bible, this spot is where St John wrote the Book of Revelation. For this reason, the island gets many pilgrim visitors, but venture beyond the monasteries and you will find great beaches and an idyllic rural centre.

For a more isolated experience and complete relaxation, Koufonisia is the place to go.

Made up of two islets separated by a 200m channel, Upper Koufonisia is a fishing village with cute cottages, no real roads, and, apparently, more boats than people.

In Antiparos, venture off the main street to find a tranquillity and anonymity that many of the more boisterous islands lack.

Although it’s a haven for some Hollywood stars (Tom Hanks has a property here), that’s also a testament to the island’s reputation for peace and quiet.

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Top left – Hannah Bartram leads Henrietta Christie up the Rakaia Gorge.

Above – Tristin Hinz feels the burn on his way out of the gorge.

Below – John Nicholson (right) takes his turn at the front, from Gearoid Coholan.

Conditions were close to perfect for the 150 cyclists taking part in Saturday’s 100km Ride the Rakaia road race. Tetsuro Mitomo caught some of the action.

Right – Richard Ablitt makes a break.

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In brief Aussies win warm-up Australia warmed up for their four-test series against the Proteas with a five-wicket win over South Africa A in Benoni. Set 140 to win after dismissing the hosts for 248 on Saturday, Steve Smith’s side chased down the total in just under 30 overs, with 27 balls to spare. Shaun Marsh top-scored with an unbeaten 39 while Tim Paine was not out 17 at the end.

Usman Khawaja (eight) and Peter Hanscomb (five) fell cheaply while Cameron Bancroft (22 off 91 balls), Smith (25 off 26) and Mitch Marsh (14 off 17) contributed.

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Test cricket in danger England one-day skipper Eoin Morgan fears the opportunity to salvage test cricket’s primacy over short formats may already have been missed. At 31, Morgan played the last of his 16 tests six years ago, and has already publicly acknowledged more than once that his international future is exclusive to 50 and 20-over fixtures. He is nonetheless a notable voice in the debate about test cricket’s status, and appears in little doubt that the threat from lucrative Twenty20 domestic franchise contracts is no longer a mere talking point but present and future reality.

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Radical sail design

The bails are off: Tech’s Callum Gallagher is bowled by Coldstream’s Kalum Edirisinghe in Muirhead Rosebowl action at the weekend.

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■ CRICKET

Stags crush Coldstream

By Linda CLarke

Linda.c@theguardian.co.nz

The Tech Stags are unbeaten at the top of Mid Canterbury Cricket’s Muirhead Rosebowl after a 164-run demolition of Coldstream on Saturday.

Batting first on their home wickets, Tech was 234 for 10 – number 11 batsman Morgan Gallagher out on the last ball of the 45th over.

The runs came in the last 20

overs, with Sam Bennett (38) the only batsman in the first six to reach double figures.

Tom Small at seven started the comeback, scoring 20 before being caught; Josh Colgan at nine scored 33, Morgan Gallagher on 37 and Hayden Sinclair 44 not out formed an impressive tail.

Richard Print was the best of the Coldstream bowlers with 3/17 off his nine overs.

Kalum Edirisinghe also took

three wickets while Jay Houston took two.

Coldstream’s chase started promisingly with Bo Houston scoring 11 before being caught by Morgan Gallagher, Jay Houston scoring 18 and Richard Print adding 12. But there were no other big contributors and Coldstream, with only nine players, was all out for 70 in the 22nd over.

Harry Jones took four wickets for 13 runs, while Jason Morrison

and Sinclair claimed two each.

Tech take a well-deserved break with a bye in the fifth round this coming Saturday while Coldstream face Methven and Allenton face Lauriston. Those four teams will have to scrap it out for the other three semi-final spots.

The Tech-Coldstream match was the only senior cricket game over the weekend with Allenton defaulting to Methven because of a lack of players.

Concept testing of a new mainsail design to be used in the America’s Cup is under way. After months of designing and simulating, the concept was put on the water in Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour last week with a scaled down version of the sail rigged into a 22-foot nonfoiling trimaran. The prototype was about a third of the size it would be on the AC75 vessel.

“For us to see it in reality even in a small scale like this is a big step,” North Sails and veteran America’s Cup sail designer Burns Fallow said.

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Revenge in mind The Tall Blacks have vowed to atone for a nervous display against South Korea when they play their World Cup qualifying return match in Seoul. New Zealand lost their opening group match to the lowerranked Koreans in Wellington in November. They’ve since notched wins away to Hong Kong and China,and coach Paul Henare hopes they repeat the dose in Seoul today.

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Auckland bowlers come to the party in trophy final How things change in the span of a week.

Last Saturday, Central Districts looked heavy favourites for the New Zealand one-day title, having comprehensively beaten Auckland by seven wickets at Pukekura Park to take home advantage into

the final. On Saturday, the same teams met again, and this time Auckland completely rewrote the script, producing a stellar bowling display to claim a six-wicket victory, and raise the one-day trophy.

They were led by Lockie Fer-

guson and Tarun Nethula, who bowled with a restraint and economy rarely seen before at the diminutive Pukekura Park ground.

It was necessary, after CD were in a strong position at 128-2 through 24 overs. Nethula came to life in his second spell, dismissing

Will Young for 49 to halt a 101-run partnership.

Young’s ally for that partnership – Tom Bruce – fell next, also for 49, caught in the deep by Nethula.

From 128-2, CD’s next eight overs saw them collapse to 135-7.

Nethula’s figures went from 4-0-

19-0 to 10-3-24-2. CD were eventually rolled for 197.

Auckland weren’t troubled by the chase. Jeet Raval (47) and Glenn Phillips (63) added 84 for the first wicket, and Auckland claimed their first one-day title since 2013.

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In brief Kudos for Adams In a league where three-point shooters and floor stretchers dominate the hardwood, Kiwi big man Steven Adams is one of few who buck the trend. Since the Oklahoma City Thunder selected him with the 12th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft, he’s been toiling away – working hard to develop and improve his game. Now, the 24-year old Kiwi is being noticed. Adams is on track to have the best year of his short career, and NBA Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon said he believed Adams was now one of the league’s elite centres. - NZME

Kiwis in Denver?

The Kiwis’ proposed test in Denver in June is certain to go ahead – and it could be the first of several for the New Zealand team in the US. The Herald understands that the deal to play the game has been signed, with both the New Zealand Rugby League and England’s Rugby Football League agreeing terms with the match promoter.

It’s also believed that the Kiwis are being lined up for further matches in Denver in the coming years, provided the game this year meets expectations.

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Reynolds eyes history

A cyclist throws up a wall of water as he crosses a creek during the Mt Somers Mountain Bike Race on Saturday.

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■ MOUNTAINBIKING

Ebikes feature at Mt Somers

By Linda CLarke

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Cyclone Gita generated plenty of mud for the annual Mt Somers Mountain Bike Race, but organisers say there were still plenty of smiles from competitors.

Around 230 cyclists took part in the event, which included a 35km elite course, a 30km less difficult course and a 20km lowland ride.

The event is run by the Mayfield Lions Club and spokesman Aubrey Aitken said the track held up well after heavy rain brought by the cyclone.

Organisers inspected the course once the weather bomb passed late last week and gave it the all clear.

“Surprisingly it dried out really well.

“We went out looking for damage and had to roll some rocks

out of one creek. The ground was heavy to go across and there was a bit of mud.”

Competitors and their bikes also had to pass through a disinfectant foot bath before entering the high country station where the event is held. The biosecurity precaution was to help prevent the spread of didymo and the cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis.

First across the line in the 35km event was Olly Pearce in 1.32.37 with Ed McDonald second in 1.38.08 and Marc Prutton third in 1.39.10.

The first veteran (40-49 years) was Nathan Wright in 1.39.10, the first master (50-59) was Mike Holland in 1.42.35 and the first junior (under 18) was Ethan McLachlan in 1.42.58.

Mike Chappell was the first Master 2 (60 plus) in 2.09.40.

Aitken said organisers also allowed ebike entries, as the motorised bikes were gaining a big following. Ebikes have a small motor that complements pedal power.

Paul Skinner used an ebike to get around the 35km course in 1.43.51 and Ruth Hodges, on an ebike, was the first woman home in 1.38.49.

Reta Trotman was second in 1.43.39 and Brigette Bilbe third in 1.58.50. Olivia Joseph was the first junior in 2.46.22.

Aitken said the winner of the 30km ride was also on an ebike and the rider had a special connection to the Mt Somers race.

Bryan Treleaven, 78, from Christchurch, has entered every Mt Somers ride since its inception 13 years ago and rates the course as one of the best.

He cut out the distance in 1.17.05 while the first woman home was Amanda Siave in 1.41.29.

Aitken said some event organisers did not allow ebikes, but the club had no problem with them and could start a separate category if ebike numbers increased next year.

The 20km lowland ride was won by junior Kelvin Benny in 1.04.06 with Shane Thompson second in 1.05.15 and Monica Koster third in 1.10.20.

Aitken said the club was pleased with the 13th version of the race and would distribute profits from the event to community groups.

He said numbers were down a bit, but the date had clashed with the triennial Relay for Life in Ashburton.

■ FOOTBALL

Keeper’s error could prove expensive Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland cost his team a precious victory in its fight against relegation from the Premier League by spilling the ball into his own net in a 1-1 draw at Leicester yesterday.

The England international failed to hold onto Marc Albrighton’s driven cross from the right, instead fumbling it sideways

to gift Leicester a 70th-minute equalizer.

Butland made amends by producing an impressive doublesave to deny Riyad Mahrez then Harry Maguire in quick succession, but his mistake will be better remembered.

“He is the best goalkeeper in Britain, absolutely fabulous – it

will be the making of him,” Stoke manager Paul Lambert said. “You dust yourself down and pick yourself up and it’s how you react to these things. It’s not the first or last mistake he will make.”

Stoke, which went ahead in the 43rd through Xherdan Shaqiri’s third goal in as many games, missed the chance to move out of

the relegation zone. It is in 19th place in the 20-team league with 10 games remaining.

Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi hit the post with a header in the 89th minute as the hosts finished strongly after a poor first half when Jamie Vardy and Mahrez, their key attackers, failed to sparkle.

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Josh Reynolds has been hitting the Wests Tigers’ history books in a clear sign he’s preparing to bring his renowned passion to his new NRL club. The 28-year-old five-eighth’s influence at training has already been clear, having been named in a five-man Tigers captaincy group by coach Ivan Cleary. However his approach off the field has been just as impressive, following up on chief executive Justin Pascoe’s history lessons on his arrival in a bid to bring the same energy to the club that he was revered for at Canterbury.

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Trbojevic adds spark Jake Trbojevic beckons as an added ball-playing option for Manly in the NRL as they continue to usher in five-eighth Lachlan Croker.

Trbojevic is on track to face Newcastle in round one after his World Cup-ending pectoral injury. He made a successful return for the Sea Eagles in their two-point trial loss to the Sydney Roosters on Saturday night. The Manly lock eventually succumbed to a cut above his eye which required stitches, but until then was easily one of the Sea Eagles’ best in attack. - AAP

Murphy on target Rangers have moved to within six points of Scottish Premiership pacesetters Celtic with a 2-0 home win over Hearts. Jamie Murphy’s 41st-minute goal gave Rangers the halftime advantage at Ibrox and Russell Martin wrapped up victory with two minutes remaining. Celtic play at Aberdeen overnight. Neil Lennon was sent to the stand as his Hibernian team let slip a twogoal lead at Kilmarnock. Lennon was ordered off by Kevin Clancy moments after Kris Boyd netted to earn Kilmarnock a 2-2 draw after a disputed 61st-minute handball penalty. Florian Kamberi and Porteous had put Hibs two ahead inside the first nine minutes but a stunning strike from Jordan Jones and then Boyd’s effort levelled matters.

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Orange snares another Sapling

By Matt MarkhaM

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Alan Neumann (left), Ian Neumann and club president Craig Harrison after Valloria’s win in yesterday’s Hambletonian.

■ ASHBURTON

Neumanns successful in their own feature At some stage in the coming weeks, Ashburton brothers Alan and Ian Neumann will write a cheque to the Ashburton Trotting Club and then pretty quickly after that the Ashburton Trotting Club will turn around and hypothetically write one back to the Neumann brothers.

In a fitting result, the popular ownership combination and longtime harness racing supporters claimed victory in their own race – the Neumann Tyres Bandag Hambletonian Classic at Ashburton yesterday when Valloria continued the impressive start to his career by winning the Group Three feature.

Among the many plaudits being heaped toward the Neumann family following the impressive victory, there were none more vocal than John Dunn, the man who had the pleasure of sitting

behind the three-year-old as he trotted to victory.

“This is just the perfect result for us, we are absolutely over the moon,” Dunn said.

“To win a race that the Neumanns have been sponsoring for so long with their first ever starter in the race is special and a real fitting way for us to be able to thank two of our biggest supporters.”

Purchased for $32,500 as a yearling in the final offering of the breed of the late Carl Middleton, Valloria has always been held in high regard and the plan when he came up so well earlier this season was to target the Ashburton feature with him.

“When he started working up nice I said to Johnny that we needed to aim him for the Hambletonian for Alan and Ian and it’s nice to have pulled it

off,” trainer Robert Dunn said.

“They are honestly two of the best owners you would ever find and two of the best we could ever ask for.”

Forced to do work, Valloria swept by the talented Renezmae on the home bend and went for home.

After racing into a strong head wind for the entire back straight, John Dunn had fears they would come at him late, but he coasted to victory – winning impressively.

“He actually did it quite well in the end, we had a wee bit more in store I think.

“He’s still learning too, that’s the incredible thing because in theory, he should only get better.”

Valloria is the second foal of the former smart mare, Savona who did a good job for Middle-

ton both here and in Australia before she returned home for stud duties.

The mare was sold at the Milburn Farm Dispersal Sale back in 2015.

The race proved to be a perfect taste test for what lies ahead for the three-year-old trotters with some outstanding runs in behind the winner.

Runner-up Stress Factor and the third placed Show Gait were both huge, while plenty with keen eyes will have noted the dour performance of Renezmae from the outside of the front line and also the effort of Sundee’s Son who romped home from last on the turn to finish fifth.

After one local success, Ashburton was back in the winners’ circle in the very next race when Pradas Ideal Dahling won for Simon Adlam.

■ RUGBY

Crusaders lay down marker

By GreGor Paul As everyone suspected, the Crusaders are going to be just as hard to beat in 2018 in 2017.

They were able to win a frenetic and bruising opening derby, partly because they were better at the clinical moments in the final quarter and maybe also because they were afforded the benefit of the doubt to be awarded a penalty try with 10 minutes left.

That was a killer for the Chiefs but while there will be mixed views as to whether it was the right call to say Ryan Crotty was going to score before he was taken high by Lachlan Boshier, it certainly wasn’t an outrageous decision.

It jumped the Crusaders to a

10-point lead, but as much as the Chiefs may not have liked it, it was a lead the Crusaders looked destined to take with or without a bit of luck.

They were cranking things in that final quarter, making fewer mistakes and controlling things just about as they wanted.

That’s what makes them so tough to beat and the fact the score blew out in the final minutes was indicative of the mindset of the home side.

They had to weather a prolonged period in the middle of the game when they were under endless pressure. They suffered two yellow cards for high tackles and reduced to 14 men for 20 minutes, they let the Chiefs back in.

Up until then, the Chiefs were

Ryan Crotty an eclectic mix of stunning and quite awful when they attacked.

They opened the game with a supremely clinical play which put Anton Lienert-Brown into a hole and saw them nearly score, only to spend the next 25 min-

utes playing as if they were giving rugby a go for the first time that night.

Richie Mo’unga, was patient and one poor decision aside on defence that saw him yellowcarded, he was disciplined.

He played his role well as a facilitator and organiser of the Crusaders’ attack and the All Blacks, even at this early stage of the season, will be feeling fairly confident about their options at firstfive behind Beauden Barrett.

Sam Whitelock scored a critical try where he was able to crash through three tackles to plunge a giant arm over the line.

Crusaders 45 (M. Todd, R. Mo’unga, J. Taufua, S. Whitelock, Penalty, G. Bridge, J. Mataele tries; Mo’unga 3 cons; D. Havili con); Chiefs 23 (S. Cane, S. Alaimalo tries; D. McKenzie 3 pens, 2 cons)

The old firm of the All Stars and Blair Orange got back together in Sunday’s Ashburton Sapling Stakes and it was as though they’d never been apart.

In a bit of a flashback to years gone by, Orange and the powerhouse stable combined for the third time to win the time-honoured event with debutant War Dan Delight, who strode past a brave Heisenberg inside the final 100 metres to win.

Orange believed it was the first time he’d slipped into the all to familiar colours since he piloted Titan Banner in the New Zealand Trotting Cup in 2016 where they’d finished third.

“I think that might be the last time I had a driver for them,” Orange said.

“It’s always nice to put them back on and even better when you manage to get a win in them.”

The Sapling Stakes has been a good one for New Zealand’s leading reinsman with yesterday’s win his fifth making him the most successful driver in the race’s long and steeped history.

He won his first in 2003 with Lennon and subsequent wins since then have come from Ohoka Arizona (2007), Mapua Legend (2009) and Isaiah (2013).

War Dan Delight joins a long list of elite former winners of the race with former New Zealand Trotting Cup winners and former Derby winners littered among the roll of honour.

A Bettor’s Delight colt from Miss Elsie, War Dan Delight is a fullbrother to the talented Raukapuka Ruler, so lacks for nothing in the breeding department.

“He’s a little professional,” Orange said.

“When I asked him to knuckle down and get the job done halfway down the straight he really found for me.

“That’s usually a good sign.”

The overall time for the one mile was 1:58.1 which a far cry from the race record of 1:53.8 set by Follow The Stars, but horses had to contend with a strong headwind down the back straight.

That did, however, allow for a blistering closing 400 metres of 25.08.

War Dan Delight was purchased for $90,000 at last year’s Premier Yearling Sale in Christchurch by big-spending Australian owner, Danny Zavitsanos.

Heisenberg will have lost no admirers with his effort for second after leading into the strong wind for John Dunn while Another Masterpiece stuck on gamely after sitting parked.

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■ ASHBURTON RESULTS The weather was fine and the track fast for the Ashburton Harness at Ashburton yesterday.

RACE 1 MASTERGUARD TROT, 2400m 11-12 The Great Redeemer (14) S McNally 1 7-8 Majestic Hurricane (18) B Orange 2 6-7 Astound (5) D Butt 3 Also (in finishing order): 3-3 Winterfell, 1-2 Kings Landing, 4-5 Dolly Jones, 2-1 I W McNik, 5-4 Girls Let Loose, 13-13 Edesia, 8-6 Lone Star Lad, 12-9 Zoned Scarlett, 9-11 Lovey Dovey Moment, 15-16 Jour Highness, 10-10 Chief Of Staff, 16-15 Kiwi Heir, 14-14 Ideal Invasion.

2L, 1/2L, 1-1/2L. Time: 3:07.57. MR: 2:05.80. Last 800m: 59.54. Win: $38.50. Places: $8.70, $5.30, $4.00. Q: $196.20. Trifecta: $7395.10 (14,18,5).

First4: $1149.80 (14,18,5,13).

Trainer: Stephen McNally, Motukarara. Breeding: 3 f Monarchy-The Great Pretender.

RACE 2 ASHBURTON MSA LIQUOR CENTRE MOBILE PACE, $8000, 2400m 1-2 Smokin By (16) M Anderson 1 10-9 One Off (14) J W Cox 2 7-8 Tom Me Gun (12) C DeFilippi 3 Scratched: Bicton, Adieu Flirt.

Also (in finishing order): 12-13 Master Milano, 3-5 With The Band, 14-14 Capital Plan, 5-6 Proactor, 8-4 Katies Nightmare, 9-10 Lilac Change, 13-12 Chain Reaction, 11-11 Lei Miss, 6-7 Key Reactor, 4-3 Hurrania Three, 2-1 Dark Rage.

1-1/4L, Nse, 3L. Time: 2:58.70. MR: 1:59.80.

Last 800m: 57.21. Win: $4.70. Places: $2.40, $4.30, $3.80. Quinella: $34.70. Trifecta: $647.10 (16,14,12). First4: $3879.50 (16,14,12,11). Double: $371.80 (14/16+), $199.10 (14/14).

Tr: Mitchell Kerr, Rangiora Raceway. Breeding: 3 c Mach Three-Flo Jo. RACE 3 NEVELE R 3YOF SERIES - CONDITIONED HEAT, $14,999, 1609m 8-5 Raksbet (2) J Curtin 1 3-3 Dibaba (1) T Chmiel 2 1-1 Bettor Trix (9) T Williams 3 Also: 9-10 Lilac Star, 2-2 Feel The Money, 6-8 Samskara, 11-11 Change Is Good, 10-9 De Lancome, 13-13 Kotare Elite, 7-6 Anytime, 4-4 Sweet Mary, 12-12 Be Mine Tonight, 5-7 Three Ply. Nk, 1-3/4L, 1-1/2L. Time: 1:55.1. MR: 1:55.1. Last 800m: 57.07. Win: $17.80. Places: $3.90, $2.10,

M3

$1.60. Quinella: $47.50. Tri: $435.70 (2,1,9). First4: $1608.70 (2,1,9,10). Treble: $20433.00 (14/16+/2).

Trainer: Clark Barron, Rakauhauka. Breeding: 3 f Bettor’s Delight-Raksplace.

RACE 4 - CHRISTCHURCH CLEANING SUPPLIES PACE, $8000, 2400m 4-4 All Our Mob (8) T Williams 1 3-3 Pembrook Legacy (7) R May 2 1-2 Governor’s Bay (9) D Dunn 3 Scratched: Franco Hatton, William Holden.

Also: 5-6 Raging Thunder, 2-1 Di Caprio, 6-5 Christie Marie, 12-11 Eastwood Kite, 9-8 Sonic Reign, 10-10 Fresco Bromac, 7-9 Roxy Star, 1313 Spinatale, 8-7 B D Reactor, 11-12 Limoso.

Nk, Nk, 3/4L. Time: 3:07.80. MR: 2:05.90. Last 800m: 58.30. Win: $6.80. Places: $2.00, $1.90, $1.50. Quinella: $12.50. Trifecta: $95.60 (8,7,9).

First4: $678.00 (8,7,9,15). Double: $158.70 (2/8), $35.70 (2/7).

Trainer: Brendon Hill, Swannanoa. Breeding: 4 g Christian Cullen-Rosanna Jaccka.

RACE 5 - STUDHOLME BLOODSTOCK F&M MOBILE PACE, $12000, 1609m 1-1 Somejoy (11) B Orange 1 8-9 Trendy Bromac (4) J Curtin 2 6-6 Kiwi On Show (9) R Holmes 3 Also (in finishing order): 5-5 Courageous Becqui, 3-3 A Lister, 4-4 Tyron Bettor’s Ella, 10-10 Julia Lady, 2-2 Bettor’s Heart, 7-8 Goodlookin Chick, 9-7 Dorie Delight, 11-11 Hestia Franco.

2-1/2L, 1-3/4L, 1-3/4L. Time: 1:55.40. MR: 1:55.40. Last 800m: 54.02. Win: $1.60. Places: $1.20, $5.70, $4.00. Quinella: $33.10. Trifecta: $291.30 (11,4,9). First4: $2760.30 (11,4,9,2).

Quaddie: $2355.80 (16+/2/8/11+).

Trainer: Clark Barron, Rakauhauka. Breeding: 4 m Somebeachsomewhere-Jumpforjoy.

RACE 6 - CANSTAFF NZ SAPLING STKS MOBILE PACE, $27500, 1609m 2-2 War Dan Delight (3) B Orange 1 1-1 Heisenberg (4) J Dunn 2 4-5 Another Masterpiece (5) T William 3 Also (in finishing order): 6-6 Dadndave, 5-4 Spot On, 3-3 Jack Jones.

Lg hd, 1L, 4L. Time: 1:58.10.

MR: 1:58.10. Last 800m: 55.13. Win: $3.40.

Places: $1.90, $1.60. Q: $3.90. Tri: $27.10 (3,4,5).

Blair Orange yesterday won his fifth Ashburton Sapling Stakes, this time behind War Dan Delight.

First4: $152.60 (3,4,5,2). Double: $4.00 (11+/3), $1.60 (11+/4+). Treble: $44.00 (8/11+/3).

Trainer: Purdon/Rasmussen, Rolleston. Breeding: 2 c Bettor’s Delight-Miss Elsie.

CLARK EQUIPMENT NEW ZEALAND LTD HANDICAP, $9000, 2400m 6-7 Didjabringthebeers (1) J W Cox 1 9-10 Highland Star (2) G O’Reilly 2 3-4 We’ll Meet Again (12) J Smith 3 Also (in finishing order): 11-11 Soney Beatt, 10-8 BK Dawn, 7-9 Jean Sebastien, 8-6 Stylish Duke, 12-12 Momentous, 4-3 Ruthless Kayla, 5-5 Lothario, 2-1 Time For Diamonds, 1-2 One Over Da Stars (Pulled up).

Nse, Sht hd, 3-3/4L. Time: 3:07.10. MR: 2:05.50.

Last 800m: 60.15. Win: $16.20. Places: $5.00, $5.70, $2.20. Quinella: $122.90. Trifecta: $3286.90 (1,2,12). First4: $1508.80 (1,2,12,7).

Trainer: John Howe, West Melton. Breeding: 4 g Monarchy-Goutys Girl.

RACE 8 - NEUMANNS TYRES BANDAG HAMBLETONIAN MOBIL, $27500, 1609m 2-3 Valloria (5) J Dunn 1 5-5 Stress Factor (6) T Williams 2 7-6 Show Gait (8) S Ottley 3 Also (finish order): 1-1 Renezmae, 6-8 Sundees

Son, 10-10 Scallywag Sam, 9-9 Majestic Connies, 8-7 Springbank Lachie, 14-14 Zsa Zoe, 11-12 BJ Lindenny, 12-11 Speedy Command, 3-2 Majestic Man, 4-4 Luby Lou, 13-13 Noble Lavros.

3-1/2L, 3/4L, 3/4L. Time: 1:58.20. MR: 1:58.20.

Last 800m: 57.50. Win: $5.50. Pl: $2.30, $2.70, $3.80. Q: $16.80. Trifecta: $544.00 (5,6,8).

First4: $1802.60 (5,6,8,9). Double: $102.60 (1/5), $63.50 (1/6).

Trainer: Robert Dunn, Woodend Beach. Breeding: 3 g Majestic Son-Savona.

RACE 9 - GARY MCCORMICK TRANSPORT HANDICAP PACE, $9000, 2400m 3-3 Pradas Ideal Dahling (4) C D Thornley 1 1-1 Scarlett Banner (16) G Smith 2 9-8 Buckeye (2) J Geddes 3 Also (in finishing order): 8-9 Nearis Green, 7-7 Just Ben, 10-10 Unfinished Business, 6-6 Go Davey, 2-2 Doitson, 14-14 Sweet Marylou, 12-12 Bound To Impress, 5-5 Stone The Crows, 13-13 Hotdiggettycullen, 4-4 Jonty James, 11-11 Cullenz Diamond (Pulled up).

2-1/2L, 1/2 nk, 1L. Time: 3:05.00. MR: 2:04.10.

Last 800m: 57.54. Win: $7.10. Places: $2.40, $2.10, $4.10. Quinella: $18.20. Trifecta: $473.30 (4,16,2). First4: $2688.70 (4,16,2,7).

Trainer: Simon Adlam, Ashburton. Breeding: 5 g American Ideal-Itz Prahda Dahling.

RACE 10 - ASHBURTON GUARDIAN MOBILE PACE, $9000, 2400m 3-3 Patanjali (14) T Chmiel 1 6-5 Rah De Rah (10) J W Cox 2 5-6 Awaytocullect (13) S Ottley 3 Scr: Locked Out Of Heaven, Miss Big, Art Courage.

Also: 11-11 Western Delight, 7-8 Awayovernight, 2-2 Onedin Reign, 4-4 Motu Bettor Be Quick, 9-7 Articulight, 8-9 Sounds Lika Gem, 10-10 Caitlin Franco, 1-1 Bringitonhome.

6L, Nse, Lg hd. Time: 3:00.30. MR: 2:00.90. Last 800m: 58.40. Win: $8.10. Places: $2.40, $3.70, $3.90. Q: $74.70. Tri: $1517.50 (14,10,13). First4: $9383.40 (14,10,13,7). Quaddie: $18824.60 (1/5/4/14). Place6: $471.80 (4,9,11+/3,4+/1,2,12 /5,6,8/2,4,16+/10,13,14). Double: $32.10 (4/14), $34.40 (4/10). Treble: $290.00 (5/4/14).

Trainer: T & G Chmiel, Leeston. Breeding: 4 m American Ideal-Enchanter Franco.

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Kiwis claim Miracle Mile My Field Marshal ran the fastest mile in Australasian history to secure the A$750,000 Miracle Mile at Menangle on Saturday night.

The Otago-owned pacer’s 1.46.9 win signalled a triumph for Canterbury brothers Tim and Anthony Butt, who have both relocated to Australia on a permanent basis in recent times.

The pair have combined to win dozens of Group 1 races, including at least 25 in Australia previously, but this was their first Miracle Mile.

“This rates right up there, without a doubt,” said Tim Butt postrace. “It’s one of the hardest races ever to win; it used to be hard just to get in it, and it still is. I can’t do much better than win their biggest race.”

Anthony Butt landed My Field Marshal one out and two back, following up Jilliby Kung Fu. Come the home turn, Butt angled My Field Marshal wide on the track and reeled in Soho Tribeca and Jilliby Kung Fu in the shadows of the post.

Lazarus only beat one horse home after being unable to get in to the race from a wide draw.

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Palmerston North Greyhound Racing Club Incorporated 6 77885 Homebush Freda nwtd ..............J McInerney 7 23146 Bigtime Boy 21.91 ........................M Goodier 8 247x5 Ocean Gambler nwtd ..................A Turnwald Venue: Manawatu Raceway Meeting Date: 26 Feb 2018 NZ 7 11621 Clover Colin 21.87.......................A Turnwald 8 45661 Cawbourne Sandy 21.91 ......... S Gommans 9 88867 Classy Delta 26.63 ..........................C Morris Meeting number: 3 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 8 83644 Bigtime On Track nwtd .......................L Cole 9 25545 Wetchester 21.88 ................................ L Bell 10 78777 Bigtime Wild nwtd G & ........... S Fredrickson 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13; 14 and 15 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 9 48368 White Comet 22.29 ....................... D Donlon 10 24765 Mitsuta 21.83 ....................................D Edlin 10 4.44 ADRIAN CLARK BLOODSTOCK C2, 457m and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 13, 14 and 15 10 47676 Bigtime Jorja nwtd..............................L Cole 7 3.51 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE C1, 375m 1 73476 Tazia 26.24................................... D Denbee 1 2.01pm (NZT) FORMPRO RATINGS FREE EVERY 4 2.57 AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES C2/3, 375m 1 54537 Roketto nwtd .....................................D Edlin 2 86887 Cawbourne Buckle 26.35 J &..............D Bell MONDAY C0 C0, 375m 1 63535 Doosh 21.60..............................J McInerney 2 22766 Bark My Words nwtd ..................... M Gowan 3 62246 Bigtime Coffee 25.89 G & ...... S Fredrickson 1 261 Bigtime Chloe nwtd ............................L Cole 2 48768 Kirkham Webby 21.49 .....................C Morris 3 77422 Cawbourne Owen 21.69 .......... K Gommans 4 76771 Bigtime Serena 26.06 ........................L Cole 2 Bigtime Hannah nwtd .........................L Cole 3 85872 Kirkham Coby 21.54 .......................C Morris 4 67676 Homebush Tulip nwtd ................J McInerney 5 31115 Bigtime Logan 26.17 ..........................L Cole 3 33634 Smiling Sid nwtd ..............................S Stone 4 14676 Bigtime Lady nwtd..............................L Cole 5 87374 Grace Slick 21.75 ............................C Morris 6 67563 Mister Ebby 26.09 .......................A Turnwald 4 36354 Bigtime Charlie nwtd ..........................L Cole 5 26717 Bigtime Sienna 21.51 .........................L Cole 6 54675 Idol Alan 22.06 ..................................M Flipp 7 56681 Five Eyes 26.09 ........................... D Denbee 5 2 Bigtime Wendle nwtd .........................L Cole 6 51421 Arden Emgrand 22.03 .................A Turnwald 7 67765 Sergio Star nwtd .......................J McInerney 8 76236 Audacious Assin nwtd J & ...................D Bell 6 x6652 Flying Koko nwtd .........................A Turnwald 7 16865 Cawbourne Brandy 21.62 J & .............D Bell 8 6668x Cawbourne Skeeta nwtd J &...............D Bell 9 48642 Bigtime Redo 26.20 G & ........ S Fredrickson 7 25858 Magic Jess Lass nwtd ...............J McInerney 8 43673 Stole Me Car 21.47 .................. K Gommans 9 83772 Cawbourne Web nwtd J &...................D Bell 11 4.59 STEVE THE AUCTIONEER DAVIS C3, 457m 8 3 Bigtime Victory nwtd ..........................L Cole Emergencies: 10 68838 Ngakawau 21.94 .......................J McInerney 1 43422 Bigtime JayJay 26.05 .........................L Cole 9 x5267 Flying Mason nwtd ......................A Turnwald 9 55876 Asserting Power 21.98 .....................S Stone 8 4.09pm IONLYFLYFIRSTCLASS.COM C1 C1, 457m 2 47457 Vince Fawn 26.34 .......................A Turnwald 10 7 Homebush Secret nwtd .............J McInerney 10 36473 Devil’s Tongue nwtd..........................S Stone 1 26211 Bigtime Joshy nwtd ............................L Cole 3 61176 Bigtime Forest 26.21 ..........................L Cole 2 2.21pm J P PRINT, PETONE C1 C1, 410m 5 3.14pm USE PETRAVELLER.COM.AU C4/5, 375m 2 15544 Take Action nwtd ..........................M Goodier 4 56243 Bigtime Mia 26.09 ..............................L Cole 1 15663 Winevara nwtd ...........................B Goldsack 1 48221 Allegro Beaty 21.52............................L Cole 3 51261 Clover Bubba nwtd ......................A Turnwald 5 34635 Bigtime Liam 25.97 ............................L Cole 2 41666 Bigtime Steve nwtd ............................L Cole 2 61671 Bigtime Sugar 21.38 ..........................L Cole 4 25642 Caveman Sam 26.16 ..................B Hodgson 6 61512 Bigtime Craig 26.46 ...........................L Cole 3 72318 Bigtime Kate nwtd ..............................L Cole 3 41237 Bear Inda Square 21.31 .....................L Cole 5 22748 Cawbourne Lick nwtd J & ...................D Bell 7 74627 Bigtime Donny 25.78..........................L Cole 4 x3246 Apricity nwtd................................A Turnwald 4 23465 Bigtime Blackie 21.07 ........................L Cole 6 x8542 Yella Ella nwtd .............................A Turnwald 8 73674 Bigtime Flyer 26.04 ............................L Cole 5 68654 Lissadell Marcus nwtd................... D Donlon 5 82332 Cawbourne Mezza 21.40 .............M Roberts 7 43443 Bigtime Clyde 26.38 ...........................L Cole 9 16358 Bigtime Fred 26.04 .............................L Cole 6 43755 Bigtime Blast 23.69 ............................L Cole 6 45243 Bigtime Ottey 21.59 ...........................L Cole 8 34P67 Toki Girl 26.45 .............................. D Denbee 12 5.19pm M&M MASTER BUTCHERS C4/5, 457m 7 15564 Bigtime Zoe nwtd ...............................L Cole 7 21516 Fear The Beard 21.83 .......................M Flipp 9 88867 Classy Delta 26.63 ..........................C Morris 1 52282 Fusion Cronulla 26.11 .................A Turnwald 8 33636 Opawa Bucks 23.59 .........................R Waite 8 58861 Bigtime Basher 21.41.........................L Cole 10 78777 Bigtime Wild nwtd G & ........... S Fredrickson 2 72173 Mija Sydney nwtd ........................A Turnwald 9 77784 Cawbourne Bettsy nwtd J & ................D Bell 9 68781 Cosmic Odette nwtd..................J McInerney 9 4.24pm OUTBACK TRADING COMPANY C1, 457m 3 11463 Bigtime Vanessa 26.15 ......................L Cole 10 56587 Gunnar Blueblood nwtd ............J McInerney 6 3.34pm PAUL CLARIDGE ELECTRICAL C2, 375m 1 22264 Bigtime Monty 26.34 ..........................L Cole 4 51755 Bigtime Caleb 26.04...........................L Cole 3 2.37pm GREYHOUNDS AS PETS C1 C1, 375m 1 83212 Banshee Reel 22.12 ........................R Waite 2 62453 Millie Prince 26.46..............................L Cole 5 18668 Bigtime Rise 26.12 .............................L Cole 1 44588 Minder 21.99 .............................J McInerney 2 26273 El Hefe 21.69 G & .................. S Fredrickson 3 27544 Thrilling Rocky nwtd ...................... M Gowan 6 11358 Bigtime Brucie 26.20 ..........................L Cole 2 43331 Avedon Film 21.86 ............................M Flipp 3 31137 Little Scamp 21.86 ....................... D Denbee 4 78825 Cawbourne Foxy nwtd ....................P Morris 7 72776 Snoop Junior nwtd ......................A Turnwald 3 74361 Three Amigos nwtd ......................M Roberts 4 21342 Bigtime Emma nwtd ...........................L Cole 5 33354 Bigtime Owen nwtd G & ......... S Fredrickson 8 4716x Bigtime Bell 26.32 ..............................L Cole 4 42411 Lucha 21.83 ......................................D Edlin 5 35524 Don’t Muzzle Me 21.50 ..............B Goldsack 6 25856 Cawbourne Muzza 26.33 J & ..............D Bell 13 5.38pm BROOKS TIMING C1 C1, 375m 5 64223 Ace Star nwtd.............................B Goldsack 6 265T4 Bigtime Bev 21.91 ..............................L Cole 7 15674 Tranquil Blossom nwtd ................A Turnwald 1 52787 Homebush Manu nwtd ..............J McInerney

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Manukau Stadium Meeting Date: 26 Feb 2018 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 12.09pm WELCOME TO THE MANUKAU SPORTSBOWL SPRINT C0, 318m 1 52755 Hot Mayhem nwtd U & ......................Cottam 2 24746 Crampton nwtd..............................A Cleaver 3 55777 Sky Ryder nwtd ................................M Black 4 55748 Mighty Mezz nwtd R & ................N O’Regan 5 33284 Snoopy’s Bro nwtd R & .........................Hunt 6 56761 Surge Ahead nwtd R & .......................L Udy 7 44 Red Dot Special nwtd .......................B Craik 8 58376 It’s All Me nwtd ..................................G Hunt 9 8x558 Jetsun Singer nwtd ........................G Wilson 10 88x Riccitelli nwtd ................................A Cleaver 2 12.27 DELI’S SPORTS BAR CLENDON INN SPRINT C2, 318m 1 66224 Noah Who 18.63 .......................... H Mullane 2 75173 Scott No Value 18.51 ........................G Hunt 3 86x18 Strike Lotto 18.74 .......................P Ferguson 4 81487 Vanos 18.76 ................................. H Mullane 5 21533 Conquest Girl nwtd ...........................M Flipp 6 65612 Epic Force 18.63 .......................... H Mullane 7 23111 Suspicious Minds 18.67 ....................B Craik 8 31436 Ali Ali Ali 18.84 ............................... G Farrell 9 52783 Hey Khali 18.67 U & ..........................Cottam 10 81464 Red Dee 18.53 ................................P Green 3 12.44pm TROPHIES PLUS SPRINT C0, 318m 1 57F5 Jetsun Paint nwtd ...........................G Wilson 2 7 Jinja Lad nwtd ..............................R McPhee 3 x7642 Kaeshius nwtd.................................. S Clark

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67821 Cawbourne Hint 21.73 J & ..................D Bell 27842 Ndora 21.90 ......................................D Edlin 78376 Idol Billie nwtd .......................... S Gommans 34614 Reedy Set Go 22.29 .................J McInerney 75877 Cawbourne Symsy 21.68 J &..............D Bell 75465 Paris Global nwtd ......................J McInerney 55286 Barn Door Billy nwtd ................ K Gommans 86476 Hotdog Shannon 21.94 ...................P Morris 77577 Cawbourne Looks 21.46 J & ...............D Bell 14 5.58pm TAB FIXED ODDS C1 C1, 375m 1 57687 Opawa Tigger nwtd ...........................M Flipp 2 66788 Lucky Sunday nwtd ...................J McInerney 3 57467 Cawbourne Johno nwtd ........... K Gommans 4 57283 Homebush Flutey nwtd .............J McInerney 5 13658 Kellydean nwtd ................................C Morris 6 87846 Bigtime Pickit 22.33 ...........................L Cole 7 82667 Thrilling Stan nwtd ............................D Edlin 8 84745 Just Like Ma nwtd J & .........................D Bell Emergencies: 9 84588 Brad Baxter nwtd ......................J McInerney 10 67866 Dyna Hadvar nwtd.............................M Flipp 15 6.18 TAB SUPPORTS GREYHOUNDS C1, 375m 1 56787 Cawbourne Serina 21.64 ............. T Downey 2 58468 Jelani 22.00.......................................D Edlin 3 64586 Cawbourne Merl 21.64 J & .................D Bell 4 88x56 Billie Tee nwtd S & ....................C Blackburn 5 68718 Magic Jean Lass nwtd ..............J McInerney 6 58353 Choice Lass nwtd............................C Morris 7 88386 Carrick nwtd I C & ..........................J Lenden 8 85557 Homebush Myra 22.28 ..............J McInerney 9 64777 Bigtime Moe Moe 21.99 G & .. S Fredrickson 10 67848 Nippa-A-Spot nwtd ....................J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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581 Going Bananas nwtd........................M Black 66354 Bright Concept nwtd R &.....................L Udy 2532 Leezrom nwtd ...................................B Craik 45667 Phuket Paul nwtd ............................S Codlin 677x Miss Bucket nwtd ..........................A Cleaver 8658 Agbeze nwtd .................................A Cleaver 78x Parra Eels nwtd R & ....................N O’Regan 4 1.02pm PUMP & ENGINEERING SERVICES SPRINT C1, 318m 1 1277x Marinara Girl nwtd.............................E Potts 2 71553 Barwon Bandit 18.74..................D Schofield 3 31567 Warrior Tony nwtd U & ......................Cottam 4 16x86 Extroverted nwtd .......................... H Mullane 5 54471 Bigtime Moola 18.60 R & ....................L Udy 6 37645 Katcha Ninja 18.78............................B Craik 7 85714 Eight Oh Three nwtd .........................M Flipp 8 42344 Finkle Foot Fred nwtd R & ....................Hunt 9 34887 Twelve Gauge 19.10 ........................M Black 10 57786 Zara Storm nwtd ............................ G Farrell 5 1.19 HEWLETT ELECTRICAL SPRINT C1/2, 318m 1 47888 Atlas Shrugged 18.69 .................. H Mullane 2 66564 Cawbourne Stick nwtd ......................M Flipp 3 62458 Stranger Things 18.92.......................B Craik 4 61765 Untouchable nwtd ...........................P Green 5 868F4 Fantastic Zoe 18.51 ...................D Schofield 6 86788 Bah Baa 18.82 R & .....................N O’Regan 7 37F58 Bigtime Summer nwtd .................. H Mullane 8 4F88x Scott No Show nwtd R &.......................Hunt 9 78882 Doug Deep nwtd R & ..........................L Udy 10 84871 Allegro Cody 18.67 R & ........................Hunt 6 1.37pm MT WELLINGTON TAB SPRINT C3, 318m 1 27232 Jetsun Jamie 18.73 ........................G Wilson

2 35853 Beat The Butcher 18.36 R & ...............L Udy 3 11374 Coruba Cate 18.65......................... G Farrell 4 86472 Harry Brown nwtd ........................ H Mullane 5 12335 Opawa Libby 18.55 W &..................T Steele 6 22772 Little Moo 18.57 U & .........................Cottam 7 23666 Nangar Panther 18.53 ................D Schofield 8 52347 I’m A Leo 18.46 ...........................L Laagland Emergencies: 9 28478 Raging Demon 18.26 R & ...................L Udy 10 12688 Imperial Court 18.47 .......................P Green 7 1.54pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SERIES HEAT 1 C1q, 527m 1 26442 Electric Dee Eye 30.71 ...................P Green 2 27618 Jetsun Doll 31.31 ...........................G Wilson 3 56222 Atomic Missile nwtd ..................... H Mullane 4 28782 Barwon Storm 31.33 ..................D Schofield 5 56336 Secret Babe nwtd W & ....................T Steele 6 77411 Bark De Triomphe 31.17 ...................B Craik 7 25665 Wee Meredith 31.46 ........................ L Martin 8 38726 Deception Diva 31.01 W & ..............T Steele 9 12577 Talkabout Ziggy 30.95 R & ....................Hunt 10 75783 Scott The Looks 30.62 U & ...............Cottam 8 2.14pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SERIES HEAT 2 C1q, 527m 1 23745 Out Of Paper nwtd .......................... T Green 2 8F253 Opawa Anthony nwtd W & ..............T Steele 3 62716 Jack No Lag 30.92 ......................... Y Castro 4 85534 Midnight Daydream 31.25 R & ............L Udy 5 56475 Barwon Babe nwtd .....................D Schofield 6 63388 Dyna Bevlin nwtd U & .......................Cottam 7 33152 Talkabout Izzy 31.08 R & ......................Hunt 8 42114 Lucky James nwtd.............................M Flipp

9 77477 Jetsun Stampede 31.39 .................G Wilson 10 F2667 Blocker 30.99 R & .......................N O’Regan 9 2.31pm STITCHES UPHOLSTERY SERIES HEAT 3 C1q, 527m 1 16522 Gotcha Millie nwtd........................ H Mullane 2 54618 Opawa Vegan nwtd W &..................T Steele 3 42671 Secret Rory 30.98 .......................... G Farrell 4 48457 Home Bound nwtd .......................... T Green 5 54335 Kiwi Gal 31.05 U & ............................Cottam 6 67266 Tabulam Girl nwtd W &....................T Steele 7 67x45 Fushidara 31.29 .............................. L Martin 8 53125 Pacific Sunrise nwtd ..........................M Flipp 9 F2667 Blocker 30.99 R & .......................N O’Regan 10 66874 Zarzuella 31.28 ...............................S Codlin 10 2.50pm PLASTERBOARD STAKES C2/3, 527m 1 43214 Idol Ajay 30.90 W &.........................T Steele 2 87317 Uno Twenty Five 30.72 ................... G Farrell 3 55145 Jinja Mia 30.97 W & ........................T Steele 4 F3446 Jinja Squeak 30.48 W & ..................T Steele 5 35356 See Eye Aye 31.07 ...................... H Mullane 6 74614 Bigtime Dazzler nwtd ........................E Potts 7 15343 Kapai Bart 30.71 W & .....................T Steele 8 23152 Cameo Syd 30.79 .............................B Craik 9 27453 Yooldome 30.59 .........................D Schofield 10 81458 Secret Lily 30.79 W &......................T Steele 11 3.07pm CAROL’S TAB CLENDON INN SPRINT C3/4, 318m 1 61576 Elouera Mist 18.53 .....................P Ferguson 2 65758 Maximum Express 18.51 ................P Green 3 81865 Shot Gun Harry 18.68 .................. H Mullane 4 36517 Good Job 18.39 ..............................P Green 5 188x8 Unileven 18.45 ...........................D Schofield

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13466 Timma Turtle nwtd ........................ H Mullane 22313 El Narco nwtd..................................P Green 77456 Unbeknown 18.46 .............................E Potts 28478 Raging Demon 18.26 R & ...................L Udy 12688 Imperial Court 18.47 .......................P Green 12 3.26pm CUP DAY ON SUNDAY C1, 318m 1 66444 Agistri 18.68 ................................... G Farrell 2 23572 Spider Phil 18.98 R &..................N O’Regan 3 83575 Drury 18.41 ...................................A Cleaver 4 34433 Hot Machine nwtd ........................... T Green 5 15431 Bad 18.42..........................................B Craik 6 47864 Unconscionable 18.61 R & .................L Udy 7 65438 Scott Tied Up 18.63 U & ...................Cottam 8 63446 Statman Dave 18.76 ..................H Laagland Emergencies: 9 84871 Allegro Cody 18.67 R & ........................Hunt 10 35788 Magnetude Eight nwtd .................R McPhee SELECTION

Race 1: Surge Ahead, Snoopy’s Bro, It’s All Me, Crampton Race 2: Suspicious Minds, Epic Force, Ali Ali Ali, Strike Lotto Race 3: Going Bananas, Leezrom, Bright Concept, Jinja Lad Race 4: Bigtime Moola, Barwon Bandit, Finkle Foot Fred Race 5: Fantastic Zoe, Stranger Things, CAtlas Shrugged Race 6: Beat The Butcher, Coruba Cate, Jetsun Jamie Race 7: Electric Dee Eye, Barwon Storm, Deception Diva Race 8: Talkabout Izzy, Jack No Lag, Opawa Anthony Race 9: Secret Rory, Kiwi Gal, Fushidara, Gotcha Millie Race 10: Cameo Syd, Kapai Bart, Uno Twenty Five, Idol Ajay Race 11: Elouera Mist, El Narco, Timma Turtle, Shot Gun Harry Race 12: Bad, Hot Machine, Agistri, Statman Dave, Spider Phil LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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1pm - 4pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research. Heritage Centre, 327 West Street.

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6pm BOOTCAMP. Catering for all levels of fitness. Walnut Avenue Pavilion. Contact Georgia 0276888686 or Aleisha 0278489309.

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Holy Name pastoral Centre, Cnr Winter Street and Burnett Street. (every Monday, excludes public holidays).

7.30pm ASHBURTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Garden Trophy presentation evening.

Domain Pavilion, Walnut Avenue.

area. Nosh Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

10am MT HUTT MEMORIAL HALL. NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and hall of memories. 160 Main Street, Methven.

10am - 3pm AGE CONCERN, 206 CLUB. Fun filled days for over 60years, for more information ring 308-6817. Cameron Street.

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Cryptic crossword

Monday, February 26, 2018

Simon Shuker’s Code Cracker

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Your Stars

WordBuilder

Insert the missing letter to complete an eight-letter word reading clockwise or anti-clockwise.

How many words of three or more letters, including plurals, can you make from the five letters, using each letter only once? No foreign words or words beginning with a capital are allowed. There is at least one fiveletter word.

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Across 1. Continuance 7. Presage 9. Milk 11. Chain 12. Direct 14. Play the game 18. Define 20. Lilts 22. Gore 23. Gyrated 24. Terrestrial Down 2. Overall 3. Need 4. Crime 5. Spice 3 6.4Skate 2 8. Annoying 10. Singular 13. Shy715. Militia 3 16. Adage 1 4 17. Aside 19. Forge 21. Ages

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TODAY’S GOALS: Good – 13 Excellent – 18 Amazing – 23

Previous solution: NAPOLEON 9

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): People tend to simplify the personalities and characteristics of others to process social information. But you’re not a stereotype. Today there’s a reward for rejecting and defying the stereotype.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): The only good thing about regret is that it shows you what to want today. Use it as information to help you look for opportunities. It’s not too late. It’s really not.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): People get addicted to all kinds of things. Among the strongest of addictions is one’s addiction to his or her own story. If yours isn’t a story that’s serving you, it’s an addiction that needs to be broken.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You know it’s a game, but that’s not the point. It’s still an experience, and an experience is still your life. Whatever the stakes may be, whatever the prize is, play full out.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Pick a destination. Without a destination, you’ll spend time and effort and still feel as if you’re getting nowhere. Give yourself the satisfaction of arrival. It really is a good sort of satisfaction to achieve.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Maybe the culinary experts taste the spice in the sauce, but most people taste “ranch dressing” and not buttermilk, herbs, mustard seed, etc. Don’t explain what went into your “recipe”; go for overall effect.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): You can save yourself hassle by choosing right in the first place. This will be true for relationships, tasks, items... just about everything you do. Put thought into beginnings. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t start.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Skilled actors know that even if they are playing someone deplorable, they must use non-judgemental compassion to find the motivation behind villainy. This will apply when figuring someone out today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): There’s a new pattern emerging in your personal life. Give it scrutiny.

Is this really what you want to repeat? One little tweak could make a world of difference.

Dare to go for exactly what you prefer.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s a flipbook kind of day.

You’ll go quickly from scene to scene. Your mind fills in the blanks, making it seem like movement – but that’s an illusion. Appreciate each “still” while you’re on that page.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): To suggest you’re supportive would be an understatement. Sometimes it’s as if you’re holding the whole thing up by yourself. Just don’t let this be the constant, or they’ll become weak and dependent on you.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Because you have limited energy to spend on a problem, you’re better off doing nothing than chasing down every lead. Be selective. There’s a big difference between action and intelligent action.

ACROSS 7. One’s involvement in role one puts in one possible caption (13) 8. What one carried if one didn’t want one to see the light? (4-7) 12. Bits and odd chessmen (6) 14. Light cavalryman could learn about campaign leader (6) 16. Take a taxi back: being American, one can count on it (6) 18. Story not told at once is real for a change (6) 19. Material pattern discarded by fish-eater? (7-4) 23. Great Fire for instance leaving congregation holding Alf back (13) DOWN 1. Some players are prohibited, by the sound of it (4) 2. Is it fair, every other one being a top-liner? (4) 3. They weigh the outer covering of fishes (6) 4. Mineral giving one backbone at beginning of Lent (6) 5. It’s an eyesore on the street, yet incomplete (4) 6. No honour is given up by satellite (4) 9. Mean value gave era a different aspect (7) 10. A row of iron cut out (7) 11. No written exam is ethical if unbegun (4) 12. Pounds in wages for a dramatic presentation (4) 13. Bird that resumes partial upturn (3) 15. One pipped a super player to hole in one (3) 17. Go round and up like the thread of a screw (6) 18. Sweet guys have a right to change it (6) 19. Wooden ring, or ring used in dance (4) 20. Split a tree up on time (4) 21. Grain from South Africa to be distributed (4) 22. Yeomen’s commander shortly coming from Exeter (4)

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ACROSS 1. Unnerved (7) 5. Animals of an area (5) 8. Dragged one’s feet (6,3,4) 9. Affirmative (3) 10. Feeling unwell (9) 12. Crises (6) 13. Devils (6) 15. Onlooker (9) 16. Frozen (3) 18. Last (2,3,8) 20. Flair (5) 21. Encumbered (7)

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SHEARER, Janette Sara (Nettles) nee Rodger – On February 25, 2018.

Peacefully at home, Methven, after a short battle with cancer. Dearly loved wife of Lyell. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Ben and Chris, and Lee-Ann and Symon Bell. Loved nana Net to Zack and Clay. Messages to the Shearer Family, PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. In lieu of flowers donations to the Methven Care Trust would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A special thank you to Doctors Gayle O’Duffy and Sophie Febery and the District Nurses for their care of Janette. A service for Janette will be held at St John’s Presbyterian Church, Jackson Street, Methven on Wednesday February 28, commencing at 2pm. Followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium.

SHEARER, Janette (nee Rodger) – On February 25, 2018, at her home, Methven. Dearly loved and respected sister MID CANTERBURY and sister-in-law of Margaret FUNERAL SERVICES and Roy Kingan (Oamaru), Daphne and the late David Galbraith’s provide choice!

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Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 2:00 pm, yesterday 299.2 nc no data

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Rangitata Klondyke at 3:05 pm, yesterday

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 21.6 21.9 Max to 4pm 11.1 Minimum 6.9 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.4 16hr to 4pm February to date 177.0 Avg Feb to date 44 2018 to date 291.2 103 Avg year to date Wind km/h N 37 At 4pm Strongest gust NW 72 Time of gust 2:21pm

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Fine apart from morning and evening cloud.

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Wind at 2000m: E 30 km/h.

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0 4:55 The Chase 0 6pm 1 News At 6pm 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Fair Go 0 8pm Border Security 0 8:30 The Brave 0 9:25 Hunted UK Ten days in, the hunter’s frustration is high after former soldiers Kirk and Jez’s escape. 0 10:30 1 News Tonight 0

6am Impact For Life 6:30 Sesame Street 0 6:55 Peppa Pig 0 7am The Jungle Bunch To The Rescue! 3 0 7:25 Milo Murphy’s Law 0 7:50 Beyblade Burst 8:15 Mickey And The Roadster Racers 0 8:35 Doc McStuffins – Toy Hospital 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am My Kitchen Rules 3 0 12:40 Jeremy Kyle 1:40 Judge Rinder 2:40 Home And Away 3 0 3:10 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 3:40 Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 0 4:05 Stuck In The Middle Harley decides to host an outside slumber party to watch a passing comet with her friends. 0 4:30 Friends 3 0 5pm The Simpsons 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Big Bang Theory 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0

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6am XXIII Olympic Winter Games Breakfast Show 0 7am Olympic Winter Games Closing Ceremony 3 0 9:55 Jeopardy 10:20 The Doctors PGR 11:15 Cricket – International (HLS) Blackcaps v England – First ODI. 11:45 Antiques Road Trip 12:40 Elementary PGR 3 0 1:35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR 3 2:30 Wheel Of Fortune 3pm Escape To The Country 3 4pm Antiques Roadshow 3 5pm Jeopardy 5:30 Prime News 6pm American Restoration 0 6:30 Pawn Stars A pair of limited-edition Nike Marty McFly high tops comes into the shop.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 Prime Rocks – Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police AO 3 0 10:25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert PGR

6:30 Takaro Tribe 3 6:40 Nga Papara Kapi 3 7:10 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 7:40 Kia Mau 7:50 Paia 3 8am Te Kaea 3 2 8:30 KaweKorero 3 9am Ka Tu Ka Korero 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 2 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2 2pm Opaki 3 2:30 Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 3pm Takaro Tribe 3 3:10 Nga Papara Kapi 3 3:40 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 4:10 Kia Mau 3 4:20 Paia 3 4:30 Ahorangi Next Generation 5pm Grid 3 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 6:30 Te Kaea 3 2 7pm KaweKorero 7:30 My Family Feast 3 8pm Native Affairs Summer Series (HLS) The 2017 series.

8:30 The Vietnam War AO 9:30 Conversations With Teen Mums AO 10pm Aotearoa 3 10:30 Te Mana Kuratahi – Primary Schools’ Kapa Haka 3

6am The Living Room 7am Gardeners’ World 7:30 American Pickers 8:30 The Making Of Spain 9:30 Paul Hollywood City Bakes 10:30 Brick By Brick – Rebuilding Our Past 11:30 Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure Noon Astronauts – Toughest Job In The Universe 1pm The Making Of Spain 2pm American Pickers 3pm Gardeners’ World 3:30 Love Nature – Dogs That Changed The World 4:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites Hugh introduces a way of cooking that gives maximum taste and creativity with minimum fuss.

5pm Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 5:30 American Pickers 6:30 Caribbean Pirate Treasure 7pm David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 7:30 Travel Man – 48 Hours In Richard teams up with comedian Joe Lycett for a 48-hour tour of the attractions of Amsterdam.

8:30 Stephen Fry In Central America 9:30 Walking The Americas PGR 10:30 American Pickers

11pm The Nation An in-depth weekly local current affairs show. 0 12:10 Infomercials 5:30 City Impact Church

11:25 Football – English Premier League Manchester United v Chelsea.

From Old Trafford, Manchester.

1:25 Closedown

11pm Te Kaea 3 Maori Television’s daily news programme. 2 11:30 L Basketball – Fiba World Cup Qualifiers New Zealand v Korea.

1:30 Closedown

11:30 Hugh’s Three Good Things – Best Bites Midnight Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 12:30 100 Day Bach 1am Caribbean Pirate Treasure 1:30 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 2am Love Nature – Dogs That Changed The World 3am Colin And Justin’s Cabin Pressure 3:30 Gardeners’ World 4am Travel Man – 48 Hours In 5am Stephen Fry In Central America

MOVIES PREMIERE

MOVIES GREATS

7am The Shadow Effect 16VLSC 2016 Action Thriller.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Biehn. 8:35 John Wick – Chapter 2 16VL 2017 Action. Keanu Reeves, John Leguizamo. 10:35 Why Him? 16VLS 2016 Comedy.

Bryan Cranston, James Franco.

12:25 The Purge – Election Year 16VL 2016 Horror.

Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson.

2:15 The Shadow Effect 16VLSC 2016 Action Thriller.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Biehn. 3:50 Snatched 16VLS 2017 Comedy.

Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn.

5:20 Collateral Beauty ML 2016 Drama. Will Smith, Helen Mirren. 6:55 Going In Style ML 2017 Crime.

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine. 8:30 The Sense Of An Ending MLSC 2017 Drama. Based on Julian Barnes’s Man Booker Prizewinning novel about a reclusive man who looks back at his life and the consequences of his decisions. Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling.

10:20 Our Kind Of Traitor 16VLSC 2016 Thriller.

Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris.

6:20 Wanderlust MLS 2012 Comedy. Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux. 7:55 The Descendants ML 2011 Drama. George Clooney, Shailene Woodley.

9:50 Jack And Jill PGVL 2011 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes. 11:20 Snatch 18VL 2000 Crime. Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro. 1pm Alex Cross ML 2010 Crime Action.

Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols. 2:40 There Will Be Blood MV 2007 Drama.

Daniel Day-Lewis. 5:15 Bride Wars ML 2008 Comedy.

Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Johnston.

6:45 Rock The Kasbah MVLSC 2015 Comedy. Bill Murray, Kate Hudson.

8:30 Warrior MVL 2011 Action.

A former marine returns home to ask his father to help him train for a winner-takes-all, mixed martial arts tournament.

Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte.

10:50 The Social Network ML 2010 Drama. Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield.

SKY SPORT 1 6am Rugby League – NRL (HLS) Pre-Season – Storm v Cowboys.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

6:30 The World Rugby Show A show reflecting on the best of rugby union around the world.

7am L Golf – PGA Tour Honda Classic – Round Four.

From Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Noon Golf – LPGA Tour (HLS) Thailand – Round Four.

12:30 Rugby – Six Nations (RPL) France v Italy.

2:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Warratahs v Stormers.

4:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Bulls v Hurricanes.

6:30 Rugby – Super Rugby (RPL) Crusaders v Chiefs.

8:30 Six Nations Review Show 9:30 Football – Aviva Premiership (HLS) 10:30 UFC Fight Night (RPL) Fighters and venue TBC.

TUESDAY

12:30 Hook Me Up! 1:30 Cycling – Abu Dhabi Tour (RPL) Stage Five.

TUESDAY 12:50 The Whole Nine Yards 3am Rugby – Six Nations (RPL) Ireland v Wales.

MVLS 2000 Crime Comedy.

4am Motorsport – Nascar Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry.

TUESDAY Xfinity Series (HLS) Rinnai 250.

TUESDAY 2:30 Paranormal Activity 12:05 Leading Lady PG 5am NRL 360 Ben Ikin and 12:20 Border Security 16L 2007 Horror Thriller.

2014 Romantic Comedy.

PG 1:20 Pawn Stars Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Paul Kent examine the issues Katie McGrath, Bok van Blerk. affecting rugby league from PG 1:50 Scorpion ML Mark Fredrichs. 3:55 People 1:45 Collateral Beauty ML 2:40 MacGyver M 3:30 SVU 2016 Drama. 3:20 Going In Interview – Chris Pratt 2016 all angles. Current players, coaches and rugby league – Special Victims Unit MV Style ML 2017 Crime. 4:55 The Featurette. 4:25 There Will legends join in to voice their 4:20 The Force MC 4:45 NCIS Sense Of An Ending MLSC 2017 Be Blood MV 2007 Drama.

Daniel Day-Lewis.

Drama.

PGV 5:35 The Simpsons PG opinions.

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

SKY SPORT 2

DISCOVERY

6am Cycling – Abu Dhabi Tour Stage Five.

7:30 L Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honour Quik Trip 500. Noon Fox Sports News 12:30 Sky Sports News UK 1pm Motorsport – FIM Superbike World Championship Australia – Race One. 1:30 Motorsport – FIM Superbike World Championship Australia – Race Two. 2pm Football – ISPS Handa Premiership Hawke’s Bay United v Canterbury United. 4pm Football – UEFA Champions League 4:30 Rugby League – NRL Pre-Season – Storm v Cowboys.

5pm Rugby League – Charity Shield Rabbitohs v Dragons. 5:30 Golf – PGA Tour 6pm Golf – LPGA Tour 6:30 Golf – European Tour 7pm Hook Me Up! 8pm The Crowd Goes Wild 8:30 Pre-Season With The Warriors 9pm Fox Sports News 9:30 NRL 360 10:30 Motorsport – Nascar Sprint Cup Series 11:30 Motorsport – Nascar Xfinity Series

6:35 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 How It’s Made PG 7:55 How It’s Made PG 8:20 MythBusters PG Viewer Special Threequel.

9:10 Alaskan Bush People M 10am Blowing Up History PG Sex, Lies, and the Taj Mahal.

10:50 Mighty Ships PG 11:40 A Crime To Remember M Accident on Banyan St. 12:30 The Perfect Murder M Homicide Hotel. 1:20 People Magazine Investigates M In the Name of Love. 2:10 How It’s Made PG 2:35 How It’s Made PG 3pm How Do They Do It? PG 3:25 How Do They Do It? PG 3:50 Deadliest Catch PG 4:45 Garage Rehab PG Elite Powersports.

5:40 MythBusters PG YouTube Special. 6:35 Diesel Brothers PG Good Bros and Goodbyes.

7:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Souping Up a Super Ford GT 2/2.

8:30 Fast ‘n’ Loud PG Back to the Beginning with Gas Monkey Garage. 9:25 Garage Rehab PG Abel Racing. 10:15 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 11:05 Naked And Afraid M The Hunted. 11:55 People Magazine Investigates M

12:30 Motorsport – FIM Superbike World Championship 1am Motorsport – FIM Superbike World Championship 1:30 Golf – PGA Tour 2am Golf – LPGA Tour 2:30 Golf – European Tour 3am UFC Now 4am Fight Night

12:45 The Perfect Murder M 1:35 How Do They Do It? PG 2am How Do They Do It? PG 2:25 Alaskan Bush People M 3:15 Deadliest Catch PG 4:05 Treehouse Masters PG 4:55 How It’s Made PG 5:20 How Do They Do It? PG 5:45 Edge Of Alaska M

TUESDAY

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TUESDAY

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Sport

Harry Talbot crosses the Rakaia and prepares for a climb up the gorge in Saturday’s 100km Ride the Rakaia.

PHOTO TETSURO MITOMO 241218-TM-003

Christie classy in Rakaia

BY LINDA CLARKE

LINDA.C@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

National road cycling champion Jason Christie showed his class by taking out Saturday’s 100km Rike the Rakaia by almost five minutes.

Christie, who won his second national title in January, cut out the scenic course in 2.31.04, riding away from the field in the Rakaia Gorge and leading 40km to the finish line in Rakaia.

The winning woman was defending Rakaia title-holder Sharlotte Lucas in 2.36.38.

Lucas was one of four women in a bunch sprint for the line with the men’s place-getters Brett Grieve in second and Scott McDonnell in third.

Georgia Catterick was officially the second woman home, with youngers Hannah Bartram and Henrietta Christie another second

Coldstream put to sword P16

back. It was the fourth time Lucas has won the women’s race.

Jason Christie and Catterick took the King and Queen of the Mountain prizes for being first through the gorge.

Christie had been predicted to dominate the race and organiser John Moore said he showed his strength in the gorge, which involved a hairy descent to cross the Rakaia River via a one-lane bridge

and a brutal climb up the other side.

It is the first time Christie has taken part in the event, which starts in Rakaia township, goes north across the Rakaia River bridge and overbridge, then heads west towards the hills and the gorge. It is a hard grind up to the gorge and downhill on the way home to Rakaia on the southern side of the river.

Moore said it was a great ride,

with many cyclists returning year after year to take part.

While Christie dominated the men, the women’s title was a fourway affair with Lucas, Catterick, Bartram and Henrietta Christie in the mix.

Three small groups amalgated on the ride home to make for an exciting bunch sprint.

Around 150 riders took part in Saturday’s race.

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