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Radical revamp to insurance policies By Sam Morton Homeowners need to fully understand new insurance policies being rolled out next month – or risk under-insuring their properties, according to an Ashburton insurance consultant. The residential house policies are currently being rewritten in a change that will spell the end of replacement cover in New Zealand and bring the country into step with the rest of the world. Under the new policies, set to take effect next month, houses will be insured by a dollar value using a sum insured formula, meaning the total cost of replacing the house needs to be carefully and precisely calculated by the homeowner. “Homeowners will now need to work out exactly what the worth of their house is to completely rebuild and replace from the ground up,” Rothbury Insurance branch manager Kelvin Holmes said. “Demolition costs, building consents, backyard fences, the lot – it’s a dollar value right down to the last nail, so it’s important to ensure you have valued your property accurately.” The industry change has been driven by reinsurers, following their monumental losses incurred as a result of the Christchurch earthquakes. “Even today reinsurers are trying to quantify their loss, they don’t really know where they’re at,” Mr Holmes said. “But with the dollar value method, they would have been able to tell quite quickly, so all this change is being driven by them and whichever way you view it, it’s a change we need to accept,” Mr Holmes said. However, the policy isn’t completely new. About 20 years ago, the same model was already in place for house insurance – in conjunction with other insurance policies such as vehicle, contents and commercial cover which all use the dollar formula. “We’re not going anywhere we haven’t been before. For some people it will be new, but for others it will be a sense of deja vu,” Mr Holmes said. “I think, unless homeowners fully get to grips with the change in wording, there will be quite a few properties being under-insured, but only time will tell. Vision Insurance director David Rush believes the majority of clients in Mid Canterbury will understand the basics of the change, but feels the older generation would
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struggle to adapt to the change. “I think for a lot of people who are online savvy, the changes won’t have too much of an impact, but for the likes of my mother-inlaw, who is in her 80s, I daresay she will have difficulty trying to value her house accurately,” Mr Rush said. “In cases like this, I would encourage them (elderly) to seek advice from their children or other family members or to go and see a broker who will be able to explain the concept further.” Though, it appears the new changes will place the onus solely on the homeowner as the industry looks to gain sustainability going forward. “We will be able to explain the basics behind the policy change and the wording, but we can’t value people’s homes or property for them ... that will be left up to them to provide the total dollar sum,” Mr Rush said. “The new change will be more time consuming for people as more questions will be asked, but I think the end result will provide a far more accurate cover.” Insurance Council chief executive Tim Grafton simplified the change down to an extension of contents insurance. “If you are a homeowner you’ll tell your insurance company the sum that you want to insure your house for and that will be the sum that will apply if your house burnt down or flooded,” Mr Grafton said. “I think of it more like contents insurance - so you might insure the contents of your home for $80,000. This time you are going to be adding to that and saying ‘well I’m going to insure the house for $450,000 or $500,000 or $1 million’.” Meanwhile, Mr Holmes didn’t believe premiums would change too much throughout the district, but said it was too early to predict until the new policies were officially rolled out. “That’s something we will learn quite shortly,” he said. The new policies will take effect next month.
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Members of the Mid Canterbury Women’s Institute Federation choir, conducted by Sylvia Smith, perform for the last time. By Michelle Nelson The poignant strains of Pokarekare Ana signalled the end of an era when a local choir delivered their swansong yesterday. For 51 years members of the Mid Canterbury Women’s Institute Federation choir have celebrated their love of music
By Sam Morton If you feel sleepy behind the wheel ... pull over and take a break. That’s the message Terri van Schooten is sending to motorists this Easter, as another long weekend fast approaches. Ms van Schooten, who is State’s driver reviver spokeswoman, said five optional stops will be set up throughout New Zealand to encourage drivers to take a break this Easter. The Mid Canterbury site at Ealing has proved to be popular since its inception in 2010. All drivers and passengers will be offered free food and drink in a bid to keep motorists awake and alert, in a nationwide initiative to keep the road toll down. “We have been doing this since 2003 and have been in Ealing since 2010. Every year the numbers grow and as the
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with song, and so entertained thousands of people across the decades. Sylvia Smith joined the choir as a 24-year-old and is the only active founding member remaining. The original choir was conducted by Marjory Lill, then Mrs Smith took up the baton and has held the position for the past 31
years. Yesterday she conducted the choir’s last official performance in front of a MCWIF gathering at the Seniors Centre. An ageing membership has called time on the choir, and with less young women joining the institute, numbers are declining. “We have all had a wonderful time belonging to the choir and the friendships we have made
will last a lifetime,” she said. “I would like to think that over half a century we’ve given a lot of pleasure to a lot of people.” Music purchased by the choir over the years will be collected, filed and returned to the safe keeping of the MCWIF. Other memorabilia – including photographs and records of performances will also be carefully
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stored. However, the remaining members intend to get together to sing from time to time, just for the joy of it, Mrs Smith said. And they plan to continue to entertain residents in aged care facilities. Each member of the choir was presented with a certificate of appreciation, and a cyclamen plant to record the occasion.
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message gets out, we have more and more drivers frequenting our site, which is just great,” Ms van Schooten said. “We always call Ealing our most attractive site of the five ... it’s in such a lovely spot and it’s a great place to stop and have a break.” However, despite the ongoing work being done by State volunteers at Lewis Pass, Manawatu, Waikato and Northland, national figures show there is still a lot of work to be done to counter the problem. Last year, Ministry of Transport statistics revealed fatigue was identified as a key contributing crash factor, claiming 46 lives and seriously injuring 138 others. The total social cost of crashes involving fatigue in 2012 was estimated to be a staggering $280 million – costing the country in a big way. State is desperately trying to bring those figures down and Ms van Schooten believes the
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message is slowly starting to filter through. “I think people are becoming more and more aware of the serious consequences fatigue can have and people are beginning to realise you can’t just push through tiredness,” she said. “If we can help by offering these driver reviver stops at certain locations and help keep the road toll down, then we will continue to do so. “Statistics are repeatedly showing us that fatigue can be as serious as alcohol related crashes ... so we need to keep pushing our drivers to take a break if they feel any signs of fatigue creeping in,” Ms van Schooten said. On Easter Monday, State staff will be at the Ealing site on State Highway One offering barista coffee, sizzling sausages and handing out fruit and water. The site will be manned from 10am to 6pm. See editorial, P4
DRIVER REVIVER TIPS To help you avoid driver fatigue: • Get a good night’s sleep before driving, preferably eight hours • Plan your journey to include rest breaks • Share the driving when possible • Take someone to help you stay alert and watch you for signs of fatigue • Don’t drive during the hours when you would normally be sleeping or napping • Make sure you’re fully awake before driving following a period of sleep • Snack on light, fresh foods • Get plenty of fresh air
• If possible, avoid driving for several days following long-distance air travel. Signs of driver fatigue include: • Having trouble focusing, keeping your eyes open or holding your head up • Daydreaming, having wandering or disconnected thoughts, or loss of memory • Yawning or rubbing your eyes repeatedly • Drifting from your lane, tailgating and missing signs or exits • Feeling restless and irritable. (Source: www.state.co.nz)
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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS BLEE, Robert Gilmour (Gilmour) – Suddenly on 23 March 2013, peacefully, surrounded by family at Christchurch Hospital. Aged 84 years. Loved husband of Hilda for 61 years and loved father and father in law of Alan and Debbie, Suzanne and Ron Murdoch, and Dierdre Murdoch. Loved Grandad of Donna, Joel, Shane, Pamela, and Kirsten and great grandad of Kaila. Special thanks to the team at Christchurch Hospital ICU unit for their care and support. A celebration of Gilmour’s life will be held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on WEDNESDAY 27 March, commencing at 11am. To be followed by private interment Paterson’s Funeral Services, FDANZ, Ashburton
BLEE, Gilmour – Members of the Manchester Unity, Ashburton Lodge 6003 and Sister Lodges are requested to attend the funeral service of their late P.D.G.M. Bro. Gilmour Blee. To be held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton, TOMORROW Wednesday 27 March, commencing at 11am. Regalia to be worn please. Don Hopwood D.G.M Ashburton Lodge FAGAN, Audrey Faye (Faye) – On 22 March 2013 at Ashburton Hospital, peacefully surrounded by her family. Much loved wife and best mate of David. Dearly loved and special mother and mother-in-law of Nicola, and Simon, and Suzanne. Loved and cherished gran of Caitlin, Oliver, and William; Max, Molly, Charlie, and Harry. Messages to 24 Rolleston Street, Rakaia. Cut flowers only please or donations to the local Cancer support group would be appreciated and maybe left at the service. A funeral service to celebrate Faye’s life will be held at the Rakaia Community Centre, Elizabeth Avenue, Rakaia TODAY, Tuesday, commencing at 11am. To be followed by private cremation Paterson’s Funeral Services, FDANZ, Ashburton FAGAN, Audrey Faye (Faye) – Special memories of a wonderful gran and friend. We will always remember the fun times we had helping you in the garden. Caitlin, Oliver, and William Adlam.
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Old TVs can be recycled By Myles Hume Mid Cantabrians looking to dump their unwanted televisions before they go digital will be able to save more than just a few dollars thanks to a new initiative. When television goes digital on April 28 in Mid Canterbury, many locals without Freeview, Sky or TelstraClear will not be able to watch
their favourite shows. Instead of sending televisions to the landfill, residents will be able to dispose of their outdated sets at Ashburton Smiths City for a small $5 fee, where it will be taken care of by e-waste recyclers. The Government is subsidising the scheme which has already been successful in Hawkes Bay and the West Coast where they have already gone digital.
It is part of TV Takeback, a scheme combining the Government, recyclers and retailers to prevent harmful substances such as lead and mercury getting into soil or waterways. The Ashburton District Council already has an initiative where locals can dispose of televisions at the Ashburton Resource Recovery Park for $6, with the televisions sent to e-scrap for recycling. A council spokesperson said the
system had been working well with 56 TVs a month received at the resource recovery park. But the spokesperson said the council is reviewing the TV Takeback scheme and would have a decision on which recycler it would work with soon. Project Green, a partnering of the Environment Ministry and Remarkit, an e-waste recycle company, have been instrumental in the scheme
which they believe will benefit local communities. “Not only do we make it convenient and cost effective to drop off your old TV, Project Green’s TV TakeBack network takes good care of your old TV, recycling most of its parts using a state of the art tracking system, but we will also be providing employment to some of those people who most need our support,� project director Matthew Johnson said.
Special sights, sounds on fundraising trek People on a four-wheeldrive fundraising trek through Castleridge Station in the Mid Canterbury high country on Sunday were treated to some special sights and sounds. The trek was organised by the Hakatere Heritage Committee to raise funds to help restore the Hakatere stone cottage, the oldest building in the district. Around $30,000 has been raised in the past three years. Sunday’s drive allowed visitors onto Castleridge Station, farmed by Kerri and Paul Harmer, who spoke about farming in the Ashburton Gorge high country alongside the Hakatere Conservation Park. “It was a great opportunity for the public to drive on a modern productive high country farm and see and hear of the changes that have taken place,� said organiser David Howden. Neighbouring Barrosa station is now part of the Hakatere Conservation Park, which forms an entrance to the special wetland area O Tu Wharekai. “Forty-five vehicles started off at the Barrosa woolshed and finished five and a half hours later at the Hakatere stone cottage. We had stops along the way where Paul and Kerri informed us about running the station.� Mr Howden said a highlight was having lunch on the slopes of Mt Barrosa, with visitors nestled among the red tussock and enjoying views over glaciated valleys and lakes. “It was beautiful big red tussock, the type of tussock that would have been here when the first settlers explored the area.�
• St John busy St John Ambulance Ashburton attended to more than 70 call-outs last week, resulting in 33 urgent responses, 23 non-urgent and 15 routine transfers. The crews covered more than 3250 kilometres attending to the 53 medical callouts and 18 accident related incidents.
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• Appeal dismissed A former diplomat has lost his appeal against a conviction for assaulting the Northland Crown solicitor. The High Court agreed with the Whangarei District Court’s finding that John Colman, 62, deliberately struck Mike Smith on the side of his face outside court in October 2011. Colman was found guilty in August last year. -APNZ
• Big payouts Tauranga City Council has made payouts totalling $1.3 million to former staff. The payouts were revealed by an Official Information Act request that councillor Murray Guy made after last year’s investigation into allegations of bullying and intimidation within the organisation. - APNZ
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2.8% ECan rate rise mooted Environment Canterbury’s commissioners have approved for consultation a draft annual plan which proposes a total rates increase of 2.8 per cent across Canterbury for the coming year. ECan did not increase overall rates last year, and reported no increase in general rates in the 2012/13 year. The key commitments for the region are unchanged – progressing the Canterbury Water Management Strategy, assisting wherever possible with the rebuild of Christchurch and Canterbury after the earthquakes, and building a productive partnership with Ngai Tahu to achieve sustainable envi-
ronmental outcomes and effective iwi participation in decision-making around the management of natural resources. “Keeping the total proposed rates increase low has been achieved through a focus on efficient, cost-effective and appropriate service provision for the region,� ECan commissioners chair Dame Margaret Bazley. “This is a lower rates increase than was proposed in the council’s ten-year long-term plan released in June 2012.� The proposed 2013/14 total rates take for the region is $81.0m, made up from targeted rates for specific purposes, and general rates.
Actual rates will vary across the region depending on particular work programmes underway in particular areas, and the effect of recent property revaluations. Thus, the overall rates increase of 2.8 per cent is made up of an average targeted rates increase of 1.7 per cent (from $37.6m in 2012/13 to $38.2m in 2013/14) and a general rates increase of 3.7 per cent (from $41.3m in 2012/13 to $42.8m in 2013/14). Recent property revaluations in some areas have affected Environment Canterbury’s rates, notably in areas close to Christchurch. Properties in Selwyn district, for example, have increased in
capital value by an average of 11.1 per cent. Because these properties have increased in value at a higher rate than Canterbury as a whole, their share of the overall rates take has increased this year. Public consultation on the draft Annual Plan starts on March 25 and closes on April 23, 2013. Public hearings are scheduled for May in Christchurch and Timaru. The draft annual plan is available on the ECan website (www.ecan.govt.nz), with hard copies available from district council offices throughout the region, or on request from the ECan customer services team. The final plan will be adopted, and rates the struck, in June.
Drug supplier pleads guilty to manslaughter By Aaron van Delden A man whose girlfriend died after he helped her shoot up on methadone has pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter. Matthew Shane Johns, 36, was charged last year with the murder of Sanchia Wilson. The charge has amended been to manslaughter and he pleaded guilty when he appeared before Justice Ronald Young in the High Court at Wellington yesterday. The police announced they were investigating the drugrelated death of Miss Wilson on April 2 last year – the day
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after the 33-year-old was taken off life support at Wellington Hospital. Two men arrested in relation to her death appeared in Wanganui District Court the same day. Both Johns and Clive Kenneth Beach, 58, were charged with supplying the Class B drug methadone. Five days earlier, on March 28, Miss Wilson fell unconscious at Beach’s house in Castlecliff and was rushed to Wanganui Hospital in a critical condition before being transferred to Wellington Hospital on March 31. Miss Wilson had moved to Wanganui from Hamilton not
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Heifer contest today The Ashburton A&P Association’s on-farm heifer contest is in action today with judges and supporters visiting nine farms around the district to look at stock. Contest convener Victor Schikker said entries were down, which was a shame as it was a good chance for dairy farmers and graziers to compare stock and pick up tips. It was also a social day, and offered farmers a stock contest with the need for only minimum preparation, compared to the work needed to show stock at an agricultural show. He said organisers were looking at options to revamp the competition next year to attract more entries. Today, judges will leave the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds at 8.45am and visit farms until mid-afternoon. Winners will be rewarded at a special function at the showgrounds at night. Anyone who is interested in the contest is welcome to join the judges’ entourage.
The itinerary is: 8.45: Leave Ashburton showgrounds. 9.15: T. D. and E. J. Wilkinson, 701 Wilkinsons Road, Class 2 and 4. 10.00: C. Curd, 812 Dromore Methven Road, Class 4. 10.30: P. Gilbert, 1391 Pole Road, Class 2. 11.15: D. D. and M. E. Stewart, 470 Ashburton Staveley Road, Class 1. 11.45: Lunch in Ashburton. 1.00: M. and P. Saunders, 262 Simpsons Road, Class1 and 2. 1.45: R. and D. McKimmie, 1509 Maronan Valetta Road, Class 3 and 4. 2.25: D. and S. Mavor, 844 Hinds Lismore Road, Class 1and 2. 3.00: H. Ferriman, 471 McDougall Road, Class 1, 2 and 4. 3.30: J. and R. Jefferson, 569 Maronan Ealing Road, Class 1 and 2. 7.00: Presentation and social hour at the showgrounds.
A Porirua childcare centre has been cleared to open again, despite leaving a baby in the centre after hours. On February 20 this year neighbours broke into the Samoan Early Education Development Service (Seeds) centre in Maher Place when a baby, left in a cot, was heard crying about an hour after closing. The mother of the 9-month-old baby arrived to find a neighbour retrieving the baby from the abandoned centre. - APNZ
• Cyclist dies A cyclist who was hit by a car in east Christchurch on Sunday has died. Carl Peter Taylor, 31, was taken to Christchurch Hospital’s intensive care unit with critical head injuries after the crash on Pages Rd in Aranui just after midday. The man, thought to be in his 20s, died in hospital early yesterday, a police spokesman confirmed. - APNZ
• Mines rescue centre A $1 million multi-purpose training facility is under way at the Mines Rescue station, although the number of underground miners on the West Coast has plummeted with the closure of the Pike River and Spring Creek mines. Mines Rescue West Coast general manager Trevor Watts said although there were now only 56 underground miners left on the Coast, the development was still needed. - APNZ
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DOC job cuts could put work at risk By Myles Hume Potential job cuts at the Department of Conservation could undo the hard work in Mid Canterbury’s pristine areas and put more pressure on volunteers, local organisations say. Today the Government is expected cull several more jobs at the Department of Conservation (DOC), with suggestions up to 100 frontline jobs are to go. DOC Ruakapuka, which oversees conservancy from the Rakaia River to the Waitaki River and across the Southern Alps, told the Guardian they did not know if jobs were at stake at their Geraldinebased branch. They would not comment until a decision was made by senior staff today. “We will have to wait for the outcome of the full review,” a staff member said. Forest and Bird Ashburton chairperson Edith Smith said the charity worked closely with frontline DOC staff and other groups to preserve land and animals in Mid Canterbury. “We do have a real concern because conservation areas are already under a lot of pressure,” she said. “If they reduce staff members, those areas could become more vulnerable ... I’m disappointed, very disappointed that the Government sees this as necessary.” She pointed to the work carried out in the pristine Ashburton Lakes District which recently secured $4 million of dollars of funding. She said it was under constant research and monitoring to maintain its status as one of the most prized wetlands in the country. DOC staff manage and support volunteers, such as Forest
and Bird, with their expertise and knowledge in the field. Ms Smith said it appeared DOC was already under enough pressure, and job cuts were contrary to Government claims that they cared for the environment. “Some of us do it (volunteering) because we enjoy it, it will put more pressure on DOC to manage volunteers, they have to manage them and support them for it to work,” she said. “The conservation of native environments is not a priority to the Government.” Forest and Bird executive member and South Canterbury branch member Ines Stager was reluctant to speculate on the announcement today, but she said job losses would create a considerable impact on the way DOC operates. Lake Clearwater Hut Holders’ Association committee member Steve Hadler said DOC was instrumental in taking care of a broom weed problem around the district lakes area. He said if jobs were to go then the “huge amount of money” invested in the area would go to waste. “The Government might think it’s saving $10 now, but it will be spending $20 to fix it in years to come,” he said. Green Party conservation spokesperson Eugenie Sage said losing frontline staff would leave wild places under threat, pointing out DOC’s responsibility for more than one-third of land in New Zealand. “The technical expertise and commitment of DOC staff are vital for conservation in New Zealand. The funding pressure that National’s budget cuts have put on DOC will put endangered species at risk,” Ms Sage said. “We need to invest in protecting our unique plants and animals which are found nowhere else on earth.”
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Teen loses eye: Optometrist suspended By Imran Ali Despite nine surgeries in one year, doctors could not save Whangarei teenager Jared McGiven’s right eye. An optometrist who treated Jared has been suspended for failing to promptly refer the Parua Bay teenager for specialist treatment that could have saved his eye. Today, Jared will undergo a medical procedure at the New Zealand Artificial Eye Service in Takapuna, where an ocularist will
insert an artificial eye. Yesterday the New Zealand Health and Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal suspended a former Northland optometrist - who now lives overseas - from practising for six months and ordered that he not work as a sole practitioner for three years after resuming his job. The optometrist has name suppression for 14 days - the period within which he can appeal the tribunal’s decision. Jared first visited the optometrist on December 9, 2010 when he was 16, but the healthcare
professional did not know what the abnormality was and did not record the condition, a retinal detachment, as a diagnosis in his clinical notes. Jared attended a second appointment on December 16 when more photographs of his eye were taken. He was advised to return in three months for more photos. It was not until February 7, 2011, or about eight weeks after the first consultation, that the optometrist faxed a referral letter to ophthalmologist Dr Brian KentSmith.
The referral letter made no mention of the first consultation on December 9 nor were photos taken that day provided to Dr Kent-Smith who promptly diagnosed a right retinal detachment and arranged for surgery. But by then it was too late, and Jared’s eye had to be removed. Dr Kent-Smith and another ophthalmologist, Dr Philip Polkinghorne, both agreed that the optometrist should have referred Mr McGiven immediately. The optometrist has also been ordered to pay $10,000 in costs to the tribunal. -APNZ
Police say they will not investigate the case of a baby being left alone in a supermarket carpark while the mother went shopping because no one has made a complaint or come forward with information. The baby was spotted by other shoppers at the Porirua Pak’n Save about 9am on Saturday. The baby was in a capsule with a note on its blanket which said its mother was shopping and to call a mobile number if there were any issues. The incident had not been reported to police and no one had come forward with information so it would not be investigated at this stage, said national police spokeswoman Annie Coughlan. “We don’t know who the people are, we don’t know the phone number, we don’t know where to start.” “We would launch an investigation if we could but at this stage no one’s come forward,” she said. A parent can be fined for leaving a child alone, but Senior Sergeant Justin Rakena of Porirua police said
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Stunning plot pulled off to perfection By Michelle Nelson Recovering from knee surgery, a Rakaia grandmother stunned her family by turning up at the end of Milford Track, kitted up and carrying a backpack. Bev Crouchley’s adventure began with a conspiracy before Christmas, when her grandson Mark Wilson hatched a plot to fly her into Milford Lodge. Mr Wilson, a track guide, had already made plans to include his parents Jeremy and Julie Wilson along with several family friends in a party of trampers who walked
the track last month. “The trip was to be my Christmas and birthday present, for several years to come I should think. The hardest part was keeping the secret for so long,” Mrs Crouchley said. Mrs Crouchley’s adventure began with a bus trip to Dunedin, then another to Te Anau. After staying with friends for a couple of nights, she was taken to Milford Sound on the bus that brings the trampers back out. “All I knew was that I had to get to Te Anau, when I got there the staff at Mitre Peak Lodge were all in on the plan, and I was put up for the night in the best room in
the house,” she said. The next day Mrs Crouchley travelled by boat to Sandfly Point, where the trampers come off the track. “The staff gave me a backpack stuffed with paper, and hid me around the corner, until the trampers walked out – I stepped out and said ‘what took you so long’.” “My daughter and her friends were surprised enough but the look on Jeremy’s face was priceless. “I had just had knee surgery and I’m due to have the other knee done. “As it turned out Mark had
weighed down his father’s pack with rocks, so he couldn’t believe I had made it.” But Mrs Crouchley’s adventure wasn’t over. The next day I went on another boat trip, before catching a ride back to Queenstown on a helicopter. There her daughter and sonin-law took over and paid for her accommodation for another night, and her dinner. “I really enjoyed it – it was a great experience,” she said. “The tricky part was finding out where my daughter was staying to tee it all up without giving anything away.”
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earlier yesterday that if a formal complaint was made it was unlikely to result in criminal charges against the mother. He said it was dangerous for parents to leave their children in the car, although in many cases there was an “innocent” explanation, and the best solution was support for the parents from Child, Youth and Family. “[Incidences like this] need to be taken on their merits and often it’s a mum that’s run into a shop, for example, and is only away for five minutes,” Mr Rakena said. “Absolutely [it should be reported to police], but it doesn’t mean to say we’d prosecute. I would suggest the majority of people in that situation aren’t prosecuted.” The man who spotted the baby on Saturday when he and his family parked in the neighbouring space said he was shocked to see the hand-written note resting on the child’s blanket. “It was written from the baby’s perspective, and it said, ‘My mum’s in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything’, and it had the cellphone number. “We waited there for a little
bit, wondering if the mum was just going to be two seconds and come back. And my wife said, ‘I’m not going in without someone being here with the baby’.” Eventually another two passers-by waited by the car, with one of them phoning the mother and telling her to come outside. “We had gone in [to Pak’nSave] before the mother had come out because we had a baby ourselves that was in a hurry.” The man said the baby looked well cared for. Plunket national child safety adviser Sue Campbell said the risks of leaving a baby or young child alone in a car were significant. “Babies can dehydrate quickly and become very distressed. So for a newborn that’s one of the key issues. Plus there’s a security issue - a small baby is unable to defend itself if need be, or call for help, or anything like that.” Ms Campbell said the circumstances of the mother were not clear, and caring for a baby could be overwhelming, especially for those without ready family support.
By Ben Chapman-Smith Retailers are being told to comply with strict trading restrictions over the Easter weekend or risk prosecution. The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) said all shops must close their doors on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, under The Shop Trading Hours Repeal Act 1990. There are some exemptions – such as pharmacies, duty-free stores and real estate agencies – which are allowed to remain open so certain types of essential services are still available. Cafés, bars and restaurants are also allowed to open for business as long as they sell only prepared or cooked food that is ready to be eaten immediately.
MBIE also issued a reminder to employees about their entitlements under the Holidays Act 2003. Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays which means people who normally work on these days are entitled to a paid day off. If employees must work, they are entitled to time-and-a-half for hours worked and an alternative holiday if the day is an otherwise working day for the employee. Easter Sunday is not a public holiday so employees are not entitled to a paid day off or time-and-a-half for hours worked. Last year, The Department of Labour visited 64 shops around the country over the Easter weekend. It carried out visits based on complaints received, those warned or prosecuted the previous year, and those overtly advertising that they would open. -APNZ
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s we look forward to a long weekend, police and road safety campaigners are preparing to keep the roads safe. They are hoping to replicate last year’s clean slate, when no road deaths were reported over the Easter break for the first time since records started. One factor might have been the lower tolerance for speeding over holiday weekends, with
OUR VIEW police stopping motorists driving at more than 4km/h over the limit. However, speeding is just one cause of carnage on our roads. Fatigue was responsible for 46 road deaths last year, costing the country a whopping $280 million.
The dangers of driving when tired cannot be overestimated, with statistics putting fatigue on the same page as drink driving when it comes to the causes of serious crashes. At some stage most us will have noticed lapses in concentration, and occasionally
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people on the roads, many taking advantage of the four-day weekend to travel further afield, the chances of driver fatigue increase. It is a well-known fact that we can’t just push through tiredness, even if we are only a short distance from our destinations it pays to stop and have a nap, or at least get out of the vehicle and walk around.
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Accolades for Cheryl I was very pleased that you devoted space to an article marking the retirement of Cheryl Yates from the staff of the district council. It was a well-deserved tribute that I can wholeheartedly endorse having had dealings with her in her official capacity over a period of time. Her versatility and intuitive response was there for the benefit of all. Her knowledge of institutional history and a willingness to share marked her as a valuable employ-
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ee and as she alluded able in the earlier administrations of a Town Clerk to seek and chose a career path. She will be missed and the certainty her type of employee deployed alas is not encouraged by the current administration. This is a comment on the differences in systems chosen by CEOs and town clerks whom most of us remember. The early days offered careers with prospects long term, the norm under CEOs is short term designated positions bringing no local knowledge only an assumption that location was not a fac-
tor. The influence of mayors and councillors was expanded to the detriment of the ratepayers emphasised by increasing secrecy and patronising responses and we see this almost daily. The personal skills, ability and in fact all Mrs Yates represents will be sorely missed. M. N. Richards
Out of touch A picture recently appeared of Mayor Angus McKay with the new museum/art gallery in the background.
Mr McKay seems to think the public are now behind this project as they can see it going ahead. If this is how the council thinks, they are still not in touch with the public. I would suggest that Mr McKay does not associate himself with this project, which the people never wanted. When judgment day comes in November, I would hate to see Mr McKay condemned with those councillors who forced this upon us and ignored the petition, signed by more than 4000. Ross Hawthorne
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country. Both drivers and passengers will be offered barista coffee, sizzling sausages, fruit and water at all stations. So if you’re on a road trip this Easter weekend, pull into a driver reviver station, or pull over and take a break – it could save your life, and save your loved ones a lifetime of heartache.
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Better to arrive late than not to arrive at all. With this in mind volunteers will be manning driver reviver stations around country, in effort to encourage weary drivers to pull off the road and take a break. The nearest to us will be on State Highway One at Ealing; considered the best of the five driver reviver stations in the
A dwindling number of punters making TAB bets over the phone has resulted in the company announcing the closure of its Auckland phone betting centres and the loss of more than 50 jobs. The Ellerslie centre will close its doors on October 1, which will result in 54 jobs being disestablished. The Racing Board, which owns the TAB, said it would save $1 million a year by selling its Ellerslie building for about $3 million, closing the Auckland phone operation and hiring 25 new staff within existing facilities in the other two centres
in Wellington and Christchurch. Board media manager John Mitchell said staff were eligible to take the redundancy offer before the doors closed in six months or take up a role in one of the other centres. “We’re hopeful that some of the staff will take us up on our relocation offer.” The Racing Board was offering $15,000 relocation costs, he said. “These situations are always disappointing and upsetting for the people involved and we’ve done as much as anyone could hope to do to take them through this process, listen to them and try to find a solution that works for everybody. “It has to be acknowledged that
phone bet as a channel, that our customers interact with is declining - probably about 10 per cent year on year.” The Service and Food Workers Union said most of the staff were very experienced older workers who were unlikely to make the move away from Auckland. “They’re older women mainly and they’ve got their family here,” union spokesman Len Richards said. Most of the workers had parttime roles, he said. “We are disappointed they didn’t consider it was worthwhile maintaining that valuable experience of the longstanding staff members.” The workers are casualties
Lieutenant court martialled By Rob Mildon An army lieutenant who served in Afghanistan has been reprimanded and ordered to pay a fellow soldier $1000 after a court martial at Linton Military Camp yesterday. Lieutenant Joshua Saua, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of injuring with reckless disregard to the safety of others before Judge Anne Gaskell and a panel of military personnel. He received a severe reprimand, was ordered to pay a fine of $1000 payable to his victim and was given a stay of seniority for 16 months. The hearing was told Lt Saua was involved in an incident in Palmerston North in the early hours of August 5 last year. Having broken up an altercation between the victim and another soldier, Lt Saua was escorting the victim home. The victim became aggressive, and Lt
Saua assaulted him, continuing his attack even after the victim was unconscious. The victim suffered extensive facial bruising, the hearing was told. Lt Saua’s commanding officer, Major Faraday, described him as an “enthusiastic and professional” soldier, and believed the incident to be out of character. Giving evidence yesterday, Lt Saua said he had no history of violence before the incident - a yellow card during a rugby game was as bad as it got. Lt Saua was deployed to Afghanistan between July 2011 and April 2012. Asked whether he had seen action, he told the court his first patrol was attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade and described his involvement with the identification and arrest of a “person of interest”, in conjunction with local authorities. The hearing was told that following a restorative justice ses-
sion, and given Lt Saua’s contrition over the incident, the victim was more understanding of the incident’s circumstances. Lt Saua is one of three Samoan officers in the New Zealand Army. His family lives in Palmerston North, although his father is a village chief in Samoa. The court heard Lt Saua has a strong involvement in his native culture; he speaks fluent Samoan, and has previously caught media attention for his extensive pe’a - traditional Samoan tattoos. Lt Saua expressed his intention to leave the Army, perhaps to study at university, but said he wished to remain a reservist. Commanding officers at the court martial described Lt Saua as a professional, hardworking soldier and his assault on another officer was out of character. Judge Gaskell said Lt Saua’s early guilty plea and his previous clean record went a long way to reducing any sentence. - APNZ
of a shift from phone betting to the internet and web-linked smartphones. Phone betting has slumped from two-thirds of internet-plus-phone betting in 2007 to one-third last year. Racing Board profits dropped slightly last year as betting declined on its most profitable product, domestic totalisator racing. Betting on fixed-odds domestic racing, sports and overseas racing are all growing strongly, but cost more to run than the domestic tote. On top of that, the board has logged a $14.3 million loss on a new “Typhoon” betting system which did not work and has been abandoned. - APNZ
Ironing avoidance Most New Zealanders will avoid ironing if they can, a new survey has revealed, but while we may be considered scruffy, fashionistas will still fork out for high-end, high-maintenance garments. The survey, by financial research company Canstar division Canstar Blue, shows 70 per cent of people confess to “hardly ironing”. Younger New Zealanders are even more likely to avoid it - 81 per cent of those aged 18-29. The figure was slightly lower at 75 per cent for those aged 30-44, and 63 per cent for those aged 45 and over, according to the survey of 2039 people. But the lack of laundry-related chores doesn’t end there. The survey, of 2039 people, found 13 per cent of people never fold their washing and also make their clothing choices from the clean washing pile. -APNZ
The massive Earthquake Commission privacy breach involving the details of more than 80,000 people is just another reason not to take the organisation seriously, Christchurch residents say. EQC announced yesterday that every Canterbury resident who had made a home repair claim after the quakes had their privacy breached last week. It is believed to be one of the largest privacy breaches by a government agency in the country’s history. EQC bosses have been summoned to Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee’s office at 9am today for a “please explain” meeting. Christchurch resident Lesley Fulton needs about $100,000 worth of repairs on her New Brighton property and is facing her third winter with cracks in her home. She had made a claim with EQC and her address, claim number and possibly details of the claim was one of 83,000 that were mistakenly emailed to a former EQC contractor. “It’s really frustrating that somebody else can get the information but you just can’t get anything out of them, you just have to wait,” she said yesterday. Ms Fulton said she didn’t think anybody in Canterbury really expected much from the commission. “It’s just become a bit of a standing joke ... this is just another piece of EQC nonsense really.” Her neighbour Ryan Connolly has liquefaction underneath his home and other small amounts of damage. He said there should have been a process in place to stop that kind of error from happening. “I want to know where my claim is up to before anyone else does,” he said. “It seems like a fly by night sort of regime up there.” EQC chief executive Ian Simpson told media he found out yesterday about the scale of the breach. It was initially thought the information of 9700 people was emailed in error, but that scale had ballooned to eight times in size after it was realised if filters within the spreadsheet were manipulated, all the claims could be seen. The information covered 98,000 claims from the residents, he said. The information has since been destroyed but not before the email recipient and up to four others who were in the room saw the information. One of those people passed the scale of the breach on to Labour’s earthquake recovery spokeswoman Lianne Dalziel at the weekend. An EQC spokesman said it appeared Ms Dalziel was told only of the scope of the privacy breach rather than any details, and they would not be pursuing the person. Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said it was ironic because there were thousands of people in Christchurch desperate to get a hold of their EQC files and now someone who didn’t want them had in excess of 80,000 of them. “It reminds me of that old saying, ‘To err is human, to really screw up takes a computer’.” Mr Parker would leave it up to Mr Brownlee to speak with EQC about the issue. Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff would not comment on the breach while the details were still unfolding but a spokeswoman said she had already approached the States Services Commissioner Iain Rennie and
FACTBOX * Information revealed 83,000 claimants’ addresses and claim numbers; * Information on people’s claims, which they had not yet received, may have been included in the email; * An independent review will be launched into the breach; * There were no financial details on the spreadsheet; * The dollar value of the repair estimate was included in the information Other privacy breaches include: * Earlier this month a census collector mistakenly handed out an already completed form to another household; * In January a Hawke’s Bay District Health Board worker mistakenly released a patient’s confidential medical file to the media; * A Bay of Plenty District Health Board worker was sacked last December for accessing clinical records of nearly 50 patients and using them for her own purposes; * A man’s criminal record was faxed in error last December to the wrong number; * Blogger Keith Ng, accessed thousands of copies of invoices with personal details on them through Work and Income NZ (Winz) kiosks; * Auckland District Health Board launched an investigation last October after staff apparently inappropriately accessed clinical records of a patient who arrived at the hospital with an eel inside him and, separately, the possible leaking of information about the eel case to the media; * ACC sent private information of 6500 claimants to former National Party insider Bronwyn Pullar; * A Winz staff member wrote clients’ private information on a scrap of paper and mistakenly handed it to a member of the public. * There were 32 privacy breaches at Inland Revenue, involving 6300 people, in the year to October, 2012.
the Government’s chief information officer to “emphasise that (privacy breaches) really are something that needs to be fixed”. Mr Simpson said the EQC would be taking advertising in the media to alert people to the breach. “I’m very unhappy about what’s happened. It’s very embarrassing and extremely disappointing,” Mr Simpson said. The first course of action is to review the procedures, but he stopped short of saying heads would roll. Mr Simpson apologised unreservedly for the breach. “This is a blow, I’m extremely disappointed it’s happened and all I can do is apologise.” An independent investigation into the breach had been launched and EQC had turned off the auto populate function in the email system so email recipients could not be emailed in error. -APNZ
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Collins ‘being followed by a gang’ Former All Black Jerry Collins says he had a “misunderstanding” with a gang in Japan and that he feared for his safety. Speaking to Campbell Live from police custody in Hamamatsu, Collins said he was fine following his arrest at an upmarket department store for carrying a knife 10 days ago. Collins was arrested after he went behind a shop counter and placed a knife on it in front of frightened staff. Collins told John Campbell the incident occurred after a “misunderstanding” with “a gang”. It had escalated to such an extent that he feared for his life. He believed he was being followed on the day of the incident. Collins said he believed he wouldn’t be attacked around so many people and was relieved to be arrested and taken away. Rumours he was on drugs were not true and all tests had come back negative. He said he was treated “very kindly and very generously” and looked after as well as “humanly possible” in the prison. The “gang” was understood to be made up of foreign workers, mainly Brazilian ex-pats, who had taken a dislike to foreign rugby players in the city. Although the 32-year-old flanker has yet to be formally indicted, he is being held in custody for allegedly violating Japan’s Swords and Firearms Control Law It was revealed yesterday that it took more than 30 Japanese police officers to take Collins into custody - despite the fact he didn’t behave violently or resist arrest. Police were called after a “sweating and anxious” Collins went into the shop. When the first officer arrived on the scene and saw how big Collins was he immediately called for backup, Entetsu Department store division manager Katsuyuki Aono said. Police suddenly began to pour into the basement floor of the
• Man’s throat cut A man’s throat was cut in an accident at a glazing company in Napier yesterday. The man, thought to be about 50, suffered severe cuts to his neck and shoulder at Napier Glass. Ambulance officers were called at 2.10pm. St John Ambulance Service Hawke’s Bay operations manager Stephen Smith said the man’s airways were “partially compromised” and a second ambulance crew arrived to assist before the patient was rushed to a waiting surgical team at Hawkes Bay Hospital in Hastings. The man was last night in a critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit. -APNZ
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Jamie Bird, Grace Percy, Lucinda Askin and Emma Waite at the Hastings Horse of the Year show.
Jerry Collins department store where food is sold and soon there were more than 30 officers surrounding him. “The Japanese police were very small in comparison to him and they must have been worried,” Mr Aono said. It was still not known what penalty will be dished out to the rugby player, or when he would be released from the prison. Collins’ arrest certificate states he was arrested for carrying a 17cm “houcho (kitchen/carving knife) in public ‘without a valid reason’, such as for work purposes”. If it is classed as a kitchen knife he could face up to two years in prison and a fine of 300,000 yen ($3796). If Collins was judged to be in possession of a sword he could face up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 500,000 yen ($6328). Collins, a 48-test All Black and one-time captain, joined Japanese rugby club Yamaha Engines Jubilo in 2011 but announced his resignation to coincide with his contract ending last month. Marty Gibbons, owner of Aussie expat bar Liquid Kitchen, said Collins was a regular there and was never any trouble. “Those guys are under the spotlight because they are representing Yamaha, so they usually keep out of trouble.” -APNZ
Youngsters riding high at Horse of Year By Michelle Nelson A squad of young equestrians are back from the Horse of the Year show with a swag of awards. Held in Hastings, the show is the biggest in the southern hemisphere with more than 2600 horses competing. For the first time in years, Ashburton College put together a team for the Saba Sam Shield and came in third in the national competition. Fourteen provinces competed in teams of four in this grand prix pony jumping competition. Riding for Ashburton were Emma Waite on Spring Brooke, Jamie Bird on Showtym Image, Lucinda Askin on Buckle Up and Grace Percy on Madam Marsala. The team made it through the qualifying round with only four penalties incurred, before jumping off against the other top five teams. Ashburton College teacher Karen McKenzie said the final jump-off began at 7.30am and
A diver has survived being stabbed in the stomach by a stingray while diving for crayfish near the entrance to Gisborne’s harbour. Local fireman Tim Lister, 36, was scuba-diving with a mate about 2pm on Sunday when he spotted a couple of crayfish in a hole at a depth of about 18 metres.
“I grabbed one of them and put it in my catch-bag and when I went to get the second one I noticed the water had suddenly got quite murky,” Mr Lister said. “Initially I thought it was me. I didn’t see the stingray at all. It just came out of the blue.” The ray’s barb stabbed him right through his webbing belt, and the 6mm of wetsuit he was wearing. “Fortunately, the barb went in
man in the Vancouver area, but authorities are not sure why he chose to flee to Vancouver in the first place.” Armstrong said Farley was assumed to have used an altered passport to enter Canada. “But just exactly how he made it past all those levels of security at the airport, and immigration wise, we’re not sure at this point. “We understand that border officials in Canada are doing an investigation and they’re certainly in touch with police in New Zealand, as well as Interpol, to find out exactly how he got into Canada.” Farley plans to apply for bail when he appears in court on Thursday, but Armstrong said it was “highly unlikely” it wanted to be granted. He is charged with eight offences, including aggravated sexual assault, assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping. Armstrong said authorities wanted to deal with the sex charges first, before dealing with the immigration matter. It was possible Farley would
then be extradited back to New Zealand. Theoretically, he could be sent back to New Zealand to serve his sentence here, if convicted. Officers allege the 42-year-old victim was picked up against her will, driven to a secluded area, tied up and beaten during the incident, the Huffington Post reported. Several witnesses called 911 as they watched the woman being dragged behind a white van down a city street. Police believe the woman partially freed herself and, fearing for her life, attempted to jump from the moving vehicle. The woman, who has since been released from hospital, suffered serious injuries, including to her head, but was able to give a description of her attacker. The New Zealand police website said Farley was wanted for breaching home detention and attempting to pervert the course of justice. It said he was “believed to be in the Hawkes Bay” area. - APNZ
• Bridge to be replaced The Department of Conservation is planning to replace the swing bridge on the walking track leading to the Roy Roy glacier in the Mt Aspiring National Park. The bridge, across the west branch of the Matukituki River, was constructed in 1978 and is used by about 20,000 people each year. A DoC spokeswoman said the existing bridge was considered to be nearing the end of its useful life and building a new $50,000 bridge had been recommended by a DoC structural engineer. -APNZ
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ing pain when I got hit, but it eased after a while,” Mr Lister said. Once back on shore he was taken to a doctor’s surgery where the 1cm-wide puncture wound was revealed. “I was also taken up to Gisborne Hospital where I had X-rays and an ultrasound scan to ensure all the sting ray barb was out,” Mr Lister said. “I’m a very lucky boy.” - APNZ
NZ prison term possible after ‘horrific’ attack in Canada A New Zealand man accused of a horrific attack on a sex worker in Canada could serve time in a New Zealand jail if he is convicted and extradited. Michael Edward Farley, 39, is wanted in New Zealand after cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet while on home detention in Hawke’s Bay. He is believed to have fled to Vancouver, where authorities say he was working as a handyman using an alias. Canadian media reported Farley had been in the country for two years before the attack on the sex worker earlier this month. Vancouver radio journalist Jordan Armstrong told Radio New Zealand that Farley was arrested by immigration authorities on March 9, five days after the attack. “However he wasn’t linked to this particular assault until just this past week,” Armstrong said. “He was in Canada illegally under the assumed name of Robert James Clarke. Police say he had been here for two years and was working as a handy-
A man was killed when a large tree stump rolled on him in Dunedin yesterday. Brian Weatherall, 66, of Broad Bay, was at Sandymount on Otago Peninsula removing a five-tonne stump for firewood when it rolled on him, Senior Sergeant Steve Aitken said. The incident was being investigated by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Mr Aitken said. Senior Constable Lox Kellas said the stump had been moved from its original position with equipment including a bulldozer and winch ropes. The stump was on soft ground and when they disconnected a wire the stump moved. “He was below the stump and it rolled and moved and he was caught.” - APNZ
RIGHT: Caitlin Roberts, 9, proudly shows off her trophy.
at an angle upwards, instead of straight in, with the entry wound next to my belly button,” Mr Lister said. “I never saw the ray at any stage, but it must have been a big one.” The barb penetrated 5cm into his abdomen. “I surfaced pretty quickly and signalled to our boat to come over to me. At that stage I didn’t realise the severity of it. There was excruciat-
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A man who urinated on an American woman in a Queenstown bar on Boxing Day has been lambasted by a judge Scott Andrew Mickan, 30, a bar manager of Queenstown, admitted wilfully committing an offensive act in Altitude Bar on December 26. In Queenstown District Court yesterday, Judge Kevin Phillips said that in his 40 years as a lawyer, judge and resident in Queenstown, Invercargill and Dunedin, he had “never seen anybody urinate on anyone - ever”. “It’s just appalling. “I find this behaviour entirely disgusting, reprehensible and totally inexcusable.” Duty solicitor Mike Newell said it was a “drunken stupid act”. Mickan was sentenced to 200 hours’ community work and ordered to pay $1000 emotional harm reparation. -APNZ
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sun strike and heavy dew combined to challenge ponies and riders on the 1.25m course. However the Ashburton team riders managed to rise from sixth to third place, pipped by Canterbury for the silver medal and Northland which took gold. Jamie took first place in the 1.15m show jumping class, this time riding Bucc A Boo. Nine-year-old Caitlin Roberts also had a great show, taking home the first ribbon rider of the year sash – just three months after getting her new pony Turkwood Sugar Daddy. Alisha Bota, riding Mr Goldstein finished sixth on the national show hunter ladder, and fourth in the 1.5m show jumping championship. And the combination of Emma and Spring Brooke showed what they were made of, taking fourth place in the pony six-bar competition – where the winner cleared 1.52m, and fifth place in the 1.20m pony championship.
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Syrian oppn in disarray as leader resigns Opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib has announced his resignation from the National Coalition, throwing Syria’s divided opposition into disarray ahead of an Arab summit. “I announce my resignation from the National Coalition, so that I can work with a freedom that cannot possibly be had in an official institution,” Khatib said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday. Neither the Coalition’s presidential office nor its general assembly has yet accepted Khatib’s resignation, the group said in a statement. “Some coalition members have asked Khatib to return to his post,” an opposition source told AFP, adding the group had yet to decide whether to accept Khatib’s decision. And key opposition backer Qatar called on Khatib to reverse his decision, the official news
agency QNA reported, citing Prime Minister and top diplomat Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani. Hamad said he “hoped Khatib will reconsider his decision to resign, because it has come at a critical and important moment”, QNA said. Khatib’s announcement threw Syria’s divided opposition into chaos just two days before Arab heads of state were due to decide in Doha whether to give it Damascus’s vacant seat in the Arab League. Set up in Doha in November, the coalition is a dissident group recognised by dozens of states and organisations as legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Khatib’s surprise resignation came just days after the first election in Istanbul of a rebel prime minister, Ghassan Hitto, and just over two years on from the outbreak of a popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. – AFP
Airfares: ‘Pay as you weigh’ It may only have a slim chance of succeeding, but a pay-as-youweigh airline pricing scheme has been suggested. Heavier passengers would pay more for their plane tickets and lighter ones less under plans put forward by a Norwegian professor. Writing in this month’s Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management publication, Dr
Bharat P. Bhatta said weight and space should be taken into account when airlines price their tickets. Dr Bhatta, of the Sogn og Fjordane University College in Norway, said charging according to weight and space is a “universally accepted principle, not only in transportation, but also in other services.” – PA
• Man fights for life A runner is fighting for his life after being hit by a tree in wild storms that lashed Queensland’s southeast. Sunday night’s storms left homes damaged and thousands of properties still without power yesterday. Most of the damage happened to the south of Brisbane, with the Logan area suffering the worst of the fury dished out by four severe storm cells. The runner was hit by a falling tree in the Brisbane suburb of St Lucia. – AAP
• 120 inmates freed Officials say gunmen attacked a remote town in Nigeria’s north-east, killing 25 and freeing 120 inmates. Adamawa State’s head of prisons, Andrew Barka, said yesterday 120 inmates were freed in the weekend raid in Ganye near the border with Cameroon. Police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim said 25 people were killed after the assailants also attacked a bank and a drinking spot. – AP
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the naval base,” Lambinon said. “There are a remaining five whales in good health and we are going to attempt to do the same for them.” He appealed to the public to stay away from the beach because enough workers are there, trying to help the whales. – AP
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• Cop car nap no-no You snooze, you lose – especially if you do it in the back of a police car. A 22-year-old man will have his day in court next month after deciding to take a wee nap in the back of a police vehicle parked at a Mackay cop shop. – AAP
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to try to keep them alive. The South African Press Association quoted Craig Lambinon, a spokesman for the National Sea Rescue Institute, as saying authorities had considered whether to try and refloat the whales. “Seven are in poor health,” SAPA quoted Lambinon as say-
A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing held in the days since a Virginia man won a $217 million jackpot February 6. Thirteen other tickets worth $1 million each matched all but the final Powerball number on. – AP
Cyprus secured a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) package of rescue loans in tense, last-ditch negotiations yesterday, saving the country from a banking system collapse and bankruptcy that could have destabilised the entire euro area. “We’ve put an end to the uncertainty that has affected Cyprus and the euro area over the past week,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who chairs the meetings of the 17-nation eurozone’s finance ministers. In return for the bail-out, Cyprus must drastically shrink its outsized banking sector, cut its budget, implement structural reforms and privatise state assets, he said. The country’s second-largest bank will be shut down immediately, with all bond holders and people with more than 100,000 euros in their bank accounts there facing significant losses. The measures are likely to deepen the recession in Cyprus and lead to more job losses. The cash-strapped Mediterranean island nation has been shut out of international markets for almost two years. It first applied for a bail-out to recapitalise its ailing lenders and keep the government afloat last June, but the political negotiations stalled. After a botched agreement last week, the European Central Bank moved forcefully to focus leaders’ minds, threatening to cut off crucial emergency assistance to the country’s banks by early tomorrow if no agreement was reached. “It’s not that we won a battle, but we really have avoided a disastrous exit from the eurozone,” said Cyprus’ Finance Minister Michalis Sarris. “A
A man passes an empty closed branch of Bank of Cyprus in central capital Nicosia, Cyprus, yesterday. long period of uncertainty and insecurity surrounding the Cyprus economy has ended.” The eurozone finance ministers accepted the plan, reached after more than 10 hours of negotiations in Brussels between Cypriot officials and the so-called troika of creditors – the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the ECB.
“We believe that this will form a lasting, durable and fully financed solution,” said IMF chief Christine Lagarde. Without a bail-out deal by yesterday, the tiny nation of about 800,000 would have faced the prospect of bankruptcy, which could have forced it to become the first country to abandon the euro currency. That would have roiled markets and spurred turmoil across the entire
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eurozone of 300 million people, analysts said, even though Cyprus only makes up less than 0.2 per cent of the eurozone’s 10 trillion euro economy. After the eurozone’s finance ministers’ approval, several national parliaments in eurozone countries such as Germany must also approve the bail-out deal, which might take another few weeks. – AP
$1m grant to help develop cow health systems By Ben Chapman-Smith An agri-tech company which is developing wireless devices to track the health and fertility of cows has been awarded a $1 million grant from Callaghan Innovation. Auckland-based company Kahne’s rumen and fertility monitoring systems are inserted into the animal to measure things such as temperature and pH levels. The sensors then transmit data back to farmers at milking time. Farmers receive health alerts and reports – via an in-shed tablet, by text and by email – so they can detect any problems which might affect fertility or productivity. Any cows showing signs of poor health can then be drafted aside and get early
treatment. Chief executive Susanne Clay said there was a global market for the technology but Kahne’s immediate priority was to help local farmers solve livestock issues and become more efficient. The Callaghan Innovation grant would enable the company to complete development and validate its systems at scale with commercial herds, she said. Kahne would be selecting about six farms from around the country and placing about 300 of the devices in each herd. “Unless you’re able to run these large-scale trials, you don’t gain the statistical confidence to bring the product to market,” Clay said. Kahne would be monitoring the animals throughout an entire season, working closely with the farm manag-
ers, nutrition advisers, and researchers. “These will be real working farms, collecting data and managing that information for improved farm management and performance.” So far, 500 prototype units had been sold to researchers around the world and 1500 of the Sentinel rumen monitoring systems had just been pre-sold to New Zealand farmers. Each device costs about $100, with the in-shed transponder costing $2000. The Sentinel is a 14.5cm x 27 cm cigar-shaped cylinder with two flexible ‘wings’ which reach 18.5cm tip to tip. It is inserted into the rumen – one of the stomach chambers in ruminant animals – and the wings help the device settle in the correct position. The company was also developing the Catalyst, a circular four-inch fertility
monitoring system, but its main focus right now was on the Sentinel, Clay said. Callaghan Innovation kicked off at the start of this month, handing out $25 million to eight companies its first round of grants. The new government body was set up to accelerate commercialisation of innovation in New Zealand firms, said Graham Smith, acting general manager of business research and development grants. “Grants like these are just one of the ways we enable businesses to invest more in research, science, engineering and technology so they can be more successful,” he said. Kahne is privately owned and last year raised $2.4 million in a funding round led by Wellington based venture fund Movac. – APNZ
Jasons in talks over convenant breach Jasons Travel Media, which announced the departures of its chief executive and a director in the past two months, is in talks with its banks after breaching lending covenants and forecasting an annual loss. The Auckland-based company is bracing for a pretax loss in the year ending March 31, which will breach its interest cover and debt to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation covenants, and has asked ANZ New Zealand for a waiver, it said in a statement. As at September 30, Jasons had $2.3 million in borrowings falling due in the following 12 months, and $1.9 million in financial liabilities maturing beyond that timeframe. As a ratio to Jason’s total equity, the company’s gearing rose to 191 per cent as at September 30 from 108 per cent six months earlier. “Jasons has tackled its balance sheet with rigour and paid down relatively large amounts of debt during a time of global economic uncertainty while at the same time implementing a number of changes designed to better serve its customers and meet client expectations,” chairman John Sandford said. “We’re focused on rebuilding the company’s position as a profitable, successful company based on our position as a trusted source of travel information.” The company blamed Australian sales that were well behind budget as the main cause for the downturn, and will “significantly” scale back its operations across the Tasman, including job cuts. The New Zealand operation was slightly behind budget, though Jasons will have to account for non-cash adjustments in the period and increased accruals for bad debts on both sides of the Tasman. Jasons has been hit by the downturn in tourist numbers as the strength of the Australasian currencies and high cost of longhaul flights has tarnished the appeal of a holiday in the South Pacific. – APNZ
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High-performing company throws open farm gates Robert and Kath Schikker are throwing open the farm gates for a Beef + Lamb New Zealand field day on this afternoon. The couple’s Mt Somers farm was the B+LNZ monitor farm about 10 years ago and farmers who saw the property then will be interested in seeing what has been happening since. This is a high performing property and has a very good mix of enterprises including 2500 romdale ewe flock with 700 ewe hoggets, 200 dairy heifers, 100 carry over dairy cows and 50 jersey bulls. There will be three main topics for
discussion at the field day. Chris McFarlane from Vetlife will discuss animal health topics with emphasis on internal parasite management in cattle and ewe and ram health leading into mating and early pregnancy. The Schikker property has been grazing dairy heifers for a number of years and has built up a very good understanding of this grazing system. There will be discussion around feed planning for the upcoming winter period and what management practices the Schikker’s have in place to fulfil contracts with the dairy farmers,
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l A M B ($) Including 1 kg Shorn pelt
13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI
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29.55 30.77 48.24 49.59 65.20 66.70 63.31 65.06 57.60 57.11 75.39 77.13 81.13 83.00 80.34 82.55 88.78 90.84 88.85 91.29 97.02 29.55 101.07 29.55 6.72 6.72
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Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.
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338 412
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416 427
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4080 4120 4010 4560 11870
4330 3960 4080 4940 11190
3490 3360 3420 4510 10220
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W H E A T ($NZ/Tonne) ASW (Aus standard White) NZ Free (12.5% protein)
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5030 5050 6440 4930 12100
5030 * 5050 * 6440 * 5180 12270
4812 4151 4290 5147 12382
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UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)
PRICES 350 220 200 6.40
350 218 201 6.40
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0.834 0.547 0.633 2.97
330 223 211 6.40
399 219 204 6.60
315 206 193 6.40 *
350 * 225 212 6.80
405 210 198 6.72
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0.834 0.809 0.512 0.511 0.630 0.613 2.72 3.04 (Estimates only) 374 323 274 101 117 41 16.1 12.6 13.0
0.828 0.514 0.629 2.76 17 5 0.0
0.844 0.526 0.637 2.82 508 * 134 20.7 *
Note: * denotes a new low/high for season.
0.813 0.515 0.630 2.77
while feeding ewes and in-lamb hoggets. The Schikker’s have had an ongoing pasture renewal system in place over the past 10 years so this will be a great opportunity to have a look at what has worked and what has not. There are around 30ha of tall fescue pastures of varying ages on the property and participant will hear some interesting views on this pasture mix and where it fits into a sheep and cattle farm system in Mid Canterbury. The field day will start at 1pm today, at 212 Prices Road in the Mt Somers area.
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Tractor launched About 250 people attended the launch of the new Deutz-Fahr 7250 TTV tractor at Lake Hood last week. PowerFarming Ashburton presented the first ever model of the tractor, to retail at around $250,000, to be seen in the Southern Hemisphere to its buyers, a couple from Whangarei. It was a launch accompanied by Deutz-Fahr promo girls greeting visitors at the door, and fireworks and smoke as the tractor photo supplied came out in front of the crowd. The launch was attended by About 250 people attended the launch of a new $250,000 tractor at Lake delegates from PowerFarming’s Hood last week.
LAMB Despite the elevated mutton slaughter this season, overseas demand has comfortably matched it. This has supported meat companies in paying farmers over $40/head for ewes, which is extremely good in historical terms for a drought year. China has stepped up its buying significantly in the past few months, which has not only absorbed the additional supply but also put pressure on traditional buyer to secure their supplies for the season early. Not everywhere received significant rainfall in the past week, but the impact was clear to see in those regions that did. Numbers through the saleyards increased in the lower North Island as sellers tried to cash-in on any pick-up in demand. Prices generally increased by a few cents from the previous week.
BEEF Overseas beef markets continue to be tested by huge supplies out of New Zealand and Australia. The week ended March 16 saw the highest number of cattle processed ever in a single week in New Zealand, totalling just over 83,000 head. This was largely due to an all-time high cow throughput, which exceeded 51,000 head, 9 per cent higher than the previous record set in 1998. While this is mainly North Island driven, the South Island cow slaughter has also risen sharply and earlier than normal. During the same week the cattle slaughter in Queensland, Australia’s main beef state, reached a 12-year high and was the second highest on record. Prices into the US have struggled to hold their ground under the weight of such high supply, with many bids coming in below current price levels.
FORESTRY Export log prices have slowed their increase over the last month, though are still above last month’s prices. The Agrifax Log Price Indicator rose to 90 this month, the highest point since June 2011 and a year-on-year increase of 11 per cent. There has been less activity with Chinese mills taking a break for the New Year celebrations last month. This allowed critically low port stocks to build up in China, though reports of activity since the break have been good. New Zealand exports look set to continue to benefit from the changing market structure, in which New Zealand is becoming the largest supplier of logs to China. Housing recovery in the US will contribute to lower supply from the Pacific North West and rising logging costs and accessibility in Russia is causing steady declines in their exports. New Zealand’s exporter’s ability to export consistent quality and volume means that they will be the ones to make up the shortfall in China. The high export prices are expected to contribute to domestic log price rises next month, along with improving lumber prices in the US.
Title claimed by business manager BEL Group business manager Justine Kidd (right) from Waipukurau was named the Dairy Woman of the Year at a gala dinner held by the Dairy Women’s Network in Nelson this week. With more than 20 years’ experience, Justine has influenced many aspects of the dairy industry after graduating
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ABOVE LEFT: February 25, 1915, and a large crowd looks on as firefighters attempt to extinguish a blaze in the group of shops at the point of the Triangle. The adjacent Templars Hall is visible through the smoke. The onlookers, all male, include a number of school boys near the front and, at the back, two well-dressed secondary school boys wearing straw boater hats. ABOVE RIGHT: The former Good Templars lodge is today part of the St Vincent de Paul Society buildings.
Templars – A little building that survived two fires By Michael Hanrahan
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robably the oldest building in that part of Ashburton known as The Triangle is a little wooden building with an interesting history. Today it is part of the St Vincent de Paul Society premises, but it has had a number of prior uses, most recently as a picture framers, before that a signwriters and for a number of years before that as a cycle shop. It dates from 1878, when it was built in Moore Street, in part of
what is today the Mitre 10 carpark, by an organisation known as the Good Templars, who used it as their meeting hall and lodge rooms. Tenders were called in March, 1878, and the building was opened in November the same year, its owner being a trust called Templar Trustees. The Independent Order of Good Templars was a temperance organisation originating in America in the 1850s. It spread worldwide, and today is based in Sweden. Unusually for its time, it admitted women to
membership on the same basis as men. Ashburton, about that time, was a town no different to most other New Zealand towns, with about eight or nine hotels and two or three breweries. Also like the rest of the country, there was a strong drive for what was called temperance, in effect prohibition. The Templars were one of a number of groups promoting this cause, and in 1902 they were successful, with the Ashburton electorate voting in favour of “no licence”, a situation that continued for almost
50 years. In the late 1880s the hall was moved from the Moore Street site to the place where it is today. There is a story, most likely somewhat of a tall story, that during the shift it became stuck on the railway lines and stopped the trains running for the day. The reason for the move is not clear, but the Templars had been struggling for members and the move to be nearer businesses may have been seen as a means of gaining new members. The building also had a change of ownership at the time, although its use remained the same.
The hall led somewhat of a charmed life on its new site. On September 3, 1894, fire ripped through the adjacent building on the Triangle’s point, totally destroying it in about half an hour. Instead of attempting to extinguish the fire the brigade gave its whole attention to saving the Templar Hall, initially with a hand-operated pump and then with its steam-powered fire engine. New buildings were erected, but on February 25, 1915, they too were destroyed in another fire. This fire was blamed on rats eating their way through the wax
match stock in Alfred Lee’s general store. The borough council took the opportunity to criticise the “irregularity” of the buildings in that part of the Triangle, one councillor saying they had been crowded in to avoid any one owner paying rates for the whole section, and for the same reason they had been lightly constructed. The council’s concerns appear to have been taken on board, with the present substantial two-storey building being erected in 1916. In recent years the interior of the building has been renovated, but before that one trace of its
former use could still be found. A door, too high on the wall to be easily accessible, was the former stage door, entering from outside. Except that later buildings erected alongside meant the door just met a brick wall if it was opened. Earlier the building had an ornamental dome in the ceiling but that was removed and the hole plastered over in the 1960s. Today, thanks to the effects of earthquakes and building codes, both the adjacent 1916 building and the former Good Templars Hall are likely to disappear in the near future.
It’s pink and it has a great story ... FROM THE COLLECTION
By Kathleen Stringer
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like pink; I also like china, so this pretty pink tea set is really appealing to me. It’s dainty and shows very little wear, lovely to look at, but is it worthy of being in our museum? The answer is yes and not just because I like it. In the book The Royal Visit to New Zealand 1954, almost every minute of the month-long journey of the Queen and Prince Philip is documented. A few minutes after 10am the convoy left Christchurch. They made an unscheduled stop at Rakaia before arriving at the Ashburton Domain (35 minutes late). Then it was onwards to Longbeach where the prime minister introduced the royal couple to Mr and Mrs John Grigg. While the couple was excluded from the public gaze, the book details that the Queen rode twice and Prince Philip visited the Winchmore Irrigation Research Station. On Sunday, the couple attended a service at the private chapel, which the book claims to be the smallest church in which the Queen had ever worshipped.
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“The old timbers of the tiny building had never welcomed more distinguished worshippers.” The couple and entourage left on the morning of the 25th “looking completely refreshed”. The writer, J. Hardwick, wrote enthusiastically that “their week
in Canterbury had clearly been one of the most enjoyable of their tour”, although they hadn’t reached Otago yet. After the royal visitors left Longbeach, Mr and Mrs T. W. Browne were gifted the tea set by the Grigg family “ for services
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rendered”. The Browne family almost 40 years later donated it to the museum. The tea set was manufactured by the English Crescent China Co, George Jones and Co. This company began production in 1861 and continued until
1961. Looking at their website it suggests that the set was made in the 1920s, rather than being brand new. We would be most interested in learning more about this pretty and historically interesting set.
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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) A Mars-Jupiter contact heats up professional relationships and career intentions. Resist the temptation to overextend yourself or your plans, especially if they involve someone who may not be as sympathetic to your aims as yourself. However, an intuitive impulse may guide you to do or say the right thing at the right time, creating a successful outcome.
LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Today it seems possible that a random event could be the source of a delightful possibility. A taste for adventure may find expression through travel aspirations. An encounter may open a way to experimenting with new tastes and ideas. Try not to clash with someone in authority as complaints made today can go unheard and bring no relief.
VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) Shared financial matters or business deals show both promise and the need for careful consideration today. If someone pushes for all the power or keeps secrets or says things that cause resentment, try to steer clear if you can. On the other hand, a very upbeat influence spells success in one particular financial deal. Go for it if it feels right.
LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) As Mars aspects Jupiter today, you may be keen to get together with someone who has some bright and inspiring ideas that they’d love to involve you with. However, another aspect between Mars and Pluto suggests it may be a day to watch what you say or what you do. The Moon in your sign may give you the upper hand just when you need it.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Being original and adventurous may be the way to get yourself noticed. If you’re involved in an ongoing intimate relationship, it can seem suddenly new and exciting. Perhaps you’ll make plans today that give you both something to look forward to. Do take care of finances, though. Don’t take a gamble on something in which you stand to lose out.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) Challenging or critical opinions may shake up things at home. Perhaps your outlook is too rigid and family members are trying to encourage you to change your ways. If you can meet them halfway or at least consider a compromise, it would be a good start. An exceptionally upbeat influence reveals positive news that might make you smile.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) A delightful aspect between Mars and Jupiter suggests you may be keen to get a project or even a business underway. Positive feedback and confidence in your ability lend this day a successful entrepreneurial cast. You have a lot going for you and it’s certainly time to share your message with the world. Don’t let doubts prevent you from pressing ahead.
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A week out from the season ending championships race, Nathan Tew secured a breakthrough victory in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 60km handicap around the Blackbridge block on Sunday. For only the third time this season the back markers found the front of the race, reeling in the last rider inside the last five kilometres in the penultimate race of the season. It came down to a sprint finish, with Tew finding the line the strongest from fellow scratch riders Tony Ward and Michael Templeton. Nigel Douglas charged into fourth spot with Josh Connor claiming the fifth. For his efforts Tew also secured the fastest time honours, covering the course in 86.28 minutes. Earlier the juniors and division 2 had contested a 20km handicap event. After some close-run finishes throughout the season Oliver Davidson finally found himself on top of the podium, after he pulled out a strong sprint to edge
out co-marker Caitlin Titheridge, who continued her great first season form. Connie Davidson rode into third place with Jesse Banks and Ryan Jackson taking fourth and fifth respectively. The fastest time of the day was recorded by Ben Sutton, who rode the course in 36.16 minutes. Division 2 was taken out by Janette Hooper, with Drew Titheridge and Shona McGrathProctor rounding out the top three spots. On Saturday the Club will contest the Mid Canterbury Championships around the Wakanui Beach block.
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The Ashburton Boxing Club came away with two titles from the South Island Novice Champs in Christchurch at the weekend. Declan O’Neill and Sullivan Leonard won their division and Connor Perriton was runner-up. O’Neill took out the under 70kg while Leonard stepped up from the under 75kg to the under 81kg, with both performing particularly well. Perriton also boxed well but came up second best in the under 40kg cadet class. Ashburton had six boxers overall with the other three novices gaining some valuable tournament experience with over 120 novice fighters in the tournament.
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• Cricketers in at last The Ashburton College 1st XI had a 57-run win over North West on Saturday to snap a five game losing streak. Batting first College made 147 all out in 33.3 overs with Jack Dudley top scoring with 31 batting at seven and Kirk Chettleburgh made 23. Shaun Stagg then took 3/23 and Jack Meyrick 3/30 as College dismissed North West for 90 in the 30th over. Dudley also picked up 2/24.
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8 13237 Another Star nwtd......................J McInerney Emergencies: Emergencies: 9 31721 Opawa Swede (c4) nwtd J &...........D Fahey 9 14374 Cawbourne Philip nwtd..............J McInerney 10 11334 Wayleggo 32.99 J &.........................D Fahey 10 53565 Sretror 32.65 J &.............................D Fahey 10 2.58pm OTAGO ANNIVERSARY STAKES C5, 545m 7 2.00pm GREEN ISLAND SUPER LIQUOR C2, 310m 1 53718 No Undies Sundy 33.16.............J McInerney 1 22861 Sea Spray Tich (c3) 18.93.............. R Casey 32.75...................... 1. Bobo Courteous (5) R Casey 6. Mean (7) 2 3 87831 Wodston 2 28115 Starla nwtd.................................J McInerney 35465 Moriarty 33.05...................................B Shaw 3 83281 Winston Who 18.83............................J Dunn (5) 4 61716 Threat2.32.74 J &..............................D Fahey Wager (3) 7. Fall into 4 47734 Thrilling Sadie nwtd......................... M Grant 5 25555 Finn McMissile 33.00.......................L Philips 3. Adhesive (4) 9. Intelligence (3) 5 37668 Fulla Torque nwtd C &..................D Roberts 6 13656 Russell Hart nwtd......................J McInerney 6 45418 Dyna Brownlow 18.92 C &.10. ...........D Roberts (9) 7 61143 Wild Grove 33.09 J &.......................D Fahey 4. Ghostly (9) Attractive 7 57731 Hazza’s Lad 18.91 S &.....................Bonnett 8 17118 Raw Energy nwtd.......................J McInerney 5. Prospect (7) 12. Ban (11) 8 83188 Hannah 19.03 S &............................Bonnett 9 25765 Nova’s Fortune nwtd..................J McInerney 9 76255 Mighty Fortune nwtd P &...............B Conner (11)11 3.16pm HAPPY EASTER SPRINT 8. Gallows (6) C4, 310m 15. Instantly 10 86368 Slightly Amazing 18.81 J &.....................May 1 81172 Dillmanstown 18.92............................J Dunn 11. Complaint (9) Roberts 17.SPRINT Degeneracy 8 2.20pm ROBBIE PHOTOGRAPHER C3, 310m (9) 2 3748x Obsessed 18.52 C &....................D 1 57464 New York Affair nwtd J &.........................May 3 43642 Wandy Paul nwtd............................. M Grant 13. Greeted (6) 19. Reserved (3) 2 574F4 Smash Dora 18.69........................... M Grant 4 48872 Wise Wonder 18.83 C &..................... Fagan 3 27511 Homebush Chopper nwtd..........J McInerney Harry nwtd J &..............................May Hindered (7) 21. Roost (5) 5 77562 Tricky14. 4 15613 Marmalade Skies 18.92.....................J Dunn 6 42536 Turbo Tundra 18.63.......................... M Grant 16. Infant (5) 22. Competent (7) 5 84426 Anytime Will Do 19.03...............J McInerney 7 52145 Jack’s First nwtd...............................B Shaw 6 31452 Bugsy Bangles 18.45........................B Shaw 8 52874 As Far 18.78........................... 18.AsApplaud (4) M Roberts 7 31522 Wandy Grant 18.73........................ G Cleeve 9 83385 Another Colt nwtd......................J McInerney 20. Mournful (3) 8 22563 Miss Sweet 18.88 P &...................B Conner 10 63757 Cawbourne Dusty 18.49.................. M Grant 9 34584 Decado nwtd C &..........................D Roberts 12 3.34pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY APRIL 16 C5, 310m 10 8767x Houston nwtd.............................J McInerney 1 12142 Fanta Alert 18.44 C &......................... Fagan 9 2.40pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C3/4, 545m 2 23718 Pearl’s Boy nwtd............................ G Cleeve 7 Temperamental; 8 Sizeable; 9 Erne; 10 1 13413 Opawa No Ear 32.69 J &.Across: ................D Fahey 3 14862 Wot Price Curly nwtd.................J McInerney 2 72652 Cawbourne Kim (c4) nwtd.........J McInerney 4 14 13443 Oscar nwtd..........................L Philips Middle; 12 Inside; Insist;Tuivasa 16 Effort; 18 Slip; 20 3 77276 Maximum Jewel (c4) nwtd C &.....D Roberts 5 37152 Ramrada nwtd C &.......................D Roberts Reliance; 22 Everlastingly. 4 15618 Thrilling Jonah 32.75....................... M Grant 6 27417 Matti Oah nwtd...........................J McInerney Down: 1 Shaw Meridian; Spread; 3 Drab; 4 Imbecile; 5 5 712F4 Flying Moe (c4) nwtd........................B 7 2 41438 Elki nwtd...................................... M Roberts 6 13773 Wandy Pam (c4) nwtd..................D 8 External; 41815 Fireman’s Salute 18.52. ................. Unless;Kingston 6 Dawn; 11 13 Directly; 15 Import;G Cleeve 17 7 22321 Magic Lass (c5) nwtd C &............D Roberts 9 33526 Rosca 18.15...............................J McInerney Flaunt; 19 Love; 21 10 F6235 Heza Late. 8 7x237 Union Steam 32.83..........................J Goode Sensation 18.70 P &............B Conner
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3 News. Campbell Live. Modern Family. (PGR, T) Go On. (PGR) Ryan becomes a big-brother figure for Owen. 8.30 NCIS. (AO, T) Ziva’s father unexpectedly arrives to visit his daughter, but she questions his motives and wonders if he is on a secret mission for Mossad. 9.30 NCIS: LA. (AO, T) A woman from Deeks’ past becomes the target of an international car-stealing operation that is linked to a global terrorist ring.
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PRIMe 6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show. (G) 2.05 All Saints. (PGR) 3.00 Stargate Universe. (PGR) An attack on Homeworld Command traps Greer and Wray. 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.
(G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R, T) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) An accident gives Fry the ability to read minds, which makes him invaluable to a secret society fighting to save all life in the universe. 7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R, T) 7.30 America’s Next Top Model: College Edition. (PGR) The models each write their own script for a TV
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Movie Greats, 1.35pm A hilarious poison-pen letter for all the cubicle-dwelling IT workers out there, from the man who brought Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill to the world, Mike Judge. Ron Livingston (below) is the computer programmer who is compelled to rebel against his boss (a grating Gary Cole) and the corporate system with the help of his fellow jaded workers.
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FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Avatar: The Last Airbender. (G) 7.55 George Of The Jungle. (G) 8.20 Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot. (G) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 9.45 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion. (G, R) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV.
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commercial to promote tourism in Jamaica and then film the spot while riding a horse bareback on a beach. FILM: Life. (1999, AO, R, T) Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence. When two friends find themselves shipped off to a Missouri prison for a life term in the 1930s they must learn to deal with the hand life has dealt them. The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR, R) Kelly and Bethenny square off in a diva duel during a downtown bar meeting. Entertainment Tonight. (G) Infomercials. (G)
sky sPORt 1 6.00 Snooker. World Tour. Haikou World Open. Highlights. 9.00 Crowd Goes Wild. 9.30 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Four. From Eden Park, Auckland. Highlights. 10.00 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Five. Morning Session. From Eden Park, Auckland. Live. 1.05 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Five. Afternoon Session. From Eden Park, Auckland. Live. 5.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Tavistock Cup. Round One. Highlights. 6.30 Netball. College Series. Avondale v Waikato Diocean. From The Trusts Stadium, Auckland. Replay. 7.30 The Netball Zone. 8.00 Crowd Goes Wild. 8.30 Reunion. 9.30 Super Rugby Fan Zone. 11.30 Basketball. NBL. Perth Wildcats v NZ Breakers. Replay. 1.30 Rugby League. NRL. Titans v Sea Eagles. Replay. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. Panthers v Rabbitohs. Replay. 5.30 Dumbest Stuff On Wheels.
ACROSS 1. Modest (10) 7. Famous (5) 8. Leaves (7) 10. Embellished (8) 11. Defeat (4) 13. Revolve (6) 15. Placard (6) 17. Char (4) 18. Music-writer (8) 21. Exaltation (7) 22. Map-book (5) 23. Trust (10)
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the bOx 6.00 NYPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.40 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) 10.40 NCIS. (PG) 11.35 CSI: New York. (M) 1.15 NYPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 2.35 Cash Cab. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (PG) When the wives of two Marines are murdered, Gibbs and the team are called in to investigate. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) Crime scene investigation collides with the land of the living dead when four corpses come to life in the morgue. 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NCIS. (PG) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.05 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)
sky sPORt 2 10.00 Ice Hockey. NHL Regular Season. Anaheim Ducks v Detroit Red Wings. Replay. 11.30 Rugby. IRB Sevens World Series. Hong Kong Event. Highlights. 1.00 State Insurance Swimming New Zealand Awards. Highlights. 2.00 Tenpin Bowling. Weber Cup. Highlights. 3.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Crusaders v Kings. From amI Stadium, Christchurch. Highlights. 4.00 The ITM Fishing Show. 4.30 The Netball Zone. 5.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Waratahs v Blues. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney. Highlights. 6.00 Investec Super Rugby Review. 7.00 Dumbest Stuff On Wheels. 7.30 Rowing. Aon Maadi Cup. From Lake Karapiro, Cambridge. Highlights. 8.30 Fight Night On SKY. 10.30 Crowd Goes Wild. 11.00 Reunion. 12.00 Cricket. New Zealand v England 3rd Test Day Five. From Eden Park, Auckland. Highlights. 12.30 Fight Night On SKY. 2.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Tavistock Cup. Round One. Highlights. 3.30 Golf. US PGA Tour. Tavistock Cup. Round Two. Live.
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7.25 Making Of Safe House. (2012, M). 7.45 Battleship. (2012, M) Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard. 9.55 Cedar Rapids. (2011, 16) Ed Helms. 11.25 The Philly Kid. (2012, 16) 1.00 Possessed By Evil. (2011, M) 2.30 Biography: Tom Cruise. (2007, PG). 3.20 Swinging With The Finkels. (2011, M) Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman. 4.45 The Debt. (2010, 16) Helen Mirren. 6.40 Margin Call. (2011, M) Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci. A compelling depiction of what the last night on Wall Street in a N.Y. mortgage investment firm may have looked like before the meltdown in 2008 began. 8.30 30 Minutes Or Less. (2011, 16) Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride. Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has just hours to rob a bank or else! 9.55 The Next Three Days. (2010, M) Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks. A married couple’s life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. 12.10 Kill The Irishman. (2011, 16) Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken. 1.55 The Debt. (2010, 16) Helen Mirren. 3.50 Kill The Irishman. (2011, 16) Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken. 5.35 Swinging With The Finkels. (2011, M)
6.20 Biography. Nicole Kidman. (2007, PG). 7.10 The Wrong Man. (2006, 18) Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis. 9.00 Raising Arizona. (1987, PG) Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter. 10.35 Pearl Harbor. (2001, M) Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale. 1.35 Office Space. (1998, M) Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston. 3.05 The Wrong Man. (2006, 18) Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis. 4.55 Legally Blonde 2. (2003, PG) Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field. 6.30 Edge Of Darkness. (2010, 16) Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone. A man, with nothing to lose, is led to the edge of darkness on his quest to find his daughter’s murderer. 2010. 8.30 Boogeyman. (2005, M) Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel. A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life. 2005. 10.05 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. (2005, 16) Robert Downey Jr. 11.50 Saw. (2004, 18) Cary Elwes, Danny Glover. 1.35 Legally Blonde 2. (2003, PG) Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field. 3.10 Boogeyman. (2005, M) Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel. 4.40 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. (2005, 16) Robert Downey Jr.
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‘Best club in NZ’ By Jonathan Leask The Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team was named the New Zealand Club of the Year at the Swimming New Zealand Awards in Auckland on Saturday. The local club was presented with the New Zealand Swimming Trust Community Club of the Year Award in recognition of their positive impact on their team, including the swimmers, coaches, officials and volunteers, and their local community. “We have something like 180 clubs affiliated to Swimming New Zealand and of those between 25 and 30 were nominated for the community club of the year,” Swimming New Zealand’s general manager of community sport Martyn NewmanHall said. “We then have a panel of three judges - a board member, a life member and a former coach - who reviewed the nominations and came
up with the three finalists and the Jennian Homes Ashburton Swim Team was chosen as the winner of that category.” The Ashburton club was one of the final three chosen along with the QEII Swim Club from Christchurch and St Peter’s Swimming Academy from Cambridge, but on the night it was the team from Mid Canterbury that got the gong with president Carolyn Clough accepting the award on the night. The club has had a successful season in the pool but the award was not just performance and results related. “It wasn’t only if they were successful but how that club are a part of their local community,” Newman-
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It wasn’t only if they were successful but how that club are a part of their local community
SCOREBOARD Results Athletics
Ashburton Junior Athletics Round 3 of Club Champs March 20 Long Jump: Girls 7 Years 1st Emma Becroft 3.43m, 2nd Rosaria Gibson 2.80m, 3rd Mackenzie Hunter 2.75m. Girls 8 Years 1st Ella Pearson 3.13m, 2nd Maddi Lowry 2.84m, 3rd Harmyn McLean 2.76m. Boys 7 Years 1st Hamish O’Reilly 2.69m, 2nd Michael Bradley 2.68m, 3rd Henry Thomas 2.65m. Boys 8 Years 1st Harry Schmack 3.37m, 2nd Jackson Ross 3.33m, 3rd Matheson Colquhoun 3.17m. Boys 9 Years 1st Ryan McNulty 3.56m, 2nd Hugh Cameron 3.49m, 3rd Jake Jackways 3.40m. Boys 10 Years 1st Ben Nordqvist 3.49m, 2nd Kaleb Finn 3.47m, 3rd Ben Hooley 3.08m. Boys 11 Years 1st Toby Lee 3.89m, 2nd Zane Cockburn 3.55m, 3rd Sam Peek 3.22m. High Jump: Girls 10 Years 1st Ashlee Strawbridge 1.10m, 2nd Meg Schmack 1.07m, 3rd Isabella Roulston 1.04m. Girls 11 Years 1st Amy Pearson 1.17m, 2nd Natasha Waddell 1.07m, 3rd Olivia Bryning 0.95m. Girls 12 Years 1st Maggie Tarry 1.05m, 2nd Isabella Seque 1.00m, 3rd Nataliya Stroganov 0.95m. Girls 14 Years 1st Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov 1.23m, 2nd Charlotte Waddell 1.20m, 3rd Michaela Staite 1.15m. Shot Put: Girls 9 Years 1st Jasmin Strawbridge 5.77m, 2nd Mia Pearson 5.11m, 3rd Eilish Pierce 4.76m. Girls 12 Years 1st Nataliya Stroganov 4.90m, 2nd Maggie Tarry 4.29m, 3rd Isabella Seque 3.50m. Girls 13 Years 1st Sala Bueta 8.47m. Girls 14 Years 1st Hannah Roulston 8.11m, 2nd Charlotte Waddell 6.46m, 3rd Mikayla-Rose Stroganov 6.32m. Boys 10 Years 1st Ben Nordqvist 7.46m, 2nd Kaleb Finn 6.49m, 3rd Ben Hooley 6.15m. Boys 11 Years 1st Toby Lee 5.68m, 2nd Zane Cockburn 5.67m, 3rd Sam Peek 5.00m. Discus: Girls 10 Years 1st Ashlee Strawbridge 12.97m, 2nd Loren Hay 11.30m, 3rd Isabella Roulston 10.91m. Girls 11 Years 1st Natasha Waddell 13.70m, 2nd Amy Pearson 12.16m, 3rd Olivia Bryning 9.50m. Boys 8 Years 1st Jackson Ross 16.62m, 2nd Harry Schmack 15.13m, 3rd Matheson Colquhoun 13.85m. Boys 12 Years 1st Logan McCorkindale 19.20m, 2nd Jack Houston 16.45m, 3rd Aiden Campbell 15.70m. Track 60m: Girls 7 Years 1st Emma Becroft 10.12, 2nd Mackenzie Hunter 10.88, 3rd Rosaria Gibson 10.99. Girls 8 Years 1st Ella Pearson 10.18, 2nd Maddi Lowry 10.50, 3rd Harmyn McLean 11.15. Girls 9 Years 1st Lydia Pye 9.78, 2nd Jasmin Strawbridge 10.08s, 3rd Isabella Gibson 10. Boys 7 Years 1st Michael Bradley 10.61s, 2nd Daniel
Hall said. “How they brought the water safety culture into the community and how they were engaging with that community. “How they were encouraging kids to come into the club and help develop them from a starting point into young competitive swimmers and hopefully moving on up the ladder and later becoming senior ones.” The awards ceremony followed the conclusion of the New Zealand Open Nationals, in which the club had four swimmers. Over a big week in the pool against the countries best swimmer of all age groups, including London Olympians Sophie Pascoe and Lauren Boyle. Grace Sommerville made the
Cousins 10.90s, 3rd Henry Thomas 11.06s. Boys 8 Years 1st Jackson Ross, 2nd Matheson Colquhoun, 3rd Harry Schmack. Boys 9 Years 1st Hugh Cameron 9.43, 2nd Ryan McNulty 9.77, 3rd Jake Jackways 10.17s. Track 200m: Boys 12 Years 1st Aiden Campbell 29.14s, 2nd Logan McCorkindale 34.07s, 3rd Jack Houston 37.72s. Track 400m: Girls 9 Years 1st Mia Pearson 1.19.00, 2nd Lydia Pye 1.24.08, 3rd Jasmin Strawbridge 1.26.33. Girls 12 Years 1st Nataliya Stroganov 1.22.55, 2nd Maggie Tarry 1.26.08, 3rd Isabella Seque 1.30.34. Girls 14 Years 1st Mikhayla-Rose Stroganov 1.07.51, 2nd Charlotte Waddell 1.18.31, 3rd Michaela Staite 1.18.90. Boys 9 Years 1st Jake Jackways 1.19.00, 2nd Hugh Cameron 1.23.00, 3rd Jed Syme 1.28.00. Track 800m: Boys 12 Years 1st Aiden Campbell 2.49.11, 2nd Logan McCorkindale 2.52.13, 3rd Jack Houston 3.30.82. Track 1500m: Girls 10 Years 1st Loren Hay 6.23.87, 2nd Sian Gerard 6.24.74, 3rd Isabella Roulston 6.37.51. Girls 11 Years 1st Amy Pearson 5.20.97, 2nd Natasha Waddell 5.27.37. Boys 10 Years 1st Josh Sheridan 6.13.53, 2nd Ben Nordqvist 6.24.35, 3rd Kaleb Finn 6.42.41. Boys 11 Years 1st Sam Peek 6.21.76.
Basketball NBA results Collated NBA results and standings yesterday (home team in CAPS): MILWAUKEE BUCKS 99 Atlanta Hawks 104 MIAMI HEAT 109 Charlotte Bobcats 77 PHOENIX SUNS 100 Brooklyn Nets 102 SACRAMENTO KINGS 103 Phillie 76ers 117 HOUSTON ROCKETS 96 San Antonio Spurs 95 OKLAHOMA CITY TH 103 Portland T-Blazers 83 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 97 Chicago Bulls 104 DALLAS MAVERICKS 113 Utah Jazz 108
Bowls Ashburton Bowling Club Closing Day Bird Cup March 23 1st Charlie Leech, Joan Dutton, Ralph Bassett. 2 wins 14 ends 20 points 2nd Gloria Hawkins, Relda Prendergast, Bill Hunter. 3rd Trevor Watson, Owen Gray, Bert Ellis. 4th Harold Kemp, John Lilley Cath Bassett. All teams had 2 wins.
Ashburton Bowling Club Toyota Friday Triples March 22 1st. B Saussey P Kinney W Watts 3 wins 15 ends 28 points 2nd. E Maw R Thomas I Syme 3 wins 14 ends 36 points 3rd. C Leech D Prendergast M Houston 3 wins
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14 ends 29 points 4th. A and N MacKenzie G Kelly 2 wins 18 ends 39 points, 5th. J Martin D Callaghan L McClimont 2wins 15 ends 31 points 6th. M Smallridge B Mason A McDonald 2 wins 14 ends 32 points.
Bridge Ashburton Bridge Club March 22 Monday Evening Ð Flaxmere Trophy N/S 1 G Blee and D Wilkinson 2 H Briggs and A van Dyk 3 F Priest and S Reid E/W 1 J Browne and L Leadley 2 A Clelland and P Wise 3 G Brown and D Fisher Tuesday Evening D Robinson Salver N/S 1 J Knight and B Smith 2 P Fergus and M Stowell, 3 M Buckland and J Edmond E/W 1 M Kolkman and M Muir ,2 M de Jong and W Kolkman 3 V Palmer and T Small Wednesday Afternoon - 3 Round Duplicate N/S 1 M Buckland and B Smith, 2 J Edmond and M Moore ,3 S Rosevear and M Stowell E/W 1 R McLaughlin and K Robb, 2 M Muir and E Segers, 3 V Palmer and I Taylor Thursday Evening Ð 2 Round Duplicate N/S 1 M Buckland and J Knight 2 B McIlraith and M Stowell. 3 M Holdaway and E Taylor E/W 1 J Irwin and Jan Johnson. 2 P Fergus and K Robb 3 P and T Downward On Saturday, the Ashburton Club hosted 36 Pairs when they held the Anniversary All Grades Tournament, with players coming from Christchurch to Timaru. Overall winners were Malcolm Fry and Karen Harris (Christchurch) Grade 1: Neal Phillips and Kim Prescott 1, Eamon Jackson and Pam Tibble 2, Jim Burford and Ron Griffiths Grade 2: Priscilla Bloy and Rex Green 1, John Fechney and Edna Segers (Ashburton) 2, Peter van Leeuwen and Geoffrey Norris 3. Grade 3. Tony Biddington and Ian Brash 1, Jan and Martin de Jong (Ashburton) 2, J Dawson and Sally Jeffcott 3.
Golf Aorangi South Canterbury Golf Women’s Weekend Pennants March 24 North Zone (at Methven) Ashburton 6 Pleasant Point 1 6; Geraldine 8 Gleniti 1 4; Timaru 12 Tinwald 0; Methven 8.5 Temuka 3.5. South Zone (at Fairlie) Gleniti 2 10 Waimate 2; Pleasant Point 2 10 North Otago 2; Fairlie 10 Maungati 2; St Andrews Bye.
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A final of the 1500m freestyle event and was the fifth best New Zealander, sixth in the 200m butterfly and seventh in the 800m freestyle. Sommerville was also fourth in the B final for the 400m freestyle, Jake O’Grady eighth in the men’s 800m freestyle and Joseph Brown was seventh in the B final of the men’s 400m individual medley. “We got quite a few second swims which was really the goal for us, and when they had second swims they swam well,” coach Carl Gordon said. “Caitlin didn’t get the opportunity for a second swim but she still swam well to be right on her PBs. “On the whole they all swam on their PBs or set new ones for the whole meet, and it is a long meet.” The New Zealand Open nationals marked the end of the season in terms of the big meets, with just one club meet left for the 15 and under next weekend before a four week break.
Women’s Veterans Pennants March 22 Zone 1 (Geraldine) Geraldine 7 Mayfield 3; Ashburton 1 7 Methven 3; Tinwald 1 7 Rakaia 3 Zone 2 (Temuka) Temuka 7 Pleasant Point 3; Highfield 7 Gleniti 1 3; Tinwald 2 7 Ashburton 2 3 Zone 3 (Highfield Flat) Timaru 8 Maungati 2; North Otago 1 5 Gleniti 2 5; St. Andrews 8 Lower Waitaki 2 2 Zone 4 (Kurow) Waitoa Park 5 Waimate 5; Ben Ohau 7 North Otago 2 3; Lower Waitaki 2 Bye.
Methven Golf Club Ladies March 20 Sarah Maw Stableford Sally Jones 44, Gayle O’Duffy 42 Bev Isherwood 40 Nola Hydes 38 Arabica Best Nett Sally Jones 94-28-66 Nearest Pin: No 6 Methven Resort Silver Jenny No17 Bronze A No 17 Canterbury Hotel Nola, No4 Bronze B 2nd Shot Methven Pharmacy Helena Healey No 13 Open Methven Supervalue Lyn Waddington No 17 Sat Methven FourSquare Gail Limbrick. Twos and Nett Eagles B. Isherwood, S. Jones, D. Hood, D. Gray, L. Waddington, Jenny G. Limbrick, P. Watson x2.
Ashburton Golf Club Par Round March 23 Graham Berhnes +5 by c/b from Mark Douglas +5, Ryan Cockburn +4 by c/b from Evan Waters +4; Eric Weir, Denis O’Sullivan, Hamish Niles, Roger Duff, Rodney O’Neill and Andrew Tindall all +2, John Cockburn +1 by c/b. Nett Eagles: #15 Birdy Jackpot: #14 Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Noel Sutton, Braided Rivers: Hamish Niles, Rothburys Insurance: Eric Weir, Netherby Meats: Ryan Cockburn, Blue Pub (Longest Putt): Derek Shaw, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): Stewart Dunlop. Twos: Noel Sutton and Hamish Niles.
Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole division February 14 Tournament Grade 1-19 Best Nett 1st Annette King 53:15:38 Ashburton. 2nd Jill Ludemann 61:20:41 Mayfield Putting 1st Bella Moore with 14 Ashburton.2nd Marie Carrodus with 15 Ellesmere Longest Drive Marie Carrodus Grade 20.0-27.2 Best Nett 1st Val Trezise 61:25:36 Geraldine.2nd Ali Glossop 61:24:37 Ashburton Putting 1st Ali Tarrant with 17.2nd Sue Letham with 18 on c/b x Margaret Shearer Longest Drive Val Henderson Ashburton Mens - Best Nett 1st Murray Early 47:15:32
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Ashburton.2nd Mike Markville 55:21:34 Methven Putting1st George Henderson with 14 Ashburton, 2nd Mike Reid with 15 Temuka Longest Drive Wally Hayman Temuka Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 - Murray Early, Mayfield Transport No. 5 - Marie Carrodus.
Methven Golf March 23 Best Ball Winners: Allan Smith, Paul Dixey 56; Senior: Stuart Wilson 76-10-66; Intermediate: Ian Davis 76-13-63; Junior A: Allan Smith 83-20-63; Junior B: Robbie Watson 92-24-68. Other Good scores, 64 Ian Sawers 66 Mick Hodgson 68 Gary Kermode, Simon Wareing 69 Simon Hampton Paul Dixey 70 Allan Broomhall Ian Lucas Dale Lucas 71 Phil Johnson Mark Scrivenor 72 Rodger Callaghan Gary Horn by lot. Twos, Ian Lucas Alister Maxwell Stuart Wilson Graham Gunn Robbie Bell Doug Sheldon Ian Sawers Ian Davis Phil Johnson Nearest the Pins #4 Arabica: Dale Lucas; #6 Terrace Downs: Phil Johnson; #13 Ski Time: Alister Maxwell; #17 Hunters Wines: Alister Maxwell; The Blue Pub # 2nd Shot 14: Phil Johnson. Top Notch 4 Square Supermarket best nett Allan Smith 63 by lot; Second nett Ian Davis 63 Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross: Robbie Bell 75 by lot; Dale Lucas Days Highlight, Allan Smith aged 83 shot his age, as did Graham Gunn 81. Isherwood Trophy March 17 Winners Jan Lane & Ian Lucas 76 Points By lot from Sally Jones & Bernie Walsh Individual Scores, 41 Sally Jones, Kay Twaddell 40 Alister Maxwell 39 Ian Lucas 39 Jane Helmore 38 Gai Arnson 37 Jan Lane 37.
Tinwald Golf Club Stroke - Match Play March 23 Captain v President Match play. Captain 10. President 12. Cameron Miller 65 c/b, Ray Bell 65, Brent Smith 66, Selwyn Munro 67, George Cartney 67, Graham Hortin 68, Josh Smith 68, Ray Wards 68, Shane Green 68. Women; (stroke) Barb MacGregor 65, Amanda Gray 71. Nearest the pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Sally Lane. Gluyas Ford # 6; Neil Rayner. Stirling Sports # 12; Josh Smith. Ideal Electrical supplies # 16; Lindsay Jackson. TwoÕs; Eddie Tulip, Amanda Gray, Sally Lane, Pete Marshall, Josh Smith, Ton Kittikote . Net Eagles # 5 not struck.
Tinwald Golf Club Twilight Stroke March 21
Senior; Wayne Smith 31, Wayne Lloyd 32, Ray Wards 33, Johnny Moore 33, Paul Boon 34, Pete Trembath 34, Tony Clarke 34, Bevan Ravenscroft 34, Shane Webster 35 b/l. Junior; Lyndon Moore 29, Craig Paulin 32, Richie Watson 33, John Vucetich 33, Mati Kamate 34. Women; Marilyn Bennett 32, Betty O’Neill 34, Kirsty McAuliffe 34, Elaine Pierce 35, Amanda Gray 36 b/l.
Pigeon racing Ashburton Racing Pigeon Club March 23 Liberation Point: Cape Campbell; Time: 2:10:00:00 Fanciers Entered: 5; Birds Released: 106 Fancier: 1st S Davidson; Flying Time: 03:53:41; MPM 1360.3383; 2nd M. Davidson 1354.9467; 3rd R. Cornwall 1334.2283; 4th T. Drummond 1322.5000; 5th L. Quinn 1299.2667.
Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis March 23 Mixed Masters Green lost to Red 4 matches to 2 Graham Esker & Gerald Small lost to Bob Riseley & Gilbert Donaldson 0-9; June Doig & Sandi Leith beat Trish Swain & Denys Patterson 9-1; Graham Esker & Sandi Leith lost to Bob Riseley & Denys Patterson 3-9; Gerald Small & June Doig beat Gilbert Donaldson & Trish Swain 9-4; Graham Esker & June Doig lost to Bob Riseley & Trish Swain 4-9; Gerald Small & Sandi Leith lost to Gilbert Donaldson & Denys Patterson 5-9. Gold beat Orange 6 matches to 0 Dennis Taylor & Willie Christie beat David Fisher & Brian Sivier 9-7; Reg Donaldson & Maree Allen beat Barbara Danielson & Patsy Huggins 9-7; Dennis Taylor & Maree Allen beat David Fisher & Patsy Huggins 9-7 (7-5); Willie Christie & Reg Donaldson beat Brian Sivier & Barbara Danielson 9-8; Dennis Taylor & Reg Donaldson beat David Fisher & Barbara Danielson 9-7; Willie Christie & Maree Allen beat Brian Sivier & Patsy Huggins 9-6. Christchurch Challenger Grade Semi-final March 22 Mid Canterbury beat Cashmere 6 matches to 0 Singles Ashleigh Leonard beat Annabel Coates 6-3, 6-1; Stacey Hopwood beat Tharubphet Homkrun 6-3, 6-2; Christal Brosnahan beat Stephanie Jeffs 6-0, 6-3; Larissa Allan beat Samantha Kirkness 6-0, 6-1. Doubles Ashleigh Leonard & Stacey Hopwood beat Annabel Coates & Tharubphet Homkrun 6-0, 6-1; Christal Brosnahan & Larissa Allan beat Stephanie Jeffs & Lucia Kennedy 6-1, 6-0.
Draws Golf
Ashburton Golf Club March 30 Easter Saturday is a mixed day with a Greensome competition being held for the Keig Cup (family pairing) and the Coasters Cup (any pairing). Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; Afternoon: Report at 11.30 for a 12 noon start Saturday Starters: Morning: M Fitzgerald and M Daniels; Afternoon S Richards & M Trewavas Results: I Rive & J Dudley. April 1 On Easter Monday the Annual Turkey Trot competition will be held. This is a mixed day with an individual stableford competition. Report at 11.30 for a 12.00start.
Tinwald Golf Club March 30 Morag Trophy – Drawn partner Clubhouse draw for a card draw. Starters; am, P Roulston, pm, G Smith, Assistant. Cards; Committee House Duty: House Committee.
Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition Section 1 March 28 Duns/Irwell v REL Rakaia, Duns 1, 7pm, M Gameson, A McMillan, G Peddie April 2 Burnham v Southbridge, Burnham 1, 2.45pm, J Rogers, M Thompson, R Henderson; West Melton v Kaiapoi, West Melton 1, 7pm, J Lamers, J Morrison, R Amyes; Bye: Methven April 3 Oxford v Saracens, Ox 3, 7.00 p.m. J.Fletcher, A Stokes, G.Welch Section 2 March 28 Hampstead v Southern (Max Gilbert Trophy), Hampstead 1, 7pm, A McGirr, K Opele, A Chapman April 2 Lincoln v Glenmark, Lincoln 1, 7pm, W Heslop, R Kandula, J Currie; Ohoka v Ashley, Mandeville 3, 7.00pm S.Laird, G.McGiffert, D.Clark; Celtic v Darfield, Celtic 1, 7pm, C Kelland, G Shaw, G Clement; Prebbleton v Waihora, Prebb Oval, 7pm, P Hudson, J Shalfoon, D Sullivan.
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National croquet champions Adam Greaney and Andrew Hawthorne of Ashburton College.
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By Jonathan Leask The Ashburton College pair of Adam Greaney and Andrew Hawthorne are national champions, after taking out the National Secondary Schools’ Golf Croquet Championships in Palmerston North at the weekend. Greaney and Hawthorne were quietly confident they could have a crack at the title, but surprised themselves when they swept through the tournament suffering only a one point loss on the way to being crowned national champions. “The first games was a bit shaky and was probably our worst game, but we still won,” Greaney said. The boys went through the first three rounds unbeaten before being edges out by Inglewood. Tied at 5-5 with time up, they went to an extra hoop which Inglewood managed to claim for the win, but the College pair would have their revenge. “It could have gone either way and we didn’t think too much of it. We just kept playing the way we had and kept winning from there”, Hawthorne said. Greaney and Hawthorne finished off the final two rounds of the day with wins and then went through Sunday’s remaining three rounds unbeaten to top their pool. The College partners then dealt with Rathkeale College 5-4 to square off with Inglewood again, this time coming out on top 7-4 to be the national champions. After qualifying for the nationals by winning the Aoraki Secondary Schools Tournament, the boys put in some big hours to up their games and were quietly confident of finishing in the top bracket of the 20 teams. Hawthorne showed he was in fine form in the lead up taking out the South Canterbury Handicap Tournament in Geraldine. Then after shaking off the nerves in the opening game and bouncing back from a one point loss they proved unbeatable, becoming Ashburton College’s first croquet national champions, and teacher Deb Kell believed they were the first Ashburton College team to attend nationals. The new national champions had never even considered attending croquet nationals when they took the sport up for a bit of fun in PE just over a year ago. For Greaney he may retire as a national champion while Hawthorne is hoping to defend the title next year and with croquet growing in popularity at College, they may have their first ever trials next season.
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Baillie’s a flying Kiwi Series win in sight Baillie Perriton can claim to be the fastest Kiwi on a 250 after a solid fifth and final round of the New Zealand Superbike Championships in Taupo at the weekend. With the 19-year-old Australian champion Luke Burgess already having the 250 production class title wrapped up, 15-year-old Perriton’s goal was to take second place and be the top Kiwi. Burgess again dominated but Perriton did enough to end his maiden season in the superbike championship in second place, the top New Zealand rider in the class. Heading into the weekend Perriton trailed Richard Willets by 10 points and he got off to a good start qualifying third on the grid behind Burgess and Royd Walker-Holt, with Willets starting back in seventh. The first race went to grid- with Burgess proving his class claiming a 13th win from 14 races coming in over
Perriton slipped down into fourth in the final race, but more importantly finished ahead of Willets again to finish in second place overall behind the Australian Burgess, who claimed his 14th race victory from 15 starts, with Perriton the only other rider in the series to take a chequered flag. Burgess finished on a dominant 350 points, with numerous lap records to his name around the country; Perriton finished second on 183, 19 points clear of Willets.
Baillie Perriton in high-speed action
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New Zealand are within striking distance of a second home series victory in 18 attempts over England at stumps on the fourth day of the final test. The other series win was in February 1984. Let’s put that into context: of the current team Peter Fulton was about to go to school, Brendon McCullum and Bruce Martin were toddlers and Ross Taylor was about to be born. England is 90 for four, chasing an improbable 481 for victory with Ian Bell (8) and Joe Root to join him this morning after nightwatchman Steve Finn was dismissed for a duck on the last ball of the day, caught by Tim Southee at silly point off Kane Williamson. England lost Nick Compton for two before tea, caught behind off Southee. Left-armer Neil Wagner followed up by having Jonathan Trott caught behind for 37 with his 10th ball of the innings. Keeper BJ Watling dropped a sharp chance off Alastair Cook in Southee’s third over, diving one-handed in front of first slip.
Cook eventually made 43 before driving at part-time off spinner Williamson; Dean Brownlie pouched him at second slip. Expect New Zealand’s progress to contain a few struggles on a good batting wicket. They have been unable to bowl a side out twice in the four tests since victory against Sri Lanka in Colombo in November. That lack of success should change today. New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum stacked the slip cordon for his pace bowlers and crowded the bat for spinner Bruce Martin and later Williamson. He must have revelled in the opportunity to deliver the aggression he has so often sought a licence for. The last overs included eight of the nine fielders placed around the bat. McCullum has persevered with the same bowlers, even with the return to fitness of Doug Bracewell. They look like repaying his faith. Curiously it’s the first time the same New Zealand XI has played together across an entire threetest series. McCullum declared the New Zealand second innings at 241
for six, adding to a first-innings lead of 239. McCullum was unbeaten on 67 off 53 balls, while opener Peter Fulton hit 110, his second hundred of the test. Fulton became just the fourth New Zealander to hit two centuries in the same test after Glenn Turner, Geoff Howarth and Andrew Jones. Having started the day at 35 for three, leading by 274, New Zealand added a further 141 runs at 5.4 an over in the morning session to be 176 for four at lunch. An England win would represent the highest successful fourth-innings chase in test history. Only four teams have scored more than 400 to win a test. The current record is 418 for seven by the West Indies against Australia at Antigua in 2003. England have never chased down more than 332 in the fourth innings of a test (v Australia 1928). They’ve only successfully chased more than 300 three times. The highest winning fourth innings total at Eden Park is 345 (achieved by the West Indies in 1969). - NZH
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20 seconds ahead of Walker-Holt in second. Perriton held on to third seeing off a strong challenge from Sarah Elliott, while Willets suffered a DNF for Perriton to move up into second on the overall points table. Burgess was again the clear winner in race two but Perriton moved-up a spot to finish second with Willets back in fifth to give Perriton a 15 point buffer heading into the final race of the series.
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River Levels
cumecs
Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 10:45 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 10:30 am, yesterday
88.6 3.04 5.73 41.6
Source: Environment Canterbury
Canterbury Readings
to 4pm yesterday
max
Ashburton Airport
26.8 13.4 10.6
Temperatures °C
nc
Rainfall mm
Wind km/h
min grass 16 hour Mar 2013 min to date to date
max gust
0.0
39.2 135.4
NW 37
Christchurch Airport 27.6
9.0
6.2
0.0
19.0 77.0
NW 50
Timaru Airport
8.8
–
0.0
26.4 105.4
NW 20
Average
20.6
Average
9.1
20.1
9.7
27.8
Average
7.1
19.4
7.3
7.8
49
157
45
129
35
125
Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3
6
Tuesday 9 noon 3
6
9 pm am 3
Wednesday
6
9 noon 3
6
9 pm am 3
6
Thursday 9 noon 3
6
9 pm
2 1 0
3:41
9:49 3:58 10:11 4:22 10:31 4:41 10:55 5:06 11:15 5:27 11:42 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.
Rise 7:42 am Set 7:34 pm
Good
Good fishing Set 6:04 am Rise 6:37 pm
Full moon
27 Mar 10:29 pm ©Copyright OceanFun Publishing Ltd.
Rise 7:43 am Set 7:32 pm
Good
Good fishing Set 7:12 am Rise 7:07 pm
Last quarter
3 Apr www.ofu.co.nz
5:38 pm
Rise 7:45 am Set 7:31 pm
Bad
Bad fishing
Set 8:22 am Rise 7:39 pm
New moon
10 Apr
Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa
9:37 pm