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COULTER – Craig, Carolyn and Lucy (2.5) welcome with love, Holly Beth on Saturday, January 12, 8lb1oz. Special thanks to Amy, Ruth and Ashburton Maternity.

KEEPA, Boyd – 26-01-12.

Miss you to the moon and back Loved son of Dawn and the late Archie and Whanau

WOOD – Jessica and Richard are delighted to announce the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS arrival of Samantha Jane Wood, born December 27, 2012, weighing 6lb. Thanks to family, friends and midwives, Linda and Jacqui, for all your support.

SHAW, Ronald Arthur – Marlene, Rebecca, Kristy and family thank you for DEATHS expressions of love and support over the time of Ron’s short illness. Your prayers, love and sympathy in the sad loss of our dear STEPHENSON, Leyton husband, father, granddad Permain, Reg No 4211810, and brother is greatly Flying Officer WWII – appreciated.

On January 24, 2013, at Blenheim. Aged 92 years.

Dearly loved husband of the late Margaret, much loved father of Joanne, loved and ALLEN, Hilda (Molly) – respected stepfather of Jann, Angela, Warwick and Rewa, Glen and John, respected Neil and Janice and families father-in-law of Murray and thank everyone who send Peter, special grandad of cards or made telephone Tayla, Lucy, Franki, Joseph, calls after Molly’s recent Kathryn and Ashley. Loved death.

The family brother of the late Arthur acknowledge the wonderful and loved uncle of Peter and care Molly received by Suzanne and Guy Pierce. A management and staff at true gentleman. Messages to Rosebank Hospital. Please The Stephenson Family, c/- accept our sincere thanks for PO Box 110, Blenheim 7240. your thoughtfulness.

In lieu of flowers, a donation to Hospice Marlborough would be appreciated and may be made at the service or sent to PO Box 411, McLAREN, Murray — Blenheim 7240. A service for Peggy, Brian, Michelle and Leyton will be held at the Lara would like to thank Mayfield Chapel, corner everyone for the amazing Hutcheson and Parker support of our unexpected Streets, Blenheim at 1pm loss of Murray. All the baking, flowers, THURSDAY, January 31, meals, followed by cremation at the plants, cards and phone calls were so gratefully received.

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The kindness of family, GEOFFREY T SOWMAN Murray’s and our friends BLENHEIM FDANZ was overwhelming. To have Tel 03 578 4719 his friends from different www.sowmans.co.nz times of his life and the stories. Brilliant. So many opened their hearts and Please note all late death homes to Murray and he notices or notices sent loved and cared for you all. outside ordinary office hours The involvement with cars must be emailed to: started with the McElrea deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz family and Gluyas’s, with to ensure publication. great guys who taught him During office hours notices so much that took him through to a life long love of may also be sent to classifieds@theguardian.co.nz car racing. He loved catching up with so many old school Any queries please contact buddies at the Tec Reunion 0800 ASHBURTON too. Sorry that we didn’t get (0800-274-287) to speak to you all but we did know you were there.

Murray will be so missed but he would have hated it if he had not got better, he is now at peace with no pain. Please IN MEMORIAM accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

BURTON, June Alison – In loving memory of a dearly loved mother, mother-in-law and nana who passed away one year ago today. Sadly missed.

Judith and Ross, Zachary and Justine and Tyrone.

KEEPA, Boyd — 26-01-12.

One year has gone on We all miss you dearly Thank you to everyone for their support.

Boyd’s unveiling will be Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 10am at Methven Cemetery.

Followed by a gathering at the Methven Rugby Clubrooms.

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RUTHERFURD, Lynsey Elizabeth (Lyn). — Delma, Michelle, Kim, Cindy, Dean and families wish to sincerely thank everyone for their kindness and loving support given to us all on the sad loss of our very much loved wife, mum, mother-in-law and aana.

Thank you for the flowers, cards, food and baking we received. Also to the many people who attended Lyn’s service and made a donation; a sincere thank you. We are all deeply touched by the support we have received. A special thanks to the staff of Ward 27 at Christchurch Hospital for their care and compassion, the staff of Paterson’s Funeral Services; and Carol Gunn for leading the service. Please accept this as our personal thank you to you all.

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ENGAGEMENTS ANSLEY - MYERS – Scott and Amie, along with their parents, Jenny, Stephen, Isabel and Maurice, are delighted to announce their engagement on January 11, 2013.

A controlled stubble fire near Lauriston yesterday, which caused a huge plume of smoke to rise above the district.

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By Myles Hume Firefighters are urging residents not to jump to conclusions when plumes of smoke rise above the district over summer.

A controlled fire sparked a call-out yesterday in blustery conditions, when a Lauriston farmer lit a stubble fire to burn out cultivated crops.

Following the spate of vegetation fires in the Selwyn District, residents are on high alert after houses were lost or evacuated during multiple incidents.

Two fire appliances from the Methven Fire Brigade were called to the incident near Methven Chertsey Road, but told the Guardian that it was nothing out of the ordinary.

“It’s just a burn-off of stubble and it’s quite common for this to be happening,” chief fire officer Selwyn Allred said.

To see or purchase more photos Metre high flames crackled across the farm land while a plume of smoke made for tough visibility in some surrounding areas.

Although fire restrictions are not in place in some parts of the district, Mr Allred urged an ‘if in doubt, call us out’ approach, but insisted farmers would call emergency services if fires got out of hand.

Meanwhile, firefighters were called to an out-of-control blaze on Hanrahans Road in Dromore yesterday afternoon.

Three appliances from the Ashburton Fire Brigade attended the scrub fire which burnt off half a paddock and

came within 50 metres of what appeared to be a newly built two storey home.

Firefighters doused flames throughout the paddock, only to find embers would reignite in areas they had already watered down.

The fire appeared to be under control by about 4.30pm as a haze of smoke covered a large area over State Highway One. On Thursday, acting rural fire officer Tony McPherson said it was likely Ashburton would go from a high fire alert to very high, and only farmers with stubble burn-offs could burn without permits.

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The Army says it will continue holding live firing training exercises in hot, dry conditions despite sparking two major fires this week.

A fire destroyed 350ha of scrub on training land around the Waiouru base in the central North Island after an exercise

by Singaporean armed forces on Tuesday.

And the next day, a major

blaze ignited during live hand grenade training at a Burnham rifle range at West Melton.

Acting Chief of Army Brigadier Peter Kelly yesterday apologised for the “disruption and the angst” caused to local residents by the Canterbury fire.

Live firing has been suspended at West Melton while an investigation is underway.

The police have said arson

charges could result if reckless action by the army was proved.

Selwyn District Council principal rural fire officer Wilson Brown estimated the Defence Force would face a bill of about $200,000 for the cost of tackling the fire.

A New Zealand Defence Force spokeswoman confirmed a court of inquiry will be held into its origins.

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Divisions on weekend trading

By Sue Newman Ashburton’s retailers are selling themselves short by opening for only limited hours at the weekend, businessman Terry McNab says.

Consumer demand suggests it is time Ashburton entered the modern retail world and opened for business seven days a week, he said.

His shop, Paper Plus has been a seven day business for more than three years and he constantly fields complaints from out-of-town customers who are surprised to find Ashburton in lock down on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

“It’s amazing the number of times I’m asked this, particularly on Sunday. I believe Ashburton is missing out by not having more shops open,” he said.

“You get good days and bad days, that’s retail but Ashburton overall is missing out because other retailers in town won’t open.”

His staff roster weekend shifts and he works the Sunday shift.

“When they come here they know there’s weekend work involved and young kids now just accept this as part of their working life.”

Mr McNab said he talked regularly with other retailers and often floated the idea of some coordination in opening hours that included both weekend days. Most say they don’t want to change.

“I’ve had to change and I don’t know how much we’d have been struggling if we hadn’t decided to open but it does take time for Sunday business to build up.”

The danger for retailers who chose not to open at the weekend was that people would take their shopping online and not bother returning to a store, or they would shop at the big box precinct where seven day trading was the norm, he said.

“Christchurch and Timaru people like our shops and the whole town should be pushing that.”

Both Mr McNab and Sparrows’ manager Richard Wilson say the Ashburton Arcade is a key player in turning Ashburton’s business heart into a seven day a week shopping precinct.

“We’re retailers at the end of the day. Look at trends overseas and in some areas of Ashburton.

Fifteen years ago it was late night on Friday, now Saturday morning is our most productive time.

Sunday will become increasingly important too.”

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Retailers in the CBD are divided as to whether they should be open seven days a week, but some are already leading the charge.

Terry McNab of opening on Sunday and taken across the year it was a worthwhile exercise, Mr Wilson said.

“I get a lot of people coming in and saying it’s good to see we’re open. We have a lot of good shops here, a lot of independent shops that aren’t part of chains and we should be pushing ourselves into

the Christchurch market.”

Mr Wilson said the argument that it was too difficult to staff longer hours on Saturday and on Sunday was not a valid one.

“You pay your rent 24/7 and it costs virtually nothing to turn the lights on. It’s tight out there.

Retailing is tough and if there’s any opportunity out there we have to have a crack at it.”

If Ashburton wants to present an image that it’s a growing town that’s going places, then retailers needed to take a long, hard look at their trading hours, Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley says.

“It’s what our visitors expect and I’ve certainly had a range of people who’ve asked me why our shops are not open all weekend.

Obviously retailers have to run their businesses so they’re profitable, but it promotes the town well when it’s open for business.”

Driving into a town where shops were closed on a Saturday after-

noon and on Sunday reinforced the idea many people had that Ashburton was a small hick town and that was the image it was trying to shed, he said.

There’s a clear division between larger inner town retailers and smaller businesses when it comes to seven day trading with Fusion Gallery owner Lyn Gallagher saying it would be impossible for her.

“We couldn’t employ an extra person to work the longer hours, that would be our profit gone.”

Her two person business opens Saturdays until 2pm and in the lead up to Christmas she opens seven days a week.

Her biggest concern is that there are no co-ordinated opening hours for Ashburton’s inner town retailers.

Stepping Out part-owner Carolyn Ewing is not a fan of Sunday opening. For her it would mean paying out extra in wages to casual staff and she believes that most of her customers like to see

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She also questions whether the returns on investing in longer opening hours would translate into greater profits.

“Saturday mornings are busy but Saturday afternoons after 1pm the town is dead and even before Christmas when we did open we found trade wasn’t that great.”

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Testing time for theatre group

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By Sue Newman The old theatre saying ‘the show must go on’ will be put to the test this year for Ashburton’s Variety Theatre.

With a new show, Miss Saigon, cast and rehearsals scheduled to start next month, the theatre group has found itself out in the cold with nowhere to rehearse and nowhere to make and store costumes.

Just before Christmas the group received the long-awaited engineer’s reports on its two buildings, the rehearsal rooms on Wills Street and its costume hire centre, Party People in The Triangle. Both buildings failed to meet building code standards and the variety theatre committee decided to put them offlimits.

It was a tough decision, but one the committee knew was the responsible one to make, president Bridget Danielson said.

“We had several long discussions and to minimise the risk we’ve decided to take this course of action. They’re not red stickered but we’ve decided we can’t morally let the public or our volunteers in there.”

Party People will stay in business but getting in and out will be a bit of an act, Mrs Danielson said.

With the Victoria Street entrance and the front part of the building off limits, entry will be via a back door accessed

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Taking their final bow in Party People’s shop front, Ashburton Variety Theatre committee members (from left) Jo Hooper, Faye Johnston, Leen Braam and Bridget Danielson. from Wills Street. The front part locked up and that means the she said. of Party People started its life search is on for a new space, a Party People manager Jo as a house, construction date large one, Mrs Danielson said.

Hooper said the elderly frontage unknown, with the rear storage “We’ve got the Tinwald School of the clothing shop had been area built later.

Hall for the first six weeks of damaged since the September “We’ll have to move everything rehearsals but after that we’ll 2010 earthquake. from the front part out back and need somewhere else to go, and Where the variety theatre comwe’ll have to make some new we’ll need somewhere to make mittee goes now in terms of changing rooms. It will be pretty costumes and to store them too.” the future of its two buildings cramped but we’ll still be able to The search for new rehearsal is in the hands of its insurreopen for the year on February space was made more difficult ance company, it’s big focus now 7,” she said. because of the need to leave the is finding rehearsal space, Mrs The rehearsal rooms will be area set up between rehearsals, Danielson said.

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They have not been “called to arms” just yet, but Mid Canterbury principals will be supporting their counterparts in Christchurch over school closures and mergers.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons’ Neil Simons comments come following the confirmation that hundreds of teachers will strike on February 19 against the Ministry of Education’s proposal to close or merge 39 Canterbury schools.

Although he could not confirm or deny if Mid Canterbury schools would take part in the strike, he said they could continue to back schools in Christchurch.

“We will give them messages of support, and if there were people available we could provide a physical presence with a march or something, although I am not saying we will take part in strike action,” he said.

Mr Simons said school closures were devastating and the ministry struggled to see the importance schools held in their communities.

“When you close schools you risk losing community input and I believe the Government struggles to discover the power communities have to prop up schools.

“Things like working bees and parent investment show that.”

Mr Simons said it was not as simple as just making logical financial decisions.

“Every school has its own culture and there is a lot of history in schools, especially for people who have been in an area for a long time meaning school closures can be quite painful and emotional,” he said.

“Teachers don’t turn up to earn their pay cheque, they are a part of a place and make it their own.”

Mr Simons said it was still early days, and if called upon, principals would discuss options.

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Yachtsman killed in snap storm A New Zealand yachtsman has been killed during a sudden storm in Phuket yesterday morning.

The 59-year-old fell into the sea at Chalong Pier on Phuket’s east coast after he hit his head, Phuket Wan news reported.

The incident happened after a large vessel drove into his catamaran about 6am.

As he tried to push the other boat away, the New Zealander slipped and fell into the water.

He had reportedly been visiting Phuket for six years, and had travelled the world. - APNZ

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Vacant sites create openings

By Sam Morton Boomtown Ashburton is becoming an increasingly popular target market for national retail chains as modern retail space is appearing around the town.

World renowned jewellery store Michael Hill Jewellers has confirmed it is coming to East Street, in a move that could start the ball rolling with other large retail chains possibly looking to establish a presence in the town.

The company will occupy a proportion of the new building currently being built on the site of the former historic Friedlanders and A G Wells buildings on Burnett Street and East Street respectively. It will be its 54th store in New Zealand.

The newest addition to the CBD clearly reflects the district’s growth and shows development has become the focus as the town’s retail areas look to rebuild following the earthquakes.

Suggestions that other known retail chains such as Dominos Pizza, Pak N Save and Rebel Sport are also eyeing up suitable sites in Ashburton may not all be accurate, but with more space being cleared, it is highly likely the town will be home to more retail chains in the near future.

While the town continues to speculate, it is welcome news for the ladies and perhaps not so glorious news for the men, as Michael Hill Jewellers hopes to be open by spring.

Michael Hill International Ltd Photo Kirsty Graham 240113-KG-052 chief financial officer Phil Taylor New era: Construction on the Burnett Street-East Street site is under way and Michael Hill Jewellers has confirmed it will be establishing an told the Guardian Ashburton outlet in the East Street end of the new building before spring. had been on the radar for several years, even before the Following months of uncerThe building will have three in Mid Canterbury in the near changing,” she said.

Christchurch earthquakes.

Other sites of interest include tainty, Holmeslee Enterprises shops on the Burnett Street side future.

“The town has a good strong director Mark Holmes is thrilled and two shops on East Street, “We have slightly different the vacant retail land on Cass economy and ideally we build to see progress is finally under- as well as additional office space markets and we have loyal local Street, where Smallbones Ltd where we see the population way. upstairs. customers. Obviously there is used to be, before transferring growing around us to make the “It’s been a long, long process Meanwhile, Ashburton jewel- a limited market in Vegas, but to Tinwald. business viable,” Mr Taylor said. and it’s just great to get out of lers Mark Douglas and Nicola any retailer coming to the CBD Land owner Brian Davidson The two sites, both owned the ground,” he said. said it was early days, but pointCrossan have accepted the is good news for our town.

by Holmeslee Enterprises, will “The plan is to have the build- arrival of the high profile jewel“Any competition is good com- ed out there was always options house a modern two-storey con- ings complete for occupancy by ler and say the move reflects the petition,” he said. available to him and agreed the crete slab and steel beam build- spring.” growth of Ashburton.

Ms Crossan, who owns Time space would ideally suit any ing. It is understood Michael Mr Holmes was unable to Mr Douglas, who owns for Diamonds, said she was not retail chain looking to enter the Hill Jewellers will have its reveal any other potential ten- Robilliards Showcase Jewellers, worried by the competition.

Ashburton market. shop frontage on East Street, ants, but agreed negotiations believes the addition was only “There are development plans “We have some great loyal between Unichem Pharmacy were underway behind the a matter of time and predicts customers in and around down the track, but I am always and Redmonds. scenes. more retail stores will arrive Ashburton and I don’t see that open to offers,” he said.

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Subsidies welcomed ‘but they’re too late’

By Kate Shuttleworth and Audrey Young Opposition parties have welcomed the Prime Minister’s plans to expand Government subsidies for apprenticeships but say they have come too late.

Labour Party leader David Shearer said Prime Minister John Key’s enthusiasm for apprenticeship was four years too late, because the number of modern apprenticeships had declined by 20 per cent under National.

“The Government has sat back and watched trades-training wither at a time of growing unemployment and in the face of the desperate need for skilled workers for the Christchurch rebuild,” Mr Shearer said.

“National is desperately trying to rebrand and redefine apprenticeships, so that the programme will include other existing forms of industry training. That’s a cute trick, but won’t necessarily mean more people are getting trained.”

Mr Key announced the expansion during his first major speech of the year, to a business audience at the North Harbour Club in Auckland yesterday.

At present modern apprenticeship subsidies are limited to the Industry Training Organisation and trainees aged 16 to 21. The subsidy is paid to the ITOs to visit the apprentices.

From 2014 there will be a single rate of subsidy for apprentices and no age restriction.

The Government will incentivise apprenticeships by giving a $1000 gratis payment to each new apprentice enrolled

Apprentice subsidies will prove rebuild coming on stream. after April 1 for tools and offjob course costs, and $2000 to those in priority construction industries.

The same amount will be given to their employers.

Mr Key said the changes, along with the boom in construction and other trades in the rebuild of Christchurch, would see 14,000 new apprentices start training over the next five years, over and about the 7000 that enrol each year.

At present there are 14,000 trainees in the modern apprenticeships scheme and 17,000 others oustide it.

“The whole idea is to kickstart new apprenticeship opportuni-

invaluable with the Christchurch ties ahead of the curve, so that thousands of New Zealanders get to learn a new trade that will last them a lifetime,” Mr Key said.

Australia had done so well over the last few years because it had massive investment in its economy. Investment in Western Australia had seen the lowest unemployment rate and highest population growth of any Australian state.

In New Zealand, Taranaki had attracted significant oil and gas investment. It had a low unemployment rate and incomes had grown faster than anywhere else in the country.

“The key factor is investment

and not just in oil and gas. So here in New Zealand we have to be a magnet for investment.”

Mr Key attacked Opposition parties, accusing them of being against most measures the Government proposed to encourage investment, growth and job.

They opposed tax changes, major roading projects, free trade with the United States [Labour does not], Resource Management Act changes, 90-day work trial, work expectations for beneficiaries, oil and gas exploration, labour market legislation for The Hobbit film, and a national convention centre, he said.

“There is only one type of activist government they know - the big spending and bigborrowing kind.

“It’s called ‘chequebook activism’ and New Zealanders know it well because they have seen it before,” Mr Key said.

“As a country we are still paying for it - literally.”

Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei said National were getting desperate for something to say, but welcomed the policy.

“We’ve been calling for an increase in modern apprenticeships and a removal of the age restriction for a long time - they should have done this immediately when they got into government - we desperately needed this investment in education and training after the recession. It’s too late, but it’s a good thing.”

Business NZ chief executive Phil O’Reilly said the scheme will help get more people into areas where skills are needed.

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In a major speech to a business audience at the North Harbour Club in Auckland yesterday, Mr Key said Labour’s plan to build 100,000 houses over 10 years wouldn’t do anything to ease the cost of building.

“It will either fail miserably, deliver dwellings that people don’t want to live in, or require massive taxpayer subsidies.”

Mr Key said the Government would build 2000 houses over the next two financial years and would work with local councils on issues of land supply, building and resource consents through the Resource Management Act and provision of infrastructure.

“We need more houses built in New Zealand at a lower cost. That means we need more land available for building, more streamlined processes and less costly red tape.”

Mr Key said the Government were already a major player in the housing market and were wary of spending more taxpayer money.

Labour Party leader David Shearer said making changes to the Resource Management Act would change little for the housing problem and did not amount to a solution.

“We’ve actually got to get out there and build houses - I think the Government is stuck on housing - they don’t know what to do.”

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Illegal dumpers may be named and shamed A name and shame programme could be running in Ashburton to stop the rash of illegal dumping that is occurring around the district.

Ashburton District Council regulatory manager Richard Wade is seeking legal advice on the council’s ability to do this, but said the council is prepared to go to extreme lengths to catch offenders and prosecute them to keep the district’s beach and rivers free from rubbish.

Public vigilance resulted

in a quick result with one dumping incident this week after a report of fresh rubbish being off-loaded over the stop bank on Ollivers Road.

And the offender won’t be getting away scot-free, Mr Wade said.

“We sifted through the rubbish as the contractor cleaned it up and we know who the dumper was.

“We’ve got telephone bills and information relating to training courses.

Photo supplied “They’ll be getting an Within hours of off-loading this rubbish at Ollivers Road, the offender had been identified and served with an infringement notice.” infringement notice.

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Man’s attacker ‘a Prizes awaited bloody coward’

By Hana Garrett-Walker and Kieran Campbell

By Aaron van Delden “Are you ready to die today?”

Those were the chilling words uttered by an attacker moments before he used a baseball bat to bash Richard Frederick.

The blow hit Mr Frederick’s left leg, behind his knee, and was followed by a demand for his prescription glasses and $400 cellphone.

The 26-year-old was attacked in Gonville, part way through his newspaper-delivery run, about 5.45am on Friday.

As demanded, Mr Frederick handed his property over.

His assailant threw the glasses on the ground and stomped on them, before telling Mr Frederick: “I don’t want to see you around here again.”

The attacker fled while Mr Frederick ran in a different direction to a relative’s house.

The family member was already awake, preparing for her work day, and drove Mr Frederick home, where he gave a statement to the police.

Mr Frederick said the attack was entirely unexpected. He has been delivering the Wanganui

From the high of winning an Australasian fashion competition, an Otago designer is fighting to recover her $12,500 prize money Otago Polytechnic student Emily Scott won the Australian Graduates Fashion Week contest in Sydney last November.

Promised prizes included A$10,000 cash - $12,496 according to today’s exchange rate, a A$5000 website, spread in CIELO magazine and cosmetics and accessories gift pack.

The 21-year-old designer is yet to see any of the prizes.

However, after inquiries from APNZ event organiser Elmedin Kumalic got in touch with Otago Polytechnic to say the money would be in her account between Monday and Wednesday next week.

Before yesterday, Ms Scott said she had only heard from Mr Kumalic once.

“I’d been trying to call him pretty much every day and he got back to me once, which is kind of ridiculous,” she said.

“It’s $10,000 that has been kind of taken away from me. The whole thing was such an excitement, I’ve never won a massive thing before and I’d never been recognised before really so to be awarded this prize I was pretty overwhelmed. So for it to all turn

It was fortunate it was his leg, rather than his head, that took the hit, and that a relative lived so close to the scene of the attack, because he may have ended up limping all the way home

Chronicle for six years without incident.

Mr Frederick, who was born with an incomplete 22nd chromosome, lives with his sister, Amanda, 32, and her daughter, Jessemine-Grace, 12. He has impaired hearing and a heart condition.

Miss Frederick said the attacker was a “bloody coward”.

She said her brother, despite the disabilities associated with his birth defect, strove to be a positive member of society.

As well as delivering papers, Mr Frederick tends to the trolleys at Countdown Wanganui and is completing a computing course.

Miss Frederick was “very, very angry” yesterday afternoon while Mr Frederick was being seen by a GP. His leg has not been perma-

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nently injured, but the doctor prescribed painkillers to ease his recovery.

Miss Frederick said her brother had been serving the community when he was attacked.

She was relieved her daughter had not been helping him yesterday morning with his delivery run, as she sometimes did during summer.

Miss Frederick said it was fortunate her brother’s leg, rather than head, took the hit, and that a relative lived so close to the scene of the attack, because, without a cellphone, she believes he may have ended up limping all the way home.

Mr Frederick will no longer deliver papers to Harper St. The Chronicle’s newspaper sales and distribution manager, Louisa Hewitt, said he would be given an alternative run. - APNZ

out so terribly is pretty disheartening.”

She said Mr Kumalic originally told her the money would be through before Christmas, then by mid-January and finally by January 23.

“However, there’s still no sign of it. I’m really disappointed.”

Mr Kumalic said the money could not be cleared before now because the competition had been registered as an Australian one. It had been in the competition’s account since November and was now on its way to her.

CIELO editor Dimitri Frost, who also judged the competition, said he had been overseas for work and unable to arrange the spread which was part of the prize. However, he would feature Ms Scott’s work as promised.

After APNZ made contact with Mr Frost, he phoned Ms Scott to relay the good news.

“That’s all sorted hopefully now, so hopefully that comes together nicely,” Ms Scott said.

The event website said it was “Australia’s newest fashion event” sparked by a team of creatives to ensure future designers had an arena to showcase their work.

“100 students from institutions from around Australia and New Zealand will be chosen to showcase their designs for the chance to receive $10,000 to kick start their career, along with other major prizes,” the website said.

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Doha fire inquiry ‘denied access to report’

By Hana Garrett-Walker The father of Kiwi triplets killed in a mall fire in Doha says the biggest and most scientific piece of evidence is not being presented in a trial to decide culpability for the fatal fire.

A Qatar court yesterday heard from various witnesses, including Louie Aban, the husband of Gympanzee daycare centre accountant Maribel Orosco, who said his wife had called him three times during the fire before she died.

Nineteen people were killed, including 2-year -old New Zealand triplets Lillie, Jackson and Willsher Weekes, in the Villaggio Mall fire on May 28.

The trial, which had been delayed at least four times, will resume on January 30.

The triplets’ father Martin Weekes yesterday said the biggest question he had was why the judge had not been presented with an independent report into the fire.

“To this day, we have been denied access to that report ... not only have we been denied access to it, it’s not been presented to the court. The most scientific piece of evidence that’s available has not been presented to the court,” he said.

The families of the 13 children killed in the fire met with the attorney general in Qatar earlier this month saying they needed the report.

“All we know is that it’s gone to the Cabinet in the country and recommendations from that reports are supposed to be improving the safety in the country. Nobody knows what the recommendations are.”

The report was produced in one week, after which all evidence in the mall was destroyed, Mr Weekes said.

“My concern is how can a decision [from the court] stand up without evidence put in front of it.

“My concern is that report shows what they don’t want us to know,” he said.

Mr Aban told the court yesterday that in the first call from his wife he told her to wet clothes, put them over the mouths of the children and run down the stairs, Doha News reported.

Ms Orosco called one last time to say goodbye.

“She told me she had to ‘let go’,” Mr Aban said.

A forensic doctor told the hearing all 19 victims were found with ash on their clothes and in their noses and mouths, indicating they died of suffocation from smoke.

Mr Aban told the court he was stopped from going inside the mall when he arrived, despite telling officers that his wife and several children were trapped inside.

He said nearly two hours later, when authorities were unable to locate the daycare centre, firefighters suited him up so he could show the way but by that time the air was too hot and smoke too thick to make it inside.

Mr Weekes said he was not sure who would take to the stand when the trial resumes.

“The outside world is not going to drop this. We will go through what we’ve been asked from the court, but the outside world will continue asking questions until real justice is done.”

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Lillie, Jackson and Willsher Weekes.

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Ashburton Vintage Club member Roger Hart on the motorcycle he will be riding in the club’s 44th annual rally today.

Roger’s raring to go on rally

By Myles Hume It was an anxious wait at the vehicle testing station for Roger Hart earlier this week.

The Ashburton Vintage Car Club member took his 1930 AJS motorcycle in to renew its warrant of fitness after bringing the black beast out of hibernation.

“I hadn’t had it out for two years, but it only took one kick to get it going,” Mr Hart said.

Along with several other vintage car enthusiasts, there was no need for him to worry after his 500cc bike passed with ease, meaning he was all

geared up to take part in the Ashburton Vintage Car Club’s 44th annual rally today.

Roger will be one of the motorbike riders in the rally, which is planned to take more than 50 car enthusiasts on a mystery tour around Mid Canterbury, starting at the car club rooms in Tinwald.

Along the way, Roger said his motorcycle, which “rode more like a mountain bike”, would take him on a journey involving multiple checkpoints and speed calculations in the hope to gain points.

Roger is proud to ride the 80-year-old motorcycle, it is one that has been part of the

Hart family for generations.

“It’s sort of been in the family most of its life, my father’s first cousin owned it but he was killed in World War Two. Dad then took it over and sold it in 1955 before he tracked it down and restored it in 1971,” Mr Hart said.

With a bit of general maintenance here and there, Mr Hart has kept the bike in the condition his father restored it to back in the 1970s, which was almost back to its original state.

Vintage vehicles from clubs across the South Island will join the rally, which will meet at the club’s Maronan Road rooms at 9am today.

Drunk let seven year old drive A man has appeared in court charged with being two and a half times the legal alcohol limit while he let a seven year old drive his car on a public street.

Tehere Maihi Maaka was the passenger in a car pulled over by police on Quona Ave in the Auckland suburb of Avondale, at lunchtime last Friday.

A seven year old was at the

wheel, according to court charge sheets.

Maaka was breath-tested and, police allege, was found to have 1059 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath.

The 49-year-old Mt Roskill resident appeared at the Auckland District Court on Thursday.

He faces charges of drink driving, dangerous driving and

neglect of a child because it is alleged he allowed the sevenyear-old to drive a car putting members of the public in danger.

Police have referred the matter to Child Youth and Family (CYF).

Maaka has been remanded on bail and is due back in court next month.

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Missing man’s body found in scrub A man whose body was found in Gisborne on Thursday may have gone to the Rhythm and Vines music festival before he went missing almost a month ago.

The body is believed to be that of Amandeep Singh, 22, and was found in scrub on a section of Kaiti Beach Rd by people walking in the area on Thursday.

The discovery came hours after police upgraded their missing person case to a homicide inquiry.

Mr Singh, an Indian nation-

al, was last seen leaving his Gladstone Rd home in Gisborne at 11pm on December 29. His car was found abandoned in Dalton St in the suburb of Kaiti about 11am the next day.

Detective Sergeant Kevin Ford said police were still trying to establish his exact movements between then.

“He’d told friends he was going to go to Rhythm and Vines but we don’t know whether he actually went there or not.”

Chch NZ’s own Silicon Valley

By Kurt Bayer of APNZ Futuristic 3D technology that merges computer graphics with a real-world view to treat spider phobias, improve brain surgery operations, and locate the best coffee shops, is being developed in New Zealand’s own version of Silicon Valley.

Post-disaster Christchurch has emerged as a key global player in the fast-changing and mindboggling technology of augmented reality (AR), which creates the illusion of virtual content becoming part of a user’s real environment.

University of Canterbury Professor Mark Billinghurst has led the charge over the past decade in developing AR technology, which is changing the way smartphone users see the world.

He’s used the cutting-edge technology to develop a phone application that allows people to point a phone at an empty plot of land in post-quake Christchurch to see what buildings once stood there.

And there’s also an app to help treat arachnophobia which simulates spiders crawling over a user’s arm.

“In some cases the 3D computer graphics can be almost indistinguishable from real objects,” said the 45-year old AR expert.

The technology, first thought possible in the 1960s, has grown from a million-dollar global market four years ago, to a billion dollar giant destined to continue to grow with the success of smartphones kitted out with internet, compasses, and GPS. Prof Billinghurst, who will receive the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Virtual Reality Technical Achievement award on March 19 in recognition of his work, says the technology has “almost unlimited potential”.

Internet behemoth Google has developed a pair of $1500 glasses that look like normal spectacles, which has a display over one eye which provides constant additional information to what is being seen in real life.

Canterbury University’s HIT Lab (Human Interface Technology Laboratory), where Prof Billinghurst is a director, is also working on personal navigation applications which can guide users directly to their location.

“People often use their mobile phones and Google maps to navigate themselves to a new location,” he said.

“But some people have a difficult time reading maps, or the maps may get you near where a shop is, but not right to the door.

“So, augmented reality apps can put virtual tags in the real world. For example, if I want to try and find a coffee shop, all I need to do is hold my phone up and arrows will appear in the real world and guide me right to the location.”

It could also be used for house hunters.

“If you’re looking for a house in an area, you can drive by houses, point your mobile phone at them and see augmented reality tags that tell you the price the house last sold at,” he said.

The technology is now so advanced that it’s being used in operating theatres, with surgeons able to layer a CT scan or x-ray over a patient to carry out intricate procedures.

The Christchurch researchers are trying to see how apps can be controlled by speech commands, as well as how natural human gestures can interact with virtual content.

Prof Billinghurst gave the example of an engineer designing a car part.

“If they could see a 3D model of the car part floating in front of them, it would be really natural for them to be able to reach out with their hands and start manipulating that part.”

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Mr Ford said police had not been able to establish whether Mr Singh had a ticket to the festival but were making progress on establishing his movements.

“We’ve got a large amount of information and people to see in respect to that.”

A Rhythm and Vines spokeswoman confirmed police had asked for help, but would not comment further.

A flatmate and friend of Mr Singh, Vivek Punj, said Mr Singh

had told him he was going to the festival and would be out late.

Mr Punj said they thought Mr Singh had decided to spend longer at the festival, so were not alarmed when he did not return home the next morning.

“But we became really worried when he had not come home after a couple of days, so I reported his disappearance to police,” Mr Punj said.

“It is very sad what has happened. Amandeep was a good per-

son, a hard worker, with a great sense of humour. He was always funning around. He was quite happy with his life.”

Mr Singh’s parents and other relations were applying for visas to come to New Zealand.

Mr Ford said Mr Singh’s family had been advised of the situation.

Police and ESR scientists were conducting an examination of the area where the body was found.

That was likely to take a couple of days.

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aori were the first to reap the bounty of the Mid Canterbury plains and foothills. During the Ngai Tahu Deed of Settlement the Crown acknowledged this cultural, spiritual, and traditional association, confirming that generations of travelling groups harvested seasonal mahinga kai (referring to Ngai Tahu interests in traditional food, natural resources and places).

The concentration of settlements around the wetlands suggests that food and water was already scarce on the arid plains prior to European settlement.

In 1858, when Ashburton town founders William and Frances Turton arrived to open an accommodation house on the northern bank of the Ashburton River, much of the surrounding land had already been claimed by colonial farmers. It was characterised by vast expanses of tussock and matagouri scrub, dotted with cabbage trees. The unruly braided rivers constantly changed course, and crossings were often perilous.

Early colonials soon discovered the difficulty of farming in one of the more drought-prone areas in the country, no doubt frustrated by watching precious water flow out to sea in the large rivers which defined the district’s boundaries.

Along the east coast the annual rainfall ranges from 350 to 700ml, averaging 3–6ml a day. However, in Canterbury, evapotranspiration (loss of water from the soil due to evaporation and crop transpiration) averages 8–10ml during the hot summer and autumn months.

By the 1880s, irrigation trials were under way, but large-scale projects did not start until well into the 1930s after the Public Works Act 1910 gave the Government the power to construct irrigation systems.

That the Government should invest in irrigation was taken as a given; not only did it increase land productivity – but such projects also had a political agenda, providing much needed work at a time when the economy was crippled by a severe depression.

Construction of the district’s first large-scale scheme – the Rangitata Diversion Race (RDR), began in 1935, and was primarily driven by this policy, and for the first two years construction was carried out by unemployed work gangs, using picks, shovels and wheelbarrows.

The plan was to construct a canal to take water from the Rangitata River, almost 70km north to the Rakaia River.

The water was used to generate electricity where it passed through the Highbank power station before it entered water races to be used for stock water and irrigation.

Borderdyke systems were first used to irrigate the land. These were mounds of earth fashioned to create a bank 20-30cm high which formed shallow parallel channels across paddocks, to catch and hold water as it flowed over the area, allowing it to soak into the topsoil. This

Water is the life blood of Mid Canterbury, and week’s announcement that the Government is set to inject millions of dollars into large-scale irrigation projects has been meet with joy and scorn. Guardian chief reporter MICHELLE NELSON takes a look at the history of irrigation in the first of a two-part series.

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was achieved by blocking the water races, forcing the water to spill across the paddocks.

This system allowed a farmer to set up a 17-day irrigation roster, and for the farm to be watered, paddock by paddock.

Ironically, the backlash against irrigation began at its inception, and was driven primarily by wary farmers. Some of those who quickly adopted the new-fangled idea erected large signs on their properties, advocating irrigation and invit-

ing the doomsayers to see the benefits for themselves.

By 1945 the RDR project was complete, and looking for ways to increase the efficiency of irrigation, the Department of Agriculture set up the Winchmore Irrigation Research Station. The focus was on developing automatic flood irrigation systems for borderdyked land. The department also provided irrigation officers to advise farmers.

The expectation that the gov-

ernment of the day should fund irrigation continued into the 1960s. Increasing productivity, and the foreign exchange earn through subsidising agriculture, was seen to be in the national interests, and little thought was given to conservation or the environmental impact.

Following World War Two, several new irrigation projects were launched. The AshburtonLyndhurst scheme opened the same year as the RDR, provid-

ing water to 13,300 hectares.

In 1948 the Valetta-Tinwald scheme opened to irrigate a further 35,400ha, and the Valetta-Tinwald scheme followed in 1957, covering 5400ha.

A century after the Turton family arrived in Ashburton about 62,500ha of the surrounding countryside was irrigated, and almost all the flood systems were automatic.

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the greening of Mid Canty In the following years private investment matched government investment, but while the district was reaping the benefits of the fertile soil, the rumblings of concern began to grow.

Public alarm about the environmental impacts was first acknowledged in the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967. From this point water takes had to be registered and fixed-term permits issued. A 1971 amendment to the act introduced water conservation orders to protect wild

and scenic rivers. The Rakaia River, newly protected by a water conservation order, was the first test of the new legislation. Farmers on the south side of the river challenged the Ministry for the Environment for the right to draw water from the river, and lost.

By the 1980s a growing number of people were questioning the environmental impacts of intensive farming and the availability of water, leading to the introduction of the Resource Management Act 1991. The

purpose of the RMA was to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources.

Since the RMA came into play, almost all irrigation proposals put forward have met with staunch opposition from environmentalists, fishing and recreation groups, community interest groups, and the Department of Conservation.

The two main environmental concerns about irrigation are the availability of water and the effect on the rivers it is

taken from, and the leaching of nitrates due to intensive farming practices on irrigated land.

Despite stringent regulations, the area of irrigated land continued to grow and by 2007 Canterbury had the largest area (400,000ha) in the country, and the largest volume of consented water, using up to 14 per cent of the region’s water resource. This development was largely privately funded.

With technological advances,

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older borderdyke systems have been replaced by evolving forms of spray irrigators, and in the past decade huge centre-pivot structures have come to dominate the rural landscape.

These systems tap into deep aquifers which form underground waterways beneath the Canterbury Plains, and use half as much water to achieve the same result as borderdyking, but are energy hungry.

The accelerated Sustainable Water Programme of Action (SWPoA), introduced in 2006, to hurry policy along, and to identify and implement national environmental standards, added another level of compliance.

Farmers now are up against increasingly stringent consent conditions, which demand monitoring usage, along with improvements in efficiency and in water quality. This comes with high price tags and harsh non-compliance penalties, managed by regional councils.

Unless there are changes to current and planned water management, new operators are likely to find it increasingly difficult to gain access to water that is reliable enough to justify the investment in irrigation.

In next Saturday’s Guardian we will look at the social, economic and environmental impact of irrigation in Mid Canterbury, and its effect on how we work and play.

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1: Initially, some farmers were suspicious about irrigation – while others embraced the concept. Here, Mrs M Hammond has erected a sign inviting people to visit her irrigated farm.

2: Borderdykes once characterised rural Mid Canterbury. Here, a farmer installs a canvas sheet into a head race to block the flow and force water to flood the paddock.

3-4: Public Works Minister Bob Semple was largely responsible for the construction of the Rangitata diversion race, and the development of irrigation in mid-Canterbury.

Here, he poses with his car inside a large pipe used in the construction of the Surrey Hill siphon, a part of the scheme.

5: Machines replaced men armed with shovels, picks and wheelbarrows in the construction of the Rangitata Diversion Race in the late 1930s.

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On Wednesday John Rollinson will be calling time on his local government career. For 20 years he’s been a key player on the Ashburton District Council’s management team, but he now wants to focus on managing his health and driving cancer from his body. He reflects on the past and discusses the future with reporter SUE NEWMAN.

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Delwyn and John Rollinson, sharing family time with their grandchildren Jemma, 11, and Jack Donnelly, 7, ahead of John’s retirement from the Ashburton District Council.

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n Wednesday John Rollinson will be signing off on a local government and justice career that spans almost 50 years. He’s quitting work to focus his energies on healing his body.

Retirement wasn’t really on his agenda. There were too many great things happening around the district that he wanted to see completed, but his body had other ideas. Early last year, John discovered he had cancer.

With a quadruple bypass successfully in his past, he was back behind his desk at the council doing what he loved, helping keep the district’s affairs on an even keel, keeping tabs on the district’s racing industry and enjoying spending spare time with his family.

There was the odd twinge from the repair job on his chest after his heart operation, but nothing he couldn’t handle.

Fate, however, had other ideas.

He decided to get those twinges checked and with a few words, his life changed.

“It was quite strange, a bit odd really how I found out I had cancer. I was being checked for my heart and my specialist said, ‘I think you’ve

got more to worry about than your chest’.”

John was stunned. He’d been through major heart surgery, his body had been examined from top to toe before that event and his heart had been the only malfunctioning organ found.

By the start of 2012 his heart had healed but his body had been invaded by tumours in his lungs, adrenal glands and chest.

In his typically pragmatic way, John researched his treatment options and found a health regime he believed would give his body the best chance of beating the disease. And it did.

For almost all of last year there was no change in his tumours.

Through diet and naturopathic treatment and with a strong focus on leading a stress-free life, he felt as good or better than he had for many years.

His only complaint was ongoing pain from sciatica.

The cocktail of drugs and natural remedies he was taking to reduce that pain led to the discovery of another tumour, this time in his brain.

“I was walking sideways, probably because I was taking too many pills, but Ashburton Hospital decided to check it

out. I’d had scans but there was one thing they didn’t do – my head.”

John doesn’t deal in time frames. His oncologist might have suggested 12 months.

John says he’ll prove them wrong. Apart from sciatic pain, he says he feels great and he feels positive.

“If I could be rid of that pain I’d be fine, I could focus on what I need to do to get well. I honestly believe that whatever goes into your body, that’s what you live with. You have to clean all the parts of your body that are in disrepair.”

That need to fight his disease on his own terms in his own way led to his decision to retire from work. A macrobiotic diet and leading a healthy, stressfree life are some of the tools in his cancer-fighting armoury.

“I believe with all my heart that I’ll get well again and I’ll do anything to make that happen. I worked with the holistic regime until mid December last year when I had a meltdown from the pain in my leg and everything I was on went out the window,” he said.

John’s not turning his back on mainstream medicine, saying his best options are a com-

bination of both. He counts himself lucky to be one of a small group of people whose cancer is likely to respond to the drug gefitinib.

Yes, the past year has been worse than tough, but he’s looking ahead to a good 2013.

He doesn’t have a bucket list, has never bothered to write one.

“We’ve bought a lifestyle block and I can’t wait to get out there, it’s something we’ve been looking to do for three years.”

For him, this coming year is about family – wife Delwyn, children Shelley and Ryun and his four grandchildren. The couple’s oldest son Matthew died unexpectedly in March last year and that’s a pain that will never go away, John said.

“It was so unexpected and we miss him terribly.”

As he packs away the paperwork that he’s built up during his 20 years at the council, he counts those years as great years.

“The great thing about local government is that you can always be there helping people.

It’s exciting and positive work.

What I’m really going to miss is seeing projects like the stadium through.”

When it comes to local body

elections, John probably knows more about how they’re run than anyone in the district – he’s been the district’s returning officer since 1993. He was also the driving force behind Ashburton’s New Year street parties.

Prior to taking up his position at the council he worked in the justice sector for 17 years, the last 10 of those as official assignee. Yes, that work was rewarding, but it was always negative, he said.

That he moved to Ashburton and the council was all about timing.

“We were in Australia looking at starting a small business when I was asked to come back for this job. I now realise the further ahead you get in your life the more you appreciate your surroundings and Ashburton is a pretty good place; a much better place than people give it credit for.”

Moving to Ashburton also allowed him to indulge his other passion, harness racing and for seven years he was the Ashburton Trotting Club president, leading the club as hosts for the inaugural running of the Australasian Harness Jewels race day.

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For individual, personalised help, have a look www.familybudgeting.org.nz to find a free local budget service. The federation helps both individuals and families and is free of charge and non-judgmental.

There are many affordable back to school options out there from a range of suppliers, so concentrate on the necessities first, look at the most affordable option possible and work your way through the list. It’s more important to send your child to school with a nutritious lunch and school books than a flash new lunchbox or backpack. Once you’ve ticked off a few necessities, the rest of the list won’t look as daunting and you will have more time to purchase the rest in the coming months.

Once you have your finances sorted, it will pave the way for a bright new start, for all the bright sparks working toward a better future for all of us.

Being able to read and write is a basic human right ple with learning difficulties. Each of her tutors has been trained in the Certificate in Adult Literacy Tutoring and has special“He did not speak until the age of three. ist skills and qualities enabling them to His teachers labelled him mentally slow, focus on an area of aid. The team at the unsociable, and adrift forever in his foolLearning Centre is passionate about helpish dreams” Hans Einstein, speaking ing their students gain the confidence and about his father, Albert Einstein. skills to change their lives.

Something most people see as simThe Ashburton Learning Centre work in ple a task as reading a label on a jar is a confidential environment that is flexible a very difficult and energy consuming to suit the needs of each student, each process for people with learning difficulstudent will have their own individually ties. People with learning difficulties will tailored study plan and will either work struggle through their daily life wonderone on one with the tutor or in a small ing how they are going to write down group setting. their supermarket list, how they will fill in The Ashburton Learning centre is availtheir time sheet at work or how they will able to help people at a variety of levels possibly manage to pass the Health and and life stages. All levels of Literacy and Numeracy support, English as a second Safety training at their new job. It is estilanguage, teaching workplace computer mated that 25% of the population have significant literacy, numeracy or language skills, Apprenticeship support (aligned problems and 40% of the population have with the relevant Industry Training some degree of literacy or numeracy dif- Organisation) are just some of the features of the Centre. ficulty which makes it difficult to cope in Call Mary today to find out how the today’s fast paced, technology driven Learning Centre can help you and your lifestyle.

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A strong academic focus with facilities second to none

by Duncan Wood, Year 13 Adams House Student 2012 “I nee We could tell you all about why Adams House has built a reputation as one of this country’s premier Boarding Schools, but why not get it straight from source? Here is what the students have to say…

For me, it goes without saying that Christchurch Boys’ High School is one of the best secondary schools in the country and after being a part of its boarding school for the past five years I can say the same for Adams House. It was a huge decision for me and my family coming to the boarding house after growing up in a small town on the West Coast. Living away from home in the big city of Christchurch seemed very daunting at the time. The routine of hostel life helped me to settle in along with the friendly staff and prefects who were all extremely welcoming. Adams House itself is an exciting place to live in, with facilities

second to none. The swimming pool, tennis courts, cricket nets, weights room, dedicated music room and great food make the ‘Hostels’ the envy of the rest of the school.

The boarding house has a strong academic focus and I have found the structures and staff to be extremely supportive towards my education. No favour is ever too much to ask of them. Although having to do homework each night may at first seem like a chore, it has certainly helped me develop good work habits which I will take into the future. Also, the convenience of living with others doing the same assignments and courses is a huge advantage come exam time. Looking back, being put out of my comfort zone and making the move to Boys’ High has benefitted me greatly, allowing me to mature more quickly, make lifelong friends, and become a lot more independent. I have no regrets whatsoever, and I cannot emphasise enough the opportunities which lie ahead when you are fortunate enough to board at Adams House.

His home...

We may not all agree that they should be in our schools, but the reality is that iPads, tablets and smart phones will continue to make an appearance in our class rooms and lectures this year. So in the spirit of embracing this technology, here is one of the most useful apps for college, high school and tertiary students.

Notability This note taking app has been around for a while, giving the company plenty of time to perfect it. With this app you can take notes in a variety of helpful ways, ensuring that you’ll never miss anything important in a lecture. Notability powerfully integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organising so you can take notes your way, including recording the entire class so you can listen again later.

Notability is the ultimate note taking app that will help you organize your thoughts, making it a must have for any college or tertiary student. Unfortunately it’s only available on Apple devices, and the creators, Ginger Labs, have no intention of creating an Android version any time soon.

The closest you will find on Android is an app called LectureNotes, at a cost of $4.03 NZD in the Playstore. The reviews from people who have used both apps agree that the usability of Notability is easier, but LectureNotes is better, and can export to Evernote, an amazing way to make and share school material.

Either way, it will be a powerful companion to your learning in 2013.

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Shelley Casey – Certificate in Professional Office Management Graduate “I needed to study locally due to family reasons, and I needed to fit in around school times (earlier in the year). I decided I needed some skills to make me employable outside of the minimum wage bracket, and I wanted to gain a job that would be stimulating and emotionally rewarding.

I have worked in a retirement home and gained the recognised ACE certificate for care of the elderly. As much as I loved this work, it did not have the structure I was looking for in full time work.”

To help her change of direction, Shelley enrolled in Aoraki’s popular Certificate in Professional Office Management. “It was

a real buzz to feel my brain coming to life again. I enjoyed concentrating hard, and realising I was still able to learn something new. I was fortunate enough to have a wonderful tutor who pulled out all the stops to ensure the subjects she taught were well understood. It was really fun. It was also nice to mix so well with different age groups within the class. There were no barriers which was nice.”

I gained a lot of confidence in realising that I am the master of my machine (computer), and that the programs within it are there for me to learn and use to my benefit. I am not afraid to try something now, as I have an understanding of what I can and can’t do. I am not timid about

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using the computer, and am able to apply what I learned to an entirely different program that I am currently working with in the work environment.

An advantage of studying with Aoraki Polytechnic is the work experience that is included in your study. “Mine lead to a job! The business I did work experience for have asked me back for full time temporary work for over the school holiday period. I am learning HEAPS during this time. At worst, it will be good experience. At best, it might lead to a permanent position. The job I am currently doing is my ideal job. It has the right mix of the type of work I wanted to do, and user friendly hours and accessibility. Fingers and toes crossed it becomes permanent.”

10 Youth Guarantee Places Still Available for Ashburton School Leavers A chance for students to have their first year of tertiary studies paid for is available in Ashburton.

Aimed at school leavers, a government initiative called the ‘Youth Guarantee Scheme’ gives young people a chance to start a course of study without having to get a student loan. The government will pay for the students first year of studies tuition fees if they are 16 or 17 years (or turn 18 not within 3 months of course commencement) and have not had previous tertiary education.

Introduced to keep 16 to 17 year olds, who are not succeeding in school to stay in some form of education the Youth Guarantee Scheme courses will be offered at Aoraki Polytechnic with places still available in Professional Office Management at the Ashburton campus. Cookery, Farm Skills and Agriculture also have places available at the Timaru I felt very supported during my study Campus. These programmes are career focused at Aoraki Polytechnic. From day one and based on applied, hands-on knowledge and supports were in place to help all skills that are applicable to the real world to gain students make the most of their studies.” employment or continue studying. Accessibility is not an issue either for Mid Canterbury students The Certificate in Professional Office Management runs at the Ashburton and wanting to study programmes at the Timaru Timaru campuses of Aoraki Polytechnic, campus, as Aoraki Polytechnic is again running free and there are still places available to start buses for students from Ashburton to the Timaru in February. Contact Aoraki Polytechnic campus. The bus will travel to and from Timaru on 0800 426 725 or visit www.aoraki. every weekday. ac.nz .

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Comment Our view

Organ donors a Kiwi rarity

By Coen Lammers editor

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n my role as editor of the Guardian I scroll through thousands of emails each week, many from organisations or PR companies promoting a cause.

Normally I redirect these to reporters or delete them, but this week one landed in my inbox that made me stop and wonder.

The email was from an organisation that wants to raise awareness about organ donations.

I was shocked to read that there were only 38 organ donors in New Zealand in 2012. This number puts us among the lowest donor rate in the world, with nine donors per million Kiwis. In comparison that number is 32 per million in Spain, 23.7 in France, 16 in Britain and 13.5 in Australia.

This email was particularly personal because my family recently went through the donor process after the death of my brother-in-law Billy.

I now know first-hand how difficult it is to have the discussion with doctors in a most stressful time. Despite struggling to think clearly, our family quickly agreed that the organs of a healthy 34-year-old could provide a ray of light in this hour of darkness.

At the time I was a bit surprised that the veteran doctors in the room were overcome with emotions about our rapid response, but knowing the statistics I now understand how rare these opportunities are to help those waiting for a donor.

Billy was physically too big for any New Zealand heart patient, so last month we received the most remarkable, heart-felt Christmas card from an anonymous man in Sydney, thanking us for giving this family man a second chance at life.

Billy’s organs also saved two Kiwis waiting for a kidney and a lung.

Hundreds of others though are still waiting and many die far before their time.

Experts put this down to a lack of awareness and families failing to have the discussion about organ donation long before this issue may become relevant.

Many of us tick the donor box on our driver’s licence but for some reason doctors still need the relatives’ consent. And at this worst possible time, most families just don’t want to know about it.

That wonderful Christmas card from Australia though showed how important it is that we all have that brief conversation with our relatives to make them aware of our wishes.

Hundreds of sick Kiwis will be eternally grateful.

Squashed possum, anyone?

W

hat do hedgehogs, possums and rabbits have in common?

While being listed as DOC pests is one possible answer, more often than not they are united by tarmac.

I have seen far more roadkill down here than up in Auckland, to the extent that playing ‘squashed posssum’ on long car journeys isn’t any fun because there is no challenge. (Dodging the hawks that are making the most of the carrion is another story.)

While the issue of roadkill is by no means uniquely Kiwi, our attitude towards it can take visitors by surprise.

In most other places in the world, small furry animals are to be adored, but here the first advice offered to those new to New Zealand’s country roads is ‘don’t swerve’.

Sure there’s the safety aspect, and driving over a bank or into a tree is to be avoided whenever possible, but there is more to our mowing down of mammals than a straightforward conscientious regard for safety.

New Zealand has to be the only country with postcards of squashed possums and confectionery to match. Then there are events like the Uruti School’s ‘Best Dressed Possum’ competition, featuring pests in pageant clothing.

While this took place up north, it was for a rural school and it has been suggested that the event represents a growing gulf between town and country. Suburbanites may shudder at the thought of such a macabre fundraiser, but in rural areas a night out possum hunting is quite acceptable.

While doll’s dresses are optional, conservation goes hand-in-hand with our

Crumb

face. Seeing she was in need of consolation, I told her ‘don’t worry, we just saved a kiwi’.

The link between pests, foliage and the odd omeBy Hanne Nielsen lettedamage snack is not as far fetched Guardian columnist as it may sound, and it seemed to put things in perspective for her because she perked right up again.

This week the issue of pests has come to the top of clean green image and pest eradication the agenda thanks to Gareth is almost a national duty, worn as a Morgan’s Cats To Go project, suggestbadge of honour. ing that New Zealanders slowly phase My sister became acquainted with out their fetish for feline friends in this perspective whilst in the car with order to protect native birdlife. me. We were travelling down the windy What is it that makes a cat so difback roads through native bush, ferent to a possum? ‘Vet bills’ is one when suddenly a pair of glowing eyes answer that springs to mind… That, appeared mid lane. Mum’s sturdy Volvo and the fact that a moggy is the only collided with the possum, resulting in small mammal for which we will roua look of utmost horror on my sister’s tinely brake.

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By Kris Shannon

98,604 - Charlie Morgan

went from obscurity to instant fame with one lash of Eden Hazard’s boot.

The 17-year-old Swansea City ballboy’s Twitter account ballooned from 600 followers to 98,604 in little more than 24 hours and surpassed the club’s official Twitter feed, which has 77,951 followers.

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- If the New Zealand cricket side to face England was picked on form, Ross Taylor would be missing. After all, he has scored only four runs since

November. Fortunately, sport doesn’t work like that.

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- Wellington Phoenix fans have been having kittens this week. Not only was their side beaten 7-1 by Sydney FC last weekend, the club’s worst defeat ever, but some have been labelled Nelsen will be stuck on 49 inter“pathetic” and unsophisticated nationals caps for the All Whites. by co-owner Gareth Morgan.

Fortunately he played the five biggest ones this country has fea- Whisper it quietly but Michael Campbell might be back. tured in over the past 30 years.

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After years of struggling to make cuts and tumbling down the world rankings, the former US Open champion has shot evencard rounds or better in his last 10 rounds on the European Tour going back to the end of last year.

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1. Incoming

The Barmy Army aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but at New Zealand’s library-like cricket grounds any atmosphere in the stands is often gratefully received. England’s travelling band of supporters usually save their best for Australia, but many will make the trek to New Zealand for the ANZ-sponsored series of three Twenty20s, three ODIs and three tests in February and March. Their notorious chants will be occasionally funny, sometimes offensive, and always loud. During England’s tour of New Zealand in the late 90s, a New Zealand television commentator jumped at the chance to brighten up proceedings. “Wonderful fun, aren’t they?” he said to former England captain Bob Willis.

“I don’t know about that,” growled Willis.

“I reckon there might be a few people who’ve paid good money to come in here and watch the game in peace.”

Jesse Ryder is a partic-

Standout captions from last week’s odd pictures

Sportstalk

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- The Breakers are achieving things the Phoenix and Warriors can only dream about. On Thursday night they won their eighth straight game, to equal the club’s best record, as well as their 100th game at home.

- When news came Ryan Nelsen had retired from international football, it wasn’t a surprise. Sadly, the end has arrived and

By Patrick McKendry

SPORT

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- College footballer Manti Te’o made and received more than 1000 calls totalling more than 500 hours in length to a man putting on female voice in a love story that captured the US. Too bad it was a hoax. Te’o was convinced Lennay Kekua - a woman he had fallen for but never met face-to-face - had died of leukemia.

Zealander in a one-day international but the best against a top-eight test playing nation. The others came against minnows Ireland, Zimbabwe and the US.

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- All Blacks halfback Piri Weepu has turned up in good shape for Blues pre-season training, weighing in 10kg lighter than a year ago after his stint with the Hurricanes. As the slogans once said, Piri has got this.

89 - An audit of

55 national sporting organisations found 89 per cent have fewer than 50 per cent female representation on their boards, while just over half reach the target of 20 per cent representation set by the IOC.

- APNZ

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- Kane Williamson’s unbeaten 145 in New Zealand’s victory over South Africa in Kimberley on Wednesday morning was the sixth-equal best by a New

ular favourite of the Army, a highly organised outfit with its own website.

2. Return of the prodigal sons

The will they/won’t they return storyline is sure to go on for weeks yet, but the possible availability of New Zealand’s best batsmen Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor is something all cricket fans will look forward to. Ryder, who will meet coach Mike Hesson at the end of the month about a possible comeback, almost singlehandedly hauled Wellington into the final of the HRV Cup with his punishment of New Zealand’s domestic bowlers. His form and new mindset suggest he can do the same to any international attack, but time will tell. Taylor, meanwhile, has made himself available for Central Districts in the Plunket Shield after recovering from his axing as national captain. Any team is better with this pair in it and the Black Caps need all the help they can get.

3. England

personalities

“OK you guys, get this bit right and we might just progress to real oars” - Paul S

New Zealand isn’t the only international cricket team which struggles to subdue conflicting person-

The England tour will lift NZ cricket alities. Step forward Kevin Pietersen, the big-hitting controversial Pietermaritzburg-born batsman who can change games and team dynamics in almost a blink of an eye. “KP” is back in the England fold after serving time away from the team following indiscreet texts to his mates in the South Africa team during the Proteas’ tour of England last year. The former England captain, 32, has a current test average of 49.42. Unfortunately he will be available only for the tests against New Zealand.

Drama of some sort will almost certainly follow him.

4.

Long time between drinks New Zealand last hosted England five years ago, the visitors winning the test series 2-1.

The Kiwis last tasted test success against the old foe in 1999, when a famous victory at the The Oval resulted in a 2-1 series triumph.

That match was notable for a quick-fire second innings 80 by

“By gum, it’s one of those ferrets that Kathleen Stringer has been talking about!”

- Merv C

allrounder Chris Cairns (out of a total of 162), before a bowling masterclass from New Zealand, and Dion Nash in particular, who took 4-39, skittled out England for the same second innings score for an 83-run victory. Cue wild celebrations in front of the pavilion. New Zealand tour England again in our winter, the last time the two times meet in a test series until 2018.

5. Home comforts

Heaven knows the long-suffering New Zealand cricket supporter needs something to cling to and playing at home again and in familiar conditions after an often disastrous past 12 months of tours in the West Indies, India, Sri Lanka and South Africa is better than nothing, right? If Ryder and Taylor play the tests then crowds square of the wicket at Dunedin’s University Oval, the Basin Reserve and Eden Park could be in danger, but then again, they could be when Pietersen is batting too. - APNZ

“She’s been on my back about running around the Domain for ages . . .” - Karl T

“I received an ‘I wish you were dead’ tweet just now. My dear friend, I am in my 80s, just be patient.” - Australian cricket veteran and commentator RICHIE BENAUD.

* * * * “You know, the girls, they are more unstable emotionally than us. I’m sure everybody will say it’s true, even the girls.

No? No, you don’t think?” JO-WILFRIED TSONGA explaining why women’s tennis doesn’t have a more established top three or four players.

* * * * “I think I’ll put a poster of myself up now.” SLOANE STEPHENS, who used to have a poster of Serena Williams on her wall, contemplates a new decorative touch after beating the white hot Australian Open favourite.

* * * * “I almost did the choke of the year. I had so many chances and I couldn’t close it out.” top seed and defending champion VICTORIA AZARENKA after needing six match points before finding a way past Sloane Stephens in her semi-final.

* * * * “I was running to the net for a dropshot. As I went to hit it, it was on the backhand. I even screamed on the court. I totally locked up after that,” SERENA WILLIAMS describing a back injury but refusing to blame it directly for her quarter-final loss to Sloane Stephens.

* * * * “What upset me the most was about 2009/10 - I thought you lying bastard.” Tour de France champion BRADLEY WIGGINS was one of many frustrated by Lance Armstrong’s confession to doping. WIGGINS slammed the disgraced rider’s claims that he was clean upon returning to the sport in 2009.

* * * * “He’s not a drug cheat - he’s a bully, he’s a manipulator, he’s been incredibly unfair to a whole lot of people and he’s a dead-set liar,” Triathlon Australia chief executive and former UCI antidoping official ANNE GRIPPER joins the conga line of Lance Armstrong bashers.

* * * * “When I spoke to his dad, he was standing in his kilt in New Zealand.” - Scotland’s interim rugby coach, Australian SCOTT JOHNSON, defends the inclusion of New Zealand-born Sean Maitland in his squad for the Six Nations Championship.

* * * * “The boy put his whole body onto the ball and I was just trying to kick the ball and I think I kicked the ball and not the boy. I apologise,” Chelsea’s EDEN HAZARD after his extraordinary dismissal during the Blues’ semi-final second leg at Swansea.

- AAP

“I have had to run all of the way because I found myself up the creek without a saddle!” - Merv C

“Mother said that if I went into the woods today, I would be in for a big surprise…but at preschool?”

- Merv C

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Developing our netball

By Jonathan Leask Mid Canterbury Netball appointed Jess Drummond to the new role of Junior Development Officer this week.

Mid Canterbury Netball, with help from Sport Canterbury and the newly formed Netball Mainland, decided to create the role to aid with the development of local netballers, and the person they found to fill the role has a strong background.

Drummond is in the Tactix training squad, captained the

Canterbury under 21s and captains her Lincoln University club side, which won a second straight Christchurch netball Premier A title last season.

“I love netball and wanted to pass on the knowledge that I’ve been lucky enough to get,” Drummond said.

“It’s also an opportunity to put my degree to good use.”

Drummond also has international experience but not on the netball court, having been a Touch Black for the past four years over summer.

Drummond started in the job

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on Tuesday despite being summer and out-of-season but was straight down to business.

“I started with three meetings on my first day.

“Now I’ll get my head down for planning the programmes, but I’m looking forward to getting out in the district,” she said.

“My focus will be on the fundamentals of the game and go from there.

“A lot of players can go through the grades without getting the basics right so Drummond has a lot to cover, and with 20 schools in the dis-

trict, she has all the clubs and coaches in her sights.

“I think the plan is to start with a few schools and then go from there but I also have the clubs as well, all netballers between year 4 and 8.

The 21-year-old will continue playing throughout the season, making for some juggling between the job and her club and representative commitments.

“There no issues with the job and clashes with club practice but I’ll need to work out how it fits around Tactix training.”

• Ko right on the pace New Zealand amateur golfer Lydia Ko is one shot off the clubhouse lead following her opening round in the defence of her NSW Open title. The 15-year-old hit three birdies and an eagle to fire a five-under 67, one shot behind a trio of players at six-under including Australian amateur Minjee Lee. Ko, the No 1-ranked amateur in the world, made history at last year’s NSW Open when she won the tournament by four strokes to become the youngest person to win a professional golf tour event. She went on to have a whirlwind season, most notably claiming the Canadian Open title by four shots to become the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour and the first - APNZ Kiwi to do so.

• Greipel stage winner Several crashes have marred the end of stage four at the Tour Down Under as German sprint star Andre Greipel made race history yesterday. Australian cyclist Graeme Brown was taken to hospital for X-rays on a suspected broken hand and compatriot Bernie Sulzberger is also going for scans for a suspected broken finger. They were involved in a horrific crash that took down about 15 riders inside the last kilometre of the 126.5km stage. Greipel won the sprint to give him 13 stage victories at the Tour and overtake the race record from Australian Robbie McEwen. It was Greipel’s third win this week and he is clearly the top sprinter at this year’s Tour. Unofficially, Welsh rider Geraint Thomas retained - AAP the overall lead.

• Bellamy undecided Ryan Hoffman and his family go back a long way with Melbourne Storm mentor Craig Bellamy and if the NRL’s reigning premiership coach has made a decision on his future, the representative back-rower isn’t aware of it. Bellamy is chewing over a deal offered by St George Illawarra, believed to be worth $6 million over five years, to join the Dragons in 2014.

However, Bellamy is behaving very much as normal during the Storm’s pre-season training and the cloud hanging over the coach’s future is not affecting the squad, says Hoffman.

“When ‘Bellyache’ is ready to tell us something, he will. On the field if we aren’t doing the things that he wants he certainly lets us know so there hasn’t been any change in his demeanour at all.” The Storm have a game against the Raiders on February 8 before leaving for England three days later for the World Club Challenge against - AAP Leeds Rhinos.

• Pressure on England

Jess Drummond will be guiding the way for junior netballers as the newly appointed Mid Canterbury Development officer.

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An emerging England side will find themselves having to deal with the pressure of expectation as never before in this season’s Six Nations Championship. It may be, as coach Stuart Lancaster - now preparing for only his second Championship in charge of England - has often said, that England ought to expect to win every match they play. But England’s stunning 38-21 defeat of world champions New Zealand last time out in December means they have now set a high standard for themselves. After all, if they can beat the All Blacks by a record 17 point-margin, surely their opening Six Nations match next weekend at home to Scotland? - AFP

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Open season

By Sam Lienert

World No.1 Novak Djokovic will shoot for a record third straight Australian Open title tomorrow night, bursting with confidence and feeling physically and mentally fresh after his semi-final blitz of David Ferrer.

Djokovic described his performance as incredible after making the Spanish fourth seed look like a junior hitting partner, winning 6-2 6-2 6-1 in just 89 minutes on Thursday night.

As well as the confidence boost and minimal physical toll, he will have 24 hours extra to prepare for the final compared to the winner of last night’s semi between Roger Federer and Andy Murray, who

were expected to have a much more gruelling match.

Djokovic said he much preferred this lead-in to that for last year’s final, when he had to survive a near-five hour five-setter against Murray in a Friday night semi-final before outlasting Rafael Nadal in an even longer tournament decider.

“I definitely prefer being fitter for the final and having a little bit more time than I had in 2012,” Djokovic said.

“It’s quite different circumstances that I have to face this time.

“Last year I played five hours in the semis and had only a day-anda-half to recover for another six hours with Nadal.

“This year it hasn’t been the case and I’m very glad.”

He said the way he outclassed Ferrer, who has now lost five grand

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“Definitely at this stage of a tournament, playing semi-finals against the world No. 4, somebody that I have respect for, a great competitor, and being able to perform as well as I did, it’s incredible.”

Djokovic won more than twice as many points as Ferrer, at one stage during the second set stringing together 12 in a row.

He rode a confidence wave through the third set, making spectacular winners look regulation, as he extended his Melbourne Park winning streak to 20.

Djokovic’s previous three Australian Open finals have all resulted in victories - in 2008 and in the past two years - setting him up with a royal chance to become the first man in the open era to

Playing semi-finals against the world No. 4, somebody that I have respect for, a great competitor, and being able to perform as well as I did, it’s incredible.”

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semi-finals from as many attempts, could only help.

“It can only do positive things to my confidence,” the Serb said.

• Honours for Emerson For all he achieved, Roy Emerson may well be Australia’s most unheralded sporting great. Emerson, who boasts more grand slam titles than any man in tennis history, will be honoured at the Australian Open Legends’ Lunch today.

“Fantastic. It’s an honour to be honoured there. All my friends are going to be there, so it’s going to be great,” Emerson said. Emerson’s standing in the game has always been difficult to rank because the Queenslander won most of his 12 grand slam singles titles in the amateur era after many of his big rivals turned professional. Tellingly, though, Emerson’s first two majors came with victories over the great Rod Laver at the 1961 Australian and US - AAP Championships.

claim three Australian titles in a row.

If it’s Federer he’s playing, both finalists will be seeking a slice of history, as the Swiss great will be chasing his fifth Australian Open crown, which would be an open era record.

If Murray wins through, it will set up a rematch of the most recent grand slam final, when the Scot won his maiden major title at last year’s US Open, beating Djokovic in a near-five-hour fivesetter.

Ferrer said Djokovic deserved favouritism, but either Murray or Federer would give him a tough fight.

- AAP

• Bat dominates ball Auckland and Wellington both spent long days in the field yesterday as their opponents piled on the runs in Plunket Shield action in Hamilton and Dunedin. Home side Northern Districts sent Auckland’s bowling attack to all corners of Seddon Park as three batsmen racked up centuries and they closed day two on 530-5 - a whopping 290 runs ahead of the Aces who were bowled out for 240 yesterday. In Napier, Canterbury conceded a small first-innings deficit as they were bowled out for 292 by Central Districts. Black Cap Dean Brownlie top-scored for the Cantabrians with 88, while part-time international Andrew Ellis added a rapid 87. Central went about adding to their small lead in the final session yesterday, and Carl Cachopa and the returning Ross Taylor (22) closed play with Central on 77-2 - 88 runs ahead with eight second-innings wickets in - APNZ hand.

Li flies the flag for China

By John Salvado

Loosely translated, the Chinese sporting system of danfei means “flying solo”.

And it was a key aspect in allowing Li Na - arguably the most popular athlete in the world’s most populous country - to fly.

All the way to the pinnacle of world tennis.

Li has been a trailblazer throughout her late-blooming career.

The first Chinese player to win a WTA singles event in 2004.

The first to reach a grand slam singles final at the Australian Open in 2011.

The first to win a major title, five months later at Roland Garros.

And today, the 30-year-old Li takes centre stage again when she plays world No.1 Victoria Azarenka in the Australian Open decider.

Li’s humorous outlook and fighting spirit will make her the crowd favourite at Rod Laver Arena against Azarenka, who won no friends with her controversial medical timeout late in the semi-final win over Sloane Stephens

on Thursday.

“Right now it’s much, much better than two years ago,” said Li, the sixth seed who will vault back into the world’s top five next week.

“Two years ago it was the first one to the final, the first one to win.

“For the people it was so exciting.

“The second time they think ‘oh, she win again. She in the final again. Maybe not so interesting anymore’.”

Maybe.

But probably not.

Tao Xingying, a sports correspondent with Shanghai’s Xinmin Evening News, says Li has been the catalyst in making tennis a fashionable sport in a country which historically favoured the likes of table tennis and badminton.

“In tennis you have superstars,” Tao told AAP. “They are handsome, they are young, they are charming like Djokovic, like Federer.

“In table tennis we are always No.1.

“But if Li Na wins a grand slam the people will feel more proud because it is a sport dominated by athletes from Europe or America or elsewhere.

“And now we have a great Chinese player.”

It wasn’t always going to be the case.

After turning professional in 1999, a jaded Li quit the sport aged 20 in 2002 to study journalism.

She was coaxed back 18 months later and went on to became a major beneficiary of the danfei system, which was first implemented

by Chinese sporting authorities after the Olympic Games in Beijing.

It allowed top players more autonomy over their careers and the capacity to retain most of their prize money.

And it clearly worked for Li. Husband Jiang Shan took over as her coach, although it was Dane Michael Mortensen who guided the Chinese star to the French Open title, before the reins were handed back to Jiang.

Within weeks of winning her maiden grand slam crown, Li had signed seven multi-million dollar endorsement deals with the likes of Babolat, Haagen-Dazs, Nike, Samsung and Mercedes.

She and IMG stablemate Maria Sharapova are the only women on Forbes’ 2012 list of the world’s 100 best paid athletes - the glamorous Russian at No.26 with $US27.9 million and Li at No.81 with $US18.4 million in combined prize money and endorsements.

Li hasn’t been afraid to make the tough decisions about her on-court career either.

Following early exits at Wimbledon and the London Olympics last year, she again relieved Jiang of coaching duties, replacing him with Justine Henin’s former mentor Carlos Rodriguez.

A noted tough taskmaster, Rodriguez submitted her to a gruelling fitness regime - while allowing Li and Jiang to go back to being primarily husband and wife, rather than coach and athlete.

“The funny thing is, two years ago in China, someone said I was divorced,” Li said.

“Because they were thinking,

we’re always shouting, maybe we’re divorced.

“It’s just being coach and husband (makes it) tough to find a balance.”

That balance has clearly been restored, with Li’s trademark smile regularly on show at Melbourne Park over the past fortnight.

For Tao Xingying, it’s a key part of Li’s appeal.

“Her personality is unique,” said Tao. “She has a quick temper and humour.

“People also loved (former Houston Rockets NBA star) Yao Ming because he could speak English well and was humorous.”

Yao was China’s first global sporting superstar.

He was followed by Liu Xiang, who won gold in the 110m hurdles at the 2004 Olympics, before having his 2008 and 2012 campaigns cruelled by injury.

China’s headline act at the London Games was swimmer Sun Yang, who won gold in the 400m and 1500m freestyle.

But a case can be made that Li, the daughter of a former professional badminton player who first took up tennis at the age of five is now bigger than all of them.

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• Cernak a starter?

New Wellington Phoenix signing Isaka Cernak will have only one training session with his new team-mates before he could be called on to start for the side against Newcastle tomorrow. Cernak was due to arrive in the capital last night after he inked a deal for the rest of the season with the lastplaced club, having spent the first part of this season with the Melbourne Victory. Wellington host the Jets at the Cake Tin on Sunday afternoon and Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert said the attacking midfielder might be thrown into the mix from the opening whistle. “He could start, I haven’t ruled that out yet,” Herbert said. “We’ll just get him here, make sure he’s okay and safe and sound and we certainly haven’t ruled - APNZ that out yet.”

• Hinault hits back Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault has hit back at Lance Armstrong’s claim that it was not possible to win the race without doping. Hinault won the Tour five times and his last title in 1985 was also the last time a Frenchman has taken out the race. Armstrong said in his experience, it was not possible to win the Tour clean. But Hinault, who now has a highprofile role at the Tour, derided that comment. “He did the Tour de France with products - he cannot know what it is (like) to do it without products,” Hinault said.

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Kiwis to battle out the final There is a strong feeling of deja vu surrounding the men’s final of the ITF Grade Four Tournament at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre today.

The men’s singles is an all-kiwi affair and replay of the national under 16 final that was played out the week before.

Wanganui top seed Kyle Butters will meets fifth seed Alex Klintcharov of Auckland in the men’s final today.

Butters and Purcell, a New Zealand resident playing under the Great Britain flag, had a slug fest in their semi-final.

Purcell came out with a strong game to take the first set.

Butters fought back to take the win 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the final and set up a rematch with Klintcharov.

Alex Klintcharov took the first set with ease against Japan’s Kennosuke Nouchi, but had to battle back from 5-3 down in the second set to win 7-5 and set up the rematch.

Butters prevailed in the national 16s final last Saturday with a convincing 7-6, 6-2, however, Butters and Klintcahrov clashed in yesterday’s doubles final with Klintcharov tying up the ledger.

It was a complete up-and-down dingdong battle in the doubles final.

Butters and fellow Kiwi William Matheson, who had withdrawn from the singles quarter-final with a shoulder injury, went up 6-0 in the first set over Klintcharov and Lichtenstein’s Thomas Weirather.

But the second set was a reverse result, Klintcharov and Weirather taking it 6-2 before a lengthy third set decider had Klintcharov and Weirather take the title 12-10.

Today’s women’s final is a trans-Tasman tussle with New Zealand’s Rosie Cheng meeting American Mira Ruder-Hook after they had differing semi-final wins.

The 14th seed Ruder-Hook came out fir-

The New Zealand men’s softball team will begin their road to the world softball championships with a game against Auckland United All-Stars in Mt Albert on Monday. This weekend’s Vic Guth tournament in Auckland will see all of the national men’s roster in action for their club sides, but on Monday afternoon the national squad will come together for their first competitive outing. “It’s a chance for us to start putting our combinations together under game conditions,” coach Eddie Kohlhase said. For captain Rhys Casley, who injured his shoulder last year and needed major surgery, it will also be an important step towards passing fit to play at the world tournament, held in - APNZ Auckland in March.

Alex Klintcharov of Auckland celebrates winning a crucial point during his semifinal against Japan’s Kennosuke Nouchi yesterday.

ing, and overcame a second set scare to win 6-0, 7-5 over 16th seed Australian Sasha Bollweg.

The other semi-final was a mixed bag as the sixth seed Cheng need a third set to get past Australian Maddison Inglis.

Cheng took the first set 6-3 before Ingles powered through the second 6-1, only for Cheng to finish stronger 6-4 to advance.

The Australian duo of Michelle Pits and Danielle McIntyre fought hard but came up short against Fijian’s Tarani Kamoe and Annie Shannon, with the Fijians winning the very close contest 7-5, 7-6.

• Burnley opens branch The most promising footballers in the far south will be given a direct pathway to a professional career when an English club establishes a development centre in Dunedin. Burnley Football Club is to introduce the centre, probably by April, as part of its Australasian Academy structure. It will provide talented players aged 6 to 16 an opportunity to get top coaching and, if they are good enough, earn a professional contract. Burnley academy representatives will be in Dunedin within weeks to look at players, make presentations to parents and scout a potential venue. Entry into the development centre will cost $660 per training phase - the first is April to September, and the second October to March - though acceptance will also - ODT depend on ability.

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• All Stars first up

Schedule a winner for Breakers

By Kris Shannon To the untrained eye, the Breakers’ eight-game winning streak is made all the more impressive by their severe schedule.

When the defending champions attempt to achieve a club record nine consecutive victories in Wollongong tonight, it will be their eighth game in 30 days.

Six of those have been across the Tasman, with a four-game roadtrip over the festive season followed by home-away double-headers the last two weekends.

All those air miles - and all the miles on the players’ legs - should have had a detrimental effect, but coach Andrej Lemanis believes the opposite to be true.

And, as a result, the Breakers’ 48-hour turnaround between T h u r s d a y night’s 19-point

win over Sydney and tonight’s clash with Wollongong should prove no problem - and could result in history.

“I said at the start of the year, when we were playing one game a week and we’d have 15 days between games, that we couldn’t get in a rhythm,” Lemanis said.

“I felt really like we were struggling to find a game rhythm, and I was actually really looking forward to this period.

“Yes, it was going to be a challenge, but I thought we would play ourselves into a rhythm of playing games - and we have.”

Lemanis explained that one of the benefits of establishing that rhythm was creCJ Bruton

ating confidence, but another advantage was manufacturing a familiarity on every floor the Breakers played.

“I think there’s a certain ease and comfort that comes with [a winning streak] - you know what’s going to happen in games and it’s not new to you every week.”

There can be no doubting the Breakers are in their comfort zone after a quick glance at the Australian NBL standings.

With a 16-3 record, they may have been unable to shake off the pesky Perth Wildcats (12-4) but they have established daylight between themselves and every other team in the league.

During the streak, the Breakers have been banged up, they have played without key personnel and they have found themselves facing significant deficits.

But the outcome has always been the same.

Lemanis thought that consistency was down to an unerring ability among his players to disregard any weariness in their bodies and focus on only the next play.

“There’s no doubt fatigue is part of the challenge we’re dealing with right now, but so what?

What are we going to do, not play?

“You’ve got to find ways to overcome it. Our medical staff do a great job on recovery, but often it’s just as much mental as it is physical. There’s obviously a physical component, but you can get into it mentally or you can choose to overcome it.”

CJ Bruton, one of the leaders to whom Lemanis referred as the key to keeping the team on task, repaid the compliment and pointed at his coach as the man responsible.

“This guy right here,” said Bruton, gesturing at the man beside him when asked why standards haven’t slipped.

“He stays on top of us. We come up and work hard, but he knows when we’re tired and he needs to back off a little bit.”

That balance has been working well, with the Breakers’ eighth straight triumph doubling as their 100th home win as a franchise.

- APNZ

Michael Campbell was just one shot off the lead at the midway point of the Qatar Masters in Doha yesterday after the Kiwi fired a second round fourunder 68 to be eight-under for the tournament. The former US Open champion hit four birdies on the front nine before going even-par through the back nine and it continues a fine recent run of form after a number of lean years. The 43-year-old has shot even-card rounds or better in his last 10 rounds on the European Tour going back to the end of last - NZH year.

• The mighty fallen Nine months ago, Brisbane Roar and Perth Glory were the cream of the crop fighting it out for A-League supremacy. But come this Saturday night at nib Stadium, last season’s grand finalists will be merely battling for survival as the race for finals spots intensifies.

Brisbane - winners of the past two championships have endured Rado Vidosic a horror season to date. Coach Rado Vidosic fell on his sword after guiding the team to just three wins from their first 11 games, while his replacement Mike Mulvey has also failed to spark the ninthplaced Roar. Perth are faring only marginally better, with Ian Ferguson’s charges sitting just two points ahead in eighth spot.

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Christie turns on a masterclass A solo win for Ashburton’s Jason Christie of the Armstrong Motor Group team was a day in the saddle to be proud of.

Yesterday’s stage, a 161km ride from The Square in Palmerston North and reverse to the previous days race had just about everything a rider and spectator could appreciate about cycling.

The riders woke to a brisk morning in Palmerston North, slight s/w winds blowing and a day that had the riders tackling the third KOM of the race on the Pohangina Valley East Rd. Overnight yellow jersey wearer Nathan Earle (Huon SalmonGenesys Wealth Advisers) was expecting a number of early attempts from other teams in the stage and he said “We are a very calm and confident team going into today.

“We have a team ready to not only defend yellow, but also

attack as required,” said Earle.

75 riders faced the gun and after a peaceful six km neutral section, it was on.

Straight away the pace was clocked at 60km per hour as the riders were pushed with a strong cross side south westerly wind.

Attempts were made from various riders wanting to escape the peloton early, but The Huon/Genesys team had every move covered.

The pace was continually applied after the first sprint and many splits were forming as the riders echeloned across the road.

It was clear certain riders had agendas for the day, with Jason Christie (Armstrong Motor Group), Campbell Flakemore (Huon Genesys), Nathan Elliott ((Seight Custom Clothing) and James Williamson (NZCT NZ) applying the constant pressure until they broke the elastic

band and were able to form a clear group from the peloton.

These guys were joined by another six riders as they drove the break, all taking turns to ensure the break would stick.

They soon had a lead of 2 minutes at the 55km mark.

With the current KOM jersey tucked safely back in the peloton, it was Luke Ockerby (Budget Forklifts) who crossed the brow of the climb first on the only KOM for the day, second was Christie Bonello (Seight Custom Clothing).

With 30 km to go Christie knew it was all or nothing.

Smart and tactical riding saw him solo off the front of what was now an eight man break, driving into the strong head wind the chasers could do nothing but watch as he increased his lead.

It was Christie who was showing his class, and by the 5km to go mark he had

all but secured a magnificent victory.

A solo effort in such testing conditions showed us why he has the class to go all the way as a talented young kiwi cyclist.

Christie held on to win by 1.05 over the chasing riders, second went to Nathan Elliott (Seight Custom) and third to Malcolm Rudolph (Drapac).

When asked what this win meant to Christie, he replied “It means a lot to secure this win.”

“I hope this is a start to what might come for me in 2013.

“I have a three day break after this tour then it’s straight into track training, something I haven’t done in over two years,” Christie said.

The Yellow Jersey remains firmly on the shoulders of Nathan Earle again after yesterday’s stage.

Jason Christie: putting the pressure on

• Old mates to spark up Parramatta halves Chris Sandow and Luke Kelly hope their long-standing friendship can spark a successful combination to help lift the battling Eels in 2013. The pair haven’t played much NRL together but there’s plenty of history between them. Sandow is delighted to have Kelly at the Eels having first played together in an under-12s Aboriginal representative side. Kelly, 23, joined the Eels from Melbourne in the middle of last year and played four games before suffering a fractured eye socket in a disastrous season for Parramatta who finished last. “It’s good to get back together here at Parra,” Sandow said. Former South Sydney halfback Sandow had a first year with Parramatta to forget in 2012 with some indifferent performances after his big money move from the Rabbitohs. But 24-year-old Sandow believes Kelly could help lift his game back to where it was at the Rabbitohs. - AAP

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Bridget Blackwood keeps a close eye on Felicity Dalzell and Harry Hood as they go through their paces at the Ashburton Intermediate yesterday.

Black Sticks dish out top tips

By Jonathan Leask

Black Sticks Bridget Blackwood and Sian Fremeux turned out in the summer heat in Ashburton to have a hockey hit out with local juniors yesterday.

With the Ashburton Hockey Turf not quite ready for use after having a brand new state

of the art blue turf being laid prior to Christmas, the session was held at Ashburton Intermediate.

“It’s just a case of us putting something back into hockey and its development,” Blackwood said.

“We’re helping out with their skills and getting them into the preseason of hockey.

“It’s about developing what

the already know and new techniques to help them with the season ahead.”

Blackwood has been a Black Stick for three seasons and has 17 caps, while Fremaux is a new face to the national side making her debut in December with six caps.

Both are in the Black Sticks side scheduled to play four tests against Argentina in

Argentina in late February.

When they return from the Argentinian tour, their next event will be a Four Nations Tournament to be held in New Zealand in April.

The local hockey season gets under way with the seniors starting in late March with the juniors on the turf from the end of April.

Recalling its unique challenges and passionate fans, four-times champion Andre Agassi says he’s chuffed to be back at the Australian Open for the first time in eight years.

In Melbourne to promote his Jacob’s Creek series, Open officials are tipped to ask the American great to present the trophies after the men’s final on Sunday night.

Judging by his delight at being back at his most successful grand slam stomping ground, Agassi would no doubt consider that an honour. “I’m really, really happy to be here.

It feels great,” he said. “I’m trying to take it all in. I’ve wanted to come down for so long. It’s the only place I haven’t revisited since my retirement and that’s mostly due to the balance of life and kids being in school and trying to figure out how I’m going to take a week away from my family when I don’t have to.

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Stoush brews over radical power transmission charge

By Pattrick Smellie Major electricity users and most electricity companies are gearing up to challenge a radical new Electricity Plan changing the way they pay for access to the national grid.

Papers published on the EA’s website show a combination of confusion and opposition to the proposals, which the industry regulator unveiled in October, cutting through more than a decade of unresolved debate about the fairest way to carve up the cost of transmitting electricity around the country.

The transmission grid is managed by the state-owned monopoly Transpower.

In particular, South Island generators Meridian and Contact Energy - more recently joined by Genesis since it was made owner of the Tekapo hydro scheme under reforms in 2009 - have objected to earlier arrangements which meant South Island generators bore the full cost of the Cook Strait cable link.

Now, however, state-owned Meridian appears to be the only electricity generator not actively contesting the EA’s proposals, which the authority says will share the costs of national electricity transmission at a lower overall cost than under the current regime.

The issue is acute because heavy investment to upgrade the grid means the transmission component of electricity bills is forecast to rise by 79 per cent over the next decade. Transmission currently makes up around 7 per cent of the average household power bill, but will rise to around 10 per cent over the next 10 years.

“The overall effect on households’ electricity bills will be a minor reduction in electricity costs relative to what they would otherwise have been,” the author-

There’s lots of challenges to a new power pricing structure. ity said when it released its proposals.

Economic benefits over 30 years were calculated at $173.2 million, against $49.3 million from the proposals favoured by a slender majority by a Transmission Pricing Advisory Group, which the EA largely rejected, the EA suggested.

However, alarm at the implications of the proposed new approach has already seen the EA set back the consultation deadline twice, by four months, to March 1, with some players saying even that is too short a timeframe.

“All participants and end customers have been struggling to understand this important new feature,” the executive director of the Major Electricity Users Group, Ralph Matthes, said in a letter to the authority’s chairman, Brent Layton, dated Nov 5.

A string of similarly worried submissions came from other large players, including TrustPower, MightyRiverPower, and the Consumers Institute, while Auckland network company Vector accused the EA of “inadequate process and information.”

Vector claims the EA has failed to set out alternatives to prove its scheme is the best option, or what its impacts on prices to consumers will be, “including wealth

transfers between suppliers and consumers”.

“The authority is in danger of concluding that the proposal is to the long term benefit of consumers even if consumers are made worse off,” a Nov 13 letter from Vector chief executive Simon Mackenzie to Layton said. “We are very concerned that the current process falls short of any reasonable definition of good regulatory practice.”

Matthes said MEUG members were viewing “with dismay” the impacts of the proposed changes, and suggested the EA had not understood them when they were first proposed.

TrustPower said their impact could be “tens of millions of dollars” annually and that the company had taken the unusual step of engaging international advisers on the complex plan.

MightyRiverPower, which is preparing for possible partial privatisation and will need to disclose material risks in a prospectus, warned the proposal “in its entirety has very material implications for all generators and retailers.”

That included MRP: “The proposals also have the potential in our view to have adverse impacts on the wider economy,” said chief executive Doug Heffernan in a Nov 9 letter to the EA. - APNZ

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Investigator alleges deals in Auckland events security

By Pattrick Smellie A senior investigator for the Department of Internal Affairs has described arrangements between licensed and unlicensed providers of security for major events in Auckland, and shed light on why an unlicensed operator became a key adviser for Rugby World Cup security.

The 48 page June 12 report from Richard Schurr, from the department’s Complaints, Investigation, and Prosecution Unit, also details dissatisfaction among the organisers of major public events - principally Auckland Council, Vector Arena, North Harbour Stadium and Eden Park - with the quality of security services on offer in the country’s largest city.

The report also says Vector Arena was arranging security for major events without signing contracts detailing what services were to be provided.

The report says Vector Arena and Eden Park continued to work with unlicensed security adviser Aaron Colthurst and his Platform 4 Group because they preferred his business style to that of the competitor who brought the complaints against his activities, and felt he would improve the standard of Auckland event security.

Auckland Council had stopped using P4G, “deeming it to be very high risk for them as a publicly funded entity.”

Nevertheless, the report recommended a string of prosecutions and warnings against Colthurst, P4G and another security firm, Harrison Tew, which Schurr alleged had been used by P4G as a “flag of convenience” to carry out security contracts while P4G sought the necessary authorisations to operate security services.

“Harrison Tew is simply providing a thinly disguised administrative vehicle to provide payroll services and sign contracts,” Schurr’s report says, describing

the arrangement as “Putinesque” - a reference to the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.

However, the Department of Internal Affairs confirmed no prosecutions were issued, and that Colthurst had been licensed to operate as a security adviser. P4G will have its application, lodged in December 2011, heard by the Private Security Personnel Licencing Authority on February 5.

“Altogether, a total of over 30 events have been policed under this arrangement,” the report says.

The DIA report, labelled “final” but said by the department to be a draft sent to the Ministry of Justice as an update last year, suggest other elements of the investigation could warrant either police or Serious Fraud Office investigation.

It says Colthurst, a former policeman, blamed the licensing authorities for delays over his application to operate as a security contractor, but also alleges he continued to operate in that role.

“He is actually a wilful noncomplier, for commercial reasons,” wrote Schurr, who also detailed allegations by rival provider Rush Security, previously known as DRS, that Colthurst and former DRS employees had accessed commercially valuable information to lure rivals’ staff to P4G’s operations.

The report says several operators did not wish to use DRS because its owner, Darien Rush, was “abrasive with both staff and clients and his management and business style was not popular.”

The tangled skein of allegations also alleges DRS had contracted to buy a security firm, Strategic Security Ltd, which had commercial ties to Colthurst through one of its shareholders, Jason Brott, who worked with P4G after working for DRS. But SSL was placed in liquidation and no payments were ever made by DRS. - APNZ

Herald purchase didn’t stack up for Sir Owen

By Pam Graham Multi-millionaire philanthropist Sir Owen Glenn was given the opportunity to bid for The New Zealand Herald last year but decided not to proceed.

“I was approached at the beginning of last year and I did look at it as an investment but the numbers didn’t stack up,” Glenn told BusinessDesk.

The former owner of OTS Logistics, who grew up in New Zealand, has funded a business school at Auckland University and a foundation with a goal of reducing child poverty, and gave $1 million to an appeal for Christchurch earthquake victims.

He has also been embroiled in controversies over donations to the Labour and New Zealand First parties.

The Australian Financial Review has speculated that investors taking up a posi-

Sir Owen Glenn tion in Fairfax, publisher of Wellington’s Dominion Post and Christchurch’s The Press newspapers, have an end game of merging its New Zealand assets with those owned by APN News & Media, publisher of the Herald, its flagship title in the country’s largest city, Auckland.

APN announced late last year it was placing publishing busi-

nesses in Christchurch, Oamaru and Wellington on the market, and appointed Deutsche Bank last May to conduct a strategic review of its New Zealand assets after receiving approaches from potential buyers for some or all of them.

The future of newspapers is uncertain as readers increasingly view news on phones and computers, and in New Zealand it’s particularly uncertain because APN and Fairfax are in play.

The ASX-listed companies own all the daily newspapers in New Zealand, bar a handful of independents, including the Ashburton Guardian, and have extensive magazine, digital and radio interests.

The share prices of both companies plunged to historic lows last year and both announced massive writedowns on their mastheads, but both have showed some recovery since late last year.

APN was trading on the ASX yesterday at 30 Australian cents, up 15.38 per cent in the last month, despite being 59.73 per cent lower than it was a year ago.

Fairfax shares were trading at 54 Australian cents, up 38.16 per cent in the last three months, albeit still 30.92 per cent lower than their value 12 months ago.

Meanwhile, the Herald’s editor-in-chief, Tim Murphy, says he is not letting the largest newspaper in the country play second fiddle to digital platforms.

The New Zealand Herald will not be adopting a “digital-first” approach like that announced this week by the Financial Times, he says in the newspaper’s media column yesterday.

FT editor -in-chief Lionel Barber this week talked of a “newspaper second” approach as he reshuffled resources from night work to day work and

from print to digital and foreshadowed redundancies on the print side of the paper’s operations.

“We need to ensure that we are serving a digital platform first, and a newspaper second.

This is a big cultural shift for the FT that is only likely to be achieved with further structural change,” Barber said.

He encouraged people wanting to leave the paper to step forward.

The NZ Herald is combining news gathering currently undertaken by separate print and digital teams, and online strategic projects are under digital editor-in-chief Jeremy Rees.

Rees posted on the Kiwi Jour nalists Association Facebook page that “the story remains fundamental” and talk of “digital-first” mistakenly implied that the platform for delivering the news was more important than the news itself.

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Foreigners warned to leave Benghazi Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, warning of an imminent threat against Westerners days after a deadly hostage crisis in neighbouring Algeria.

European officials told The Associated Press that schools were among the potential targets.

The warnings came a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified to Congress about the September 11 attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the US ambassador to Libya. They also came as French troops battled al-Qaeda-linked militants in the West African nation of Mali, and followed the deaths of at least 37 foreign hostages seized

by Islamist extremists in Algeria.

It was unclear if those two events were linked to the latest concerns about Libya.

The foreign ministries of the three European countries issued statements describing the threat as specific and imminent but none would elaborate.

The US Embassy in Tripoli, Libya’s capital far to the west of Benghazi, said

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In this file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the US Consulate’s burnt out buildings.

Britain’s Foreign Office urged UK nationals to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in response to an imminent threat against Westerners. there was “no specific infor- with increasing insecurity. well as Libyan officials in mation pointing to specific, Al-Qaeda-linked militants recent months, with assassiimminent threats against US operate in Libya alongside nations, bombings and other citizens.” other Islamist groups, and attacks.

With a population of 1 mil- the country is awash in weapIt was not immediately lion, Benghazi is Libya’s sec- ons looted from Gaddafi’s clear how many people were ond-largest city and where many military depots. affected by the European the Libyan uprising against Schools, businesses and warnings. longtime dictator Muammar offices of non-governmental Several countries have Gaddafi began in February organisations were among for months advised against 2011. Gaddafi was eventu- the possible targets, accord- all travel to the city, espeally toppled and killed after ing to two European officials cially after the US mission NATO backed the rebel familiar with the threats. was attacked. Residents say movement, and the Arab Violence in Benghazi has many foreigners had already country has since struggled targeted both foreigners as left in recent weeks.

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Honduras can’t pay its bills Street surveillance cameras in one of the world’s most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras’ government hasn’t paid millions of dollars it owes. The operator that runs them is now threatening to suspend the police radio service as well.

Teachers have been demonstrating almost every day because they haven’t been paid in six months, while doctors complain about the shortage of essential medicines, gauze, needles and latex gloves.

This Central American country has been on the brink of bankruptcy for months, as lawmakers put off passing a budget necessary to pay for basic government services. Honduras is also grappling with $5 billion in foreign debt, a figure equivalent to last year’s entire government budget.

“There are definitely patients who haven’t been able to get better because of this problem,” said Dr. Lilian Discua, a paediatrician. “An epileptic who doesn’t take his medicine will have a crisis.

This is happening.”

The financial problems add to a general sense that Honduras is a country in meltdown, as homicides soar, drug trafficking overruns cities and coasts and the nation’s highest court has been embattled in a constitutional fight with the Congress.

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Rasel Tome, co-ordinator of the Progressive Resistance Movement and member of the opposition Libre party talks to supporters against recent laws approved by congress outside parliament in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Many streets are riddled with potholes, and cities aren’t replacing stolen manhole covers. Soldiers aren’t receiving their regular salaries, while the education secretary says 96 per cent of schools close several days every week or month because of teacher strikes.

Some government offices must close because they don’t have ink to take fingerprints.

The country’s national registration agency has been shuttered for 10 days because of unpaid salaries.

“In many ways, the state is no longer functioning,” said Robert Naiman, policy director of Just Foreign Policy, a

Washington DC-based organisation aimed at reforming US foreign policy. “If they keep not paying their soldiers, those soldiers are probably going to stop being soldiers and maybe take some other action.”

Experts say a mix of government corruption, electionyear politics and a struggling economy has fuelled the crisis.

The local chapter of the international watchdog group Transparency International issued a study in December that alleged some lawmakers had spent money on plane tickets to a tennis tournament in Spain, Mother’s

Day gifts and other personal expenses, the report found.

The study’s author, Ludin Ayala, said the country’s Congress is the most expensive in Central America, although Honduras is the poorest country in the region.

“The Congress doesn’t have rules for making these expenses, which are at the discretion of the (legislative) president,” Ayala said. “I don’t know if it’s shameful, sad or disgusting that in the National Congress, there isn’t any transparency.”

Former presidential candidate and legislator Olban Valladares charged that much of the public money has indeed gone into campaigns ahead of November’s elections, in which the president, mayors and 128 congressional representatives will be elected.

“Sadly, we have a great number of candidates who are state officials and their tendency is to abuse state resources that they control to fund their campaigns,” Valladares said.

Congress President Juan Orlando Hernandez said that ousted former President Manuel Zelaya and his allies created much of the current mess.

“They are the ones who have left us today with an enormous debt ... leaving us a country that’s unsafe, indebted and isolated in the world,” Hernandez said.

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Drink-driving law won’t be eased for Irish farmers

A licence to drive drunk? Some small-town politicians think it’s just the tonic for rural Ireland.

Councilmen in Kerry passed a motion this week asking the government to create a permit that would allow isolated farmers the ability to drink a few pints and then return home in their car, or on their tractor, without fear of being busted.

Its backers say the measure is needed to combat an epidemic of boredom and depression on farms ever since Ireland imposed tough new blood-alcohol limits on drivers in 2011.

But Justice Minister Alan Shatter shot down the proposal during a speech in parliament as “grossly irresponsible.”

“There is no question of this government, or indeed I don’t believe any future government, facilitating individuals drinking in excess of the blood alcohol limits,” Shatter told lawmakers.

Kerry pub owners say their business has plummeted right along with that nationwide carnage — yet deny any connection between the two trends. They describe the often narrow, lightly trafficked roads near their businesses as safe for people to navigate even after three pints of beer.

Danny Healy-Rae, who owns a pub and comes from Kerry’s most famous and flamboyant political family, says farmers should be allowed to drive tipsy on their tractors because they don’t go fast enough to kill anyone.

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IRA tapes fight woman dead Gang rape An Irish Republican Army veteran who accused Sinn Fein party chief Gerry Adams of involvement in IRA killings and bombings has been found dead in her home, police and politicians said.

Dolours Price, 61, was a member of the Provisional IRA unit that launched the very first car-bomb attacks on London in 1973. She became one of Irish republicanism’s most trenchant critics of Adams and his conversion to political compromise in the British territory of Northern Ireland.

Police said her death at her home in Malahide, north of Dublin, was possibly the result of a drug overdose and foul play was not suspected.

But it could have implications as far away as the US Supreme Court.

In interviews Price repeatedly described Adams as her IRA commander in Catholic west Belfast in the early 1970s when the outlawed group was secretly abducting, executing and burying more than a dozen suspected informers in unmarked graves. Adams rejects the charges.

Since 2011 Northern Ireland’s police have been fighting a legal battle with Boston College to secure audiotaped interviews with Price detailing her IRA career to see if they contain evidence relating to unsolved crimes, particularly the 1972 kidnapping and murder of a Belfast widow, Jean McConville.

Price allegedly admitted being the IRA member who drove McConville across the Irish border to an IRA execution squad.

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Boston College commissioned the collection of such interviews with veterans of Northern Ireland’s paramilitary warfare on condition their contents be kept secret until each interviewee’s death.

In October, the US Supreme Court blocked the handover of the Price tapes pending resolution of a string of other connected lawsuits and legal challenges in lower US courts.

Her death could trigger a new wave of legal petitions on both sides.

Ed Moloney, the Irish journalist who oversaw collection of the taped testimonies, and Anthony McIntyre, the former IRA convict who actually conducted the interviews from 2001 to 2006, lauded Price as “both a friend and a valued participant in the Belfast Project”.

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vowed that their own legal fight to prevent police from receiving any tapes from the Boston College archive would continue “with renewed vigour.”

Price joined the IRA as a Belfast teenager, in part because her father Albert was a senior IRA figure. She led a 10-member IRA unit that planted four car bombs in central London on March 8, 1973, including outside the Old Bailey criminal courthouse and Scotland Yard police headquarters. Two detonated, wounding more than 200 people.

After the Provisional IRA cease-fire of 1997 paved the way for Adams’ Sinn Fein party to enter a new power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, Price denounced Adams as a hypocrite who had betrayed the cause of forcing Northern Ireland into the Irish Republic.

And in a 2012 interview with Britain’s Sunday Telegraph, Price accused Adams of sanctioning the 1973 bomb attacks during a Belfast IRA meeting.

“Adams started talking and said it was a big, dangerous operation. He said: ‘This could be a hanging job.’ He said: ‘If anyone doesn’t want to go (to London), they should up and leave now through the back door at 10-minute intervals.’

The ones that were left were the ones that went. I was left organising it, to be the OC (officer commanding) of the whole shebang,” Price was quoted as saying.

Adams made no reference to Price’s accusations in a prepared statement on Price’s death.

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trial begins The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom with opening arguments by the prosecution lawyers in a special fast-track court set up just weeks ago to handle sexual assault cases.

The brutal attack last month set off protests across India and opened a debate about its epidemic of violence against women.

The five men on trial — who face a maximum sentence of death by hanging if convicted — covered their faces with woollen caps as they walked into the courtroom surrounded by a phalanx of armed police. Two hours later, after proceedings were over, they were whisked away by the police.

Details of the proceedings were not available because of a gag order against revealing what happens inside the courtroom, and court officials who provided some information spoke on condition of anonymity because of the order. Closing courtrooms to the public and the media is routine in Indian rape cases, even though defence lawyers had argued that since the victim is dead, the proceedings in this case should be opened.

Judge Yogesh Khanna turned down requests by journalists that they be briefed on the day’s proceedings and said the gag order would remain.

The next hearing in the case was set for Monday, when the defence will present its opening arguments.

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TAurus 21 April - 21 May Connect with others on your wavelength and think about networking with people who share your goals and ideals.

Get yourself invited along to business lunches or events and inspire and be inspired.

Today you may have an opportunity to close a lucrative deal or make a significant step forwards careerwise. If someone makes you an offer, be open to it.

Gemini 22 May - 21 June New doors are opening and although being in the right place at the right time may help, you can also speed things along by keeping an open mind. Researching new systems of thought or the latest quantum theories and keeping up with innovative software and gadgets may help you move to a new level where a fresh challenge excites you.

CAnCer 22 June - 23 July The Moon in your personal money zone may encourage you to purchase a few luxuries and to enjoy being extravagant. You might also feel like arranging a loan or getting extra credit for whatever purpose you deem appropriate. A very fortunate influence today suggests that by listening to your intuition you may get a windfall or make extra cash. Good luck!

Leo 24 July - 23 August Your connections with others bring you wonderful benefits today. Work as part of a team as by doing so you’ll achieve so much more. Your partner seems to be positively inspired and may have the answers to some of your most obscure problems. An intimate discussion could resolve a lot of issues. If you’re going out, luck may be on your side.

VirGo 24 August - 23 September In terms of your job and overall career, things continue to look good. Your innovative ideas may earn you praise and might even get you a promotion. As the Sun aspects Jupiter, being in the right place at the right time could result in a very good offer. Be alert to what is happening around you. The stars reveal that daily workouts will keep you feeling fab.

LibrA 24 September - 23 October The things that you excel at today may be the things you do naturally and the activities you love most. If you have a hobby that you would like to turn into a business, this may be the time to promote it. An inspiring influence reveals that you could go far if you take the first step. Romantic feelings and tender thoughts may make for an exciting evening.

sCorpio 24 October - 22 November A combination of common sense and inventive genius may make you a winner at whatever you put your hand to. Try something new and expand your possibilities for the future. Home may be where you’re happiest today, whether that means just kicking back or tackling some household project. As long as you’re relaxed, do what feels right for you.

sAGiTTArius 23 November - 21 December With a little quiet contemplation you can work out a solution. Look to make home improvements with the aim of modernizing. Breaking with the past could be liberating and give you a new lease of life. An unexpected stroke of luck could turn up in the unlikeliest place, so be on the alert and leave no stone unturned. Your resourcefulness is an asset.

CApriCorn 22 December - 20 January Be open to new people, places and things as they can open the door to fresh possibilities. It may be an idea to accept invitations for both business and pleasure. Share unusual points of view and talk to people you may not normally associate with. All of this should help you make progress on all fronts. Expect a pleasant surprise too today.

AquArius 21 January - 19 February You may be overflowing with enthusiasm for an idea or concept that is a bit too novel or innovative for some. But don’t let those who are behind the times prevent you from following your passion. You may like what others have to say today. Friends seem to be in the picture. It’s fun to get acquainted with new people in a novel setting.

pisCes 20 February - 20 March You may be filled with a sense of yearning. Fantasy and perhaps a touch of illusion may affect your thinking. There’s no harm in all this as your dreams may be telling you something about a current situation. If you get a persistent inner urge, it may be good to go with it.

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Grey water: This is water redirected for use in the garden from a washing machine, dishwasher, sink or tub. It can be perfectly suitable for irrigating your plants and beds. But before you undertake this approach, check with your local ordinances. Depending on where you live, it may not be legal to divert this type of water for irrigation.

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6.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 6.30 Hyundai Country Calendar. (G, R, T) 7.00 60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) 8.00 Wedding House. (G, R, T) 9.00 A Taste Of Home. (Final, G, R, T) 9.30 Come Dine With Me Omnibus.

(G, R, T) 12.05 Monteith’s Wild Food Challenge.

(G, R, T) 1.05 MasterChef: The Professionals.

(G, T) 2.30 The Chase. (G, T) 3.30 Situation Critical. (Final, PGR, R) 4.00 Find My Family. (Final, G, T) 5.00 Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.

(G, T) 6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 The Food Truck. (G, R, T) 7.30 First Crossings. (G, R, T) 8.30 Come Dine With Me UK. (T) 9.35 Pan Am. (AO, T) 10.30 FILM: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street. (2007, AO, T) 12.55 BBC World – BBC World News. 1.30 Talking Movies. 2.00 BBC World News.

2.00 BBC World News. 2.15 Sport Today.

2.30 Fast Track. 3.30 Dateline London.

4.00 BBC World News. 4.10 Have You Heard From Johannesburg? 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Our World.

6.00 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 6.25 Pocoyo. (G, R, T) 6.35 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 6.40 Handy Manny. (G, T) 7.05 The Adventures Of Chuck And Friends. (G, R, T) 7.25 Toon Disney. (G, R, T) 7.50 Phineas And Ferb. (G, R, T) 8.15 Green Lantern: The Animated Series. (G, T) 8.40 Batman: The Brave And The Bold. (G, R, T) 9.05 A.N.T. Farm. (G, T) 9.35 Zeke And Luther. (G, T) 10.00 Fresh.

(G) 10.30 Neighbours Omnibus. (G, R, T) 1.00 The Amazing Race. (PGR, R, T) 2.00 Hell’s Kitchen. (Final, PGR, R, T) 3.00 Secret Life Of The American Teenager. (PGR) 4.00 Good Luck Charlie. (G, T) 4.30 Melissa & Joey. (PGR, T) 5.00 Americas Funniest Home Videos.

(G, R, T) 5.30 Richie Rich. (1994, G, R, T) Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann, Jonathan Hyde.

7.30 FILM: Godzilla. (1998, PGR, R, T) 10.15 666 Park Avenue. (Final, AO, R, T) 12.15 FILM: XXX: The Next Level. (2005, AO, R, T) 2.15 FILM: My Mom’s New Boyfriend.

(2008, AO, R, T) 4.00 2Tube: Uncut. (Final, G, R) 5.05 Fresh. (G, R) 5.30 It Is Written.

(G)

6.00 Charles Stanley.

6.30 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 7.00 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G, R) 7.30 Knight Rider. (G, R) 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 9.30 Flowers Uncut With Jeff Leatham. (PGR) 10.00 The Great Food Escape. (G, R, T) 10.30 Money Man. (G, R) 11.00 Project Runway. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style. (G, R) 1.00 America’s Next Top Model: All Stars. (PGR, R) 2.00 Platinum Hit. (PGR) 3.00 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. (PGR, R) 4.00 The Office. (G) 4.30 The Secret Lives Of Dancers.

(PGR, R) 5.00 Trade Zone Gone Fishin’. (G, R) 5.30 Rheem Outdoors With Geoff. (G) 6.00 3 News.

7.00 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (PGR, T) 7.30 Ice Road Truckers. (PGR, T) 8.30 CSI: New york. (AO, T) 9.25 CSI: Miami. (Final, AO, T) Horatio investigates one of his own CSIs after one of Miami’s biggest enemies is murdered.

10.25 Outrageous Fortune. (AO, R, T) 11.25 FILM: Mrs Henderson Presents.

(2005, AO, R, T) 1.35 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Hillsong. (G) 5.30 Charles Stanley.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 11.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G, R) 12.00 The Crowd Goes Wild Omnibus.

(G, R) 2.30 Motorsport. (G) Toyota Racing Series.

3.30 Motorsport. (G) NZV8s championship events.

4.30 Get Growing With New Zealand Gardener. (G, R) 4.55 Fishing NZ. (G) 5.30 Prime News.

7.00 Storage Wars. (G) The buyers of Storage Wars hit the beach this week hoping to ride a cool wave of success.

7.30 American Idol. (G) As the search for the next American Idol continues, hit the road with Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban as they head to Newark, New Jersey.

8.30 Silk. (PGR) Police entrapment rears its ugly head as Martha defends a teen accused of cruising for sex at a public park.

9.40 Weekend Murders: Midsomer Murders. (AO, R) As Barnaby is near the age his father died prematurely of a heart attack, he enrols in a prestigious health farm where bizarre fads and fetishes of residents lead to a sequence of sudden deaths.

11.35 Crownies. (AO) 12.40 Home Shopping. (G)

SUNDAy

SUNDAy

SUNDAy 6.00 6.50 7.35 8.05 8.35 9.05 10.00

60 Minute Makeover. (G, R) Are you My Tribe? (G, R, T) Tagata Pasifika. (R) Praise Be. (G, R) Attitude. (G, R, T) The Big Picture. (G, R, T) Marae Investigates Summer Series.

10.30 Waka Huia Summer Season. (G, T) 11.00 Neighbourhood. (G, R, T) 11.30 NZ Stories. (G, R, T) 12.00 Coronation Street Omnibus.

(PGR, R, T) 2.00 The Force. (PGR, R, T) 2.25 Coastwatch. (G, R, T) 2.55 Hotel Inspector. (G, R, T) 3.55 Make The Politician Work. (G, R, T) 4.25 Keeping Up With The Joneses.

(PGR, R, T) 4.55 Walk On The Wild Side. (G, R, T) 5.25 Wild Vets. (G, R, T) 6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Animal House. (PGR, R, T) 7.30 Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home. (PGR, T) 8.30 Sunday Theatre: The Reckoning.

(Final, AO, T) A struggling single mother is surprised to learn she’s been bequeathed millions from an anonymous benefactor- but there’s a catch.

10.30 Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. (PGR, T) 11.40 Leigh Hart’s Mysterious Planet.

(PGR, R, T) 12.40 Call 911. (PGR) 1.10 BBC World – BBC World News. 1.30 The Bottom Line. 2.00 BBC World News. 2.15 Sport Today. 2.30 Click. 3.00 BBC World News. 3.30 Horizons. 4.00 BBC World News. 4.10 The World Debate. 5.00 BBC World News. 5.30 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

MONDAy

6.00 Breakfast.

9.00 Infomercial.

9.30 MasterChef New Zealand. (G, R, T) 10.30 MasterChef Masterclass. (G, R) 11.30 Infomercial.

12.00 One News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) 1.30 Come Dine With Me. (PGR, T) 2.00 Britain’s Best Dish. (G, R) 2.55 To Build Or Not To Build. (G, T) 3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T) 12.05 Beyond The Darklands. (AO, R, T) 1.00 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.25 BBC World – GMT With George Alagiah. (G) 2.00 Impact with Mishal Husain. 3.30 HARDtalk. 4.00 BBC World News. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

SUNDAy

6.00 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 6.25 Pocoyo. (Final, G, R, T) 6.30 Jungle Junction. (Final, G, T) 6.55 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. (G, R, T) 7.15 The Looney Tunes Show. (G, R, T) 7.40 Adventure Time. (G, R, T) 8.00 Transformers Prime. (G, R, T) 8.45 A.N.T. Farm. (G, R, T) 9.35 Sonny With A Chance. (G, R, T) 10.00 Shortland Street Omnibus. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 FILM: Summer Catch. (2001, R, T) 2.05 The Secret Circle. (PGR, T) 4.00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. (G, R, T) 5.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 Pretty Little Liars. (G, T) 6.30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter. (G) 7.00 FILM: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. (2009, G, R, T) 8.40 FILM: Step Brothers. (2008, AO, R, T) Will Ferrell, John C Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen. Two thirtysomethings who still live at home are forced to become roommates when their respective parents marry.

10.40 FILM: Dead Calm. (1989, AO, R, T) 12.35 FILM: Interview With The Vampire.

(1994, AO, R, T) 2.50 Infomercials. 3.25 20/20. (R, T) 4.15 It Is Written. (G, R) 4.45 Emmerdale. (PGR, R, T) 5.30 Infomercials.

MONDAy

6.00 Creflo Dollar. (T) 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Grizzly Tales. (G, R, T) 7.25 The Devouring. (G, T) 7.50 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. (G, R, T) 8.15 Tiki Tour. (G, T) 8.40 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.50 Bird Bath. (G, R) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (G, R, T) 12.00 Once Upon A Time. (AO, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 3.00 Pocoyo. (G, R, T) 3.15 Disney Jungle Junction. (G, R, T) 3.35 Spongebob Squarepants.

(G, R, T) 4.05 Sonny With A Chance. (G, R, T) 4.30 Kickin’ It. (G, T) 5.00 Horace In Slow Motion. (G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) The most hilarious home-movie catastrophes caught on camera for your amusement.

5.30 My Wife And Kids. (G, R, T) The peace and quiet Michael was hoping for while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas is disrupted by the appearance of his annoying buddy, Jimmy.

12.30 Drop Dead Diva. (Final, PGR, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Lincoln Heights.

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

6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.25

Bayless Conley. (G) Brian Houston @ Hillsong. (G) Charles Stanley. (G) Both Worlds. (G, R) Is your Cell Phone Killing you?

(G, R, T) 9.10 What’s Really In Our Food? (G, R, T) 9.35 The Gruen Transfer. (PGR, R, T) 10.10 Home And Away Omnibus. (G, T) 12.00 Entertainment Tonight Weekend.

(G) 1.00 Survivor: South Pacific. (G, R) 2.00 Ice Road Truckers. (G, R, T) 3.00 Motorsport. Waimate GT50.

Highlights.

3.30 Motorsport. Australian Carrera Cup. Round 6. From Bathurst.

Highlights.

4.00 Motorsport. F5000. Lady Wigram Revival round. From Ruapuna Park, Christchurch. Highlights.

4.30 Motorsport. The Dirt. Western Springs.

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

7.00 FILM: Despicable Me. (2010, PGR, T) 9.00 FILM: The Boat That Rocked.

(2009, AO, R, T) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby.

In the 1960s, a group of rogue DJs on a boat in the middle of the sea played rock records and broke the law, standing up against the British government who tried to shut them down.

11.40 The Good Wife. (PGR, R, T) 12.40 The Good Wife. (PGR, R, T) 1.30 Portlandia. (PGR, R) 1.55 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Brian Houston @ Hillsong TV. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30

3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

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

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

5.30 City Impact Church.

6.00 10.30 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.05 2.50 3.50 4.30 5.00

Religious Programming. (G) Sport Box. (G) Getaway. (G, R) The Enforcers. (G, R) Top Gear USA. (PGR, R) Outnumbered. (PGR, R) Customs. (PGR, R) Must Be The Music. (G, R) Three Hungry Boys. (G, R) Export Gold Match Fishing League. (G) 5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Millionaire: Hot Seat. (G) 6.30 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes. (G) 7.00 Storage Wars. (G) Storage Wars follows four professional buyers as they scour repossessed storage units in search of hidden treasure.

7.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip.

(PGR) Jamie’s always wondered what life as a cowboy is like and in Wyoming, he finally gets to find out.

8.35 Weekend Murders: Lewis. (AO) Detective Inspector Robbie Lewis returns with his younger sidekick, and their first murder mystery involves a woman found dead after posting an internet dating video.

10.35 Sea Patrol. (PGR, R) 11.30 Boardwalk Empire. (AO) 12.35 Home Shopping. (G)

MONDAy 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 12.00 1.15 2.10 3.05

Home Shopping. (G) The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Home Shopping. (G) Antiques Roadshow. (G, R) Man Vs Wild. (PGR, R) America’s Got Talent. (G, R) World’s Strictest Parents Australia. (PGR, R) This week Emily and Harry are bound for the small Irish village of Whitechurch to live with Mary and John Coleman and their five children.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000 each night.

5.30 Prime News.

12.15 Home Shopping. (G) 1.45 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.15 Home Shopping. (G)

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

movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street TV1 10.30pm Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton continue their illustrious partnership in a wickedly gothic treatment of Stephen Sondheim’s blood-spattered musical. Depp plays the all-singing, throat-slitting London bladesman and Helena Bonham Carter his enterprising partner in crime, in a lavish, spellbinding study of terror.

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.30 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.55 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 8.20 Twisted Whiskers. (G, R) 8.30 Twisted Whiskers. (G, R) 8.40 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.05 Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Fused. (G, R) 9.30 Power Rangers: Samurai. (G) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street.

(G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.30 Clueless. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) 6.30 FILM: Hotel For Dogs. (2009, G, R) 8.35 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) 9.05 FILM: Dead Silence. (2007, AO, R) 10.55 Excused. (AO) 11.20 Excused. (AO) 11.50 Infomercials. (G)

SUNDAy 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.25 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.50 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 8.15 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 8.40 The Mighty B! (G, R) 9.05 The Mighty B! (G, R) 9.30 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 9.55 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 10.20 The Wiggles Show. (G, R) 10.30 Franklin And Friends. (G, R) 10.55 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (G, R) 11.05 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 11.30 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 11.55 Pingu.

(G, R) 12.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G) 3.00 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 3.30 Bryan & Bobby. (G, R) 3.40 Pukana. (G) 4.05 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.35 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.05 Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.30 Clueless. (G, R) 6.00 Life’s Funniest Moments. (G, R) 6.30 Top Chef Masters. (G) 7.30 Beauty & The Geek Australia. (PGR, R) 8.30 How I Met your Mother. (PGR, R) Barney’s gay brother arrives for a visit as Barney is struggling with the fact that his closest friends have settled into relationships.

9.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PGR, R) Audrey thinks she needs to shake things up in the bedroom, and Russell invites Timmy on a trip hoping to keep his mind off of his flying phobia.

9.30 Raising Hope. (PGR) Burt encourages Jimmy to be more of a daredevil.

10.00 The Ricky Gervais Show. (PGR, R) 10.30 Better Off Ted. (PGR, R) 11.00 Entertainment Tonight Weekend. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G) 12.20 Infomercials. (G)

MONDAy

6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.25 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 7.55 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. (G, R) 8.20 Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Advent. (G, R) 8.45 Bananas In Pyjamas. (G, R) 8.55 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.20 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 The Wiggles Show. (G, R) 9.40 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom. (G, R) 9.50 Action Central. (G, R) 10.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G) 3.05 Dora The Explorer.

(G, R) 3.30 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 3.40 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G) 3.50 Hannah Montana Forever. (G, R) 4.15 Drake And Josh. (G, R) 4.40 Kenan & Kel. (G, R) 5.10 Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. (G) 5.35 Clueless.

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Television

The Box 6.00 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 8.05 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 8.55 The Simpsons. (PG) 9.20 Flashpoint. (M) 10.10 Raw. (M) 12.55 24 Marathon. (M) 1.35 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 4.30 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Chuck. (M) 8.30 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 9.30 Spartacus: Blood And Sand. (18) 10.30 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 12.30 24 Marathon. (M) 3.10 Spartacus: Blood And Sand. (18) 4.10 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 5.05 Showrunner: Battlestar Galactica. (M) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

SuNDAy

8.30 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 9.20 TNA Impact Wrestling. (M) 11.10 The Simpsons Marathon.

(PG) 1.15 Chuck. (M) 1.35 Top 20 Countdown. (M) 2.05 Deadliest Warrior. (M) 3.00 Raw. (M) 4.30 The Simpsons Super Saturday. (PG) 5.45 Main Event. (M) 6.45 Smackdown. (M) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.30 Chuck. (M) 8.30 Criminal Minds. (M) 9.30 Criminal Minds. (M) 10.30 Baker Boys: Inside The Surge. (M) 11.30 Main Event. (M) 12.30 Smackdown. (M) 2.30 Criminal Minds. (M) 3.10 Spartacus: Blood And Sand. (18) 3.20 Criminal Minds. (M) 4.10 Baker Boys: Inside The Surge.

(M) 5.05 Showrunner: Battlestar Galactica. (M) 5.10 Chuck. (M) 5.35 The Simpsons. (PG)

MoNDAy 6.00 6.50 7.15 7.40

NyPD Blue. (M) The Simpsons. (PG) Pawn Stars. (PG) America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 8.30 Cash Cab uSA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & order. (M) 10.45 Main Event. (M) 11.35 Smackdown. (M) 1.20 NyPD Blue. (M) 2.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(PG) 2.40 Cash Cab uSA. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & order. (M) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.00 CSI: New York. (M) 3.55 CSI: New York. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

Sky Movies 1 Movie Greats 6.10 Tooth Fairy 2. (2012, G) 7.40 Goodnight For Justice 3: Queen of Hearts. (2012, PG) 9.10 The Darkest Hour. (2011, M) 10.40 Hanna. (2011, M) 12.30 Dolphin Tale. (2011, PG) 2.25 Transformers: Dark of The Moon. (2011, M) 5.00 Kung Fu Panda 2. (2011, PG) Jack Black, Angelina Jolie.

6.30 New year’s Eve. (2011, M) Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher.

8.30 The Devil Inside. (2012, 16) Fernanda Andrade. A woman gets involved in a series of exorcisms while trying to discover what happened to her mother during her exorcism.

Starring. Fernanda Andrade.

9.55 unstoppable. (2010, M) Denzel Washington, Chris Pine. With an unmanned freight train barrelling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

11.35 Let Me In. (2010, 16) Chloe Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee.

1.30 The Gundown. (2011, M) 3.10 The Devil Inside. (2012, 16) 4.35 Dolphin Tale. (2011, PG)

SuNDAy

6.25 Kung Fu Panda 2. (2011, PG) 7.55 The Gundown. (2011, M) 9.35 New year’s Eve. (2011, M) 11.35 unstoppable. (2010, M) 1.15 Rango. (2011, PG) 3.05 Fast Five. (2011, M) Vin Diesel, Paul Walker. Fugitive Dom Toretto partners with Brian O’Conner on the opposite side of the law in Brazil. To gain their freedom, they must pull off one last job.

5.15 The Pirates! Band of Misfits. (2012, G). Pirate Captain sets out on a mission, with rag-tag crew at his side, to defeat his rivals for the coveted Pirate of the year Award.

6.45 Johnny English Reborn.

(2011, PG) Rowan Atkinson.

8.30 Contraband. (2012, 16) Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi. To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.

10.25 Sea Beast. (2008, 16) Corin Nemec, Brent Stait.

11.55 Texas Killing Fields. (2011, 16) Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

MoNDAy

7.05 Fast Five. (2011, M) Vin Diesel, Paul Walker.

9.15 The Pirates! Band of Misfits. (2012, G).

10.45 Johnny English Reborn.

(2011, PG) Rowan Atkinson.

12.30 Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. (2011, G) Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler.

2.00 The Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013. (2013, PG).

4.05 Making of Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG).

4.35 True Grit. (2010, M) Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld.

6.00 Buzz and Poppy 6.30 3-2-1 Penguins! 7.00 Lads TV 7.30 Kids 10 Commandments 8.00 From Aardvark to Zucchini 8.30 Adventures from the Book 9.00 UKCMC 9.30 DRIVEtv 10.00 Uprising 10.30 MXTV 11.00 One to One 11.30 Footnote 12.00 Verdict of Science 12.30 Facing the Canon 1.00 Christianity Explored 1.30 Building a Difference 2.00 Leland Klassen’s Comedy 2.30 Joni and Friends 3.00 Journey into the Amazon 3.30 From Heartache to Hope 4.00 Conversations in the HolyLand 4.30 Facing the Canon 5.00 Verdict of Science 5.30 Give Me An Answer 6.00 Incredible Creatures 6.30 Building a

6.35 8.15 9.45 11.55 1.30 3.00

4.30

6.45 8.30

10.20 12.20 1.50 3.30 5.15

16 Blocks. (2006, M) The Grudge. (2004, 16) Van Helsing. (2004, M) Cheaper By The Dozen 2.

(2005, G) Sexy Beast. (2000, 18) old School. (2003, M) Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn. A trio of thirtysomething buddies tries to recapture the outrageous, irrepressible fun of their college years by starting their own off-campus frat house.

Rain Man. (1988, M) Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise. Barry Levinson’s Oscar®-winning film about a voyage of discovery for an ambitious yuppie and his autistic brother after the death of their father.

Two Weeks Notice. (2002, PG) Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant.

Broken Arrow. (1996, M) John Travolta, Christian Slater. Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the US military, but don’t count on a pilot and a park ranger spoiling their plans.

Wedding Crashers. (2005, M) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn. old School. (2003, M) Two Weeks Notice. (2002, PG) Broken Arrow. (1996, M) Rain Man. (1988, M)

SuNDAy

7.25 Wedding Crashers.

(2005, M) 9.25 old School. (2003, M) 10.55 Two Weeks Notice. (2002, PG) 12.35 Broken Arrow. (1996, M) 2.20 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. (2004, M) 4.10 Million Dollar Baby. (2004, M) Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank. A hardened trainer takes on a determined woman as a boxer, forging a friendship that transcends the losses of their past.

6.20 Moulin Rouge. (2001, M) Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor.

8.30 Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

(2008, 16) Jason Segel.

After a devastating breakup with his girlfriend, TV sitcom star Sarah Marshall, a heartbroken and depressed Peter heads to Hawaii for a little vacation.

10.25 8 Mile. (2002, M) Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy.

MoNDAy

6.00 8 Mile. (2002, M) Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy.

7.50 Moulin Rouge. (2001, M) Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor.

10.00 Million Dollar Baby. (2004, M) Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank.

12.15 Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

(2008, 16) Jason Segel, Kristen Bell.

2.05 8 Mile. (2002, M) Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy.

3.55 Meet Joe Black. (1998, M) Brad Pitt.

Sky Sport 1 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 12 Twilight Session. 7.00 Cycling. Tour Down Under. Stage Four. 7.30 ITM Fishing Show. 8.00 Golf. European PGA Tour. Qatar Masters Round Three.

9.00 Golf. US PGA Tour.

Farmers Insurance Open Round Two. Live.

12.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

12.30 Motorsport. Toyota Series.

Round Two, Timaru Herald Trophy.

1.30 Cycling. Tour Down Under.

Stage Four. Highlights.

2.00 Cycling. Tour Down Under.

Stage Five. Live.

6.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

6.30 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa 3rd One-day. Highlights.

7.30 Soccer. A-League.

Melbourne Victory v Sydney FC. Live.

9.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Two. 10.30 Golf. European PGA Tour. Qatar Masters Round Four. Live.

2.30 Inside The PGA Tour.

3.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa 3rd One-day. Highlights.

4.00 The Cricket Show.

5.00 ICC Cricket 360.

5.30 Premier League World.

SuNDAy

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open Tennis. Day 13 Womens Singles Final.

7.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Three. Live.

8.30 Cycling. Tour Down Under.

Stage Five. Highlights.

9.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Three. Live.

12.00 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Qatar Masters Round Four.

Highlights.

1.00 Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v Townsville Crocodiles. Replay.

3.00 ICC Cricket 360.

3.30 Cycling. Tour Down Under.

Stage Five. Highlights.

4.00 Cycling. Tour Down Under.

Stage Six. Live.

6.30 Sky Sport What’s on.

7.00 The ITM Fishing Show.

7.30 Motorsport. New Zealand V8s. Round Two. Highlights.

8.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Three. Highlights.

9.30 The ITM Fishing Show.

10.00 The ultimate Fighter: Aussie v uK. 11.00 uFC Wired.

12.00 Athletics. Kelloggs Nutrigrain Ironman & Ironwoman.

Round Three. Replay.

3.00 Basketball. NBL. Wollongong Hawks v NZ Breakers. Replay.

5.00 The Cricket Show.

MoNDAy

6.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Three. Highlights.

7.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Four.

Live.

8.30 The ITM Fishing Show.

9.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Rnd 4. Live.

12.30 ITM Fishing Show. 1.00 Tennis.

Australian Open. Day 14 Mens Singles Final. Replay. 3.30 Athletics. Kelloggs Nutrigrain Ironman & Ironwoman.

Round Three. Replay.

Sky Sport 2 9.30 Rugby. Investec C’ship.

Australia v All Blacks. From ANZ Stadium, Sydney. Replay.

11.30 Rugby. Investec C’ship. All Blacks v Australia. From Eden Park. Replay.

1.30 Netball. ANZ C’ship. Grand Final. Vixens v Magic.

Replay.

3.30 Netball. 2012 Quad Series.

Silver Ferns v Australian Diamonds. From Claudelands Arena, Hamilton. Replay.

5.30 ICC Cricket 360.

6.00 Motorsport. Toyota Series.

Round Two, Timaru Herald Trophy. From Timaru International Speedway.

7.00 Basketball. NBL. Wollongong Hawks v NZ Breakers. Live.

9.00 ICC Cricket 360.

9.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20. Live.

1.00 Soccer. A-League. Western Sydney v Melbourne Heart.

Replay.

3.00 Soccer. A-League. Perth v Brisbane. Replay.

5.00 The ultimate Fighter: Aussie v uK.

SuNDAy

6.00 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20. Replay.

9.30 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa 3rd One-day.

Highlights.

10.30 Basketball. NBL. Wollongong Hawks v NZ Breakers. Replay.

12.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance Open Round Three. Highlights.

1.30 Inside The PGA Tour.

2.00 Mixed Martial Arts. UFC. Johnson v Dodson. Live.

4.00 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne Tigers v Adelaide 36ers. Live.

6.00 Horse Racing. Karaka Million. From, Karaka, Auckland. Live.

8.00 Sky Sport What’s on.

8.30 The Cricket Show.

9.30 Cricket. Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20. Replay.

1.00 Cricket. NZ Tour Of South Africa 3rd One-day. From Senwes Park, Potchefstroom. Highlights.

2.00 ICC Cricket 360.

2.30 Golf. European PGA Tour.

Qatar Masters Round Four.

Highlights.

3.30 Motorsport. New Zealand V8s. Round Two. From Timaru Motor Raceway.

Highlights.

4.30 Motorsport. Toyota Series.

Round Two, Timaru Herald Trophy. From Timaru International Speedway.

5.30 Sky Sport What’s on.

MoNDAy

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 14 Mens Singles Final.

Highlights.

7.00 Cycling. Tour Down Under Stage Six. Highlights.

7.30 Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Sydney Kings.

Replay.

9.30 Sky Sport What’s on.

10.00 Horse Racing. Karaka Premier Sales Preview. From Karaka, Auckland. Live.

10.30 Horse Racing. Karaka Premier Sales. From Karaka, Auckland. Live.

Discovery 6.00 6.30 7.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.00 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30

9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 3.30 5.30

Connect. (PG) River Monsters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) off The Hook: Extreme Catches. (PG) Destroyed In Seconds.

(PG) Air Jaws Apocalypse. (M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Magic of Science. (PG) Auction Kings. (PG) Mythbusters Specials.

(PG) Flying Wild Alaska. (PG) Mars Landing 2012. (PG) yukon Men. (M) American Guns. (M) The Sun. (PG) Gold Rush: The Long Road.

(PG) Relive the most heart pounding and heart breaking moments of Gold Rush as the Hoffman crew and their rivals Parker Schnabel and ‘Dakota’ Fred fight to get gold out of the ground in the frozen North.

Sons of Guns. (M) River Monsters: untold Stories. (PG) Secrets of. (PG) Call 911. (PG) Destroyed In Seconds.

(PG) Man Vs: Wild. (PG) Gold Rush: Alaska. (PG) Powering The Future. (PG)

SuNDAy 6.30 7.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 7.30 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30

River Monsters. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) ET Fishing Escapes. (PG) off The Hook: Extreme Catches. (PG) Destroyed In Seconds.

(PG) River Monsters: untold Stories. (PG) Egypt’s Mystery Chamber.

(PG) The Sun. (PG) Sons of Guns. (M) Texas Drug Wars. (M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) American Guns. (M) Punt Mars Landing 2012. (PG) How We Invented The World. (PG) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) one Car Too Far. (PG) Body Invaders. (M) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) Nightmare Next Door. (M) Disappeared. (M)

MoNDAy 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.00 1.30 2.30 3.30

4.30 5.30

Dirty Jobs. (PG) one Car Too Far. (PG) Gold Rush: Alaska. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Nightmare Next Door. (M) I Shouldn’t Be Alive. (PG) Stalked: Someone’s Watching. (M) I Was Murdered. (M) Disappeared. (M) Body Invaders. (M) Hogs Gone Wild. (M) Man Vs. Beast. Feral hogs threaten a pre-school in Florida, run rampant across a Texas deer ranch, and keep a woman in Hawaii housebound. It’s up to local trappers to fight back.

Gold Rush: Alaska. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG)

SHINE Difference 7.00 Joni and Friends 7.30 Taking the Hill 8.30 Sentenced to Life 9.00 Footnote 9.30 Nzone Focus 10.00 Facing the Canon 10.30 Christianity Explored 11.00 Give Me An Answer 11.30 Joni and Friends 12.00 Nzone Focus 12.30 Incredible Creatures 1.00 Journey into the Amazon 1.30 Footnote 2.00 Facing the Canon 2.30 Christianity Explored 3.00 Taking the Hill 4.00 Sentenced to Life 4.30 Incredible Creatures 5.00 Give Me An Answer 5.30 Running With Fire SuNDAy 6.00 Living Truth. Charles Price 7.00 TQ 7.30 Lads TV 8.00 StoryKeepers 8.30 Connection Point 9.00 In Touch 10.00 Life

Questions 10.30 Word For You 11.00 Songs of Praise 11.35 Quick Study 12.00 BIBLE SERIES. 1.30 Taking the Hill 2.30 Precious Memories 3.00 Hour of Power 4.00 In Touch 5.00 Living Truth. Charles Price 6.00 Running With Fire 6.30 Facing the Canon 7.00 Nzone Focus 7.30 Songs of Praise 8.05 Precious Memories 8.30 David Jeremiah 9.30 BIBLE SERIES. 11.00 Taking the Hill 12.00 Hour of Power 1.00 Nzone Focus 1.30 Songs of Praise 2.05 Precious Memories 2.30 David Jeremiah 3.30 Facing the Canon 4.00 Connection Point 4.30 Taking the Hill 5.30 Quick Study 2601

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 19, 2013

GARDEN MAINTENANCE

attention: property owners For your rural, residential and commercial property maintenance contact us.

• Landscape and garden renovations • Ride-on Lawnmowing • Gardening • Hedge trimming • Clean-ups

To place a trades & services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Don, Sue & Chris Cooper 027 339 6350 or a/h 03 308 9257

Alps

HEAT PUMPS

Continuous Spouting Need new spouting, fascia and downpipes?

Give Ben a call for a free quote. All jobs guaranteed.

Perfect all year round

electriCOOL Ltd

Ben Kruger • Phone 308 4380 or 021 808 739 • email: benkruger@xtra.co.nz

Shade and Motor Trimming

REPAIRS

Phone Paul Crequer, your local authorised Daikin dealer for a free quote on all domestic and commercial systems.

Mobile Mower servicing

Ashburton Canvas

John Webster

HEAT PUMPS

• Wall or Floor mounted available • Most models will continue to heat even with outside temperatures of minus 15°C

Manufacturers and installers of continuous spouting, fascia and downpipes.

120 Moore Street behind Masterguard

KEEP YOUR HOME THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE

SHADE

* Motorbike seats * Caravan Squabs * Sail Shades * Awnings

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* Hay covers * Roll out bin covers * Ute covers

• Rotary Mowers • Reel Mowers • Ride on Mowers • Chainsaws Ashburton 308-6173 - Methven 303-3178 • Water blasters • Rotary Hoes • Small Motor Repairs • Generators

* Roll out blinds

Phone: 03 307 7307 | Mobile: 027 362 8231

Stan Keeley, Owner

Ph 307-0002 - Mobile 021 88 34 36

Got a tree troubling you?

HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENCING

You need Four Seasons Treecare, your local tree experts!

Certified Assessor for licencing from Learner to Full • Licence classer 2 - 5 • Wheels, tracks & roller endorsements • NZTA Certified • Tranzqual Assessor Drive Rite - But Keep Left

• Pruning • Felling • Branch chipping (up to 12”)

• Hedge trimming • Powerline clearance • Stumpgrinding • Dismantling

Contact Paul McCormick

Phone 03 307 7402 Mob 027 433 5766

Roofing Specialists

PEST CONTROL • Fly Control • Fleas / Ants • Silverfish • Whitetails • Borer

0800 559 255 for a free quote

• Rodents • Spider Proofing • Moss / Lichen • Silos / Dairy Sheds

Grant Smith 0800 BUG OFF

Smithfield Rd, Ashburton

painting & Decorating contractors

if you are renovating or building a new home you need someone to trust in all your painting and Decorating neeDS – commercial or residential.

• Interior decorating • Exterior decorating

• Wallpapering • Waterblasting • roof painting

Greg Trudgeon

For 332 259 259 Forany anyenquiries enquiriescall callusustoday todayononPh/Fax Ph/Fax308-8432 308-8432Mob Mob 0274 0274 332

We specialise in:

• New roofs and re-roofs • Glendeck 5 rib • Corrugated iron • Fascia, gutters and down pipes • Qualified fixers.

Free Measure & quote

03 307 0593 or 0508-453-696 North park drive

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

Under new management.

Call sandra and the team on 03 307 8184 or 027 292 0180 Home • Commercial • Office

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The destination for jobs Over 30 jobs every week The meeting place for Ashburton District employers and employees To place an ad, call 307-7900 or classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

NETHERBY meats

To place a trades & services ad, call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Experienced Butcher/Knife Hands

TV AERIAL SPECIALIST your local tv reception specialist • Your local authorised Freeview installer • Improved TV 1 Guaranteed • Extra Phone Points • TV and Video Tuning • Future Proof Pre-wire of New Homes • Authorised Sky Installer • Surround Sound Installation

ASHBURTON TV & AUDIO LTD

John Sharman

Ph 308-7332 or 027-277-1062

We require experienced Butcher or Knife Hands for our processing department, applicants with butchery trade qualifications are preferred but consideration will be given to non-trade qualified candidates with a stable employment background and a strong work ethic with experience in the meat industry.

Must be physically fit as some heavy lifting is involved Regular overtime and weekend work is available at peak production times If this sounds like you please forward your CV to:

netherbymeats@xtra.co.nz

Casual Bindery Staff Required Part time, Contract/Temp

Are you ready for winter Trucks and trailer of semi dry firewood delivered.

Bluegum, oregon and oldman pine that is the good stuff

CALL ME OR TEXT ME.

Minimum 4 m2

Eftpos available. Hurray and order now!

027 451 7300

CALL ME OR TEXT ME. CALL OR TEXT ME

We are currently seeking casual publishing staff to assist our publishing department with the processing of newspapers and other printed material for dispatch.

While full training will be provided, to be considered for this role you must be: • Physically fit • Honest and reliable • Able to adapt quickly and learn new skills • Able to follow instructions but also think for yourself

Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work permit.

115 Archibald Street, Ashburton. Phone 307 2354 Email address: tincanup@xtra.co.nz

LIGHT ENGINEERING / SHEET METAL FABRICATORS • Trailer and Crate • Moisture Meters • Harvest Repairs • Trailer & Crate Repairs • Farm Crates/Bullbars Repairs • Farm Crates/Bullbars • Grain Spears • Panel Repairs • Tube and Pipe Bending • Tube & Pipe Bending • Component • Panel Repairs Manufacturing • Flashings/Ducting • Component • Machinery Guards • Flashings/Ducting Manufacturing

• Machinery Guards • Moisture Meters

• Harvest Repairs • Grain Spears

Phone 308-9040 • 21 McNally Street, Ashburton Ask for: Luis or Mark

CHIMNEY CLEANING

Carrs Chimney Cleaning Ashburton and surrounding areas

Phone Rodney

and leave a message

03 324 2999

We require a team player with a positive attitude and high degree of initiative, drive and an ability to work well under pressure with volunteers.

• • • • • •

Excellence is required in the following: People skills Attention to detail, Ability to multi task Ability to work to deadlines, Computer skills

For any enquiries and a copy of the job description please contact President David Bennett phone 302 3720 or visit: www.ashburtonshow.co.nz If this sounds like you then please forward your confidential application along with your CV and References to: David Bennett 1272 Beach Road 7RD ASHBURTON 7777 d.mbennett@farmside.co.nz Applications close February 8, 2013 .

Casual Honey Extraction Staff Midlands Apiaries We have two casual positions for immediate start at our Staveley branch. This will involve the extraction of honey from the honey boxes so a tolerance to bee stings will be required. You will also need to be physically fit as some heavy lifting is involved.

We’ve got you covered! * Hay covers * Motorbike covers * Ute covers * Furniture * Boats covers * Shade sails

Association Manager The Ashburton A&P Association seek an enthusiastic and motivated person to fill the part time position of Association Manager (secretarial), to commence April 1, 2013.

This is a casual role and successful applicants will need to be available between approx 6:00pm and 3:00am Sunday to Friday.

Please send a current CV to admin@guardianprint.co.nz or contact Will Janssen on 021 278 9166

See us for all.....

Promoting Excellence in Agriculture and Goodwill between Town & Country

The hours can vary but mainly will be 7.30am – 5.00pm, 3-5 days per week depending on work load and you will require your own transport to Staveley.

Liquorland Tinwald

Bottle Store Assistant

We are seeking a reliable organised person with a bright personality and a love for customer service, to fill a vacancy that has arisen in our busy bottlestore.

The position involves unloading of inwards goods, stocking shelves and chillers along with general store duties. Product knowledge and or a Duty Manager’s certificate would be an advantage but full training and support will be given to the right applicant.

This position does involve a mix of day, evening and weekend work on a rostered basis.

Interested persons should contact:Trevor Whiting The Manager The Stables Tinwald Telephone 308 7505 Cell phone 0272290248 manager@tinwaldtavern.co.nz

Please phone James Callaghan on 027 458 1431 if you are interested or require further information

Serviceman Due to an increase in our workload we now have a vacancy for a Roto Rainer Service technician to join our team. The position requires full drivers licence, competent welding skills, ability to think on your feet, ability to work extended hours at times and travel with the occasional night away. The job comes with a variety of work and full training for the right applicant.

Registered Electrician Rainer has a growing in house Electrical department with 7 members specialising in the irrigation industry.

Due to demand we require an experienced, motivated individual to join our team. Experience within the industry is preferred but not necessary. Must be qualified, be able to work independently and have full drivers licence.

Please phone

The Manager 307 9049

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Cleaner Required Full time position available Must be hard working, reliable and honest

Contact

0800 286 927

Class 5 Container Driver Class 5 driver required for container cartage – immediate start.

Great variety – occasional bulk, swinglift and freight duties, but main role is containers.

Please phone Murray on 027 439 1556 (or 03 308 9821 evenings)

Cleaning staff required.

Monday to Friday, 3.00pm - 11.00pm.

Must be enthusiastic, honest, physically fit, reliable and have own transport.

Full training would be given to suitable applicants.

Phone 308 3987 Text 027 568 4392

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

RACHEL AITKEN

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

TEL MOB

03 307 7963 021 309 973

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 26, 2013

The destination for jobs - Over 30 jobs every week The meeting place for Ashburton District employers and employees To place an ad, call 307-7900 or classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Dairy Key Account Manager Gardening Roles

ATS is a progressive farming co-operative striving to lower costs for Canterbury farmers. As a dynamic and innovative organisation, ATS offers farmers the ability to purchase all farm inputs through our retail stores and supplier networks.

For this full time position, we are seeking a person who has a good understanding of the Dairy industry, who has a passion and drive for sales, exceptional customer service and has a strong desire to succeed.

If you have strong sales and personal management skills with intermediate computer skills, we would like to hear from you.

Ideally you will have: • Experience in agriculture with the ability to relate to farmers • Some knowledge of animal health, dairy nutrition, cropping and pasture management • Self-motivated to succeed with good organisational skills • Ability to build and maintain relationships • Good communication skills, both orally and written

Email your application together with your CV to: hr.manager@ats.co.nz

Our Parks and Recreation Department proudly manage and maintain 86 parks and reserves through our district. While their work is physically demanding, the results of their effort go on show for the entire community to see providing much satisfaction. Their standard working week is Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.30pm, with staff rostered on for the occasional weekend shift. If you work well both by yourself and within a team environment and are friendly to all you meet – we may have the perfect opportunity for you.

www.ats.co.nz

Modern APPrentice

Applications close 6th February 2013.

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COMMUNITY WORK SUPERVISOR ASHBURTON Do you want to be part of a team that makes a real difference to your community?

Do you have the people skills, enthusiasm and practical trade know-how to become a Community Work Supervisor with the Community Probation Services?

As a Community Work Supervisor you will oversee and manage up to 10 offenders serving community work sentences on meaningful projects at schools, reserves, community groups, Marae and churches - whatever the community needs.

To be our Apprentice Gardener, you will need to demonstrate enthusiasm for horticulture and a willingness to advance your knowledge in this area. You’ll be looking to start a career in the horticultural industry as opposed to just seeking a job. You might be straight out of school or only have a few years of work experience; to commence a modern apprenticeship you need to be under the age of 21. During the 3 year apprenticeship you will be paid while you gain skills by working in the field, completing assessments and attending courses.

This apprenticeship is facilitated by the Horticultural ITO, to learn more about the qualifications you will earn go to www.hortito.org.nz.

10:31:27 PM After19/1/13 School Caregiver

Friendly, professional Ashburton family, two children, looking for a part-time after school caregiver. 3pm to 5:30pm Tuesday to Friday.

GArdener

Full drivers license and own reliable vehicle required.

As a Gardener at the Council, your work location and tasks will vary daily. You could be propagating bedding plants, planting, weeding or hoeing flower beds or maintaining existing gardens. Experience within the industry is preferable, however, if you have the right attitude, a strong work ethic and a commitment to expand your skills and knowledge through gaining horticultural qualifications we are keen to hear from you.

Start date: Early February.

Phone 308 5677 or 021 153 8838 for further information.

Job descriptions for the above vacancies are available online or from Council’s reception. Applications including a CV and a cover letter stating the position of interest will be accepted online, by post or at reception until Wednesday 30th January 2013.

The work is varied; the hours are flexible and include some weekends.

A full driver’s license is essential.

If you are a positive role model with a firm-but-fair management style and you can motivate and work with a variety of people in a variety of situations, then apply now.

We will give you the training and support you need to become part of our team working to make communities safer.

This is a powerful career choice; making change that matters to individuals, their families and their communities.

Vacancy Number CSSR3099 Applications close Sunday, 13 February 2013 www.corrections.govt.nz/careers To find out more about this position, please call Trudi on 03 345 6776.

At the Department of Corrections we are passionate about reducing re-offending and keeping communities safe.

With Corrections you’ll be part of a highly supportive team that manages offenders in prison and in the community.

Please apply to: Kimberley Grayling Human Resource Officer

Want to work for an award winning team?

5 Baring Square West PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740

We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic

Butchery Assistant.

www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

If you want to work with a great team with great potential, call in for the job description and application form.

Guardian Classifieds

Ask for Paddy or Marie Kennedy 94 Harrison Street ASHBURTON

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Administrator / PA for Peel Forest Estate, a large farming operation including a deer stud.

computer skills essential and experience with accounts and g Excellent proof data entry etc. Some marketing experience an advantage. Farming 2013 background preferred but not essential.

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Wastebusters Trust

phone 307 7900

Methven House Rest Home and Flats

Registered Nurse We are looking for a permanent part-time Registered Nurse to join our team. This is a great opportunity for an experienced registered nurse.

It includes some “weekend on call” and asks for management capabilities.

Administrator / PA

Full Time Reuse Shop Position

Hours are negotiable but fulltime hours will be required at times when relieving the Nurse Manager. Experience in aged care and in management is desirable but not essential.

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Due to a huge increase in turnover we have a full time position available in our busy reuse shop, this position also involves the operation of our weighbridge and may require the occasional rostered weekend We require a person with an interest in reuse and recycling. As the position is varied and no two days are the same, adaptability is a key requirement.

Retail experience would be an advantage and a pleasant personality is a must, as our customers are our friends and are important to us.

If this position sounds like you and you would like the opportunity to be part of the Wastebusters team, send your CV and a cover letter to:

PO Box 323, Ashburton 7740 or email sharon@wastebusters.net.nz to whom initial enquiries can be made by phoning 021 228 8485.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

SUZANNA MACILQUHAM

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

TEL MOB EML

03 307 7973 021 272 2399 suzanna.m@theguardian.co.nz

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The destination for jobs - Over 30 jobs every week The meeting place for Ashburton District employers and employees To place an ad, call 307-7900 or classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Methven House Rest Home and Flats

GYM INSTRUCTORS

Night caregiver

Full and Part-Time

We are looking for a permanent Night Caregiver for two nights per week to join our team.

It includes checking and caring for the residents, preparing meals for the next day and some cleaning.

Configure Express “The Gym for Women” is New Zealand’s fastest growing gym for women with 33 gyms countrywide. Configure Express Ashburton recently won the 2012 Ashburton Business Association Small Business of the Year Award and this was after only being open for 7 months. Configure Express is situated at Level 3 Somerset House in Ashburton.

Experience is desirable, but not essential. Flexibility would be an asset.

We have a position available for a friendly female fitness professional to work in our Gym for Women. While the position is to cover a Fulltime vacancy we’re happy to fill this via part-time employment as well, giving flexibility of hours.

Please contact Elisabeth at methvenhouse@xtra.co.nz or phone 302 8538 for the full job description and application form.

We have high quality facility specializing in women’s health and fitness, not only do we have full gym facilities, we have specialized programmes in Nutrition and Exercise for Women to achieve real results. If you are an enthusiastic and motivated individual with an outgoing personality and love working in a professional team environment seeing ladies achieving their goals - then this is the job for you.

Experienced Truck Driver

Excellent working conditions in an all women environment are provided.

Required by privately owned fertiliser company.

Please apply to configure.a@xtra.co.nz accompanied with your CV, for a copy of the Job Description please call Verity Lydford at 307 7030.

Applications close on or before 1 February 2013 or when the right person has been found.

All applicants will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

Would suit Timaru / Ashburton resident.

Class 2 licence required.

Spreading experience a bonus.

Reply in writing to

The Manager PO Box 2056 Washdyke

Timaru 7941

The Gym for Women

Community Safety Ambassadors Here at Goldpine, we are proud of being not just Kiwi-owned, but family-owned. We are the outdoor timber specialists run by, and focused on, rural people. We are committed to working as a team, to achieve company and individual success.

SALESPERSON RAKAIA

Helmack ITM require staff for the following:

Yard Man / Sales / Construction 1 – 2 positions Timber Manager 1 position A background in building products or the building industry would be an advantage, the essentials are:

Do you have: • Experience providing knowledgeable and helpful advice to your customers?

• An ability to convert enquiries and meet and exceed sales targets?

• An understanding of customer relationship management?

• An interest in assisting with on-site customer visits as required?

• An appreciation for honesty, integrity, passion, commitment, determination and loyalty?

If you do, we can offer you the exciting opportunity to be part of a New Zealand wide retail team of 22 stores, with a national support office and three production sites.

If you like the idea of regular training, long service rewards, campaign team challenges and a team discount scheme, then this is the place for you!

Rural/farming knowledge is preferred, with experience in our industry an advantage but not essential.

For further information contact Mel Thompson, Talent Adviser on 027 244 8170. Otherwise, to view a position description and apply, go to our career site http://careers.goldpine.co.nz

http://careers.goldpine.co.nz

We are looking for a high energy self motivated sales champion who thrives on chasing and achieving goals to join our team.

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Timber Sales Position Timber Managers Position

• Excellent customer service focus.

• Some computer skills and accuracy.

• Self-motivation with a pleasant manner for sales.

• Ability to manage staff.

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

If you think you are the one to help us then apply by phoning: Allan McCormick on 307 0412.

Managing Director Helmack ITM 92 Dobson Street ASHBURTON

We are looking for an additional staff member to work within our Community Safety Team. This initiative is aimed at creating a safer community and enhancing the local town centre environment.

Are you passionate about improving the safety of our community 9 Inspire trust and always acts honestly and ethically 9 Non-threatening, excellent people and communication skills, with a professional image 9 Has a natural ability to interact pleasantly and politely with all members of the public This is a paid part time position working once every third weekend. Hours of work will be from 10:00pm to 4:00am Friday and Saturday evenings with some additional hours required for training purposes one Tuesday evening per month.

For an application pack or additional information contact

Jenny Reed: 20 William Street, Ashburton, Ph: 03 308 1395 ext 703 Email: jenny@saferashburton.org.nz

Applications close Friday 1 February 2013

We are currently looking to fill the following positions; GREAT PEOPLE, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES

Tractor Driver Due to an off-farm accident, we urgently require an experienced tractor driver for six - eight weeks on our dairy farm, ten minutes north of Ashburton.

We operate a good standard of plant.

Competitive wages available.

Please contact Alan Grant on 302 4635 (evenings) or 027 438 6682.

New Zealand Bio Grains Ltd We require a person with HT Licence, for our deliveries to our clients in the Christchurch area.

This position requires a reasonable standard of fitness and can relate well with our clients. This is a part time position.

Please ring 03 308 7349 for further details.

• Operations Supervisor • Pre Stress Foreman • Concrete Placers • General Concrete Labourers If you think you have the relevant industry experience, and can work well within a friendly team environment, then we welcome your application.

Please apply by email to: apsconcrete@xtra.co.nz or in writing to: The Manager APS Concrete PO Box 421 Ashburton 7740 Applications close Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 5.00pm All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

NETHERBY meats

Homekill/Slaughterman We urgently require a Slaughterman for our homekill division Previous slaughter and dressing an advantage but not absolute necessary as full training will be given.

Must be physically fit and strong Gun license essential Hours and remuneration discussed at interview For more details or to arrange for an interview please contact Mike on 027 269 4133

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Retail Sales Position

Temporary Driving Roles Starting February

We are about to begin our busy potato harvest season and are looking for Class 5 drivers from February until approximately the end of May based in Timaru and Ashburton.

We can offer you a great team to work with, good gear and a fun environment.

Email your application together with your CV to: hr.manager@ats.co.nz

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You will have: • enthusiasm, energy, an eagerness to learn and a positive attitude • excel skills and an ability to use Microsoft Office to an intermediate level • ability to communicate with a range of people, from visitors to executives • numeracy skills • ability to work with minimal supervision • good appreciation of urgency and accuracy.

You will be coached by our experienced Planners and learn the ins-and-outs of consent processing while ensuring consistency with the District Plan. You will also be responsible for providing accurate information to customers over the counter and within legal documents like LIMS and PIMS. These tasks only scratch the surface of this diverse role.

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

Being a medium sized Council the exposure and task diversity we can offer surpasses most others. The online position description provides greater details but to put it simply – as your knowledge grows so will the complexities and scope of your work.

We design, we build, we innovate.

Other duties include preventative maintenance tasks for other items of the services plant.

Experience with Refrigeration and Waste Water Systems would be beneficial.

If either of these positions interest you, please forward your CV to The Engineering Manager, PO Box 244, Ashburton or email to tim.mann@ash.talleys.co.nz

www.talleys.co.nz

Flexible hours which can be negotiated but must include a Friday. If you work well as part of a small team and enjoy a busy and productive work environment then this is the position for you.

Glazing Apprenticeship

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting Proof for, please send your CV and letter of Rachel read by:_______________________________ application to recruitment@ash.talleys.co.nz, or post to Administration Assistant Vacancy, PO Box 244, Ashburton 7740. Applications close Friday 1st February 2013 at 5pm.

Cranfield Glass requires a motivated person to With: Date:_________________ join our_______________________________ team in the flat and auto glass industry.

Its is an ideal opportunity for a school leaver to join the workforce as no previous experience is necessary.

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You will hold a 'Level 2 National Certificate Boiler Operation' and have experience in the operation of boilers and associated equipment.

The Fresh Name in the Freezer

With a high work rate, positive attitude and a tertiary qualification recognised by the NZ Planning Institute or relevant industry experience, we can provide you the opportunity to significantly expand your skill base.

211 Alford Forest Road, Ashburton (03) 307 61 30 www.calderstewart.co.nz

We are seeking to employ a Senior Boiler Operator for our 14mW Coal Fired Boiler.

We currently have a vacancy for an Administration Assistant in our Ashburton office. Reporting to the Office Supervisor, you will be responsible for a variety of clerical functions, including computer and calculator work.

Your primary tasks will include: • accounts payable • accounts receivable • payroll • excel spreadsheets • word processing and filing • general reception duties.

We are looking to employ a Maintenance Engineer.

You’ll need to have a Trade Certificate or higher and also have experience with food processing factory maintenance.

Boiler Operator

Talley’s is a large New Zealand company with diversified food interests in seafood, vegetables, meat and dairy. We are a stable private company experiencing continuous growth – a real kiwi success story.

Graduate Planner/ Planning Officer

03 307 7975 021 892 425 ashleigh.f@theguardian.co.nz

Maintenance Shift Fitter

www.ats.co.nz

Administration Assistant

TEL MOB EML

We currently have the following positions available at our Fairton plant located 10 minutes drive from Ashburton.

Applications close Thursday 31 January 2013

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Talley’s is a successful and well known brand, operating several plants throughout the South Island, as well as having many diversified interests in seafood, frozen vegetables, meat and dairy products.

To join this friendly, enthusiastic and motivated team, please apply.

In order to apply you need to complete our application form. You can pop into our reception to grab one, ring us on 03 687 4020 and we will post one to you or go to www.hiltonhaulage.co.nz . Once completed, send to jobs@hiltons.co.nz or post to 50 Sheffield Street, Washdyke.

ASHLEIGH FRASER

Trevor Whiting The Manager The Stables Tinwald Telephone 308 7505 Cell phone 027 223 0248 manager@tinwaldtavern.co.nz

ATS is a dynamic and innovative co-operative offering members the ability to purchase all farm inputs through our retail stores in Ashburton, Rakaia and Methven.

If you have a safe driving record, are confident with backing a truck and trailer and understand the importance of customer service then we want to hear from you.

www.ashbur tondc.govt.nz

If you are a good team player with a passion for working with food, please apply to:-

Ideally you will have: • Experience in agriculture particularly dairy • Excellent customer service • Desire for personal development and willingness to learn • Intermediate computer skills • Good communication skills

Alternatively, if you are keen to work nights only we can accommodate that too.

Please apply to: Kimberley Grayling Human Resource Officer 5 Baring Square West PO Box 94, Ashburton 7740

Applications close Friday, February 1, 2013.

You will be dealing with the farming community on a daily basis, provide advice and selling a wide range of products and services, dealing directly with our suppliers, ordering product and being responsible for stock control.

Initially this involves working daylight hours, and as the season ramps up will move to some night shift work.

If you are an excellent communicator with strong computer skills in Microsoft Office, are familiar with mapping software, show initiative and want to learn more, applications including a CV and a cover letter will be accepted online until Monday, 4 February 2013.

We have a vacancy in our busy kitchen for a Cold Larder Chef who is experienced in the duties of serving all the ‘cold’ food, and setting up all the plates for the other chefs’ outgoing food.

We are seeking a full time experienced sales person for our busy and successful Ashburton Store. If you are interested in being involved with farming, with a main focus around the dairy industry, then this will be the position you are looking for.

Hilton Haulage Transport Ltd is a diverse logistics company providing an array of transport and storage solutions to its clients. This high profile company employs over 200 staff and has three main and two satellite business locations in the South Island.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

Cold Larder Chef

30 – 35 hours per week with the possibility of this becoming full time position

Phone 2012307 7900

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• Your next job • Your next house • Your next car • Your next event • Your next purchase •Your next sale

The meeting place for Ashburton District employers and employees

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WANTED

Permanent, Full-time Vacancy 64396. Closing 31/01/13

Ashburton Hospital Acute Admitting Unit has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nurse to join their team making a difference. You must be available to cover all shifts on a rotating roster.

Apply online, or to find out more information, please contact Charlotte Burtt, Recruitment Specialist – Nursing, phone (03) 378 6580, email charlotte.burtt@cdhb.govt.nz

Receptionist/Admin Borough School has a long and proud history of providing excellence in education for the Ashburton district. Our staff enjoys a modern working environment with a supportive and friendly team of dedicated individuals.

To enhance our current office support we are looking for a bright, enthusiastic person to assist the running of our school office. This is a front of office position dealing with our school community on a daily basis.

We are looking for the following skills and attributes: • Proven Customer Service skills • Excellent telephone manner • Computer skills using Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel • Cash handling experience would be an advantage • Calm under pressure • Great organiser • First aid certificate would be an advantage This is a part time position working 22.5 hours per week, 8.30am – 1pm daily during school term time only (40 weeks per year).

If you would like to be part of our great team then please let us know why you are the right person for us. Send your current CV and letter of interest to:

Youth Health Centre Coordinator

Due to our current staff member moving on to a new position with VSA in Cambodia we are now looking to employ a new coordinator to oversee this very successful venture.

Safer Ashburton District works in partnership with the Ashburton Youth Health Trust to employ and manage a person who will coordinate and be responsible for the day to day running of the Youth Health Centre.

• Are you passionate about improving health, wellbeing and social outcomes for youth?

• Do you have experience in working with, and along side, youth?

• Do you have experience in service coordination?

• Are you a skilled communicator with excellent relationship management?

• Do you have excellent organisational and time management skills?

• Do you have a knowledge of and commitment to strength based processes?

If you can answer yes to these questions we would love to hear from you.

Your role would be to develop, promote and coordinate the service along with developing interagency collaboration and partnerships to achieve better health outcomes for youth. This position also involves a high degree of hands on work with young people across our district.

This position is for 20 hours per week and is based in Ashburton For further information and an application pack please contact Mary Bailey at Safer Ashburton.

Applications close Friday February 8th at 4:00pm We offer a collegial, family friendly and flexible work environment.

Located at: Phone:

20 William Street, Ashburton 7700 03 308 1395 Email: info@saferashburton.org.nz www.saferashburton.org.nz

Executive Officer Ashburton Borough School Winter Street, Ashburton Or email: kate.bond@ashborough.school.nz

Ashburton A unique blend of outdoor and indoor work Our River Engineering section is responsible for the construction and maintenance of river control, flood protection and land drainage works across the region.

The Ashburton Depot staff carry out works in river and drainage schemes from the Hinds River through to the Selwyn River.

You will manage staff and contractors engaged in a variety of activities. In addition, the role requires STMS, skills in planning and pricing outdoor works, budgeting expertise, liaison with landowners and other stakeholders, and sensitivity to the environment.

Skin the Best, Pluck the Rest.

Contact Russell Dunsandel 0274 779754 Possum Pam NZ

www.ecan.govt.nz

For further assistance please phone 03 371 4908 or toll free 0800 ECINFO.

Copper, Brass, Aluminium etc.

Mid-Canterbury Metal Recycling Licensed Buyer Dealer

10A McGregor Lane, Riverside Estate (Off McNally Street)

Phone 308-8959 or 027-228-1467 anytime

Birthday Greetings

Brought to you by Kitchen Kapers.

For all your cake decorating requirements.

Fattening Unit Manager

The Arcade, Ashburton 03 308 8287

We are looking for a responsible person to take sole charge of our eco-barn, straw based grower unit.

Fattening 150 weaners per week out to bacon as well as looking after replacements. This is a hands-on position with support from the farm owners. Competency driving telehandlers/loader tractors and high level agricultural experience essential. A near new four bedroom home and good salary provided. Previous pig farming and feed milling experience preferred but could suit dairy or other farm manager willing to learn a new industry. Staveley area.

Stock Person We also have a second position assisting with our outdoor sows. Learn the basics of farrowing, vaccinating, feeding etc. Agricultural experience needed and a willingness to learn. Accommodation may be available. Mayfield.

Courtney Ross Happy 4th Birthday Courtney, hope you have a lovely day Lots of Love Mum, Dad, Kaitlyn and Blair. xox Courtney Ross Happy 4th Birthday Courtney.

Lots of love Nana, Ray and Pop. xoxo

Recent references required.

Phone 021-127-3746 or email outdoorsows@hotmail.com for more info. No texts.

Eirinn MacLean Happy Birthday to our dear Eirinny, for Sunday.

Lots of love, Nanny and Pop. xx

Administration / Customer Service

Keziah Harris Happy 4th Birthday darling.

We hope you have a fantastic day!!!

Love you lots, Mumma and Daddy.

We are looking for a friendly and adaptable person to join our busy preschool team.

With an eye for detail and great organisation and customer relationships and the ability to pick up new systems quickly are essential to the role. Previous experience in office administration are also preferable .

Keziah Harris Happy 4th Birthday Keziah We hope you have a very special day!! Lots of love from all your grandparents, aunties, uncles & cousins.

Please send a copy of your cv to: Administration / Customer Service Jigsaw Preschool 80 Peter Street Ashburton 7700.

We are seeking a motivated and reliable person for our cafe/bar.

Full time position with the ability to work nights and weekends a must, If this sounds like you, drop your C.V. into:

GUARDIAN CLASSIFIEDS PHONE 307 7900

BUYERS OF ALL METALS

Outdoor Pig Farm

Barista/Café Assistant

Vacancy 3239, closes 10 February 2013.

$ CASH PAID $ $ $ $ FOR SCRAP $

Applications close Friday 8th February 2013.

If you are fit, can work independently, and have the necessary skills, we want to hear from you.

Apply online at

POSSUM FUR WANTED also Late Summer Skins

You will be the first experience that our community will have of our preschool and a vital link between clients and administration.

DEPOT SUPERVISOR

WANTED

TF-SCRAP

Registered Nurse – AAU, Ashburton Hospital

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234 East Street Ashburton or email kellysbar@live.com.

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Birthday Greetings are free for those aged 12 and under only. Free birthday greetings must be received at least two working days before date of insertion otherwise there is no guarantee that it will appear on the day requested. Photos will be available at our ground floor office for collection after notice has appeared in the paper.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

BRIAN TIERNAN

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

TEL MOB EML

03 307 7907 021 836 543 brian.t@theguardian.co.nz

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Hay Covers

Happy 60th B Blacklow

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PUBLIC NOTICES

TRADES & SERVICES

• Maxlite 25x3.6m • Maxlite 25x7.2m • Polytarp 25x4m • Polytarp 25x8m Or made to measure Ashburton Canvas 120 Moore Street

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Ashburton District Council Ashburton District Council Open Air Fire Control Measures Change Of Fire Season Status RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON – Ashburton District Plains and Foothills Notice is hereby given that the previously advertised open fire season, which extended over that part of the Ashburton Plains for which the Ashburton District Council is the Rural Fire Authority, is replaced with a RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON as from midnight Friday 25 January 2013.

This means that the lighting of fires in the open air in the Ashburton District is prohibited without permit except as described below. This restriction shall remain in force until further notice. A permit is required from the Department of Conservation for any fires on or within 1 km of any Crown land.

This restriction shall remain in force until further notice.

TRADES & SERVICES

A Restricted Fire Season remains in force for the Ashburton Lakes and Rakaia Gorge area.

Further information is available on the Ashburton District Council website at www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

Call in and talk to the people that know

NEW LOOK SHOWROOM 60 YEARS EXPERTISE MONTHLY BIRTHDAY PRIZES Full range of engineering supplies & accessories for all your repairs and maintenance.

Kerrick hot & cold waterblasters & industrial vacuum cleaners.

Esseti welders & accessories.

Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment.

PLUMBER/DRAINLAYER bathroom and kitchen renovations, plumbing repairs and hot water cylinder replacements. Peter Young - Registered plumber/ drainlayer. Ph 03-307-7582 or 027-280-0889 ROOFING - for all your roofing requirements, new roofs, reroofing, commercial, insurance claims, repairs.

Licensed building practitioner, Wiki, Vision Roofing, phone 027-4760203.

RURAL TRADING POST

Peter Blacklow

“Locally owned & operated family business for 60 years”

BALING available. Conventional bales. Lifestyle blocks.

Ashburton district. Phone Ed 0274-399-322.

ASHBURTON

BARLEY/Wheat straw. 4 x 3 x 7, 2 yrs old, good quality, covered. Offers, must sell.

Baleage also suitable for cattle. Hinds area. 0274-766871.

South Street, Ashburton PHONE (03) 308-3147 Fax (03) 308-1042 Email blacklows@xtra.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522

HAY COVERS

High quality 25x4m, 25x8m, heaviest micron coating polytarp. Ropes available.

Or made to measure.

Three years UV warranty.

Ashburton’s largest selection at competitive prices.

TinwAld CAnVAS & UPHOlSTERY 115 Main South Road Ph/fax 307 2354 tincanup@xtra.co.nz

WANTED CHILD minder wanted for before school Monday Friday every second week, January 30 to end of May. Start at 7.45am then take 5yo to school. Could suit high school student, own transport required. Rate negotiable. Could be some casual babysitting also.

Phone Jessica 027-404-4484.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

EMMA JAILLET-GODIN

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

TEL MOB

03 307 7936 021 662 884

CAN’T find what you are looking for? Advertise in the Wanted section of the Ashburton Guardian. Phone 307-7900.

WANTED

CAN’T find what you are looking for? Place a CAT D8 and 40 tonne classified in the Wanted excavator for hire. Phone section of the Ashburton 027-474-5243.

Guardian classifieds, call today on 307-7900.

HAYCOVERS made to order WANTED - steel trailer with or off the shelf standard size.

3 or 3.6cu m steel crate. Ph Morrison’s Saddlery and Feed, Racecourse Road.

308-3873.

Phone 308-3422.

WANTED - used Ford, Belarus and Massey LUCERNE hay - top quality, Ferguson tractors in any new seasons conventional condition.

Freephone bales, Windermere, $10 plus 0800-888-343.

GST. Phone 0274-399-322.

STOCK - buy or sell through the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

TRADES & SERVICES 4 TINT-A-WINDOW solar protective films, UV block, fade, heat and glare control, privacy and safety films for glass.

FREE quotes 20 years local service.

Bill Breukelaar phone 0800-368-468 www.tintawindow.co.nz BUILDERS, carpenters bricklayers, all advertise in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

CHIMNEY sweep. Joe, chimney sweep, recovered from ill health is fit for work. Please Dr Joe 027-813-9676.

the has and call

CLIENTS are waiting to hear of your services in the Connections section of the Ashburton Guardian newspaper. Phone 307-7900.

HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc.

Ph 027-677-1952.

PUBLIC NOTICES

EXCEPTIONS DURING RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON: The following are approved activities allowed under special authority issued under Section 23 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977: • Gas fuelled barbeques lit in properly constructed containers, and gas cookers.

• Hangis, subject to the conditions described below.

• Fires lit in fully enclosed drums, subject to the conditions described below.

• The burning of agricultural crop residues, stubble or straw, subject to the conditions described below.

Burning Conditions - Fires In Enclosed Drums: • No fires are to be lit within urban areas of the District at any time.

• Drums must be covered with wire mesh sized no greater than 20mm or have a lid and flue with a spark arrester fitted.

• There must be a 3 metre area clear of combustible material surrounding the drum.

• The area must be serviced by a high pressure water system.

• Burning to be carried out during daylight hours only.

• There must be someone in attendance at all times while burning.

• No fires are to be lit when strong winds are blowing or forecast.

• No fires are to be lit or allowed to burn when the smoke is likely to cause a nuisance to neighbours.

Burning Conditions - Hangis: • The fire must be lit and contained within the hangi pit • There must be a 3 metre area clear of combustible material surrounding the pit.

• The area must be serviced by a high pressure water system.

• Burning to be carried out during daylight hours only.

• There must be someone in attendance at all times while burning.

• No fires are to be lit when strong winds are blowing or forecast.

• No fires are to be lit or allowed to burn when the smoke is likely to cause a nuisance to neighbours.

Burning Conditions – Agricultural Crop Residue: • The prevailing wind at the time shall not exceed 15 km per hour. (leaves and small twigs in motion; wind extends small flags) • No person shall light any fire without first checking the long term weather forecast, and furthermore, that forecast to show settled weather for at least 24 hours following the time of lighting of any fire.

• The controlled burn shall be conducted during the hours of daylight only.

• The area to be burnt shall be fully surrounded by a continuous fire break cleared of all combustible material to a minimum width of 5 metres.

• A portable water supply sufficient to suppress any wildfire that may result from the controlled burn, and a means of delivery for that water, is to be on site for the duration of the burn, and must remain on site until the fire is completely out.

• Burning out from the prepared firebreak to increase the initial firebreak width is strongly recommended for all controlled burns.

• Immediately following the burn the firebreak and adjacent burnt area of windrow is to be cultivated to minimise the risk of re-ignition.

• In all cases constant supervision is required. It is recommended a minimum of two adults be present and the person lighting the fire must stay in attendance until the fire is completely out.

• Regular patrolling of the fire perimeter is to be conducted wherever practical and safe.

• No fires are to be lit or allowed to burn when the smoke is likely to cause a nuisance to neighbours or a hazard to traffic.

• It is recommended a cellphone be on site for early warning should the controlled burn escape.

• The person lighting the fire should have current insurances for public liability and fire suppression in place.

The conditions as listed above are the bare minimum and total compliance is required.

IMPORTANT announcements, share them with Mid Canterbury in the Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

Compliance with all the conditions listed above in no way invalidates the responsibility of the person lighting the fire should that fire escape and require suppression measures and later be the subject of legal claims for damages or suppression cost recoveries.

To promote your business in any of the Ashburton Guardian products, call me now

Persons lighting fires during a restricted fire season are reminded that these conditions must be complied with at all times. Care and vigilance is required to ensure that all fires are dampened down and fully extinguished afterwards.

RACHEL AITKEN

DON GEDDES Principal Rural Fire Officer

PLANTS & PRODUCE

ADVERTISING CONSULTANT

TEL MOB

03 307 7963 021 309 973

APRICOTS - all grades, all prices from $1.50kg, at Geraldine Orchard, 56 Main North Road, Geraldine.

PLANTS & PRODUCE

NECTARINES - our own yellow and white fleshed, picking daily at Geraldine Orchard Farmshop and Cafe 03-693-9514.

PLANTS & PRODUCE

PEACHES - white or yellow from $1.15kg (stewing grade) at Geraldine Orchard, 56 Main North Road, Geraldine.

PLANTS & PRODUCE

SAUCE tomatoes - $20 for 10kg, while stocks last. 03693-9514. Geraldine Orchard Farmshop and Cafe.

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CHURCH SERVICES

Three Bedroom House In Rakaia For Sale $325,000

Three bedrooms, large bathroom, spa bath and shower. New carpets in bedrooms, recently decorated.

Large maintained section in a peaceful area. Log burner, double garage, office, separate toilet, sun trap, good views, a bargain.

Phone 027 518 2444

PLANTS & PRODUCE FRUIT sells fast in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

LIVESTOCK & PETS BUYER of unwanted animals.

Cattle, bobby calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-3227626.

MOTORCYCLES RACING bikes, buy or sell in the Motorcycles section of the Ashburton Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

Church Services

Health beauty

FAITH OUTREACH CENTRE

connections

Detox

Powerful Praise & Worship 37 Alford Forest Road Annointed Preaching (Aoraki Polytechnic) Healing and Deliverance Sunday Morning 10.30am

Sunday Evening 7pm Thursday night Bible Study, Cnr Park & Havelock Streets 15 Cross Street 7pm Ashburton Sinclair Centre

is age-old cleanse

Service - 3pm Sunday

Detoxification is one of the oldest known methods for cleansing the body, and it can have a remarkable effect on health and wellbeing.

Contact Michael Blackwell Ph 03 312 7259

If you suffer from health problems like flatulence, wind, bloating or irregular bowel motions, your internal health is not as good as it could be.

MOTORING COMMODORE SS 2003, 110,000kms, silver, black leather, excellent condition. $19,000 ono. Phone 03-3089480 or 027-279-8229.

RACING car parts, trade or sell them in the Motoring Section of Ashburton Guardian Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

SAVE money, by advertising your vehicle in the Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308-6737.

MEETINGS & EVENTS UPCOMING events and meetings in the Ashburton Guardian classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION AKAROA - CHARMING, spacious holiday home, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, all electric heating. Sky, all mod cons, short walk to village..

Phone Brian 307-8000 or 308-6180.

AKAROA - Spacious holiday home with great views.

Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, heatpump, flat section with boat parking.

Close to shops. Phone 302 8028.

For more info please call Pastor Mike Grove 308 4695

www.faithoutreach.co.nz

Heart to God And Hand to Man Celebration Service

Quick Cleanse Detox Program is deisgned to enhance your bodys natural own natural internal cleansing process. Quick Cleanse Detox Program is available in 7-day and 15-day programmes.

Ashburton Arcade

and Children’s Programme

Naturally good health stores 308-1815

10.00am

www.health2000.co.nz

You’re very welcome!

Cnr Cass & Cameron St 308 7610 - 308 7062

TRAIL RIDE MT SOMERS Sunday, February 3 9.30am $40 rider $60 family $50 rider + 1 junior Easy main loop Junior/Enduro loop Highway 72, Mt Somers Ph Alasdair 027-431-1244.

We hope to see you this Sunday!

Muscle Motion Massage Therapy

Assembly Of God Sunday Meeting 2.00pm Hakatere Marae SH1, Fairton You are welcome

Larissa Srhoy DipRMT m. 027 333 9107 e.larissa@musclemotionmassage.co.nz

Cnr Cass & Havelock Sts, Phone 308 5409 Website www.ashburtonbaptist.co.nz

10.00am Morning Service

HIRE

PLANTS & PRODUCE

Apricots

Whole Watermelon Plums Spring Onions Blueberries

$3

.99kg

$3.99 each 1kg $2.99 a bag $1.49 each $2.99 a punnet

Specials available from 22/01-29/01

OPEN 7 DAYS

The Green Grocer Fresh Fruit & Vege

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work. Call and see U-Hire Ashburton, 588 East Street.

Open: Mon-Fri 7.30am5.30pm; Sat 7.30am-5pm; Sunday 8.00am-12.30pm.

Ph: 308-8061 A/H: 308-7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz RENTAL equipment, advertise yours in the Ashburton Guardian. Phone 307-7900.

GARAGE SALES Main South Road Tinwald 308-1095

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

BARGAIN hunters can find treasure at Garage Sales advertised in the Guardian classifieds. Ph 307-7900.

SAT Jan 26, 9-12. Furniture, toys, garden tools, clothing, books, mobility scooter and general household items. 20 Manse Street.

Speaker: Elna van Amersfoort Creche Available Refreshments to follow 4.30pm Hour of Power YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY WELCOME

Enquiries Phone 308-8699

Jubilee Christian Fellowship 10am Every Sunday All Welcome

Come and hear faith to overcome in these unstable days.

206 Cameron Street Pastors Jim & Ida Heath Ph 308 7511

LIVESTOCK & PETS

Jo & Ben Hallenstein Experienced Dairy Veterinarians now open as

Ashburton Selwyn Rakaia Vets for all your large animal needs Cattle Preg Testing - $2/head 16 Mitcham Rd Ashburton Phone (03) 307 8565

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 26, 2013

Guardian Classifieds the destination for...

Your next job Your next house Your next car

Your next event Your next purchase Your next sale

To place an ad, call 307-7900 or classifieds@theguardian.co.nz EDUCATION

EDUCATION

your success

Great range of programmes Aoraki’s programmes are vocationally orientated and have been developed in collaboration with industry. They will equip you well for employment and provide a firm foundation for future study.

AgRicULTURE ANd HORTicULTURE ARTS ANd dESigN BEAUTY ANd HAiRdRESSiNg BUSiNESS ANd TOURiSM HEALTH ANd EdUcATiON t National Certificate in Animal Care (Level 2) Certificate in Parenting and Care of Children (Level 2) Certificate in Early Childhood Studies (Level 3) Diploma in Childbirth Education (Level 5) New Zealand Certificate in Nanny Education (Level 5) Certificate in Life Skills (Level 1) Intensive English (English as a Second Language) Te Reo Rangatira (Level 3) Certificate in Adult Learning and Teaching (Level 5) Certificate in Health Studies (Level 4) National Certificate in Mental Health and Addiction Support (Level 4) Diploma in Social Services (Level 5) National Certificate in Science (Level 4) - July start Certificate in Laboratory Technician Skills (Level 3)

HOSPiTALiTY iNFORMATiON TEcHNOLOgY MEdiA OUTdOOR EdUcATiON & SPORT TRAdES

At Dance Worx, we provide dance classes in an extensive range of styles and ages from preschool to adults.

We specialise in • Classical Ballet (beginners to adults) • “Fairy Ballet” for 3-4 year olds – Magical and creative first steps in classical ballet and mime • “Petit Ballet” for 5-6 year olds (includes 2013 new and innovative “Rosette Training Syllabus”) • Jazz Dance (beginners to advanced) • “Baby bops” Fun and energetic dance classes which introduce the Technical Basics of Jazz Dance combined with mime and musical theatre for 5-6 year olds.

• “Star Dance” for 7-9 year olds to love to “move and groove” • Hip Hop • Contemporary • Theatre Craft/Musical Theatre New classes being introduced for 2013 include • “Tap for absolute beginners” (4-6 year olds) • “Rock Ballet (adult classes only) Classes held in Ashburton & Methven (adult classes not available in Methven)

Enquiries and Enrolments Phone Dance Worx Ashburton Director – Charmaine Quaid 03 302 4726

FOR SALE

to the Timaru Campus* *Conditions Apply

supporting your success supporting your success

Are you interested in AUTOMOTIVE TrAdEs? Meet Bob Brighton, Team Leader and Specialist Tutors at our Ashburton Campus, 37 Alford Forest Rd, Friday 1 Feb, 2-5pm

MOTOr BOdy TrAdEs • Collision Repair (L3) Call to register your interest 0800 426 725 EnrOL nOW - CLAssEs sTArT FEBrUAry

www.aoraki.ac.nz GRAZING

CAN’T find what you are looking for? Advertise in the Wanted section of the Ashburton Guardian classifieds, call today on 307-7900.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

GET in early. Dry firewood JOHN Young sofa plus two $170 per load. Ph 027-439supporting your success lazy boys, dark green, 9322. excellent condition. $800. Ph TEMPORARY fence panels 03-302-4680. for sale. New stock just landed. Highest quality, sharp ONE for free ‘For Sale’ prices. Enquiries and orders classified advertisement in Ph. 027-497-7444. View: the Ashburton Guardian temporaryfencesales.co.nz when you buy two. – Phone supporting your success 307-7900.

EDUCATION

FIREWOOD green old man pine 3- $130. Poplar - $90. All 3.6m split and delivered. Ph Shane James Firewood. 3037063.

20% OFF

SCOOTER’S - new and secondhand three and four wheel electric scooters and wheel chairs. Call Fred Reddecliffe at Electric Mobility Ashburton today.

Phone 308-3602.

99EXTEND your education, look to up-skill in the Education section of the Ashburton Guardian Classifieds.

ALL DRAPE FABRICS

Phone 03 308 3973 118 Tancred Street Ashburton, 7700 www.colourplus.co.nz

For Sale

0800 426 725

2 / 14 Allens Road Two Bedrooms Web ID AS476 $230 per week 141 McMurdo Street Four Bedrooms Web ID AS479 $380 per week 85 Grey Street Two Bedrooms $280 per week 70 Alford Forest Road Four Bedrooms Web ID AS481 $380 per week 468 Longbeach Road Three Bedrooms Web ID AS480 $290 per week

References required

Michelle 027 77 66 497 Alana 0274-736-825

For Ladies Only

0800 426 725

AUTOMOTIVE PrOGrAMMEs supporting your success MOTOr IndUsTry • Entry Skills (L2) • Cars (L3) • Motorcyles (L3) • Automotive Heavy Engineering (L3)

24B Grey Street Two Bedrooms Web ID AS478 $310 per week

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ENROL NOW - FEBRUARY START

www.aoraki.ac.nz

AVAILABLE RENTALS

Better in Blue

For all of our programmes visit www.aoraki.ac.nz or phone 0800 426 725 All programmes *subject tosupporting approval and your sufficient numbers success

FREE BUS for 2013

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

Small upright piano.

Excellent condition.

Attractive instrument, light coloured walnut.

Good action.

Barratt & Robinson, London.

Offers considered.

Ph 03 308 4593 Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

landscape supplies

• Bark • Oamaru stone • Rocks • Organic compost • Sand • Screened soil • Home deliveries available Plus much more FREE loan trailer available!

From a shovel load to a trailer load.

Dobson Street West Ph: 307 8302 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7.30am - 5pm Sat: 7.30am - 12 noon

EDUCATION LEARN while you work, lots of opportunities in the Education section of the Ashburton Guardian.

Guardian Classifieds phone 307 7900

Deep Tissue Sensual Massage.

Service professional executed

by Orientally trained, English educated Frenchman.

The ability to help every woman release her ‘inner goddess’ through relaxation, stimulation, liberation and satisfaction. Put back into your inner soul what modern life subdues. Allow 1-2 hours per appointment. Out calls only. Discretion, cleanliness and hygiene are mutually expected. Talk to Jacques 021 0269 3636 for your needs and fees.

In my world the ladies come first.

EDUCATION NEW qualifications extend your abilities, check for training courses in the Ashburton Guardian Classifieds under Education.

CARAVANS & TRAILERS CARAVAN. 1977 20ft Oxford. Excellent condition, permanent double bed, six berth, shower etc. $21,000.

Phone 308-9556.

BUSINESS WANTED, SELL

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

Rentals ¾ Cavendish St, Allenton, three bedrooms $330 per week ¾ Cavendish St, Allenton, three bedrooms, $320 per week ¾ Philip St, Allenton, two bedrooms, $300 per week ¾ McMurdo St, Tinwald, three bedrooms, $310 per week ¾ William St, Central, three bedrooms, $310 per week ¾ Normanby St, Rakaia, three bedrooms, $270 per week ¾ Fords Rd, Willowby, five bedrooms, short term, $350 per week

Please call Penny at Property Brokers on 307 9194 ¾ Allens Rd, Allenton, three bedrooms $330 per week ¾ Cochranes Rd, Ashburton, four bedrooms, $400 per week

Please call Donna at Property Brokers on 307 9195 Website www.propertybrokers.co.nz Please see our TradeMe listings Property Brokers Hastings McLeod Limited Licensed Under the REAA 2008

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL GET in touch with renters.

Place an advertisement in the Guardian Classifieds.

Phone 307-7900.

HINDS township, house to rent. Three bedrooms, heat pump and fireplace. Large, fully fenced section. Phone 027-280-7624.

PROPERTY INVESTORS Distance yourself from tenant and management problems.

Have your property managed independently, professionally and cost effectively. Property management is our sole focus 24/7. Call B&N Properties Ltd now, phone 021-1604565. www.bnproperties.co.nz THREE bedroom house available for short term rental. 4.5k out of Methven.

Tidy, reliable tenants required. Sorry, no smokers.

Phone 302-9002 or 027-3278511.

WANTED - farm cottage with some land to rent.

Young professional couple seeking cottage with land in Ashburton to rear calves and some lambs. Contact Becky 027-318-3313.

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT

ASIAN, absolutely stunning, hot and sexy, beauty, busty, QUICK sale of your business love to please. Phone Cindy in the Ashburton Guardian 021-0834-6535.

Classifieds. Phone 307-7900.

ATTRACTIVE and busty. No WORK for yourself by texting. Everyday. No W’s. owning your own business, Phone Zoe 021-023-39-259. advertised in the Ashburton Guardian Classifieds in FRISKY Fillies. In/out calls. massages.

New the Business Sell section. Sensual To place Classifieds phone ladies welcome. Phone 021565-126.

307-7900.

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 26, 2013

WEEKENDservices medical services HML ( Homecare Medical Limited) - Ring 0800 700 155

TUARANGI HOME (Cameron Street) — DAILY, unrestricted community services visiting.

ART GALLERY ASHBURTON REST HOMES: for FREE 24 hour health advice.

Phone 308 1133. Saturday and Sunday 10am - 4pm.

COLDSTREAM HOUSE — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

CAMERON COURTS — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

DUTY DOCTORS ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY This service is for emergency medical care only. Please PRINCES COURT — DAILY, unrestricted visiting.

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday 10am-1 pm; remember your Community Services Card.

Sunday 1pm – 4 pm EMERGENCY DENTIST Allenton Medical Centre, Harrison Street, will be the duty If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please COMMUNITY POOL WEEKEND HOURS practice for Saturday and Sunday, until 8am Monday. They will phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend hold surgery from 10am until 12noon and from 6pm until 7pm dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am-5pm, Saturdays, Sundays Hours: Sat & Sun 7am - 7pm. both days. No appointment necessary. Surgery phone 308 9139. and Public Holidays.

ASHBURTON MUSEUM Emergency phone until 8am Monday 0800 700 155.

Baring Square East, Ashburton. Phone 308 3167 helpline services METHVEN AND RAKAIA AREA - For weekend doctor Open Saturday and Sunday 1pm - 4pm and emergency details please phone Methven 302 8105. For ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Closed Statutory Holidays only. medical attention during the weekend there are drop in clinics Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or 027 857 2133 or Groups by arrangement - phone 308 3167 from 11am - 12noon and 5pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday. visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.nz for more information.

Ashburton Hospital DOES NOT provide an accident and If you want to drink that’s your business, if you want to stop MAIL CLOSING TIMES ASHBURTON MAIL CENTRE emergency service. Except in cases of emergency persons that’s ours.

FAST POST: Mon - Fri 6pm requiring medical attention must consult their own or the duty MENTAL HEALTH - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask STANDARD POST: Mon - Fri 6pm general practitioner. Persons subsequently requiring treatment for the Crisis Team.

POST DELIVERY CENTRES — at Ashburton Hospital must have a general practitioners referral Allenton: Mon - Fri 5pm note.

SAFE CARE - ~ 24 hour rape and sexual assault Tinwald: Mon - Fri 5pm crisis support. Phone 03 364 8791 PHARMACIES Methven: Mon - Fri 4.30pm Mon - Fri 4.30pm East Street Pharmacy, 182 East Street, Ashburton, will be VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP ~ 24 hour number Rakaia: ASHBURTON’S STREET RECEIVERS — open from 9.30am until 12 noon on Saturday and from 10am - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846) - direct dials to Mon - Fri 5pm until 12 noon on Sunday and from 6pm till 7pm both evenings. a volunteer. Ashburton office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am Business Area: Residential Area: Mon - Fri 1pm 2pm outside of these hours leave a message on answerHOSPITAL VISITING HOURS phone.

INFORMATION CENTRES ASHBURTON HOSPITAL GENERAL WARDS — (Medical and Surgical): DAILY, 2pm ALCOHOL DRUG HELPLINE - Call us free on ASHBURTON — Sat 10am until 2pm. Sun CLOSED. until 4pm & 6pm until 7.30pm. Children must be accompanied (0800 787 797). Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Public holidays from 10am until 2pm. Phone 308-1050. by an adult.

METHVEN — Saturday and Sunday 10am until 3pm. Phone LIFELINE - Toll-Free Number: 0800 353 353 CHALMERS WARD (including Assessment, Treatment & 302-8955 or methven@i-site.org Rehabilitation Unit) — OPEN VISITING. MATERNITY WARD — DAILY, 10am - 8pm. Husbands and patient’s own children may visit the patient from 7am - 10pm.

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In the event of medical or accident emergencies DIal 111 BUS DEPARTURES Reservations and timetables, 24-hour service. Freephone for reservations: 0800 802 802. BUSES — Southbound: 9.30am, 3.20pm. Northbound: 12.30pm, 5.10pm.

animal services DOG, STOCK & NOISE CONTROL - 24 hour

service, phone Ashburton District Council 03-307-7700.

MID CANTERBURY SPCA WEEKEND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER: All enquiries Inspector John Keeley, 308 4432 or 0274 342 646

MID CANTERBURY ANIMAL SHELTER Contact (cats) Andrea 021 892 939 or (dogs) Dawn 021 828 350

VETERINARIANS

VET ENT RIVERSIDE - Phone 308 2321, 1 Smallbone Drive.

The duty vets for emergencies this weekend are: Large: Kate Foxcroft. Small: refer to CARE VETS. Full emergency service all weekend. Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

CARE VETS - Ph 308 2327, 246 Tancred Street. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Rob Muir. Saturday morning clinic: 10am - 2pm.

CANTERBURY VETS - Phone 307 0686, West Street Clinic, Main Road, Methven. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Jade Hackneyf. Ashburton Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

ASHBURTON SELWYN RAKAIA VET SERVICES – Phone 307 8565, 16 Mitcham Rd, RD2, Ashburton. The duty vet for emergencies this weekend is: Large: Ben Hallenstein. Full emergency service all weekend.

VETLIFE ASHBURTON - Phone 307 5195, cnr East Street and Smithfield Road. The duty vets for emergencies this weekend are: Large: Mike Johnson, Small: Alex Avery.

Saturday morning clinic: 9am - 12 noon.

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Guardian Weekend Weather

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Saturday, 26 January 2013

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RANGIORA

Wa i m a k a r i r i

LAKE COLERIDGE

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Map for Saturday

25

LYTTELTON

21

LINCOLN Rakaia

25

Ash

Geraldine

Ran

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Waimate

30 to 59 60 plus

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

9 noon 3

6

OVERNIGHT MIN

11

MAX

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12

MAX

26

OVERNIGHT MIN

13 TOMORROW

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9 pm am 3

6

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morning min

max

16 12 14 11 12 11 8 12 11 11 12 14 11

24 26 21 24 23 23 24 21 23 26 27 22 27

fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine

OVERNIGHT MIN

6

9 pm

1

TUESDAY

10:19

4:24

10:32

4:51

10:58

5:03

11:13

5:29

11:37

5:43 11:54

The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 6:23 am Set 9:07 pm Fair

Fair fishing

Rise 6:25 am Set 9:06 pm

A large slow moving anticyclone is expected to lie across much of New Zealand through to at least Wednesday, with easterlies affecting the north of the

Good

Good fishing

Good

Good fishing

Set 5:17 am Rise 8:07 pm

Set 6:17 am Rise 8:40 pm

Set 7:19 am Rise 9:10 pm

167.7 7.44 9.75 115.7

Full moon

Last quarter

New moon

27 Jan 5:40 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

4 Feb www.ofu.co.nz

2:58 am

Canterbury Readings to 4pm yesterday Temperatures °C

10 Feb 8:22 pm

Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa

max Average

21.8

Timaru Airport Average

Wind km/h

max gust

4.8 -0.2

0.0

71.8

71.8 NE 43

8.2

4.1

0.0

37.2

37.2 NE 54

5.6

–

0.0

55.6

55.6 NE 31

11.1

22.6

11.9

21.1

10.2

20.7

Rainfall mm

min grass 16 hour Jan 2013 min to date to date

23.5

Christchurch Airport 20.4 Average

MONDAY Fine apart from areas of cloud about the foothills morning and night. Light northerlies.

WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY

World Weather Forecast for today

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:45 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

Ashburton Airport

Fine apart from evening cloud about the foothills.

Wind at 1000m: Light winds.

Wind at 2000m: NE breezes.

Cloud and possibly some drizzle morning and night, fine spells in the afternoon. Light Fine apart from areas of cloud morning and winds inland, northeasterlies near the coast. night. Northerlies, fresh about the tops.

country.

Rise 6:26 am Set 9:05 pm

FZL: Above 3000m

TUESDAY Cloud and possibly some drizzle morning and night, fine spells in the afternoon. Light Fine apart from areas of cloud morning and winds inland, northeasterlies near the coast. night. Northerlies, freshening about the tops.

NZ Situation

Source: Environment Canterbury 4:12

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FZL: Above 3500m

TOMORROW

Fine apart from areas of cloud morning and night. Light winds inland, northeasterlies near the coast.

Fine apart from areas of cloud morning and night. Light winds inland, northeasterlies near the coast.

River Levels

2

0

25

Midnight Tonight

NZ Today

Wind km/h less than 30

6

Fine weather.

Wind at 1000m: Light winds.

Wind at 2000m: Light winds.

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

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Fine, apart from patches of morning and evening cloud near the coast. Northeasterlies, fresh about the coast.

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MONDAY

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TODAY

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TUESDAY: Fine spells, chance drizzle early and late. Northeasterlies.

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MONDAY: Mainly fine, cloudy morning and night. Northeasterlies.

AKAROA

Ra

ASHBURTON

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine, apart from morning and evening cloud. Northeasterlies.

TOMORROW: Mainly fine, cloudy morning and night. Northeasterlies.

CHRISTCHURCH

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METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

9.4

9.6

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49 36 39

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

fine 14 24 snow -4 1 showers 24 30 cloudy -11 -8 rain 23 25 showers 25 34 fine 13 24 fine 11 23 thunder 16 30 showers 23 31 thunder 27 33 fine 15 26 rain 3 10 sleet -1 7 cloudy -8 -1

Geneva Hobart Hong Kong Honolulu Islamabad Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Madrid Melbourne Moscow Nadi New Delhi

Compiled by © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2013

snow -5 4 showers 11 18 showers 15 19 showers 20 25 fine 4 19 rain 24 30 rain 18 27 rain 24 33 snow -2 9 showers 12 20 showers 2 14 fine 15 23 fine -18 -15 rain 24 32 fine 6 18

New York Paris Perth Rarotonga Rome San Francisco Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Washington Zurich

snow -8 0 snow -3 5 fine 19 35 rain 24 29 fine 0 10 fine 9 12 fine -11 -5 cloudy 23 30 fine -8 -2 showers 22 28 rain 13 20 fine 10 24 sleet 0 6 fine -7 2 fine -6 0

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Saturday, January 26, 2013

2 Burner BBQ

$

SKU03170352

All Purpose Brushes 12-63mm.

SKU01660254

9995

Mini Digital Compressor 12V DC. 100 psi.

6L Weathershield X10 Exterior

8

$ 97

$

SKU00706562

Acrylic. White. Semigloss. SKU00315203

Stainless Steel Solar Garden Lights

3895

Mighty 15 Multi Purpose Ladder

109

$

$

SKU00190015

89

2899

4.5m. Aluminium. 120 120kg load included.) rating. (Plank not incl

$

SKU00200681

244

1L Weed Killer

Metal Hose Reel Cart

360 Glyphosate.

7886

9

SKU00319204

SKU00278250

$

18V Cordless Drill

$ 98

198

$

SKU00318664

25m Heavy Duty Extension Lead

1999

$

SKU04420129

Waterblaster 1300W. 1885psi.

199

SKU00319761

$

ROB, TEAM MEMBER

3.9L Gas Can SKU00200323

9

$ 97

4L Decking Oil Padded Moon Chair

$

Red or blue.

SKU03190923

Kids Sand & Water Pit

39

89

With soft cover.

96 x 96 x 25cm.

$

SKU00491383

4999

200ml Ripcord Plus Insecticide

$

27

95

9

$ 95

Black. SKU00302271

7.5m Soaker Hose

Poly Tray Wheelbarrow

1373

$

SKU00182444

85L. Assembly required. SKU02970234

$

69

SKU00413832

10L $126.50

SKU00302789

9

$ 99

79

$

90

$

5399

Standard Decking Timber Ex 100 x 40mm. H3.2.

SKU00713127

9

2

$ 87

$ 45

PER LINEAR MTR

LED Headlight

White. Flat, low sheen or semi-gloss.

290mm.

10L $115

35mpa high strength. SKU00410444

4L Easycoat Interior

Outdoor Wooden Broom

SKU00301310

25kg Maxcrete

Concentrate.

SKU00472499

50L Rolling Organiser

Water based.

Natural or Kwila.

Includes batteries.

Basin Mixer

All pressures. WELS mains 4, low 3 star.

SKU00170314

$

SKU00189827

59

16

$

99 BUNNINGS WAREHOUSE

Infinity Polypropylene Carpet Tile 1 x 1m. Brown.

SKU06620896

Multi Purpose Poly Rope 30m x 9mm.

$

29

98

PER SQ MTR

SKU04310091

8

$ 50

Security Sensor Twin Floodlight 2x 150W Par38 globes included. SKU00188348

18

$

Not all services and products featured are available in all stores, but may be ordered. See in store for product availability. We reserve the right to restrict the purchase of commercial quantities. All prices quoted are inclusive of GST. Prices valid until Friday 1st February 2013 or while stocks last.

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

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