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achievement, the ERO found.

Ashburton College principal Grant McMillan said he acknowledged the findings, but felt it had “undersold” the improvements the college had made during the past three years.

He said cutting costs, redundancies, teaching initiatives and new school buildings were among the factors that spurred “a lot of change” to improve the college, but caused a disconnect with some staff.

The report said: “ERO is not confident the college can successfully create a positive staff culture between teaching staff and the school leadership without external support.”

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Ashburton College has been given a damning report card by the Education Review Office and has asked for outside help to repair a troubled culture among staff.

Yesterday, the Education Review Office (ERO) released its latest report on Mid Canterbury’s biggest school which revealed “a lack of trust, respect and confidence in the school’s leadership affecting the morale of teaching staff ”.

The fragmented relationship was hampering the college’s ability to improve

proving, Ashburton College’s NCEA results failed to reach the national average and did not meet the college’s expectations, with the ERO recommending a greater focus on Maori and Pacific pupils.

That’s despite the college implementing a range of initiatives which have lifted Maori and Pacific achievement, including a project run with the University of Canterbury.

“The school’s plans for lifting achievement of Maori and Pacific students need to be more extensive, collaboratively developed with staff and whanau, and used,” assessors said.

However, the ERO did acknowledge the college’s work to increase attendance and behavioural management structures, while teachers had bene-

fitted from professional learning groups to share ideas on teaching.

The Board of Trustees told the Guardian external support is being sought from several fields to help to mend the staffing culture, and it will be working closely with the Ministry of Education.

Mr McMillan said an advisory group consisting of himself and three teachers had been set up to improve in-house communication. Also a survey had been distributed among staff to get feedback, looking at eight key areas of the school, including morale, organisation and the physical working environment.

“The next thing to come is the big challenge of how we manage the tempo (to further lift achievement) and make sure staff members don’t feel like there is too much change,” he said.

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5 BITES 1 Woman does a runner in court

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An investigation has been launched after a woman “did a runner� from a courtroom yesterday and burst into the jury room in another court. The jury were waiting for day six of a trial they are sitting on to begin yesterday when they were interrupted. The woman had fled custody inside another courtroom at Christchurch District Court shouting, “I’ve got to get out of here.� The woman charged past the jurors before locking herself in the toilet. Security staff and police were called while the jury were taken out of their room. The door was taken off its hinges before the intruder was removed out a back entrance.

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Giant panda expecting Tian Tian, Britain’s only female giant panda, is now under 24 hour surveillance after experts have seen growing signs that she is pregnant. Giant pandas often have phantom pregnancies after coming into season, but blood and urine tests now suggest Tian Tian’s pregnancy is real. An experienced keeper from China has arrived at Edinburgh zoo to help with the birth should the pregnancy continue successfully. Keepers believe the 10-year-old panda could give birth any time before the middle of September.

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Dineka gets down and dirty Dozens of swimmers have braved murky Welsh waters only to be upstaged by an 18-year-old woman who has smashed the world bog snorkelling record. The 28th World Bog Snorkelling Championships saw 130 competitors descend on Waen Rhydd Bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, mid Wales, for the ritual. Winner Dineka Maguire beat the previous best time by just over a second when she swam two lengths of the 55-metre trench in one minute and 23.13 seconds. Bob Greenough, one of the organisers, said: “Dineka has been competing for six years but this is her first year as a senior. I couldn’t believe her time.�

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A man is facing a raft of driving offences following what police described as a “serious road rage� incident in which a vehicle was rammed into petrol pumps at an Oamaru service station. Senior Constable Bruce Dow said the incident took place at 12.45am on Sunday on the forecourt of a Z service station when a 31-year-old male from Waimate allegedly rammed his vehicle into the side of another vehicle. Mr Dow said the impact forced the second vehicle into a set of petrol pumps, damaging all three pumps, before the man allegedly performed a “massive burnout� and sped off.

British pop star Cheryl Cole has defended the large-scale tattoo she has had inked on her butt after it sparked a barrage of criticism on Twitter.com. The Girls Aloud singer has had her entire lower back and butt covered with roses and followers were left stunned when tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado posted a snap of the design in its entirety on his Instagram.com page. Hurtado has been working on Cole’s inking for months. Several fans were quick to blast the design but Cole is adamant she loves the inking on her rear.

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■ SUICIDE STATISTICS

Disparity in urban and rural rates

By Michelle NelsoN michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz

Women are gaining on men in terms of suicide rates, according to provisional statistics released yesterday by the chief coroner.

Suicides among women and girls increased from 142 in 2011/2012 to 153 in 2012/2013.

Among men and boys, the number fell from 405 to 388.

However, the trend is not showing up in rural populations, Federated Farmers health

and safety spokesperson Jeanette Maxwell said.

The disparity between rural and urban suicide rates increases significantly when the statistics are reduced to men between the ages of 15 and 44. For men in this age bracket, there are almost twice as many suicides in rural areas (42.35 compared to 21.65).

“In a good year we can expect 12 rural deaths by suicide per 100,000 people; in a bad year that figure leaps to 16 per

100,000,” she said. “That’s compared to a suicide rate of 11.1 per 100,000 in the urban population, regardless of circumstances.”

Mrs Maxwell, who farms at Mt Hutt, pointed to 2010 being a bad year for farmers and subsequently showed up elevated suicide statistics.

“We are expecting it to spike again this year – the accident rate already trending up and I’ve noticed the two go hand in hand – when in a bad year we

see farmers working longer hours with less help, they are distracted and tired.”

While there has been an emphasis on quad bike safety in recent months, Mrs Maxwell said rural communities need to be taking about suicide too.

“Obviously no death is acceptable, but rural suicide is responsible for more deaths that all farm accidents – 18 to one quad bike death.

“Suicide is the major issue in the rural health and safety sec-

tor but understandably it is one of the least reported.”

Federated Farmers has joined forces with Rural Women, mental health groups, rural doctors and industry good groups to form a mental health and wellbeing group to focus on depression and suicide in rural communities.

Mrs Maxwell said early indications were the message was getting through in the dairy sector, more so than in the sheep and beef sector.

Cunliffe makes bid for leader By heather MccrackeN David Cunliffe warned John Key to “book a very long holiday in Hawaii” as he declared his candidacy for the Labour leadership.

In front of a rowdy crowd of supporters at his New Lynn electorate office yesterday, Mr Cunliffe said he made the decision to stand after talking to colleagues, supporters and family.

“I have been humbled by the response.”

There is a strong sense that now is the time for a new beginning for Labour and for New Zealand.”

He said he wanted to make New Zealand a fairer place, by strengthening and supporting the most vulnerable members of our society and by giving every Kiwi kid a fair chance.

“Our people need us to win and they need us to win now.

Now is the time for a new beginning, and I am ready to play my part.”

Cunliffe was flanked at his announcement by MPs Nanaia Mahuta and Iain Lees-Galloway, who signed his nomination form, along with other MPs including Louisa Wall and Carol Beaumont.

Asked how he would take Labour to victory in 2014, he said today was the start of the road to earn the confidence of the Labour party and the wider labour movement.

“Like a bundle of reeds we will be unbreakable,” he said.

“John Key and his forces of conservatism are going to find a whole new fighting machine up against them.”

His message to John Key was to “book a very long holiday in Hawaii”.

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Volunteers gearing up for Daffodil Day Local Cancer Society volunteers hit the streets in style yesterday, chauffeured by members of the Mid Canterbury Vintage Car Club as they delivered bunches of daffodils to local businesses in the lead up to Daffodil Day on Friday. Volunteer Gwenda Ireland travelled in Les Bennett’s 1929 Plymouth to deliver some of the bright bunches to ANZ branch manager Steph Ching.

Govt loses fight over quake section payouts By kurt Bayer The Government has lost a landmark legal battle over its 50 per cent offer for vacant redzoned Christchurch land and uninsured properties.

Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Roger Sutton, chief executive of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) have been ordered to reconsider their buyout offers after a judicial review.

Justice Graham Panckhurst

of the High Court at Christchurch ruled that the 50 per cent pay-out offer for a small group of about 40 residents calling themselves ‘Quake Outcasts’, as well as Fowler Developments Limited, who own vacant land and uninsured properties in red zones was “not made according to the law”.

In a judgement released today, Justice Panckhurst said that payments of 50 per cent of the land rating value “will not enable many property own-

ers to make a fresh start”.

“Many owners are people of modest means, some are elderly and it is commonplace that their land and home is their one substantial asset,” the judge said.

“I am satisfied that the plight of this relatively small group has not been adequately considered in light of the purposes of the (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011) Act.” Justice Panckhurst directed Mr Brownlee and Mr Sutton

to “reconsider and reach a new decision” to buy the properties.

Costs were reserved.

Red-zone property owners had been been vindicated by the court decision, said Labour’s earthquake recovery spokeswoman Ruth Dyson.

“This is a victory for residents and for fairness,” she said.

“John Key said no one would be worse off as a result of his Government’s offer, and today’s verdict proves that many, many people were.”

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■ PETS AND RENTALS

In brief

References latest must-have

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Pet references could become the must-have accessories for animal owners looking for rental accommodation.

As tenants divide themselves into two camps in landlords’ eyes – with or without animals – a growing number are missing out on rentals because they have a family pet. And that is forcing both tenants to be creative when it comes to dodging the animal ban, letting agents say.

Desperate Christchurch tenants are being asked to stump up extra rent, usually between

$10 and $20 a week, as a sweetener to encourage landlords to take them on.

That hasn’t happened in Ashburton yet, says Ray White franchise owner Jill Quaid, but she’s not counting it out in the future.

Instead, she suggests tenants with animals will enhance their chances if they secure a pet reference from a previous landlord to guarantee their family pet is well behaved and has been a good tenant.

“Our landlords are probably 70/30 in saying no animals, they’ll say no dog as of right

but they’ll sometimes look at it on a case by case basis. Young people with dogs are more of an issue than families with a pet.

They’re usually excellent tenants.”

McGregors letting agent Di Skilling said that for most landlords dogs and rental properties were not a good mix.

“You certainly have a much better chance of getting a rental if you don’t have pets. We’ve got four places on our books at the moment and none of those landlords want cats or dogs.”

Mrs Skilling said she was aware of one tenant with a dog

who had offered to pay extra in rent to secure a property, but that the practice of uniformly charging more for tenants with pets had not arrived in Ashburton.

“I suppose it’s an option that could work,” she said.

A landlord advertising for tenants in Saturday’s Guardian said she preferred tenants without animals, particularly dogs.

“Dogs poo outside and tenants don’t clean it up and they pee on bushes. Cats are probably not so bad but dogs can do a fair bit of damage to a property,” she said.

Dog attacks baby A 13-month-old baby is in Middlemore Hospital with severe facial injuries after a suspected dog attack. The girl was mauled by a staffordshire bull terrier at an address in Moerewa, Northland, on Saturday. She’d been sent to stay with her father’s uncle and aunt while her mother celebrated her 21st birthday. It’s believed the dog got out of its cage in the backyard and mauled the child, who has had surgery at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland for facial injuries. -APNZ

Lawyer struck off

Telling the Celts journey through dance

A Northland lawyer has been struck off for misleading his client on multiple occasions. The fate of Gregory Bryden Clarke, of Dargaville, was decided by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers’ Disciplinary Tribunal at a hearing last week. Following the hearing, the New Zealand Law Society said it was the second time Clarke had been cited for misconduct.

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Drowning inquiry

Gold kilts, sequined leotards and fairy lights will all be part of the costumes that two local dancers will be wearing on stage when they tour the South Island this week.

Sarah Gluyas, 20 and Kate Wills, 25 will be performing in shows in Blenheim and Christchurch in the Journey of the Celts stage show.

The show will feature all three current New Zealand champions, and will tell the story of the Scots travelling to New Zealand. It will showcase hard shoe dances, contemporary, traditional highland and ballet.

To gain selection for the show, the pair went through an audition process where they were selected among 25 elite dancers in New Zealand.

“I consider it a huge achievement getting into the company because it’s such a prestigious level of dancers that I get to perform with,” Miss Gluyas said.

“I aspire to dance, and look up to many others in the company, and it’s been a great way to

Police are investigating an apparent drowning at Whareponga Beach, 10 kilometres from Ruatoria. The body of a 41-year-old man was found on the beach on Saturday afternoon. Police said the victim had been diving for seafood and described the death as a tragic accident.

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Top toastmaster Rotorua’s Kingi Biddle is among the world’s top speakers after taking out second place in the final of the Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking competition in the United States.

Mr Biddle took out second place while speaking in the competition at the 2012 Toastmasters International Convention in Cincinatti at the weekend. -APNZ

Lambs mauled Sarah Gluyas and Kate Wills strike a pose as they gear up to travel with the Highland Dance Company of New Zealand.

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make friends in a relaxed, noncompetitive level,” she said.

Director of the company Julie Hawke only established the company three years ago and already members had made two

overseas trips. “However, the vision had always been to create a full-length professional stage production telling, through dance, the journey of the Scots to New Zealand,” Mrs Hawke

said. The pair had travelled to China and America with the company last year and have their eyes set on travelling to Germany with the company in January.

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Christchurch dog owners have been warned to keep their pets on a leash after reports of baby lambs being mauled on the Port Hills.

With lambing season underway, city council staff have been alerted to “a number of incidents” where dogs have chased and mauled lambs, particularly in the Scarborough, Godley Head and Rapaki regions.

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■ ERO REPORT REACTION

BOT chairman backs principal By mylEs HumE

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Ashburton College’s Board of Trustees chairman David Rush is backing his principal despite a report highlighting a lack of trust and confidence in the school’s leadership.

Mr Rush’s comments came after the release of a damning Education Review Office report yesterday.

The report found many of the teaching staff did not consider consultation and communication between the board, school leaders and staff to be

always transparent or timely.

Despite the report highlighting issues with leadership, he fully backed principal Grant McMillan.

“If you look back to where we were before he arrived, things have improved immensely and that’s one of the big positives, we have the utmost confidence in him,” Mr Rush said.

He said the report was what they expected, and he was aware of achievement levels and morale being lower than it should be at the school.

The school has lifted its

NCEA results but as the school went through to change to do that, save money and make other improvements - it impacted on staff morale, he said.

“There’s a lot of things we were trying to change really quickly and perhaps we didn’t communicate it as well as we could have with staff.

“It’s tough for people but I think we can see the need for change,” he said.

“You have got to do different things to achieve different results and some people don’t agree with what we are trying

to do and how we are doing it.”

He said it was now up to the college “to get all the help it can get” by looking into the ERO’s recommendation to work closely with the Ministry of Education and seek outside help with organisations such as the School Trustees’ Association.

Principal Grant McMillan admitted he was disappointed with the report.

“There’s several parts we were really pleased about including the progress we have made but I’m a little disappointed there wasn’t more made of that.”

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Burglary ‘to feed kids’

■ SAFETY POSTER WIN

A mother who claims she burgled a home to feed her family has been sentenced to 150 hours’ community work.

Tamara-Rose Rawiri, 21, of Masterton earlier pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced last week.

The court was told that on July 5, Rawiri was walking with her partner and child when she went into a house and stole an Xbox console, 26 Xbox games, a Wii games console and a Samsung Galaxy tablet.

Rawiri told police she stole the items to sell, to make money for her family.

Defence lawyer Ian Hard said Rawiri had made a bad decision out of desperation.

“She lacked money for food, she couldn’t get any other food grants from Winz,” Mr Hard said.

Rawiri had since turned her life around and had enrolled in a course. She had also written a letter of apology to the complainant but it had not yet been sent.

- APNZ Room one students thanking everyone who voted for them to win the People’s Choice Award for their poster on cycle safety. Back row (from left): Te Kotahi Te Rupe, Liam Harden, Alex Dudley, Gemma Fairhall, C-Jay Winiata and Locky McClintock. Front row: Scott Hoban, Madeleine Roy and Liam Forbes. photo supplied

Room 1’s poster a winner

By Emma CroppEr Young children from Mt Somers Springburn School have been recognised for their hard work on promoting cycle safety.

Ten students from room one were awarded $1000 for winning the People’s Choice Award for their poster on cycle safety and the importance of wearing a helmet.

The poster highlights the “no helmet, no brain” message and uses a comic strip styled poster to show the children telling their friend CJ to wear a helmet.

Room one teacher Maryann Heaven had helped the children.

Friends and families voted online and they took out first place with 440 votes.

“It is an important message to put across and it is great so many people got to see it,” said Principal Brent Gray.

Mr Gray said the kids were excited to win the award because they had been working hard on the unit which focused on safety in general.

The award was presented to the class

by Ashburton District road safety co-ordinator Rachel Boyd at a special assembly for the children last Friday afternoon.

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Disabled skiers go for Olympic berths

By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

Dawn broke on an incredible morning at Mt Hutt yesterday, as more than 50 top skiers from across the world headed up the mountain to compete in the first races of the International Paralympic Committee World Cup. Sitting, standing and visually impaired skiers competed in the events, but all eyes were fixed on one goal – qualifying for the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.

The two-day event at Mt Hutt is the first Paralympic World Cup event ever to be held

in New Zealand, and provided a unique opportunity for local athletes to gain the points they will need to qualify for the New Zealand Paralympic team.

New Zealand’s Corey Peters took the top spot on the podium after winning his Super Combined sitting event by a narrow 0.06 of a second.

The Taranaki-born athlete took up the sport competitively just two years ago, and already looks set to compete in the 2014 Paralympics.

With a background in surfing and competitive motocross he is no stranger to hard physi-

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Canadian silver medal Paralympian Josh Dueck has fallen in love with Methven during his month of training at Mt Hutt.

cal training, and the balance, strength and ability to read lines and terrain he learnt before the injury that left him paralyzed has served him well on the skifield.

He had another reason to do well at Mt Hutt – his father was on the mountain yesterday to cheer him on, the first time he had watched his son ski competitively.

“He has always had that determination, so I’m not surprised he is doing well. Skiing has been good for him. It’s a great environment, you won’t see one sad miserable face amongst these people.”

New Zealand teammate, slalom gold medallist Adam Hall, had a disappointing finish on the day, falling on the last corner to finish fifth in his events.

He said that seeing the World Cup events come to New Zealand was a huge step for the sport.

“At this level everyone is fighting for qualifiers, so it is huge. Super G is some of the fastest, most demanding racing in the sport, while the slalom is at the other end of the spectrum with the very challenging, technical side.

“It’s world class racing.”

Prizes were presented by Mayor Angus McKay and Sir Graeme Harrison at the Methven Heritage Centre yesterday.

Racing will continue today with Super G racing scheduled to start at 9.30am at Mt Hutt.

New Zealand Paralympic slalom gold medallist Adam Hall had a disappointing finish to his events yesterday, but has high hopes for the rest of the season.

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After just two years of competitive skiing, New Zealand athlete Corey Peters came out on top of the field yesterday.

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Disabilities no impediment

By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

Dark figures against the white snow, travelling down the mountain at incredible speeds, elegant and perfectly controlled.

It’s only when they come to a stop that it becomes obvious that these incredible athletes have disabilities – some without legs or arms, others paralyzed or completely blind.

There are three categories in the World Cup competitions: standing, sitting, and visually impaired.

US skier Lindsay Ball competes completely blind, rocket-

ing down winding courses while relying totally on directions from her guide, Diane Barras, who follows just two ski lengths behind her as she races.

Fitted out with speakers and microphones in their helmets, the guide not only needs to keep up with the skier but provide clear and constant voice commands as they navigate the mountain.

The pair have been skiing together since Miss Ball was six years old, and the trust between the two is absolute.

They have already qualified to compete in the 2014 Winter

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Paralympics, but with twice the expenses, raising the money to make it to the games is just another challenge for the pair.

Canadian athlete Josh Dueck competes in the sitting category, using a single ski fitted with a moulded seat and advanced suspension.

He described the feeling in one word: freedom.

“It’s like literally being connected to a set of legs. Not only can we walk again, we can run and jump.”

He had big dreams of being an Olympic skier before a spinal injury in 2005 that left his

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legs paralyzed, but his love of the mountains and competitive spirit still strong.

Since then he has won a silver medal in the 2010 Paralympics, and has earnt the title of the first person ever to perform a back flip in a sit ski.

He has skied in top fields across the globe, but was full of praise for Mt Hutt.

“The snow was firm, the weather was nice, we couldn’t have asked for better. There has been so much work from volunteers and support from the community to bring this all together, and it’s been pretty darn

good.” With long days competing he has had very little spare time, but any free moments he has spent exploring Methven.

On one of his expeditions through farmland he was joined by an entire herd of cows, thundering beside him for the length of the paddock.

“I would live here in a heartbeat. I’m partial to quiet communities, and Methven is super easy to navigate. One of the best things about life as an athlete is getting the opportunity to do reconnaissance of places to live across the world, and New Zealand is still top of my list.”

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Valery Redkozubov (22) and Evgeny Geroev (guide).

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Heather Mills, Paul McCartney’s former wife.

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Gabriel Juan (20) and Gorce Yepes (guide).

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■ SAME SEX MARRIAGES

In brief

Hoping to attract gay marriages

By SuSan SandyS Staveley newlyweds Donna and Lynda Topp hope gay couples from Australia wanting to wed in New Zealand choose Mid Canterbury to tie the knot.

Same sex marriage became legal in New Zealand last week, and Tourism New Zealand is marketing the country as a place where gay couples can marry.

Topp Lodge managers Donna and Lynda married at the lodge in March. Donna said the lodge had some opposite sex weddings booked at the venue for this coming season.

The couple had been talking to gay and lesbian community representatives in Australia about booking weddings here, and they hoped it was a market which would grow in Mid Canterbury.

“We certainly support it. We encourage people to come from all over to exchange their vows and to be able to do like everyone else is able to do. We would like to encourage people to do

Donna and Lynda Topp hope to attract gay couples from Australia to wed in Mid Canterbury.

that at our venue,” Donna said.

Meanwhile, Brinkley Resort in Methven may target Australian gay couples in its wedding packages marketing campaigns.

Brinkley Resort owner operator Gayle Creswick said the resort had not traditionally marketed its wedding packages directly in Australia, where same sex marriage remains against the law, but might consider it now.

“We think we might now, we

are always open to new ways to market our Brinkley,” Mrs Creswick said.

Mrs Creswick and husband Paul are from Australia, but are now proud to be living in New Zealand.

“I think Australia needs to take a leaf out of the New Zealand book in more ways than one,” Mrs Creswick said.

“We are quite proud that New Zealand has made that decision.”

Meanwhile, other Mid Canterbury wedding venues Hotel Ashburton and Methven Resort will not be directly targeting the potential new market, but hope they have gay couples booking weddings here.

Hotel Ashburton events coordinator Amber Cleverley said the hotel had 24 weddings booked in for the coming season. Most customers were from around New Zealand, and generally weddings booked from Australia were from people who had local connections.

“I think it’s great that finally New Zealand has come on board with it (same sex marriage). I would love to have a same sex marriage here.”

Methven Resort owner operator Mark Smith said weddings were booked via the resort’s website, and it would be good to see gay couples from overseas take the opportunity to marry in New Zealand.

“Would I go out and market it specifically? No, it’s just part of our package,” Mr Smith said.

Sharing a taste of their Nepal homeland

By GaBrielle Stuart gabrielle.s@theguardian.co.nz

Boy behind wheel Police were astonished on Saturday night when they stopped a car in Greymouth to discover the driver was a 13-year-old boy.

After questioning the boy and his three friends, aged 14, 15 and 20, they learned the vehicle had been stolen a short time earlier. The thief and his friends were taken to the Greymouth Police Station for questioning and the young driver was later released into the custody of Child Youth and Family. -APNZ

Fatal sinking The three young men involved in a fatal boat sinking in Southland on Sunday were wearing lifejackets, police have confirmed. Southland police communications manager Vivien Pullar said police planned to speak to the two survivors again.

The body of 19-year-old Jason Burford, from Invercargill, has been recovered, she said.

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An Australian teenager who went on a four-day shoplifting spree through Queenstown was sentenced in the Queenstown District Court yesterday on six theft charges. Rueben William Wikitera, 18, was on a school trip from Dickson College in Canberra when he stole almost $1670 of goods between August 18 and 22.

He was fined $1769, with court costs of $780, by Judge Kevin Phillips. Queenstown police described finding an “Aladdin’s Cave” of stolen property in the teenager’s room.

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Passports extended

admission is free. For more information contact Daria at the Newcomers Network on 027 220 8791.

Nepalese expatriates Krishna, Narayani and Hari Sapkota have been cooking up a storm in preparation for a Nepal themed newcomers night. photo joseph johnson 250813-jj-035

■ UNUSUAL VISITOR

Rogue seal leads authorities on a lengthy chase It took police, firefighters and the Department of Conservation a few hours, but finally a rogue seal was captured at an Auckland farm last evening after it was spotted crossing State

Five days from the start of the West Coast whitebait season, it seems some fishers have been jumping the gun. The Department of Conservation says it’s had reports of poaching in Buller.

“To be honest, it’s about par for the course,” said biodiversity programme manager Martin Abel.

Shoplifter nabbed

■ CULTURAL, CULINARY DELIGHTS

The Walnut Avenue pavilion will be transformed tomorrow night, as the district’s Nepalese families work with the Newcomers Network to show the community a slice of their home.

There will be traditional Nepalese food, dancing and singing, as well as a chance to learn more about Nepalese meditation and places to visit in the country.

Nepalese expatriates, the Sapkota family, will be putting on a traditional Nepalese spread, after spending the week cooking up a storm at their restaurant the Everest Kitchen.

The evening will give them a chance to not only recreate a piece of home, but to share a slice of their culture with their new community.

The Sapkota family is one of more than 15 Nepalese families in the district.

The evening will begin at 7pm on Wednesday 28, and

Whitebait poaching

Highway 1 yesterday afternoon.

A member of the public called 111 when they saw the seal run across the Dairy Flat Highway, northern fire communications spokesman Jaron Phillips said.

“This was about 6 to 7km inland, so we thought it quite unusual,” he said.

After some time spent trying to round up the unusual visitor, firefighters, police and DOC

staff herded the seal into an area where it became “restful” and it was taken away in a cage to be returned to its natural habitat. “DOC have him in custody,” Mr Phillips said. -APNZ

Travellers who have to renew their New Zealand passports in order to meet the requirements of countries they are visiting will have any time remaining on them added as a credit on their new passport.

Internal Affairs Minister Chris Tremain announced the validity period for passports would be extended so New Zealanders could get their full five years out of the documents. “Some New Zealanders need to renew their passports early because some countries require visitors to have six months validity remaining on their passport at the time of arrival.

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Paua seller nabbed Police have nabbed a person selling paua on Facebook for $10 each. Ministry for Primary Industries received information last week indicating the seller had up to 100 paua for sale. A search of a Manurewa address by members of MPI compliance teams and police found evidence of offending against the Fisheries Act 1996 and a person at the address admitted to offering paua for sale on Facebook, MPI said. Fish can be purchased only from a commercial fisher or a commercially operated fish retailer.

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■ UNION MEETING

School support staff to mull pay rise

By Myles HuMe

myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

Shoestring budgets mean schools will struggle to pay support staff at least $18.40 an hour if an education union gets its way, Mid Canterbury principals say.

Today, Mid Canterbury school support staff signed up to the NZEI union, which includes teacher aides, IT support, administration and

grounds keepers, will meet at Allenton School to mull over a new collective employment agreement.

On the agenda is a motion for support staff to be paid a minimum wage of $18.40 – calculated as the Living Wage – as well as better career pathway opportunities and job security.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said he backed the move

to ask for the Living Wage, but it would be a struggle for schools to pay that with their current funding situation.

“I agree with it but I would like the ministry to fund it accordingly.

“I know we have got some support staff who would be on that much, but we are operating on a tight budget,” Mr Simons said.

Mid Canterbury schools spo-

ken to by the Guardian say up to half of their payroll is made up of support staff, while they account for 30 per cent of the country’s school workforce.

Allenton School principal Graham Smith said support staff were vital to the school fabric, and teacher aides, in particular, lacked job security.

“But if the ministry decide we have to end up paying them this, then we will be forced to

when we can’t afford it,” he said.

NZEI immediate past president Ian Leckie said support staff deserved a better deal.

“Many of these workers have no certainty of employment from one term to the next because the funding for their positions is ad hoc and tenuous,” Mr Leckie said.

“Despite the critical role support staff play, many earn little more than the minimum wage.”

■ ALLENTON SCHOOL FAIR

School puts in huge effort ahead of big day By eMMa Cropper Allenton Primary School is gearing up for its school fair by helping put together hampers for the PTA. House leaders showed off the hampers filled with canned and bottled goods that they had collected at last Friday’s mufti day.

The hampers will be sold as part of the chocolate wheel stall at their school fair on September 21 in the school grounds.

Principal Graham Smith said preparations for the fair were going well. “It’s exciting and a fun time for everyone.”

The money raised from the fair would go towards enhancing the library and updating the resources.

Mr Smith said they would be buying resources such as iPads and Apple TV to go in the library.

House leader Amelia Parker, 11, said it would be cool to have more iPads to learn on.

“They’re not boring, and are much more fun than writing in a book,” said Miss Parker.

Mr Smith said the PTA’s fundraising committee as well as the teachers had been putting a lot of preparation in to the fair.

Showing off the hampers they have helped prepare for the Allenton School Fair are (from left) George Rosevear, 10, Daniel Lamb, 10, Eddie Davis, 10, Ellen Westwood, 10, Zoe Beckley, 11, Amelia Parker, 11 and Isaac Bazley, 10. photo Emma CroppEr 260813-EC-005

■ CRASH SEQUEL

Jury out in Kaiapoi kidnapping case Jetboat drivers fined

By Kurt Bayer The jury deliberating over a North Canterbury businessman’s citizen’s arrest case have retired for the evening.

Dave Clemence of Kaiapoibased family firm Clemence Drilling is accused of kidnapping and assaulting two thieves caught siphoning diesel from his yard.

Clemence accepts he took Matthew Darryl PenderMcLean and Carl Clark to the local police station after catching them stealing fuel from one of his rigs.

But the two complainants say

that first he bashed them, tied them up, took them to a river, blindfolded them, and threw them in.

During a week-long trial at Christchurch District Court, Clemence denied using excessive force and ever taking them to a river on the night of April 7, 2011.

He pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including two of kidnapping and six of assault.

Pender-McLean and Clark have already pleaded guilty and been convicted for theft from the yard.

Judge Gary MacAskill summed up the evidence for the

jury yesterday morning.

He told them not to judge the complainants just because of their “substantial” previous convictions for dishonesty, but accepted they could use it to assess their character and reliability of evidence.

The judge says the jury must consider only the lawfulness of the detention after Clemence arrived at the site, and not before.

He also warned the jury to judge without prejudice or sympathy.

The jury began its deliberations at 11.15am and were sent home at 5pm, to resume deliberations at 9am today. - APNZ

Two jetboat drivers have been fined and ordered to pay reparation over a collision on the Dart River near Queenstown which injured a US tourist.

Simon Thomas Collins of Cromwell and Shayle Andrew Thompson of Queenstown, working for Dart River Safaris Ltd at the time, both pleaded guilty to a charge of causing unnecessary risk or danger to those on board.

The charges arose after a jet boat carrying 11 passengers collided with another which was carrying only the driver.

They were each fined $3000 and ordered to pay $3000 in

reparation when they appeared in Queenstown District Court yesterday over the January collision.

The reparation will be paid to a US tourist who suffered a broken collarbone in the collision.

Maritime New Zealand Compliance Manager South David Billington said the sentences reflected the need for those working in the adventure tourism industry to make safety their main priority.

“Not only can serious injuries occur when things go wrong, but New Zealand’s reputation as a safe holiday destination is put at risk,” he said.

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OUR VIEW

Teen golfer punches above weight Coen Lammers EDITOR

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t is not often that New Zealand sportspeople are claiming headlines across the globe like they have been over the past few days.

While the All Blacks reclaiming the Bledisloe Cup and Team New Zealand winning the Louis Vuitton Cup may have been slightly predictable, Lydia Ko’s stunning defence of the Canadian Open golf title has sent shock waves throughout the world of golf.

At only 16, the young Aucklander has been the top amateur in the world for three years, but winning the Canadian Open last year may have been seen as a bit of a fluke.

Yesterday, however, she proved that her win in 2012 was simply a sign of things to come as she blitzed the world’s best professional female golfers to defend her trophy by five shots.

The All Blacks over the weekend dominated the rugby world with their convincing win over the Wallabies, while the yachting reporters yesterday desperately tried to give Team New Zealand’s one-boat race some global significance, but Lydia Ko is most likely to grab the headlines in the international media.

The sympathetic teenager from Auckland’s North Shore is already more than just another teen prodigy with her consistency and the pressure has been growing to drop her amateur status to collect some well-deserved winner’s cheques. The two wins in Canada alone would have earned her close to $NZ800,000, but instead her family continues to pick up her bills.

Only a very select few New Zealand athletes have made a global impact as we excel in sports that have a high profile in a limited number of countries. Golf, however, has filtered through to all corners of the world.

Anyone making a splash in this sport has a bright future on and off the greens, especially when you beat all-comers at the age of 16.

If Lydia Ko continues to develop at her current pace, she will be a contender for major tournaments and Olympic gold, for many years to come. We may have to get used to the ironic fact that the girl from South Korea could become the most recognised Kiwi on the planet.

YOUR VIEW Volunteers We are always saying ‘where would this community be without our volunteers?’

I wonder if anybody has ever given kudos to all the dedicated people who give of their time so freely to entertain the residents at our local resthomes?

On Wednesday I visited friends in Coldstream Resthome and there was a group of five people, four men and the very accomplished woman pianist.

This group, called Kev’s Boys, were beating out toe-tapping, good old-fashioned songs.

It was lovely to see the animation on some of the folk’s faces.

Not only there, but on Thursday I was visiting a very dear friend at Princes Court, and there again were Kev’s Boys entertaining.

This was their fourth visit to resthomes this week. One of these entertainers was none other than Cip Sparrow, who at 91 years of age and still work-

ing part-time, manages to give pleasure with his group to so many.

The only other person I can name in this group is Sam Cullimore. I am sorry I do not know the other’s names, but they are all to be applauded.

Thanks for your contribution to the community. You are special people. God bless you all.

Iris Officer-Holmes

No art A recent article by Mr Argyle pleased me for two reasons.

Firstly that you allowed an opportunity for a reasoned opposing viewpoint and secondly that it highlighted my major concerns more articulately and with more facts than I’ve had available.

One point though that I have laboured is that the district has no art, as is usually understood (art that has significant financial, historical or creative value).

CRUMB by David Fletcher

I have questioned the Ashburton District Council on a couple of occasions under the provisions of the Official Information Act, this being so long ago I cannot remember the actual replies, but I do recall that they did not in fact possess anything that under any circumstances would qualify.

The art gallery at that time did in fact have a very astute gallery director who during her tenure did a tremendous amount to promote the gallery and in doing so make the council appear to be doing just what the people wanted. I have reason to believe that she was just doing her job.

The involvement in the promised purchase of the existing building by the Ashburton Trust would not bear close scrutiny, it being an essential part of the trust business plan to at all times be on the best of terms with council and games that involved no more than publicity can be a fair summation.

Neither party can expect credit.

The methodology was such that a supermarket purchase could not have been concluded without cash or an airtight agreement.

Three councillors at the time were active members/office holders in the art society.

Why an architectural monstrosity in an unsuitable site catering to egos rather than need?

M. N. Richards ***** Thank you Alister Argyle for the ‘other’ facts. The autocratic stance from council beggars belief. What secrets are they hiding so vehemently?

Angus Walters (text)

Family notices I have to agree that I really miss the family notices being on the first page of paper (text)

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Shooting the messenger

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Have you been watching the America’s Cup yachting?

Willy Leferink WILLYLEAKS

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magine you are an executive in a middling-sized food manufacturer.

Suddenly a food technologist bursts into your office with a panicked expression. They explain a test has shown a potential problem with a batch of food produced months ago.

So what do you do? Remembering the shrill media reaction to Fonterra do you undertake a recall, causing every media brick to fall on your head, or do you shrug your shoulders and reply, ‘she’ll be right’.

This is to me the biggest risk from the media over-reaction to Fonterra’s recall. Weeks on, we can look back with some perspective. Testing had found something untoward leading Fonterra to publically blow the whistle on Fonterra. With a global recall that was precautionary and seemingly successful, can anyone tell me why the word scandal is being used?

Okay we have inquiries under way but since memories seem to be short these days, if you want a food scandal, then what about those E coli infused organic German bean sprouts from 2011?

While this year’s European ‘equine beef ’ scandal was fraudulent misrepresentation, no-one was physically harmed by it. Not so in 2011. E coli in organic German bean sprouts killed 31 people and made thousands more pretty crook. What made this truly scandalous was the way German officials spread misinformation. Initially it was Spanish cucumbers, which led to international bans

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Scandalous is a word that fits European horse meat being sold as beef from earlier this year. Is Fonterra’s precautionary recall in the same league? Really?

costing the Spanish a lot of money and its good name. Next these officials said the cause was a ‘mystery,’ spontaneous E coli presumably. Then in early June 2011 came the truth. The outbreak was isolated to an organic farm in Lower Saxony.

Unsurprisingly, when the Russians found out about these killer organic veges, it slapped a complete ban on European vegetables; a market worth $1bn. Did the ban last for a whole year? No. Six months then? No. It started on June 2, 2011, and was gone by August 9, 2011. Given the death and sickness toll, the Russian authorities trusted science and European Union assurances and lifted the ban. They were right to do so.

What happened in Germany in 2011 with contaminated

organic bean sprouts was a scandal. That word also fits European horse meat being sold as beef from earlier this year.

Against these two things, is Fonterra’s precautionary recall in the same league? Really?

Given no whey products were supplied to Russia, any risk, already incredibly low, is nonexistent.

That’s why we want Russia to trust science and to trust New Zealand official assurances.

Likewise with Sri Lankan tests finding traces of DCD. Speaking as a farmer, DCD nitrification inhibitors are not toxic and were only used on a small percentage of New Zealand farms.

In any event, the very last of it was applied in the spring of 2012 before it was voluntarily

withdrawn. Given the amount of surplus milk for global export is wafer thin, the price of milk has not been affected.

Two weeks after the recall was announced, US analyst Robin Schmahl commented, “It certainly has caused concern for the world dairy industry and Fonterra in particular with inquiries being conducted; however, it was virtually a non-issue in the milk futures market”. Only this week the Global Dairy Trade auction posted positive gains.

Locally, we can only hope a disproportionate media reaction does not cause another food processor in the future to make the wrong call. Now that would be a scandal.

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■ SYRIA

In brief

UN chemical probe okayed UN experts will start investigating a suspected Syrian chemical attack as a sceptical US weighs military action, saying Syria’s acceptance of the probe came too late.

In an escalation of a showdown over the alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus last week, the US and its Western allies pointed the finger of blame at President Bashar alAssad’s regime.

“There is very little doubt at this point that a chemical weapon was used by the Syrian regime against civilians in this incident,” based on the reported number of victims and their symptoms, as well as US and other foreign intelligence, one official in Washington said.

French President Francois Hollande told his US counterpart Barack Obama that “everything was consistent” with the

conclusion that Damascus was behind the attack.

“The two presidents agreed to stay in close contact to arrive at a joint response to this unprecedented aggression,” the French leader’s office said.

And British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned any evidence of a chemical attack may have been destroyed. “The fact is that much of the evidence could have been destroyed by

that artillery bombardment,” he said.

However, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault implied that a punitive strike on Syria was not imminent, in an interview with France 2 television.

“Once this (UN) investigation has ended, we await a firm decision, a clear decision, from the international community.

The (UN) Security Council will meet,” he said.

– AFP

Armstrong settlement British newspaper The Sunday Times has reached a settlement with Lance Armstrong after suing the disgraced cyclist to recover damages from a libel settlement. The paper paid Armstrong 300,000 pounds (now about $470,000) in 2006 to settle a case after printing claims that he took performance-enhancing drugs. But confirmation that Armstrong led a massive doping programme on his teams came last year from a US Anti-Doping Agency report, prompting a confession by the American, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.

– AP

Hubby killed with cup A Japanese housewife has battered her septuagenarian husband to death with a coffee cup after discovering he was cheating on her. The 61-year-old woman allegedly attacked her partner after learning of his affair, battering him repeatedly about the face and head with the mug at their home south-west of Tokyo, the media reported.

– AFP

Body found

‘The Beast’ train derails, killing five Workers and police stand next to a cargo train known as “the Beast”, after it derailed near the town of Huimanguillo, southern Mexico, yesterday. The cargo train, carrying at least 250 Central American hitchhiking migrants derailed in a remote region, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, authorities said. photo ap

Teen survives flight in aircraft wheel A young teenager dashed across a runway at a Nigerian airport, hid in the wheel well of a jet and survived a 35-minute domestic flight, the airline and aviation authorities said yesterday.

Passengers and crew had alerted the pilots that a boy was seen running to the plane as it was taxiing to take off from southern Benin City, Arik Airline spokesman Ola Adebanji said. The pilots alerted the country’s aviation agency, he said.

The incident highlighted the growing concerns about airport security in Nigeria, which is fighting an Islamic uprising mainly contained in the north-east of the country, where there is a state of emergency.

– AP

■ IRAQ

Attacks kill 48 in surge of violence A series of attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq has killed 48 people amid a surge in violence that authorities have failed to stem.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to press on with his anti-insurgency campaign, which has reportedly led to the arrest of hundreds of alleged militants and the killing of dozens.

But analysts and diplomats say authorities have failed to tackle the root causes of Iraq’s worst violence since 2008: anger in the Sunni Arab community over perceived ill-treatment by the Shiite-led authorities and security forces.

Yesterday’s violence, which left more than 100 people wounded, struck the Baghdad area and predominantly Sunni Arab towns and cities to the north, but the deadliest of the attacks hit the capital.

A series of bombings – two

The body of a 26-year-old man attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory has been found in the Mary River. The Darwin man had been celebrating a friend’s 30th birthday on Saturday at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat, about halfway between Darwin and Kakadu National Park, when he was snatched by the five-metre long saltwater crocodile. He was one of two male partygoers swimming across the muddy river about 3pm.

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Fire threat San Francisco’s water and electricity supply is under threat from a raging California wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park. The Rim Fire has charred through 54,220 hectares, according to InciWeb, the online Incident Information System that monitors fires in the western US. The fire is just 7 per cent contained, InciWeb says, adding that it “remained fairly active overnight in most all divisions”.

– AFP

Baldwins head home

Relatives grieve after a suicide bomber attacked a park in Baghdad, Iraq, at the weekend. photo ap

car bombings and a roadside bomb went off in Baghdad and its outskirts, killing nine people and wounding 22 others, officials say.

The blasts struck a variety of neighbourhoods across the city, and were the latest in a burgeon-

ing trend of militant attacks in the afternoon and evening in Baghdad.

In previous years, deadly attacks have typically struck during the morning rush-hour when much of the capital is in gridlock.

– AFP

Alec Baldwin and his wife have welcomed their baby girl home.

The 55-year-old actor and his wife Hilaria became proud parents to Carmen Gabriela at the weekend. Twenty-nine-year-old yoga instructor Hilaria spent the following two days recuperating at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York with the newborn.

Photos of Hilaria and Alec published in the US yesterday show the couple smiling as they arrived to their Manhattan apartment with their new addition.

– CM

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■ FLORIST

New florist an old hand

By Emma CroppEr

Samantha Trott assembles a bouquet of flowers from her parents’ garage where she operates her florist business.

Photo Donna Wylie 190813-DW-125

An autoimmune disorder has not stopped a young Ashburton woman from starting up her own business.

Samantha Rose Florist has been in town for only a few months, but its owner, 25-yearold Samantha Trott, is an old hand at the trade.

She picked up floristry in her teens because she had a flair for creativity, however, Miss Trott has overcome her fair share of setbacks to open her own business up.

In 2011 she was made redundant from Christchurch florist

Bourbon Rose when the February earthquake forced the closure of the Manchester Street store.

She then headed home to Ashburton for a few months before deciding to cross the ditch to Australia to help with the harvest.

While working at a florist shop in Australia, Miss Trott was diagnosed with an autoimmune deficiency where her body does not make enough white blood cells and as a result she lacks immunity in her lungs.

She suffered for several years before the condition was diagnosed.

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stock is rated an average ‘buy’ based on three analyst recommendations compiled by Reuters, with a median target price of 86 cents.

The bank increased its retail and consumer loan book to $987.8 million as at June 30 from $989.4 million and its business segment assets to $549.2 million from $540.2 million. The rural loan book shrank to $456.6 million from $478.6 million, and the non-core property loan portfolio fell to $107.4 million from $160.2 million.

As at June 30, Heartland’s total assets were $2.5 billion, up from $2.35 billion a year earlier, and its deposits were $1.84 billion from $1.63 billion.

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By HamisH FlEtCHEr The number of people ditching a traditional phone line when buying broadband soared 82 per cent in the year to June, lines company Chorus says.

When presenting its financial results yesterday, Chorus revealed the number of wholesale “naked” broadband connections it sold grew to 91,000 during the year.

This is up 82 per cent from

50,000 connections in June 2012.

“Naked” broadband is internet that comes without a traditional phone line and is sold by retail companies such as Vodafone, Orcon, Slingshot and Snap.

This option can be cheaper than buying a combined phone and internet package, particularly for customers consuming large amounts of data each month.

While it comes without a phone line, some internet com-

panies - such as Orcon - still offer calling services on naked broadband using a method called VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

This solution transfers voice traffic via a broadband connection, rather than the traditional phone network.

Chorus is unable to tell how many people on naked broadband are using VoIP services, according to a company representative yesterday.

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+12.0

+0.23%

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 Dow Jones Indust.

15,010.51 +46.77 +0.31%

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6,492.1

+45.23

+0.7%

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+2.0

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23.06

+0.15%

London – $US/ounce

–0.01

–0.04%

 Copper London – $US/tonne

7,300.5

–40.0

–0.54%

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pairment, adjusted profit rose to $24.4 million and revenue gained 13 per cent to $107.4 million. The bank affirmed its 2014 forecast for net profit of between $34 million and $37 million.

“The NPAT expectation for the next financial year reflects ongoing reductions in cost of funds, lower impairments, continued focus on cost reductions and asset growth in core assets in line with credit growth expectations,” the company said.

The board declared a final dividend of 2.5 cents per share, with a September 20 record date, payable on October 4. That takes the total payout to 6 cents per share.

The shares were unchanged at 86 cents on Friday, and have gained 25 per cent this year. The

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Hiccup hits Heartland profit Heartland New Zealand, the country’s newest bank, reported a 71 per cent slide in annual profit after booking charges to take control of distressed assets previously managed by Pyne Gould Corp.

Net profit fell to $6.9 million, or 2 cents per share, in the 12 months ended June 30, from $23.6 million, or 6 cents, a year earlier, the Christchurch-based lender said in a statement. That was in line with June guidance when Heartland said it was going to take an $18 million charge on writing down the value of loans and investments and to cover the risk of holding some of those assets over a longer timeframe.

Stripping out the one-off im-

“I could be sick for three months at a time” said Miss Trott.

“I didn’t realise I was so sick, because you just put up with it.”

She now travels to Christchurch for monthly treatments, which will be ongoing.

“This is for life.”

Miss Trott hopes to eventually open her own floristry shop, but she is curently operating out of her parents’ house in Tinwald to gain a client base.

“This makes me happy. I like it because it’s creative and practical, and you can make interesting things out of flowers,” she said.

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Honey industry hit by fakes

B

ritain’s Food Standards Agency has issued a nationwide warning about misleading and illegal claims made on the labels of manuka honey jars, in a worrying blow to the fast-growing Kiwi industry.

New Zealand manuka honey commands prices 10 to 20 times higher than other types of honey because of its unique and much-vaunted anti-bacterial properties.

It is estimated to earn this country up to $120 million a year in export dollars, and is praised by the likes of Welsh opera diva Katherine Jenkins and US pop singer Britney Spears. World tennis No.1 Novak Djokovic says he eats spoonfuls on the sideline between sets.

UK retailers have been putting security tags on jars of manuka honey to stop sticky-fingered shoplifters taking jars which can retail at up to 35 pounds ($70) per 250g.

But tests by reputable UK, Chinese and Singaporean laboratories reveal many manuka honey products have none of the claimed active properties – some of the honey is not even manuka – prompting industry leaders to demand a crackdown on “potentially huge fraud”.

The UK warning about manuka honey follows the Fonterra botulism scare affecting milk product exports around the globe, and China’s conviction of a Zespri employee and subsidiary for double invoicing on kiwifruit shipments.

Some of the companies sell-

ing mislabelled honey are New Zealand producers and some are foreign. But even the most reputable New Zealand honey producers now face heightened surveillance in the UK. A spokesman for Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy said that it would be disappointing New Zealand products were not meeting the required standards. “It’s important for industry to work with MPI and come up with some agreed and reliable standards for consumers.”

Comvita, New Zealand’s biggest manuka honey producer

“

“They can buy a 20+ honey thinking it is manuka and it is not. People will use it and not get any benefits and that damages the reputation of the product and the industry.”

John Rawcliffe, head of the Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association, which represents 38 licensed manuka honey companies, acknowledged the UK crackdown was due.

“There is potentially huge fraud. There are higher and ever-increasing volumes of honey labelled as manuka which are not manuka,” he said.

You can put a number on any honey, and that is damaging to Comvita

with a market capitalisation of nearly $150 million, is demanding the industry be cleared of cowboys.

Chief operating officer Scott Coulter said pots of manuka honey labelled with meaningless numbers and certifications were designed to confuse customers who thought they were getting UMF (Unique Manuka Factor) accredited food and nutriceuticals with measurable health benefits.

“You can put a number on any honey, and that is damaging to Comvita,” Coulter said.

In October 2011, Britain’s Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) tested a small sample of five brands of manuka honey from shop shelves.

Only one, made by Comvita, was up to standard. The other four (from Nelson Honey, Honeyco Rainforest, Littleover Apiaries and Native New Zealand Manuka Honey) showed no detectable “non-peroxide activity”, the anti-bacterial properties special to manuka honey.

Nelson Honey managing director Philip Cropp said he was a small player, producing only

150 tonnes a year. His honey had passed tests in New Zealand labs, but had sometimes failed overseas lab tests. He said he would stop advertising activity rating numbers on his labels.

The UMF Honey Association commissioned further tests in Britain, China and Singapore over the past 18 months. The accredited producers almost all passed. But of the 73 samples of honey sold by other companies, 41 failed to show the non-peroxide activity claimed for manuka honey. Separate tests in Hong Kong found 14 of 55 manuka honeys sampled were adulterated with syrup.

On the strength of the FERA tests, the Food Standards Agency alerted UK local authorities in July of possible issues with manuka honey being mislabelled and encouraged them to “step up surveillance”.

In New Zealand, beekeepers are not waiting for authorities to clean up the industry.

Whakatane businessman Jeremy Gardiner has planted 1500 manuka trees, hoping a plantation will ensure the only pollen the bees pick up is manuka.

Beehives will be placed among the small saplings over a hectare on a block of Maori land. “It’s a test bed at the moment but we have 37 strains of manuka in there so we want to figure out what strains are the highest UMF value,” Gardiner said.

The UMF Honey Association hopes to develop and distribute hand-held near-infrared scanners to detect manuka honey imposters.

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Wareing recommends Ballance awards “It’s a fun competition with a serious side.”

That’s how Mid Canterbury farmer Philip Wareing describes the Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Mr Wareing and wife Wendy own Mt Arrowsmith Station – a 9000ha sheep, beef and deer farm, 70km southwest of Methven.

The Wareings and their former managers, Eric and Sally Smith, entered the high country property in the 2012 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment (BFEA) Awards, winning a major category award.

Though Mr Wareing admits it took some gentle arm-twisting to get him into the competition, he was pleased he participated, even if things didn’t go exactly to plan on judging day.

“Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong,” he laughs.

But the judges took this in their stride, later awarding Mt Arrowsmith the Beef+Lamb New Zealand Livestock Farm Award. This award recognises “the livestock farmer who demonstrates in a practical way the choices that have been made to farm for the long term”.

BFEA judges said Mr Wareing’s passion for the farm was clearly evident, noting that development on Mt Arrowsmith had achieved a balance between increased production

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and long-term stewardship priorities.

Stock numbers on the property had increased from 6000 stock units to 14,000 stock units in the 14 years since the Wareings purchased it, and judges said. Mt Arrowsmith was achieving efficient stock performance in a tough environment.

“No aspect of the business has been neglected,” they said.

They also noted the farm’s excellent recording systems and the “high use of direct drilling to protect soils”.

Philip, who is heavily involved in his own road transport business and lives offfarm, says the implementation of a farm management reporting system has improved the sustainability of the business and reduced the risk of costly mistakes.

Entries for the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are now open. Entry forms are available at www.bfea.org.nz

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Planning for the new season is still the theme in the lamb trade as the quiet period continues.

Discussions continue to take place regarding how the lower lamb production will be distributed over the coming season.

Negotiations for Christmas chilled supply have been positive, as has demand. However, it is becoming clearer that volumes during the Christmas supply period will not be enough to service demand due to the forecast lower lamb crop. With processing numbers currently at seasonally low levels, the focus for processors remains on producing for their winter programmes.

This means frozen inventories have wound down further, leaving exporters in a comfortable position heading into the new season.

BEEF

Processing numbers in NZ remain low, particularly for manufacturing grade cattle, although this is roughly aligned with the relatively low period of demand for imported beef in the US through late summer.

The US domestic 90CL cow market has started to firm, after remaining very flat for over three months.

Many believe there is still more upside to come in this market in the next few months.

Drought conditions and feed prices are easing, increasing the incentive for US beef producers to retain cows, thus decreasing lean manufacturing beef production.

This bodes well for returns to NZ exporters when the import market kicks back into life later in the year.

Chilled prime beef supplies available to the NZ domestic market are limited, which is normal for this time of year.

The pressure has been partially alleviated this year by an increase in imports of Australian beef, but that trade is reported to have slowed again in recent weeks.

FORESTRY

Exports in the first half of 2013 were at a half year record in terms of both value and volume exported.

The value of exports was 13 per cent higher than the previous highest half year, which was the first half of 2011, at just over NZ$1 billion. Data for the past 10 years for export prices to Asia show that prices since 2010 are now trading in a range that averages about $17/tonne higher than the years 20032009, and the current prices are in the top end of that range.

Prices look to have settled at a lower range for export pruned logs, after many badly sap-stained logs had piled up on wharves within China. This meant that there was a rebalancing of supply to the domestic market, where many had been short of supply recently.

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RURAL WOMEN Winchmore Rural Women created spiders, dragon flies and flowers using zips at their recent craft day.

■ WINCHMORE

Market Price Trends Week beginning August 26, 2013

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

this week

last 4 weeks 3 months week ago ago

42.11 61.99 80.43 83.60 63.89 93.09 100.30 106.34 109.92 117.59 111.44 42.11

32.54 51.45 68.73 72.46 59.21 79.46 85.51 92.23 93.59 101.99 93.56 42.11

47.33 67.86 84.38 82.18 61.30 97.67 105.27 104.24 115.40 115.27 119.37 42.11

6.72

6.82

40.89 39.33 60.72 58.70 79.02 76.77 82.60 77.23 58.12 60.98 91.44 88.82 98.51 95.66 105.07 98.26 107.94 104.79 116.18 108.66 109.28 42.11 105.83 42.11 6.72 6.72 6.72

1 Kg Shorn Pelt SI

1 year ago

2012/13 Low High 29.55 48.24 65.20 63.31 54.40 75.39 81.13 80.34 88.78 88.85 89.30 6.72 *

2011/12 ave

48.15 56.71 68.71 76.89 87.66 94.67 86.47 95.42 63.89 * 71.25 101.51 110.00 109.43 117.99 109.67 120.31 120.00 129.32 121.27 132.83 134.07 139.52 6.82

6.55

66.10

74.56

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SI

66.10

66.10

62.47

53.43

61.70

P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator

406 432 429 260 313 307

406 428 386 260 313 286

396 414 397 247 311 294

371 397 391 247 285 282

381 407 387 270 317 312

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

386 403 383

386 403 356

376 399 367

361 395 380

364 396 394

52.43

B E E F (c/ kg) 351 353 364 * 232 236 274 * 341 343 356

406 432 429 280 315 325

* * **

383 399 386 277 294 324

* 386 * 403 * 401

373 400 400

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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.

V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) AP Hind 50kg AP Stag 60kg AP Stag 80kg

7.26 7.35 6.96

7.18 7.28 6.88

6.86 6.95 6.56

6.38 6.48 6.08

7.68 7.78 7.38

6.38 6.48 6.08

7.98 8.08 7.68

7.73 7.82 7.42

1285 910 790 711 500 485 480 450 510

1500 990 840 720 503 488 483 460 510

1500 930 795 730 465 430 420 415 495

1570 1100 850 695 412 360 355 335 495

1280 910 * 790 * 670 395 345 340 315 465

1570 1100 900 755 510 505 500 495 545

1705 1170 895 797 606 594 591 564 571

423 418

427 415

461 408

462 417

338 408

473 443

421 423

4950 5870 6180 5380 13970

5350 5780 6150 5540 12920

3810 3810 3690 4800 10520

3490 3360 3420 4510 10220

W O O L Data: WSI Fine (21 microns) Medium (25 microns) Medium (27 microns) Medium (29 microns) Coarse (35 microns) Coarse (37 microns) Coarse (39 microns) 2nd Shear (37 microns-85mm) Lamb (31 micron-75mm)

W H E A T ($NZ/Tonne) ASW (Aus standard White) NZ Free (12.5% protein)

DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES Butter (NZ$/tonne) Skim Milk powder Whole Milk Powder Cheddar Cheese Casein

5110 6000 6510 5620 14430

5640 7000 7120 5770 14430 *

4812 4151 4290 5147 12382

Prices are indicative only. They are compiled from an assessment of sales made worldwide on one-off basis in US $.

Quota market sales and contracts are excluded. The prices are then converted to $NZ/t FOB at current exchange rates.

OVERSEAS

MEAT

UK PM Lamb (p/kg) CIF US Bull (USc/lb) CIF US Cow (USc/lb) CIF Venison Bone-in leg (E/Kg)

PRICES 390 193 183 6.40

390 193 183 6.40

0.783 0.502 0.586 3.48

0.809 0.526 0.609 3.32

380 206 180 6.40

315 214 201 6.60

315 189 172 6.40 *

390 * 225 212 6.80

405 210 198 6.72

FINANCE US Dollar UK Pound Euro 2 Year Wholesale Rate (%)

PROCESSING

D A T A (000)

0.813 0.813 0.538 0.512 0.629 0.647 2.91 2.70 (Estimates only)

0.828 0.514 0.629 2.76

0.844 0.526 0.637 2.82

Lamb SI Mutton SI Beef SI Information provided by NZX Agrifax

Spiders, dragon flies and flowers were created at our craft day meeting using zips as the main material.

Alison Garforth returned for a second year to tutor 16 members and friends with hands-on craft day.

A fun day of fellowship was enjoyed by all who attended the craft day.

Our day started with morning tea and followed by our branch meeting.

Branch members will be delivering meals on wheels on the October 8.

A catering for 50 people was arranged with offers of food and assistance coming from members.

The branch has much pleasure in welcoming Stephanie Buchard as a new member of Winchmore Rural Women and we hope she has much enjoyment from her participation with the branch.

An update was given on the national trial of flashing lights for school buses to be held in the Ashburton Region with 30 buses participating. Our member Maureen Maginness has spent many years pressing for this to become a reality.

0.813 0.519 0.627 2.85

The heartfelt satisfaction he had experienced in helping others was evident when Rotarian Colin Bryant told Anama Rural Women of his experiences in Samoa.

Along with other Ashburton Rotarians he was part of a project providing help for disabled in the form of wheelchairs and ramps.

Building bookcases for schools in remote areas of the island, supplying boxes of books suitable for learner readers, and donating surplus desks and chairs from New Zealand schools gave much joy, not only to the Rotarians but also to a people who were happy and willing to share what they had.

A report received at the August branch meeting held at Quantock’s home said a public meeting to discuss bringing the Mayfield Hall up to the required earthquake strengthening standard was well attended.

Members were told of a Mayfield Playcentre fund-raising garden walk on October 12 and catering for the Mayfield Lions meal on September 3. Pat Bishell offered to provide flowers for provincial office bearers and Betty George donated walnuts in an attractive container, complete with recipes, for the raffle.

■ LYNNFORD Note: * denotes a new low/high for season.

Lynnford Branch RWNZ met on August 1 at the Hakatere Marae.

Members were welcomed by Janet Benfell and Bella Moore. After a very informative talk about the marae and Maori protocol, members enjoyed a pooled lunch, then moved into the monthly meeting.

Congratulations to Sarah Moore, who has been selected to dance at the Edinburgh Tattoo in 2014.

■ MID CANTERBURY

Advocacy plays a big part of our organisation.

Land and Water Partnership Policy groups are continuing to meet to work on future plans that will affect us all, farmers’ mental wellbeing groups continue educating us all, our agriculture health and safety committee are out promoting any new ideas that come to hand, our national executive office work tirelessly on our behalf.

Our project Y-Front up for Prostate Cancer, is promoting a lot of awareness, it is great to read about the variety ways in which money is being raised. I wait with interest when the total is announced at our annual meeting being held in Wellington on November 25.

Fears over boarding school allowances changes. Hundreds of families living in isolated parts of New Zealand are due to be affected by changes to the Ministry of Education’s boarding school allowances, while the subsidy has increased, applicants must live further away from their nearest school transport to qualify.

Previously, anyone was eligible for an allowance if they lived more than four kilometres away from the bus route.

Now they have to be at least five times the distance in order to qualify. Rural women believe that communities will be strengthened if more pupils attend local schools. The Ministry of Education said while more money is being made available to some rural families, the distance to qualify for that allowance had to change.

They were set in a time when cars weren’t as good as they are today. A ministry spokesperson stated that roads are a lot better now. I believe it is time they came out and travelled on a country school bus, they may well change their minds. Around 1500 children a year receive the boarding allowance because of distance and the ministry expects around 250 will be no longer eligible following the changes.

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Celery, carrot and ham bake 200g ham on the bone, diced 2 carrots, peeled and grated 3 stalks celery, sliced 100 ml vegetable stock ground white pepper to taste ½ C grated cheese

7. How big is the ‘hand’ that is used to measure horses? a. 4 centimetres b. 4 inches c. 4 fingers 8. How big is Lake Hood? a. 80 hectares b. 90 hectares c. 100 hectares

■ Preheat oven to 180°C. ■ Place half the ham in the base of four lightly oil sprayed ramekins.

■ Cover with carrots and celery.

■ Top with remainder of ham.

■ Mix the stock and pepper together and pour over the mixture.

■ Sprinkle with cheese.

■ Cover and bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until cheese is golden and celery softened.

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Answers: 1c. 2b. 3a. 4c. 5b. 6c. 7b. 8a.

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Built of wood, but it lasted well

By Michael hanrahan

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uilding materials used for Ashburton’s early churches varied widely.

They included stone and concrete, but the majority were built of wood, the most common material used throughout the town.

The main reason for the use of wood was that the Ashburton area had few readily available building materials, the nearest being timber from the forest areas in the foothills, a sawmilling industry being centred on Staveley.

Another reason for churches choosing what was likely to have been the cheapest method of construction may, in many cases, have been the thought that larger and more permanent buildings could be erected as the town grew, with the possibility of then using the earlier buildings for other purposes such as halls.

In many cases this did happen. In spite of the issues of deterioration and fire risk that were inherent with timber construction, a lot of these early timber churches lasted for many years, and some had a number of other uses after they were replaced by larger buildings.

One such was the first Ashburton Catholic church, built in 1876 in Burnett Street, in the block between Park and Winter streets.

When the Catholic Church was first established in Canterbury in 1876, Ashburton was part of an enormous rural parish stretching from the Hurunui River in the north to the Waitaki River in the south, leaving out only Christchurch, Lyttelton and Banks Peninsula.

The first priest in charge of the area was Father J C Chervier.

He was based at a centre on Shands Track, near Lincoln, and travelled throughout the district, often on foot. As the population of towns grew he caused churches to be built to serve their local communities, about 10 in all from Hawarden in the north to Timaru in the south, many of them designed by the noted Christchurch architect Benjamin Mountfort.

Ashburton began to grow quickly after the arrival of the railway in the early 1870s. In 1873 Father Chervier bought, for 25 pounds, six acres of land fronting West Street, from north of Mill Creek almost to Racecourse Corner. However, the town did not grow in that direction, and the three-quarter acre Burnett Street property was bought.

In 1876 a small wooden church was built there. There is evidence that it was dedicated

Top – Ashburton’s first Catholic church, St Augustine’s, in Burnett Street.

Left – Much added to, the church became a hall after its 1951 shift.

Above left – January 3, 1974 and the old building reaches the end of the road.

Above right – In 1951 the building was moved to the west edge of the school property to make way for the building of the present St Joseph’s School.

Here traction engine owner Ned Bradley prepares the building for the shift.

to St Augustine. It was used on Sundays as a church and on weekdays from 1880 as a schoolroom.

Ashburton District’s population grew quickly to about seven thousand, resulting in the area being cut off from Father Chervier’s huge parish in 1881 and created a parish in its own right. In March 1881 the first parish priest, Edmund Patrick Coffey, arrived from Wellington.

Prior to his appointment the church was extended using canvas on the occasion of a visit from Wellington of Bishop Redwood.

Father Coffey was stung into action shortly after his own

arrival when the Bishop asked him if he still had “the tent” in Ashburton. He announced his intention to build a new church.

It took a year to realise his intention, but in May 1882 it was decided a new church would be built and the original building would be used only as a school, conducted by Miss Burke, who came from Halswell.

Noted Dunedin architect Francis Petre was chosen to design the new church, but there was a problem. The little wooden building was right in the place where the new church was to be built.

Land was bought in Havelock Street, part of the site of today’s St Joseph’s school, and on

Easter Monday 1882 the men of the parish shifted the church there. There is no record as to how this was done, but other buildings about that time were moved on rollers, possibly pulled by a traction engine or horses.

The building continued to be used as a school on its new site. Photos in the early 1930s show it largely unchanged, but within a few years it had been extended as the school roll grew.

Then, in 1951 came another shift. New buildings were planned for the school and again the old building was in the way.

A traction engine was used

to move it sideways to the west side of the school property, where it became a hall for both parish and school, although it was pressed into service again for classes as the roll continued to grow.

A supper room was added to the rear and an entrance porch to the east side.

Finally, two years short of its centennial, the building reached the end of the road.

On January 3, 1974 Crum Brothers used a loader to make short work of demolishing the old building. By then the succeeding church was also history, having been demolished in 1931 when the present church was opened.

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In brief

■ HOCKEY

Mid Canterbury fourth

Cohen out of champs

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Gearing up for national tournaments

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Mid Canterbury junior age group hockey teams continued their preparations on Sunday for their national tournaments.

The primary and under 15 sides contested mini-tournaments with the girls in Timaru and the boys based in Ashburton.

The Mid Canterbury Primary A boys were beaten 2-5 by South Canterbury A and drew 1-1 with Canterbury B. Mid Canterbury B boys beat

the development boys 2-0 but were well beaten by South Canterbury B and the Mid Canterbury under 15s lost to Canterbury Primary A 1-2.

In Timaru the Primary A girls lost to South Canterbury 1-3 and Canterbury 1-7. The Primary B girls were outclassed by both the Canterbury training squad and the Canterbury development teams.

The under 15 girls went down to South Canterbury under 15s 0-2.

The teams are preparing for

their national tournaments in October.

The under 15 boys are off to Christchurch and the girls go to Dunedin in the first week of the school holidays and then the Primary A boys are headed to Hamilton for the Hatch Cup while the girls are bound for Wellington and the Collier Trophy in week two.

At the same time Mid Canterbury will host the festival of hockey, a tournament for the South Island B boys’ and girls’ teams.

■ AMERICA’S CUP

Team NZ wins Louis Vuitton Cup By antonio GonzaLez Team New Zealand finished off the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series with an emphatic 7-1 margin, setting up the ultimate America’s Cup grudge match between two teams that have spent the summer trading verbal jabs.

Emirates Team New Zealand zipped through a thick fog and past Italy’s Luna Rossa again yesterday to finish off the challenger series and advance to the premier event against defending champion and bitter rival Oracle Team USA. The bestof-17 America’s Cup starts on September 7.

This is the fifth time since 1995 Team New Zealand has reached the America’s Cup match. The only time it didn’t

Mid Canterbury Junior A finished fourth at the Dunedin Netball Tournament on Sunday. Mid Canterbury beat Central Otago 1412 and Southland Girls’ High School 16-7 but were beaten 13-18 by Canterbury A before being edged out by Dunedin A 13-14 in their last game. There were nine teams in the tournament and Canterbury A took the cup.

Winning weekend

By andrew aLderson Nathan Cohen is out of the rowing world championships with a heart problem.

It is a disappointing end to this season’s campaign for the Olympic doubles sculls champion who has been part of a struggling quadruple sculls crew who race tomorrow’s repechage.

Cohen suffered from an episode of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in yesterday’s heats racing.

He has experienced a previous SVT episode in April.

Cohen was given the all clear to continue training and racing after being checked by medical experts but in the heat racing at Chungju he experienced a lack of strength and power as the race continued. The men’s quad finished fifth.

“It feels like once you’re into the race, your heart isn’t in rhythm, oxygen is running out, and you lose power, and become weaker as the race goes on. It feels like your dragging something behind the boat,” Cohen said.

Cohen will be replaced by Karl Manson, who travelled as a reserve. Manson recently earned silver in the quad at the under-23 world championships in Austria. - APNZ

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Emirates Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton hoists the Louis Vuitton Cup as skipper Dean Barker gives a thumbs-up. aP Photo

make it in that stretch was in 2010, which was a one-off between Oracle and Switzerland’s Alinghi following a bitter court fight.

The New Zealand team

turned this challenger series into a no-contest.

The closest margin was 1 minute, 28 seconds, and Luna Rossa’s lone win came when Team New Zealand dropped

out because the electronics system that controls the hydraulics of its catamaran failed.

After winning the final race - in the lightest wind of the series due to a fog that blanketed San Francisco Bay - by 3:20, the Kiwis sounded their horn as they crossed the line and toasted sparkling wine on the boat while taking a victory lap near thousands who crowded the corner piers.

The crew shared hugs and high-fives, and while they’ll have a few days off to celebrate before practicing again, they know there’s still more to accomplish.

“The only reason we’re in San Francisco is to take the cup away,” said Team New Zealand managing director Grant Dalton.

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Mid Canterbury Rugby had a winning weekend with all seven representative teams registering wins, including a 123-0 win by the under 14s. The Heartland side beat Poverty Bay 31-12 and the Mid Canterbury development team were too good for North Otago Development 34-2 at the Ashburton Showgrounds and the five age grade sides all claimed convincing wins away from home.

The most impressive winners of the weekend were the under 14s, thrashing the West Coast 123-0.

The match featured 19 tries and saw Dallas McLeod with a personal haul of 43 points landing 14 conversions and scoring three tries in Sheffield. The under 18s also had a 42-12 win over the West Coast.

In Oamaru the under 65kg were too good for North Otago 56-0 and the under 48kg team also outclassed North Otago 55-22.

On Sunday the under 16s headed to Sheffield and completed the winning weekend beating the West Coast 43-9.

Bulls down Swords The Bulls ran over the Northern Swords 52-0 in the national rugby league provincial premiership in Whangerai on Saturday. Ashburton Barbarian Rafael Talosaga was the selection bolter from the trials, and came on from the interchange bench and made his debut in the match. Teenage wing Cody Te Awa scored two tries in the first half as the visitors raced to a 28-0 halftime lead and the side finished with 10 tries. The Bulls are the lone South Island side chasing the Albert Baskerville Trophy and host Counties Manukau at AMI Stadium in their second-round match on Saturday.

Halpenny back The Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic have re-signed shooter Ellen Halpenny for a further two years while also signing Courtney Tairi from the Southern Steel for next season. Bailey Mes has re-signed for Northern Mystics. Mes ruptured a knee ligament in the last game of the ANZ championship season but is back training after surgery. The Mystics have also signed former Magic midcourter Nadia Loveday.

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Alker misses card Steven Alker has missed a PGA Tour card by just over US$1200 at the season-ending Cox Classic in Omaha. The 43-year-old Hamilton pro, who began the week in 22nd place on the money-list, missed the cut at the tournament and slipped four spots to 26th. He missed his card on the PGA Tour season for 2014 by only one place as the top 25 automatically qualified for the main tour. Alker will rue his final event where he had rounds of 71 and 75 to miss the weekend and put his fate in his rivals’ hands.

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In brief Competition ends The Mid Canterbury junior grades finished their local competition for the season on Saturday. In 14th grade Stingers took to spot ahead of Westside Red and Westside.

Ashburton United won 12th grade ahead of Methven with Westside third. Methven sides dominated 10th grade with Methven 1 first and Methven 2 second with Longbeach third.

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■ WORLD OF FOOTBALL

Cardiff stuns Man City

Stuttgart stutters All White Marco Rojas’ club Vfb Stuttgart are at the bottom of the Bundesliga after losing 2-1 to Augsburg yesterday. In the other match Frankfurt won 2-0 at Eintracht Braunschweig. Goals by Alexander Meier in the 52nd and

by Stefan Aigner 10 minutes later secured the victory for Frankfurt, which began the season with two defeats. Promoted Braunschweig has lost all three of its games since returning to the Bundesliga after 28 years. Braunschweig and Stuttgart are bottom of the standings, the only two teams without points three matches into the season.

Gay laws under fire FIFA President Sepp Blatter expects a reply within days from the government in Russia, the 2018 World Cup host, after requesting clarification of its law prohibiting gay “propaganda.” Blatter said he asked “by letter and by personal contacts” up to President Vladimir Putin for details about legislation which has provoked an international furore ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Russia’s law prohibiting promotion of “nontraditional” sexual relations has been fiercely denounced by activists and criticised by US President Barack Obama.

Celtic draw Celtic came back from a twogoal deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw against Scottish league leaders Inverness at the weekend. Adam Matthews’ late equaliser in the 82nd minute prevented Inverness from opening a six-point gap over the defending champions.

Inverness leads the standings with 10 points from four games, three more than Celtic which has played one game less. Goals from Aaron Doran and Richie Foran put Inverness in command after 35 minutes before Charlie Mulgrew and Matthews found the net for Celtic. Third-placed St Johnstone lost its first game of the season in a 4-0 thrashing by Dundee United in the Tayside derby.

Qatar Cup moved?

FIFA President Sepp Blatter expects his executive committee to decide soon that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be moved from the searing heat of summer. Blatter said an October 3-4 meeting in Zurich should approve the change, and begin consultation on the best time for Qatar to host the tournament. “I would be very much surprised, more than surprised, if the ExCo will not accept the principle you cannot play in summer in Qatar,” Blatter said in an interview at an annual charity tournament in his home village.

Barcelona wins 1-0 at Malaga without Messi

By JosepH Wilson

Cardiff City’s Fraizer Campbell scores his side’s third goal of the game during their English Premier League match against Manchester City at Cardiff City Stadium. ap photo

By RoB HaRRis Cardiff produced a memorable first topflight victory in more than 50 years yesterday by stunning Manchester City, while Welsh rival Swansea lost at Tottenham.

Fraizer Campbell scored twice to give Premier League debutant Cardiff a 3-2 victory over the 2012 champions, who have spent heavily during the offseason to win the title again.

“We’ll be the underdogs for

a lot of the games this season but, as we showed, we’ve got great determination and hopefully that’ll see us through,” Campbell said.

Campbell helped Cardiff gain promotion and is now showing he can cut it in the Premier League again.

Cardiff is in the top division of English football for the first time since the 1961-62 season, gaining promotion in May to ensure there are two Welsh clubs in the Premier League for

the first time. As Cardiff was winning at home, Swansea lost 1-0 at Tottenham.

The blow of Gareth Bale’s impending departure to Real Madrid has been softened for manager Andre Villas-Boas by opening the season with backto-back wins.

Roberto Soldado scored the winner from the penalty spot, just as he did in Tottenham’s league opener at Crystal Palace last Sunday.

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Napoli impresses in Benitez’s debut By andReW dampf Last season’s runner-up Napoli impressed in Rafa Benitez’s debut yesterday, comfortably beating Bologna 3-0 in its Serie A opener and immediately stating its intent to challenge two-time defending champion Juventus.

After former Real Madrid forward Jose Maria Callejon put Napoli ahead in the 32nd, Marek Hamsik added goals in the 45th and 63rd as fans wondered if this might be the year that their squad breaks the northern grip on the Italian league title.

Northern squads Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan have won the last 11 Serie A titles, while Napoli hasn’t finished top since Diego Maradona led the southern club to its only two championships in 1987 and 1990.

It was also a positive debut for former Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri with Inter, which got late goals from Yuto Nagatomo and Rodrigo Palacio for a 2-0 win over Genoa.

And Lazio bounced back from its 4-0 loss to Juventus in the Super Cup by beating visit-

Hellas Verona’s Luca Toni (left) celebrates with his teammate Michelangelo Albertazzi after scoring during a Serie A soccer match against AC Milan at the Bentegodi stadium in Verona, Italy. ap photo

ing Udinese 2-1 with first-half goals from Hernanes and Antonio Candreva.

Elsewhere, Cagliari beat Atalanta 2-1 in Trieste, where it is playing due to troubles with its stadium; Torino spoiled Sassuolo’s Serie A debut with a 2-0 win and Parma was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Chievo Verona despite solid play from

newly signed Antonio Cassano.

At the weekend, Juventus began its bid for a third straight title with a 1-0 win at Sampdoria while Milan was stunned 2-1 by newly promoted Hellas Verona, which got two goals from Luca Toni.

The first round concludes today with Fiorentina facing Catania.

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Playing without the injured Lionel Messi, Barcelona needed Adriano’s long strike yesterday to beat Malaga 1-0 and maintain a perfect record through two rounds of the Spanish league.

Barcelona kept Bernd Schuster’s team pushed back in its area early on at La Rosaleda Stadium but failed to finish its scoring chances until Adriano broke through in the 44th minute.

Gerard Pique used his back to deflect the ball off the crossbar for Barcelona in the 58th before Malaga finally dared to look for an equalizer it nearly found through 17-year-old Fabrice Olinga’s shot from close to the penalty spot that hit the post in the 68th.

“We went from better to worse,” said Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino. “Our first half was good, with precise, dynamic ball movement and good play on the wings, but we lacked effectiveness and scoring chances. We needed to be more consistent (in the second half). We have to finish games off and not leave the rival the possibility to come back.”

Neymar went on as a substitute for the third straight game for Barcelona in the second half and shone with his dribbling, pace and a pair of shots that almost doubled the final margin.

Martino said that after his performance, Neymar looks prepared to get his first start.

“There is a difference between what we saw from Neymar today and the other day against Levante,” Martino said. “I don’t know how long it will be before he is starting, but in his head Neymar is ready.”

Messi bruised a muscle in his left thigh during Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. While Barcelona may still be without its all-time leading scorer for this Wednesday’s return leg at Camp Nou, Atletico warmed up by thrashing Rayo Vallecano 5-0 earlier yesterday for its second victory in as many rounds.

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Results

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Mid Canterbury goal keeper Daniel Drummond and defender John Leslie react to conceding a goal against Christchurch United in the annual Tony Fleming Challenge.

Christchurch United dominated the annual exchange with the local Mid Canterbury teams, made up of players not involved in the Mainland Football competitions, winning five of the seven games with two draws.

The 11th grade match-up was a 3-3 draw as was one of the two 10th grade games but the rest went the way of the Christchurch club.

The ninth grade was 4-1, as was the other 10th grade game.

It was 4-2 in the 12th grade, 14th grade was a close 2-1 and Christchurch United’s division one calibre 15th grade side fired in nine goals.

Mid Canterbury down St Bedes

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The Mid Canterbury Youth XI claimed their first big secondary school scalp of the season beating St Bedes 3-2 in 18th grade division one in Ashburton on Saturday.

It was a double-header catch-up weekend for the 18th grade side which was yet to register a win against the top four 1st XIs in Christchurch.

Diego Tuheke equalised twice for the hosts before a Jack Dudley header had Mid Canterbury take the lead and they held on for the big win.

Coach Michael Arnold was not only thrilled with

the result but also “the way they went about it”.

“They controlled the ball and controlled the game and St Bedes didn’t really threaten us in the second half,” Arnold said.

After the high of beating St Bedes on Saturday the Youth XI faced the topof-the-table Christchurch Boys’ High School 1st XI for the second week in a row and went down 2-0.

The side now looks to finish the season on a high against St Andrews, which they drew 1-1 with earlier in the season, but with secondary school tournament week two days later Arnold suspected St Andrews could default.

The Mid Canterbury 18th grade team in division three also had a double header beating Parklands United 4-2 and then Burwood B 5-2.

In division four cup action Mid Canterbury Eastern beat Parklands United 2-1 to set up a top-of-the-table decider against Burwood U21 to determine which sides advances to the final.

The Mid Canterbury Masters swept aside Selwyn United 9-2 to remain on top of the division three ladder with one week to go, where they face a return fixture with Selwyn.

The Masters are tied on 40 points with FC Twenty11.

NEW RANGE OF ADIDAS SUNGLASSES

English Premier League: Chelsea 2 Aston Villa 1, Fulham 1 Arsenal 3, Everton 0 West Brom 0, Hull City 1 Norwich 0, Newcastle 0 West Ham 0, Southampton 1 Sunderland 1, Stoke 2 Crystal Palace 1, Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1, Cardiff City 3 Manchester City 2, Tottenham 1 Swansea 0.

English championship: Bolton 0 Queens Park Rangers 1, Blackburn 5 Barnsley 2, Blackpool 1 Reading 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Burnley 0, Charlton Athletic vs. Doncaster Rovers Ppd., Huddersfield Town 5 Bournemouth 1, Ipswich 1 Leeds 2, Leicester 3 Birmingham 2, Sheffield Wednesday 2 Millwall 2, Yeovil Town 0 Derby County 3, Watford 1 Nottingham Forest 1, Wigan Athletic 2 Middlesbrough 2.

Spanish Primera Division: Spain Getafe 2 Almeria 2, Athletic Bilbao 2 Osasuna 0, Elche 1 Real Sociedad 1, Espanyol 3 Valencia 1, Villarreal 2 Valladolid 1, Atletico Madrid 5 Rayo Vallecano 0, Levante 0 Sevilla 0, Malaga 0 Barcelona 1, Real Betis 1 Celta Vigo 2.

Italian Serie A: Verona 2 AC Milan 1, Sampdoria 0 Juventus 1 Inter Milan 2 Genoa 0, Cagliari 2 Atalanta 1, Lazio 2 Udinese 1, Livorno 0 Roma 2, Napoli 3 Bologna 0, Parma 0 Chievo 0, Torino 2 Sassuolo 0.

French Ligue 1: Monaco 0 Toulouse 0, Valenciennes 0 Marseille 1, Bordeaux 1 SC Bastia 0, Evian 1 Rennes 2, Guingamp 2 Lorient 0, Lyon 0 Reims 1, Montpellier 2 Sochaux 1, Lille 1 Saint-Etienne 0, Ajaccio 0 Nice 0, Nantes 1 Paris SaintGermain 2.

German Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund 1 Werder Bremen 0, Hoffenheim 3 Freiburg 3, Bayer Leverkusen 4 Borussia Moenchengladbach 2, Bayern Munich 2 Nuremberg 0, Mainz 2 Wolfsburg 0, Hannover 2 Schalke 1, Hertha BSC Berlin 1 Hamburger SV 0, Eintracht Braunschweig 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 2, Augsburg 2 Stuttgart 1.

Mid Canterbury’s Jack Dudley shoulders a Christchurch Boys’ attacker off the ball in the 18th grade division one clash at the Ashburton Domain on Sunday.

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Scottish Premier League: Celtic 2 Inverness CT 2, Dundee United 4 St. Johnstone 0, Hearts 2 Aberdeen 1, Kilmarnock 1 Hibernian 2, Motherwell 1 Partick Thistle 0, Ross County 3 St. Mirren 0.

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Results

0-30 Judith Webb, 31-40+ Marilyn Cross Twos, Judith Webb, Marilyn Cross Marjory Murdoch Player of the day; Adrienne Hopping August 20 African Stableford Anne-Maree Blair and Sharon Duthie 69,Helen Rapsey and Glenys Carr 61 Edna Ralston and Lal Mulligan 58 ALT Nearest the Pin 5 and 14 Lal Mulligan Marilyn Cross/Hasting McLeod/ Property Brokers 2nd shot 2&11 0-30 Glenys Carr, 31-40+ Joyce Davis Twos Betty Wilson Marjory Murdoch Player of the Day; Anne-Maree Blair and Sharon Duthie

Wendy Wareing 106-32-74 Margaret Kelk 105-31-74 Alison Muckle 77 Fay Redfern 78 Nearest Pins Silver No 4 Methven Resort Sara Gallagher Bronze A No 6 Methven Foursquare Jane Helmore D/C Bronze B 2nd shot No 17 Methven Pharmacy Sandra Marr Open No 13 Methven Supervalue Mary Stone Arabica Best Nett Mary Stone 66 Mt Hutt Lodge Best Nett August Mary Stone 66 Twos and Nett Eagles Wendy Wareing Pam Watson x2 Mary Stone Bev Owen

ball Finals August 31 Heartland Court: 9.00: St Josephs Blue v Allenton Crusaders, E Ahearn, E Riordan; 10.00: Hampstead B v Methven Shermac Aorangi South Canterbury A, T Watson, J Tupe; 11.00: New World Allenton A v Hampstead A, N Johnson, A Golf Women’s Osbourne.

Weekend Pennants Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 9.00: August 25 Borough A v Southern Harrison SprayNorth Zone (at Gleniti): Gleniti 1 9 Tining Services B, S Beveridge, D McArthur; wald 3, Pleasant Point 1 9 Geraldine 3 10.00: New World Allenton B v Southern , Timaru 7.5 Temuka 4.5, Ashburton Taylor Groundspreading A, B Digby, M 7.5 Methven 4.5 Mangin; 11.00: Tinwald South A v St JoSouth Zone (at Pleasant Point): Fairlie sephs Gold, K Johansen, E Ahearn.

Tinwald Golf Club 10 Pleasant Point 2 2, St Andrews 8 Ashburton Guardian Blue: 10.00: MethAugust 24 Waimate 4, North Otago 8 Maungati 4, Midweek Stableford Competition ven C v Hampstead School A, Coaches.

Stroke Gleniti 2 Bye. August 21 Ashburton Guardian Red Court: 9.00: Senior: Nigel Heney 67, Michael ThomMid Canterbury Heartland Senior Netball Steve Schmack 40 Stableford Points; as 68, Duncan Lye 70, Bevan Ravenscroft Longbeach B v Netherby Diamonds, N Semi-finals Ashburton Golf Club Jack Allan 36; Arnold Rushton 36 Graham, C Moore; 10.00: Southern May70 b/l. Intermediate: Jason King 67, c/b August 31 Stroke Round Nearest the Pin No.5 & 14 Steve Ton Kittikote 67,Steve Anderson 70, Tony Heartland Court: 12.30: Celtic Riverside field Service Centre v St Josephs Orange, August 24 Clarke 72, Trevor Emery 72 .Junior:Malcom Vetent A v College A, G Kennedy, S Hop- COACHES; 11.00: Wakanui School v St JoSenior Grade: Brent MacGregor 77- Schmack.

Fechney 62, Ray Wards 65, Briasn Rouse wood; 2.30: Hampstead Hotel Ashburton A sephs Purple, L Morrow, M Edwards.

11=66 also winner of the Santa Maria Cup. 9 Hole Division AMI Insurance Court: 10.00: Borough C 66, Lyndon Moore 67, Colin Johnstone 68, v Methven Wareings A, L Kennedy, W HopIntermediate Grade: Don Houghton 82August 22 Riki Shearer 68.Women: Joyce Vander- wood; 3.30: United KFC A v College B, E v Rakaia B, COACHES; 11.00: Hampstead 14=68 Putting School B v Allenton Tactix, L Alves, V Pluck.

Heide 70, Elizabeth Collins 74. Nearest the Robertson, J Lee. Junior Grade: Ray Lambert 89-22=67.

1st Sheryl Harrison with 16, 2nd Ray pin: Tinwald Liquorland # 2; Johnny Moore.

Port FM Local Court: 9.00: Longbeach Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 1.30: Other good scores: Peter Bain and John Gluyas Ford # 6; Tony McAndrew. Stirling Rakaia Blue v Methven Euro Agri B, K A v Allenton Magic, E Bonnington, E HurDudley 68; Terry Molloy 69; Adrian Hop- Thompson with 16 on c/b Nearest the Pins:Greg Sim Builders and Sports # 12; Malcolm Fechney. Ideal Elec- Bush, J Lee; 2.30: Hampstead Hotel Ash- ley; 10.00: Methven Trucking D v Borough wood, Murray Wackrow, Pieter van Vollenhoven and Vince Carr 70; Cameron Grant Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 – Ray Thomp- trical Supplies # 16; Kevin Bishop. Two’s: burton B v College U18, V McArthur, A Bell; B, COACHES; 11.00: Rakaia A v Southson, Mayfield Transport No. 5 – Tessa Gal- Leen Bell (2), Rod Harris, Steve Anderson, 3.30: Smith and Church Collegiate A v Celt- ern Hyde Bros Spraying D, G Blackwell, K and Tufugs Sa 71 by countback Hunter Letham.

Ray Wards, Tony Mcandrew.Eagle: # 14 ic B, D McNab, B Williams.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: lagher.

Stirling Sports Court: 10.00: Methven Kevin Greenaway. Net Eagle; # 5 Roger Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 12.30: Brent MacGregor, Braided Rivers: Vince Methven Golf Club Bruce.

Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A v United Winslow B v Hampstead Blue, S Anderson, Carr, Rothburys Insurance: Don Houghton, M Bremner.

August 24 KFC B, B Williams, V McArthur.

Netherby Meats: Jamie Stone, RobilColourplus Court: 9.00: St Josephs Senior: Piers Rolton 73-8-65; IntermeAshburton Guardian Red Court: 12.30: liards (Nearest pin #18): Graeme Bellamy, Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Gold v College Green v Allenton Mystics, N Johnson (TS), Charming Thai Restaurant (Longest Putt diate: Jeremy Johnson 84-16-68; Junior A: Eric Meaclem 84-21-63; Junior B: Andy Y10 B, L Muckle, W Hopwood; 1.30: Meth- T Waddell; 10.00: Netherby Magic v South#9) Graham Taylor. ven R&R Haulage U18A v Methven the ern Hayden MacKenzie Contracting Ltd, B Twos: Brent MacGregor, Charlie Alexan- Gorman 99-30-69 Other Good Scores, 67 C J Middleton 69 Blue Pub Black, B Williams, R MacGregor; Raynor, C Olds; 11.00: St Josephs Red v der, Vince Carr, Graeme Bellamy(2), Don 2.30: Celtic D v Rakaia White, A Johnson, Tinwald School A, P Teare, T Johansen.

Houghton, Jamie Stone, Terry Molloy, Cam- Dayle Lucas Eric Grimwade Doug HamilAshburton Guardian White Court: 9.00: C Wylie. eron Thomassen, Paul May, Murray Cook ton Rodger Callaghan Ian Lucas 70 Mike Ashburton Golf Club Allenton C v Allenton Hurricanes, E McRoyston Allan Smith Jim Lattimore 71 GraAMI Insurance Court: 1.30: Celtic E v and John Hobbs.

August 31 ham Gunn Ian Davis Ian Sawers 72 Dave Tinwald South Black, M Gooseman, E Dowell, S Bonnington; 10.00: Tinwald Birdie Jackpot: # 4; Nett Eagles: # 16.

American Stableford Teams School B v Methven Hammer Hardware Callaghan Mark Scrivenor Phil Elliott Mark Starting Time: Morning 8.00am; After- Scott; 2.30: Smith and Church Collegiate B Gazzard Barry Begg Gary Horn Geoff Kelk noon Report at 11.30 for an 12noon start. v Methven South Pacific Seeds U15 A, N Silver, H McDowell, L Wilson.

Mayfield Golf Club Duty: Borough/Karen Jones; Junior Duty: Dave Gorman Bob Collins. Twos, C J MidJohnson, K Nepe; 3.30: Hampstead Hotel Saturday Starters: August 24 Ashburton C v Celtic U18, E Hickman, S Tania Rule; Canteen: Debbie Kell; Umpire: Morning Chris Lovelock and Tong King Winners: 0-15: Fraser Tasker 41 points; dleton Rob Fensom Alister Maxwell Dayle Wendy Hopwood/Lyn Hart.

Afternoon Rodney O’Neill and Graham Tay- Paton.

Tim Hoban and Wayne Blair 40; Terry Lucas (2) Stu Wilson Dave Puckett Nearest the Pins: #4 Arabica: Marty Port FM Local Court: 12.30: Southern lor Kingsbury 38; Riki Harris 37.

Results Steve Richards and Roger Duff. Livestock Exchange 2002 Ltd v United KFC 16-36: Peter Sarott 40; Gordon Duthie Hickman; #6 Terrace Downs: Stu Wilson; #13 Ski Time: Ian Sawers; #17 Hunters C, D Johansen, D McNab; 1.30: Hamp38; John Low 37.

Mid Canterbury Representative Rugby stead Hotel Ashburton U17 v Allenton B, Nearest Pins: Aon Insurance Brokers No Wines: Alister Maxwell. The Blue & Brown Tinwald Golf Club August 31 L Forbes, G Taylor; 3.30: College Y9 B v 2: John Sim; John McAuliffe Bayleys Real Pubs 2nd shot #14: Dave Gorman. Top August 31 South Island Co-Ed 1stXV Championship Methven Mountain Gym U18 C, K Cairns, Estate No 11: Donny Lake; Marilyn Cross Notch 4 Square Supermarket best nett: Eric Medal round Final: Ashburton College v Dunstan ColProperty Brokers No 5: Wayne Blair; Na- Meaclem 63; Second nett: Piers Rolton 65.

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Stirling Sports Court: 12.30: Methven lege, Allenton 1, 12pm, A McGirr, G Shaw, tional Bank No 14: John Low; ATS 2nd Shot Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross: house draw for an 8 am start. Players are Hastings McLeod Ltd Licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 217 West Street ASHBURTON ashburton@propertybrokers.co.nz Telephone 03 307 9176 No 9 and No 18: Wayne Blair Two’s: Jack Piers Rolton 73 asked to report 15 minutes prior to tee off The Lodge Restaurant and Bar U18 B v K Pottinger, A Chapman, A Greenslade Next Saturday 2nd round club champs.

Heartland Championship: Mid CanterHampstead Hotel Ashburton U15, K Naish, Allan, Bill Allan, Matt Watson Ash Vegas times.

DEADLINE SALE 4/03 TOWNHOUSE DEADLINE SALE 5/3 A ACTION DEADLINE THIS BEATS BUILDING MAJESTIC VILLA REQUIRED v Horowhenua-Kapiti, Levin, 2pmSALE T Wylie; 2.30: College Combined v Hamp- bury Player of the Day: Fraser Tasker 80-13-67 No 1: 11-40am Junior B; 12-00 Junior A; Starters; am, B Collins pm B Collins, R WEB ID AU29058 WEB ID AU29231 WEBvIDCantaAU29219 12-20 pm Intermediate; 12-40 pm Senior Development: Mid Canterbury stead Hotel Ashburton U18, M Thwaites, Nett Eagle: No 4 – Not Struck TINWALD WESTSIDE EASTSIDE Feutz. Cards; L Jackson No 10 Flights: 12-00 Senior; 12-15 Junior 37 Thomson Street 18 Woodham Drive 6/42 Aitken2.30pm, Street brians, Ashburton Oval, K Opele, A Breading; 3.30: Allenton C v Celtic F, M Next Week August 31 Par Round House Duty: Committee This magnificent villa will impressHouse with The time is right to purchase this two to find are easy care units like this, A; 12-30 Intermediate Nett Champs & othC Kelland, P HuntHard Ashworth, Htownhouse Spence. quality finishing modernisation B Smith, B Jary, B Mcbedroom with good sized close to town with single garage. Two Noand 1 Tee.12.30, throughout. Recently refurbished to the living area andCourt: nice modern kitchen.College Combedrooms, good sized living areas. ers 12-30pm.

Under 14: Mid Canterbury v MarlborColourplus 1.30: Ladies Golf highest Farlane, standard is to the of the The home has insulation in the ceiling Rateable Value $140,000. Very tidy.

K benefit Greenaway.12.36, T Clarke, new owners for years to come. and double glazing single B vwalls, College U15,and A Rush, E Bonning- ough, Ashburton Oval, 1pm, G Clement, M August 13 N landscaped Rayner,grounds C Miller, R Thompson.12.42, bined garage.

Beautifully with Front townhouse on a secure Deadline Sale closing Thursday 28th U16 v Methven Panel O’Callaghan, R Harnett Methven Ladies Golf established gardens. and fullyCollege landscaped section.

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L.G.U, 4th Handicap,4th Putting R Feutz, B Collins, P Marshall, R Har- ton; 3.30: VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 10.00 - 10.45am VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 10.00 - 10.45am VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 10.00 - 10.30am Under 65kg: Mid Canterbury v TBC 21 August 21 L.G.U. 0-20; Judith Webb 95-20-75;Jan ris.No 10 Tee.12.30,3 L Jackson, R Bruce, and Paint u15 B, K Copland, C 2Heney.

Under 48kg: Mid Canterbury v Elles-2 Ashburton Guardian White Court: 1.30: LGU Clucas 92-16-76 21-29;Adrienne Hopping T McAndrew, A Anderson.12.36, W Ma1 1 1 Silver 97-25-72;Trish Corbett 105-29-76 son, R Wards, A Millar, A Pierce.12.42, B United Colonels Chicks v Allenton Social, mere, Dunsandel, 10.30am OPEN88-13-75 HOME OPEN HOME OPENv HOME 2 1Social 1 Development: South Canterbury v North E Doyle, A Ward; 3.30: Celtic Mt Jenny Senior Sara Gallagher 30-40+ Marilyn Cross 106-31-75; Joan Shanks, D Green, M Fechney, A Moore.No Otago, Timaru, T Pearce, M Gallaghar, P N Spicer.

97-18-79 Johns 116-38-78 13 Tee.12.30, S Newman, W Stevenson, J Somers Social, A Bennett, OFFERS OVER $279,000 $595,000 OFFERS OVER $268,000 FRESH NEW DECOR SELF SUFFICIENT ITS ON THE LIST Club Duty: Celtic/Mieke Brook; Canteen: McKnight Bronze A Putting; Alison Vessey 23,Anne-Maree Beardsley, 12.36, E Collins, J VanderHeide, WEB ID AU28267 WEB ID AL28409 WEB ID AU29076 Donalda Mitchell; Umpire: Susan Geddes; OPEN HOME Mary Stone 93-27-66 Pam Watson 91EASTSIDE ASHBURTON TINWALD Blair 26,Adrienne Hopping 29 ALT nearM Moore.

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20-71 Erna Smith 75 Ruth Smith 75 Tania WEB ID AU28705 Cross Marilyn Netball, rugby est the pin 5 and 14;Marilyn Smith, W Eddington, This freshly redecorated three bedroom K Bishop.

1 hectare in popular location. Vendor First time offered for sale. Nicely set for TINWALD $349,000 Wilson 75 Heather Santy 75 home is close in on the eastside of fattens cattle and has good orchard and the sun. Kitchen dining living area with 92 McMurdo Street McLeod/Property Brokers Cross/Hasting and shooting results Ashburton, handy to the post office, gardens and is self sufficient. Unique separate (large) lounge, two heat Mid Canterbury Paper Plus Junior NetRelax and enjoy sunshine and privacy at Bronze B VIEW Saturday 23 Feb 11.15 Countdown, park and central four bedroom home set in attractive pumps and HRV system help make this 2nd 2 & 11 This well "yourShot new townhouse".

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Mid Canterbury Hockey August 30 2nd Grade Girls 4.00 PM: Primary Boys Training Squad v Methven Black (Umpires: TBA); 5.00 PM: Methven White v Wakanui/ Collegians (Umpires: TBA) 1st Grade Women 6.00 PM: Rakaia v Collegiate (Umpires: TBA); 7.10 PM: Hampstead Gold v Methven (Umpires: TBA); 8.20 PM: Collegians v Hampstead Blue (Umpires: TBA) September 1 1st Grade Men Champion of Champion Final (Umpires: TBA)

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presented two bedroom (possibly three), two bathroom townhouse is landscaped and waiting for you NOW! Internal access double garage, loads of storage, HRV, smart kitchen with very generous open plan living, and a well fenced outdoor area.

grounds. A big plus is the outbuildings including large lock up workshop and two bay pole shed. Opportunity for good living and lifestyle.

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WEB ID AU29095 WESTSIDE 74 Harrison Street Recently upgraded kitchen and bathroom are the beginnings of a remodelled home. The major expense items have been completed and now there is an opportunity to make your personal mark. This is a superbly located family home.

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WEB ID AU27284A EASTSIDE 5 Goldrich Drive Construction has been completed on this beautifully finished home featuring four bedrooms with ensuite off the master and walkin wardrobe. Open plan living/dining/kitchen. Separate lounge. Fully insulated and double glazed.

a warm home in winter and cool in the summer. Large double garage with auto door and ample outbuildings.

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WEB ID AU27246A EASTSIDE 14 Magnolia Place All brand new and in the new Braebrook subdivision, come and have a look at this 4 bedroom home including ensuite and walk-in wardrobe in master bedroom. Open plan kitchen/dining/living plus another separate lounge. Computer nook.

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WEB ID AU29237 EASTSIDE 81 Bridge Street Be it first home or rental this is a winner! Great three bedroom home with cosy Ecan approved log burner.

Separate kitchen, living room and laundry. Garage and various sheds. Well fenced for children and pets. A happy tenant presently in place.

WEB ID AU27552A WESTSIDE 20 Pages Road Nestled in this lovely very tidy treed and shrubbed garden is this very sunny three bedroom home with a generous open plan lounge area. Two generous bedrooms and bathroom upstairs. Full bathroom and master bedroom downstairs. Be sure to view.

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WEB ID AU29247 WESTSIDE 123 Cameron Street A lovely character home situated in the heart of town. This stunning home oozes character with beautiful timber joinery, polished rimu floors and led light windows. A sunny quarter acre section providing for a private retreat.

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WEB ID AU28999 WESTSIDE 11 Windsor Street Fantastic opportunity to get into the property market with your first home or rental property. Two large bedrooms , two living areas, heat pump, log fire, updated bathroom, cosy hobbies room all with fantastic Allenton location.

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WEB ID AU28695 TINWALD 36A Johnstone Street A townhouse with just a bit extra giving a good indoor outdoor flow. Two double bedrooms, open plan living area, attached garage with internal access. Attractively presented and currently tenanted.

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Wakanui trio claim indoor bowls spoils Wendy Cullen sends her bowl after the jack during the Ashburton Indoor Bowls Association’s Championship Triples on Sunday.

The triples were the final championship for the season and had Wakanui’s John Cuthbertson, Kevin Smith and Allan Peek come out on top, handing Cuthbertson a Gold Star for his fifth championship title.

After four rounds of qualifying only five of the 12 entries qualified for post section play, skipped by Maurice Sunbeam, Donald Bell, Alex Crawford, Michael Lawson and Cuthbertson.

The two MSA teams played off for the semi-finals with Sunbeam, Rosemary Bennett and Noeline Brough beating Bell’s trio 8-5. Sunbeam’s team then beat Crawford, Matt Markham and Chris Talbot 10-5 while the other semi-final had Cuthbertson get the better of Lawson, Ken Mackenzie and Robyn Atkinson 10-5.

Cuthbertson, Smith and Peek then took out a close championship final 7-5.

M10 Fields for Otago Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Forbury Park Raceway. NZ Meeting number: 10 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.15pm (NZT) BRIAN BAGLEY DRIVER LICENSING SPRINT C0, 310m 1 35875 Thiago nwtd S &...............................Bonnett 2 88433 Homebush Coral nwtd...............J McInerney 3 Tanto’s Whisper nwtd .....................J Guthrie 4 88 Shez Keen nwtd ................................S Keen 5 T Terra Annie nwtd C & ...................... Fagan 6 26765 Joey’s Secret nwtd S & ....................Bonnett 7 77442 Mulberry Macro nwtd ................... K Cassidy 8 44433 Pep’s Pot nwtd.................................S Fagan 9 5666 Drip Dry Ocean nwtd S J & ....... R Cockburn 10 877 Black Barracuda nwtd S J &...... R Cockburn RACE 2, 12.35pm WWW.GREYHOUNDSASPETS. ORG.NZ C0, 545m 1 22646 Court The Belle nwtd L & ................... Wales 2 64332 Rose Bow nwtd ............................... R Breen 3 76754 Lacey nwtd M & ................................Jopson 4 23542 Master At Arms nwtd......................J Guthrie 5 Box Vacant ................................... Scratched 6 87778 Zahra nwtd .....................................J Guthrie 7 77745 Opawa Goodie nwtd L & .................... Wales 8 83557 Pukeko Raptor nwtd .......................B Healey RACE 3, 12.55pm PRYDE ENGINEERING STAKES C2, 545m

M9 Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.05pm (NZT) SUPER PETS DASH C1, 295m 1 32442 Cawbourne Ranga nwtd ................. M Grant 2 78287 Aykroyd 17.90 S & ...........................Bonnett 3 13233 Jumpin Sally 17.41....................J McInerney 4 37367 Chase The Stars 17.88 M & ................ Smith 5 17177 Que Tee Chicks 17.32 M & ...............Jopson 6 68438 Twister Al 17.43........................... J McMillan 7 34875 Son of Grace 17.61 ...................R Blackburn 8 584F2 Be Prepared 17.35 ........................... B Dann 9 47568 Black Tank nwtd L G & ................ SJA Stone 10 48778 Mulberry Hunter nwtd................... K Cassidy RACE 2, 12.25pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN MCINERNEY SPRINT C0, 295m 1 68344 Homebush Envy nwtd ...............J McInerney 2 22576 Cawbourne Beau nwtd.................... M Grant 3 87273 Bowman nwtd ...................................J Dunn 4 7 Tai Baxter nwtd .........................J McInerney 5 7221 Abogado 17.32..................................M Flipp 6 22384 Noble Fantasy nwtd S &..................B Evans 7 5 Homebush Crash nwtd..............J McInerney 8 1 Maker’s Label 17.54 H & .....................Taylor 9 5 Yabba Yabba nwtd H & ........................Taylor 10 65676 Go Patch nwtd................................G Cleeve RACE 3, 12.45pm (NZT) YELLA MUSTARD AT STUD

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Today at Forbury Park Raceway 1 67133 Cover To Cover nwtd S & .................Bonnett 2 22311 Pukeko Thunder 32.80 ...................B Healey 3 61257 Waimak Dave nwtd ...................J McInerney 4 12322 Team Dream nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 5 421x6 Sha Char 32.64 S J & ............... R Cockburn 6 25634 Cawbourne Crazy nwtd................C Roberts 7 43132 Rob’s Mate 32.55 M &...........................J Hill 8 67384 Opawa Marg 32.53 A & ......................Seque 9 82861 Wandy On In 33.54 .....................D Kingston 10 68685 Cawbourne Heidi 33.34 M & .............Jopson RACE 4, 1.15pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C1, 545m 1 56432 Sea Spray Doris 33.07 ................B Freeman 2 54578 Autumn Spirit 33.63 ...........................J Allen 3 37747 Massage Only nwtd ....................D Kingston 4 32158 Sheeza Flower 33.18 ...................... R Breen 5 75675 Shadow Wolf 33.17 ........................J Guthrie 6 64F32 Pukeko Prowler nwtd .....................B Healey 7 63263 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 23348 Opawa Leanne nwtd L & .................... Wales 9 66567 Paddy Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney RACE 5, 1.35pm GREEN ISLAND BARBER SPRINT C1, 310m 1 86415 Sandi Claws 18.51 ............................S Keen 2 42321 Opawa Sister 18.60 L & ..................... Wales 3 26845 Zed Kay Man nwtd ......................D Kingston 4 7147 Business Boss 18.81 P &.............. B Conner 5 35746 Red Eye Max 19.24 .................. R Cockburn 6 84887 Another Gunna nwtd .................J McInerney

7 31476 Cosmic Echo nwtd A & ......................Seque 8 55655 Botany Kevin nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 6x65x Maggie Dee 18.93.............................B Eade RACE 6, 1.55pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS SPRINT C2, 310m 1 63528 Botany Pete nwtd ......................J McInerney 2 45153 Camray 19.18 S & ............................Bonnett 3 34616 Botany Jessie 18.75..................J McInerney 4 17528 Homebush Esme 19.13 ............J McInerney 5 11248 Merely A Dream 18.95 S & ..............Bonnett 6 53336 Another Becky 18.88.................J McInerney 7 87345 Okuku Lilly 18.77 ............................R Casey 8 67723 Botany Seaton nwtd ..................J McInerney 9 46256 Sam’s Flyin Norm nwtd S & .............Bonnett 10 14786 Another Street 18.79 .................J McInerney RACE 7, 2.15pm SPEEDPRINT SHOP STAKES C2/3, 545m 1 87877 Wandy Pam nwtd ........................D Kingston 2 66655 Cawbourne Kim nwtd ................J McInerney 3 27434 Bob’s Eye 33.20 ........................J McInerney 4 68244 Cawbourne Kesha 32.36...........J McInerney 5 25185 Opulent 32.82 A &..............................Seque 6 44773 Claremont Pizzaz nwtd A & ...............Seque 7 44358 Botany Comet 33.22 .................J McInerney 8 61738 Bake Bean Betty 32.86 ......................J Allen 9 82861 Wandy On In 33.54 .....................D Kingston 10 68685 Cawbourne Heidi 33.34 M & .............Jopson RACE 8, 2.35pm KEYOSK SERVICE BAR STAKES C4/5, 545m

1 81435 No Undies Sundy 32.35 ............J McInerney 2 35765 Should Be Carlos 33.06 ............J McInerney 3 31318 Dyna Groll 32.63 ..........................C Roberts 4 62174 Speedy Kazza nwtd ..................J McInerney 5 37751 Raw Energy 31.85 ....................J McInerney 6 62825 Opawa Rapid 33.08 L & ..................... Wales 7 66364 Opawa Swede 32.47 J &.................D Fahey 8 D4411 Russell Hart 32.10.........J McInerney 9 56475 Homebush Violet 33.51 .............J McInerney 10 67668 Homebush Iris 32.33 .................J McInerney RACE 9, 2.53pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C4, 310m 1 64675 Ringa Ding nwtd........................J McInerney 2 73468 Miss Sweet 18.81 P & ................... B Conner 3 55585 Just A Mate 18.46 .....................J McInerney 4 87665 Tricky Harry 18.43 ......................... J Holdem 5 57861 Wise Wonder 18.40 C &..................... Fagan 6 87764 Hot Mango 18.21 A &.........................Seque 7 86864 Okuku Ollie nwtd .............................R Casey 8 62813 Stirling Dann nwtd C & ....................... Fagan 9 17678 Kid Kahn nwtd P & ........................ B Conner 10 56715 Heza Sensation 18.70 P & ............ B Conner RACE 10, 3.10pm FORBURY SPORTS BAR SPRINT C4/5, 310m 1 67828 Homebush Sarge 18.41 ............J McInerney 2 27136 Primitive 18.26 S & ..........................Bonnett 3 13527 Homebush Mayhem 18.41 ........J McInerney 4 86416 Jumpin’ Julia nwtd .....................J McInerney 5 82887 Ramrada nwtd..............................C Roberts

6 14212 Homebush Churro 18.80 ...........J McInerney 7 83675 Elki 18.50 .....................................M Roberts 8 23125 Homebush Helen 18.58 ............J McInerney 9 33657 Sosan 18.45 .................................C Roberts 10 62186 Thrilling Clover 18.74 P & ............. B Conner RACE 11, 3.28pm OTAGO TRIPLE HIT FINAL C5f, 310m 1 11138 Cawbourne Queen 18.22 .............C Roberts 2 26234 Callahan nwtd ..............................M Roberts 3 44143 Oscar Tuivasa 18.10........................L Philips 4 72754 Princely Dollar 18.37 .................J McInerney 5 82647 Fizzle Bale nwtd ...........................C Roberts 6 32211 Finn McMissile 18.33 ......................L Philips 7 21431 Rosca 18.15 ..............................J McInerney 8 12324 Little Midnight nwtd S & ...................Bonnett 9 67828 Homebush Sarge 18.41 ............J McInerney 10 13527 Homebush Mayhem 18.41 ........J McInerney RACE 12, 3.45pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER C3, 310m 1 446x6 As Far As 18.78 ...........................M Roberts 2 44736 Cosmic Bolero nwtd P & ............... B Conner 3 48733 Theokoles nwtd S & .........................Bonnett 4 76267 Adulterous nwtd ...........................C Roberts 5 11312 Ronrose Hill 18.56 M & .........................J Hill 6 25161 Buck Alec nwtd J & .........................D Fahey 7 22362 Fly Canary Fly 18.82 .................J McInerney 8 55872 Sea Spray Tich 18.70 ......................R Casey 9 74677 Finger Pop nwtd ........................J McInerney 10 84888 Homebush Cruden 18.64 ..........J McInerney

C1, 520m 1 78x82 Know Fun 30.62 ........................... L Waretini 2 45835 Embee Dee nwtd ......................J McInerney 3 76843 Candy Belle 31.34 S & ....................B Evans 4 14457 Line Honours 30.94........................G Cleeve 5 75237 Opawa Cassidy 31.13 L &.................. Wales 6 21334 Girl Pride 31.54 A & ...........................Seque 7 34456 Noggin nwtd .......................................J Allen 8 24512 Scotsome Power 30.99 M &..............Jopson 9 7T744 Miss Isabella 31.08 S & ...................Bonnett 10 88646 Thrilling Sound 30.68 S & ...............B Evans RACE 9, 2.43pm SHIRLEY VET CLINIC DASH C1, 295m 1 22233 Wellywood 17.81 W & ....................... Nissen 2 76F87 Homebush Awesome 18.04 ......J McInerney 3 32574 Harper Mehl nwtd S & .....................B Evans 4 41116 Beadman 17.48.................................J Dunn 5 8x883 Glenn Is Goodesy nwtd................... M Grant 6 85731 Billy West 17.46 .....................M K Dempsey 7 36815 Mulberry Brook 17.59................... K Cassidy 8 23574 Ohoka Hart 17.71 ........................ L Waretini 9 47568 Black Tank nwtd L G & ................ SJA Stone 10 67886 Cawbourne Burn nwtd .................M Roberts RACE 10, 3.01pm JOHNNY MIDNIGHT AT STUD DASH C2, 295m 1 64834 Visual Illusion 17.38 .......................G Cleeve 2 85885 Roxy Rascal 17.44 M &.....................Jopson 3 66313 Go Timmee 17.63 ..........................G Cleeve 4 35567 Another Snazza nwtd ................J McInerney 5 68387 Junior What 17.54 .............................M Flipp

6 88728 Make Your Point 17.40 S &..............B Evans 7 52111 Attack Wide 17.27 ..........................G Cleeve 8 44652 Chevy Chevelle nwtd H &....................Taylor 9 78387 Lachie’s Lad 17.44 ...........................B Shaw 10 878x7 Hilton Friday 17.55 ....................J McInerney RACE 11, 3.18pm CTV SPRINT C1, 295m 1 51444 Starburst Benny 17.55 .................... M Grant 2 65422 Jack’s A Jewel 17.35 ....................C Roberts 3 77254 Cawbourne Hurdo 17.51 M G &......SR Hurd 4 75787 Homebush Nos nwtd .................J McInerney 5 24623 Blue Gale Rise 17.66 ....................... B Dann 6 43865 Rite Round Range 17.72 ..........A Bradshaw 7 68356 Nitro Express nwtd ....................... L Waretini 8 36554 Goldstar Jeanie 17.53 S & ..............B Evans 9 x67x6 Belisconi nwtd W & ........................... Nissen 10 48778 Mulberry Hunter nwtd................... K Cassidy RACE 12, 3.36pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C2, 295m 1 54784 Big Token nwtd ..........................J McInerney 2 14786 Another Street 17.62 .................J McInerney 3 48x42 Wandy Destiny 17.54 .....................G Cleeve 4 42744 Hot Shot Lawyer 17.48 H &.................Taylor 5 73568 Dyna Diego 17.43 M & ......................Jopson 6 82312 Cec Divine 17.60............................G Cleeve 7 17111 Mer De Noms 17.41 ..................R Blackburn 8 55253 Aversion 17.66 H & .............................Taylor 9 78387 Lachie’s Lad 17.44 ...........................B Shaw 10 878x7 Hilton Friday 17.55 ....................J McInerney

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SPRINT C1, 295m 1 13556 Emily Patrick 17.55 ...........................J Dunn 2 13745 Claremont Diva 17.73 ...................... B Dann 3 12278 Duco To Duco 17.73..........................M Flipp 4 43632 Go Nola 17.55 ................................G Cleeve 5 87517 Jet Even 17.62 .............................A Williams 6 81621 Mary Marlow 17.48 ......................... M Grant 7 17775 Out Back Bill 17.69 ................M K Dempsey 8 32885 Liquorice Whip nwtd ..................J McInerney 9 47568 Black Tank nwtd L G & ................ SJA Stone 10 67886 Cawbourne Burn nwtd .................M Roberts RACE 4, 1.05pm GARRARD’S HORSE AND HOUND DASH C0, 295m 1 25245 McJopson nwtd S & ........................B Evans 2 3263 Fleur Du Liys nwtd ....................R Blackburn 3 36474 Keramus Girl nwtd..........................G Cleeve 4 7 Homebush Zelda nwtd ..............J McInerney 5 F Sheldon Baxter nwtd .................J McInerney 6 73322 Sheza Gamble nwtd W & .................. Nissen 7 8 Vinnie Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 73532 Bublin Jed nwtd.................................M Flipp 9 5 Yabba Yabba nwtd H & ........................Taylor 10 5875 Smoochy Jewel nwtd ...................C Roberts RACE 5, 1.25pm (NZT) I PAVE CONCRETE STAKES C1, 520m 1 62381 Opawa Paul 31.28 L & ....................... Wales 2 64458 Party Rock 31.30 S &......................B Evans 3 84778 Baby James 30.98 ....................J McInerney 4 23265 Mega Girl 30.73 A &...........................Seque 5 54683 Flirt With Me nwtd M & ......................Jopson

6 22115 Stich Up 30.81 S &..........................B Evans 7 26734 Calm Spirit nwtd .................................J Allen 8 23354 Know Future 30.74.........................G Cleeve 9 7T744 Miss Isabella 31.08 S & ...................Bonnett 10 66567 Paddy Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney RACE 6, 1.46pm (NZT) HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARCY POUTAMA DASH C1, 295m 1 53737 La Fontaine 17.70 .............................J Dunn 2 66757 Noisy Leo 17.58 ........................J McInerney 3 74658 Belfast Suzy 17.69 H & .......................Taylor 4 45643 Yapster Jewel 17.55 M &..................... Smith 5 66757 Ohoka Blue 17.49 ........................ L Waretini 6 22253 Phat Pants 17.66 M & .......................Jopson 7 86325 Starburst Paul nwtd ......................... M Grant 8 57322 Easy Silence nwtd............................ B Dann 9 x67x6 Belisconi nwtd W & ........................... Nissen 10 67886 Cawbourne Burn nwtd .................M Roberts RACE 7, 2.06pm TERRA KEROMA AT STUD SPRINT C1, 295m 1 37626 Quiet Snort nwtd ................................J Allen 2 75147 Word For Word 17.77 ................R Blackburn 3 36166 Genia Haka 17.74 .....................J McInerney 4 17282 Cawbourne Polly nwtd .................... M Grant 5 64538 Drive Five 17.53 S & ........................Bonnett 6 43411 Teevee Kimba 17.65 .........................M Flipp 7 68674 Hear Hare Here 17.60 P & .................Doody 8 25631 Cool Bear 17.73 .............................. M Grant 9 x67x6 Belisconi nwtd W & ........................... Nissen 10 48778 Mulberry Hunter nwtd................... K Cassidy RACE 8, 2.26pm THE MILLER BAR & CAFE STAKES

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Daily Events Tuesday 9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Stretching exercise for all abilities. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

10.00am ASHBURTON NEWCOMERS SOCIAL GROUP.

Wednesday 9.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street, Consultancy House.

9.30am SPORT MID CANTERBURY. Walking group. Meet outside the Community Pool, Walnut Ave at 9.30am.

9.30am - 1.00pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around op shop. Ashburton

Coffee morning, all welcome. NOSH Cafe, Ashford Village, West Street.

METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Russell Clarks Gold Rush Panels. Main Street, Methven.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Maintenance class and exercises. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.00am - 3.00pm TE HUB.

Seeds, seedlings, workshops, Enviro centre.

35 Dobson Street West, Biograins building.

12noon - 3.00pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC).

Signing centre. Community house, rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Tancred Street.

12.50pm M.S.A. PETANQUE. Come and try Petanque, everyone welcome.

Racecourse Road.

1.00pm - 3.00pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC 3.

Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm R.S.A. CARDS “500” R.S.A. Cox Street.

2.00pm ASHBURTON BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP. All very welcome, enquiries to Faye 308-1852.

Caner Society Rooms, Kermode Street.

7.00pm ASHBURTON PARENTS CENTRE.

Speech and language development in preschoolers. Aoraki Polytechnic, 35 Alford Forest Road.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ASTRONOMY GROUP. Monthly meeting, all interested welcome.

Menorlue, Ashburton College, Walnut Avenue.

7.30pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome, racquets provided. Sports hall, 35 Tancred Street.

Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Streets.

9.45am ASHBURTON LADIES PROBUS. Monthly social meeting. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Russell Clark’s Gold Rush panels.

Main Street, Methven.

ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm

ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display including DC3.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 4.00pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome.

Upstairs in the old Polytech building, 254 Cameron Street.

10.00am - 7.00pm ASHBURTON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM. Open, all welcome. Baring Square East.

10.45am M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility.

M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

1.15pm TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome.

Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

7.00pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing, Pipe Band hall, Creek Road.

7.00pm - 9.30pm MID CANTERBURY LINE DANCERS. Learn to line dance 7pm, followed by beginner/intermediate (8pm - 9pm). Phone 307 -7138 a/h. Tinwald hall, Graham Street.

7.30pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women walking group. Leaves from 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo hall, Cox Street.

ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton hall, Harrison Street.

7.39pm - 9.30pm ASHBURTON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. Results Sepia images, entries portraits. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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Gunshot 25. Curse 26. Ninety Down 2. Theft 3. Reporter 4. Dire 5. Trite 6. Knot 7. Chic 10. Scrapping 12. Sack 13. Imprison 14. Lens 18. Screw 20.

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Deteriorated 6. Incense 7. Guts 8. Make ends meet 12. Staggers 14. Reoccur 16.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) When Mars leaves your home and family sector tomorrow, lucky Jupiter will take over and that’s when the real job of making things happen begins.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) There is a need to put everything you have into giving things one last push, going for as many communication breakthroughs as possible.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) In his final day in your income sector Mars is wrapping up one of his most important visits in decades, knowing that his job is to get the ball rolling.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) This is a day for throwing yourself into your passions and the things that excite you, even if that means challenging your excuses.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Give yourself permission to coast a little today, especially if you don’t feel motivated. There’ll be opportunities to make up for lost time later.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) It would be very easy to get absorbed in your own problemstoday but you’ll benefit more from walking a mile in someone else’s shoes.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) While Mars will leave your career sector tomorrow, the journey towards professional success won’t run its course until mid-2014.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) A combination of work tension and Mars’ last full day in an adventurous part of your chart is likely to see you want to rebel.

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AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) As Mars moves into the last full day of one of his most important visits to your work sector in over a decade, he’ll be giving things one last push.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) In his final day in your romantic sector Mars is encouraging you to start fighting for what you want and need.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

CAVILL, Peter Foster – On August 25, 2013 at Ashburton Hospital. Truly loved partner and soulmate of Carol. Dearly loved son of the late Eileen and Reg. Loved brother and brother in law of Reg and Mary-Ann, Margaret and the late Eric (Chic) McDowell, Barbara and Alan Behrnes, Janice and Dave Taylor, the late Helen Armstrong, Trisha and Peter Dowding, and Annette and Bevan Clemens. Respected

by Ray Luke and Di, Len and Janene Luke. A funeral service for Peter will be held at the Church of The Holy Name, Sealy Street, Ashburton tomorrow WEDNESDAY, commencing at 2.00pm. Followed by private cremation.

Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton CAVILL, Peter Foster – Dearly loved brother and brother in law of Reg (Digger) and Mary-Ann, and respected uncle to Lee-Ann Mosna and Sue-Ann Carr.

CAVILL, Peter Foster – 25-08-13.

Dearly loved brother and brother in law of Alan and Barbara Behrnes, loved uncle of Denise and Trevor Radford, Mark and Debbie Behrnes. Loved great uncle of Brooke, Olivia, Matthew, Riley and Campbell.

Rest in peace.

CAVILL, Peter Foster – Good bye old friend R.I.P. Inch, Rebecca and Bryden.

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WILSON, Jock – Six years since you left us.

Memories are like stars that shine, They last until the end of time.

Time has passed but memories stay, Always loved and remembered every day.

Always in our hearts.

Sharron, Brandon and Tod. WILSON, Jock – 6 years ago you were taken.

You are never forgotten.

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Rain about the divide in the morning, spreading elsewhere in the evening and turning to snow.

Wind at 1000m: NW, gusts rising to 80 km/h in exposed places in the afternoon, easing and turning S in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: W rising to severe gale 85 km/h in the afternoon then easing and turning SW at night.

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THURSDAY

A few showers clearing. Morning frosts in sheltered places. Southwesterlies easing.

Snow clearing morning, and becoming fine.

Strong cold S, rising to gale about the tops.

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Fine with morning frosts. Light winds.

showers fine rain cloudy fine showers fine rain fine rain fine fine showers drizzle cloudy

Fine, apart from the odd morning shower about the foothills. Strong S easing.

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6am Breakfast 9am The Chase 3 0 10am Good Morning 11am Cowboy Builders 3 Noon One News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Edna feels guilty; Declan is determined; Cameron is sad. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me Australia PGR 3 There are a few surprises at Celeste’s dinner party.

2pm Four Weddings USA 3 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Masterchef Australia 3 With Rishi choosing to play his immunity pin, Noelene joins Neha and Vern in a pressure test set by Kirsten Tibbles. 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Coastwatch 0 8pm Cause of Death – Unknown PGR 0 8:30 First Crossings Kevin and Jamie take on take on the summit of Mt Tapuae-ouenuku, as Edmund Hillary did in 1944. 0 9:30 Her Majesty’s Prison – Aylesbury AO 0 10:30 One News Tonight 0 11pm Major Crimes AO 0 Midnight Kate And The Real Housewives Of Anglesey 1am Te Karere 3 2 0 1:30 Infomercials 5:05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Design Star 7:30 Trish’s French Kitchen 8am What’s Really In Our Food?

8:30 The Stagers 9am Coast 10am B-Guided 11am Oddities 11:30 Secret Meat Business Noon House Crashers 12:30 Walking Through History With Tony Robinson 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Wild At Heart PGR The story of a family who moves to the South African bush to set up and run a game reserve.

3:30 The Stagers 4pm Heaven’s Kitchen 5pm Better Homes And Gardens 6pm My Kitchen 6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm Auction Hunters 7:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 8:30 NZ Design And Architecture 9:30 Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers Two brothers help homeowners take their next step up the property ladder.

10:30 Celebrity Juice AO 11pm Auction Hunters 11:30 Wild At Heart

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12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Better Homes And Gardens 2am New Zealand Design And Architecture Take a look at some of the best architecture and design that New Zealand has to offer.

3am Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers 4am Celebrity Juice AO 4:30 My Kitchen 5am Heaven’s Kitchen

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:35 Tiki Tour 0 7am Fish Hooks 3 0 7:25 Rated A For Awesome 0 7:50 Transformers Prime 3 0 8:15 Franklin 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street 3 0 Noon The Secret Circle PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 2pm My Kitchen Rules 3 0 3:15 Supernormal 3 0 3:25 Angry Birds Toons 0 3:30 The League Of Super Evil 0 4pm Kickin’ It 3 0 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show 4:59 Horace In Slow Motion 3 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street Brooke engages in a sing-star battle; Harper nearly blows her secret past; Phoenix realises he is a user. 0 7:30 Dream Home 0 8:40 The Mentalist AO 0 9:40 Body of Proof AO 0 10:40 F Haven AO 0

11:40 The Protector AO 12:35 Embarrassing Bodies AO 30 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 Private Practice AO 3 0 3:20 Jeremy Kyle AO 3 4:15 Anderson Live 3 5:05 The Erin Simpson Show 3 5:30 Infomercials

TV THREE 6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 11:30 The Office 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 30 1pm Dr Phil AO A woman says she is submissive to her husband of 12 years because he is verbally abusive and loses his temper.

2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR Is the key to longevity in a Greek coffee?

3pm Million-Dollar Listing NY PGR 4pm Rachael Ray Meteorologist Jim Cantore offers tips for surviving extreme weather.

5pm Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 30 6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The Block NZ PGR The four teams open the doors to their new homes, revealing the conditions inside. 0 8:35 Grand Designs Australia PGR Brunella Novello sets out to build a concrete house overlooking Queensland’s Glasshouse mountains. 0 9:35 Chicago Fire AO 0 10:35 Nightline 11:15 The Good Wife AO 3 The firm tangles with a South American dictator when it represents a small drilling contractor in a dispute against a major oil company. 0 12:15 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

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PRIME 6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000.

7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR A talk show focusing on tough medical questions in an open forum.

1pm The Jeff Probst Show 2:05 Masterchef USA PGR 3 3pm Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 3:30 Getaway 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 60 Minutes PGR 3 8:35 Jamie and Jimmy’s Food Fight Club PGR Jimmy and Jamie pitch British sausages against their German rivals; Hollywood star Gwyneth Paltrow comes to the cafe to cook pasta and face a food fight of her own.

9:35 M Urban Legend AO 1998 Horror. Jared Leto, Alicia Witt.

6am Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Four.

7am Golf – Canadian Women’s Open (Highlights) Round Four. 8am Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) The Barclays – Round Four.

9am Aussie Rules – AFL (Replay) Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans.

Noon Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Sharks v Roosters.

2pm Monday Night With Matty Johns 3pm Rugby League – Holden Cup (Replay) Dragons U20 v Wests Tigers U20.

5pm Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Round 24 Sunday.

5:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sharks v Roosters.

6pm Tennis – US Open Day One – Match of the Night.

8pm Cricket – English Domestic (Highlights) Yorkshire Bank 40. Teams and venue TBA. 8:30 L Re:Union 9:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Tasman v Canterbury.

10pm Tennis – US Open (Highlights) Day One – Day Session.

10:30 Tennis – US Open (Highlights) Day One – Evening Session.

11:50 Entertainment Tonight 12:20 Infomercials

11:40 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:35 Home Shopping 1:35 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

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11pm Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Northland v Southland.

11:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Waikato v Otago.

Midnight Boxing – Fight Night Derry Mathews v Tommy Coyle.

2am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) 4am Rugby League – NRL (Replay)

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 7:05 The Simpsons PG 7:30 Hardcore Pawn PG 7:55 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 8:45 My Name Is Earl PG 9:10 24 MVLS 10am Law And Order MV 10:50 CSI – Miami MV 11:40 CSI – New York MV 12:30 Da Vinci’s Demons 18VLS 1:25 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:40 My Name Is Earl PG 3:10 24 MVLS 4pm Hardcore Pawn PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Law And Order MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Hardcore Pawn PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 CSI MV 9:30 SVU MV 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

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SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 3 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Journey To The West 8:30 N Mabo – Life Of An Island Man PGR 1997 A man passionate about family and home fought a nation and its legal system, though his greatest victory was won after his death.

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8:30 Deadliest Catch PG When Hell Freezes Over.

9:30 Mythbusters PG 10:30 The Big Brain Theory PG 11:30 Mythbusters PG 12:30 Stalked – Someone’s Watching M 1pm I Was Murdered M 1:30 Deadly Devotion M 2:30 Auction Kings PG 3pm Auction Hunters PG 3:30 Sons Of Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 Backyard Oil PG 7pm Auction Kings PG 7:30 Man v Wild PG 8:30 Sons Of Guns M 9:30 Osama Bin Laden – The Finish M 10:30 Poisoned Passions M 11:30 Fatal Encounters M

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SKY MOVIES 6:55 Have A Little Faith PG 2011 Drama. Martin Landau, Laurence Fishburne. 8:30 Robot And Frank ML 2012 Drama. Frank Langella, James Marsden. 10:05 A Few Best Men 16VL 2011 Comedy. Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel. 11:40 Machine Gun Preacher 16VLS 2011 Action.

Gerard Butler. 1:50 The Making Of Savages MVS 2:10 One For The Money MVL 2011 Comedy. Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara.

3:45 The Philly Kid 16VL 2012 Action. Wes Chatham, Devon Sawa.

5:20 Swinging With The Finkels MLS 2011 Comedy. Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman.

6:45 The Vow PGLS 2012 Romance.

8:30 Killing Them Softly 16VLS 2012 Crime.

10:10 Tower Heist MLS 2011 Comedy.

11:55 Colombiana 16VL 2011 Action.

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1:40 Voodoo Moon 16V 2006 Horror. 3:10 Killing Them Softly 16VLS 2012 Crime. 4:45 Voodoo Moon 16V 2006 Horror. 6:15 Biography – George Clooney PG 2009

Jamie and Jimmy's Food Fight Club, 8:35pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 6:05 Directors – Mike Figgis PG 2011 6:35 The Wrong Man 16VLS 2006 Crime. Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley. 8:25 50 First Dates MS 2004 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider.

10:05 Blood Diamond 16V 2006 Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou.

12:25 Dead Calm MVLS 1989 Thriller. Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman.

2:05 Directors – Mike Figgis PG 2011 2:35 The Wrong Man 16VLS 2006 Crime. Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley.

4:25 The Long Kiss Goodnight 18VL 1996 Action.

6:25 Unfaithful 16VS 2002 Drama.

8:30 Couples Retreat MS 2009 Comedy.

10:25 A Beautiful Mind M 2001 Drama.

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12:40 Assault On Precinct 13 16VL 2005 Action. 2:30 Unfaithful 16VS 2002 Drama. 4:35 The Long Kiss Goodnight 18VL 1996 Action. 6:35 Couples Retreat MS 2009 Comedy.

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6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Moe 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Avatar – The Last Airbender 3 7:55 Hey Arnold! 3 8:25 Chuggington 8:35 Bananas In Pyjamas 3 8:50 Bob The Builder 9am Thomas And Friends 9:10 Peppa Pig 3 9:20 Barney And Friends 3 9:50 Humf 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Moe 3 3pm Sticky TV Featuring – Franklin And Friends and Oh No! It’s An Alien Invasion.

4:30 Four Live 6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Futurama 3 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Australia’s Next Top Model PGR 8:30 M Back to the Future PGR 3 1985 Action Sci-fi.

A teenager and an eccentric doctor turn a De Lorian car into a time machine, but when the experiment goes wrong, the teenager’s existence is threatened.

Michael J Fox. 0 10:55 The Real Housewives of New York City PGR 3

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6am Football League Show (Highlights) 6:30 Cycling – La Vuelta Race (Highlights) Stage Three.

7am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Sharks v Roosters.

9am Monday Night With Matty Johns 10am Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Manawatu v Auckland.

10:30 Football League Show 11am Football – Spurs TV (Replay) Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City.

2pm Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Four.

3pm Golf – Canadian Women’s Open (Highlights) Round Four.

4pm Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) The Barclays – Round Four.

5pm Cycling – La Vuelta Race (Highlights) Stage Three.

5:30 AFL Weekly (Highlights) 6:30 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Titans v Warriors.

8:30 Our Time – Robert Berridge 9pm Boxing – Fight Night Derry Mathews v Tommy Coyle.

11pm Arena Access 11:30 Tennis – US Open (Highlights) Day One – Day Session.

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12:30 Golf Central 1:30 Golf – European PGA Tour (Highlights) Johnnie Walker Championship – Round Four.

2:30 Golf – Canadian Women’s Open (Highlights) Round Four.

3:30 Golf – US PGA Tour (Highlights) The Barclays – Round Four. 4:30 AFL Weekly (Highlights) 5:30 NRL Fulltime

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ew Zealand’s own Corey Peters finished top of the podium at the IPC World Cup men’s sitting Super Combined event at Mt Hutt yesterday, beating Dutch skier KeesJan van der Klooster by just 0.06 of a second.

The 30-year-old took to competitive skiing just two years ago, but is already well on his way towards qualifying for

the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.

European teams took both of the other top spots in yesterday’s men’s Super Combined events, with Russian Alexy Bugaev taking out the standing category and Italian Alessandro Daldoss coming out top in the visually impaired category, with his guide Davide Riva.

In the women’s events Russian Inga

Medvedeva took out the standing event, American Stephani Victor the sitting and Australian Melissa Perrine the visually impaired, with her guide Andrew Bor. Racing will continue today, with Super G events scheduled to start at 9.30am at Mt Hutt.

See P6-7 for more on the IPC World Cup events

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Ko makes history in Alberta Teen golf phenomenon Lydia Ko has made history once again after defending her Canadian Open title in dominating fashion in Alberta yesterday.

Trailing by a shot at the start of the day, the 16-year-old amateur outgunned the best professional players in the world once again with a stunning six-under final round 64 to finish on 15 under for the tournament, five shots ahead of the field.

Because of her amateur status, the New Zealander leaves the event a winner but without the $US300,000 ($NZ384,000) winner’s cheque for a second straight year. She becomes the first player since 1987 to defend the tournament.

France’s Karine Icher was the ‘cashwinner’ after finishing second at 10-under.

It is Ko’s fourth win at a professional tournament following victories at the last year’s Canadian Open, the 2012

NSW Open and the New Zealand Open in February.

Her round yesterday of 64 was three shots better than any other player in the field and tied the best score of the tournament. Ko said it ranked as one of her best rounds on the tour.

“I shot 10 under at the Australian Open this year and that was round one.

That was great but today I was in little bit more of a pressure position so I was really happy with my 64. I got off to really good start and that helped my day.”

Ko said after the victory that yesterday’s performance doesn’t change her decision on when to turn professional but she will need to do some thinking about her future.

“I’ve always said I’m thinking about it and that’s the same answer right here.

Nothing has changed within the last 72 hours. I’m happy at the moment and I think this win will make us think a lit-

tle better of what is a good option right now.”

Ko began the final round one shot behind overnight leader Caroline Hedwall but took the lead with three straight birdies at two, three and four. Two more birdies at the sixth and eighth holes saw the young New Zealander move to 14 under at the turn.

Her fifth birdie of the day saw her go to 15 under before her only bogey of the day came at the par four 13th. She finished the tournament with a birdie on the 18th hole.

Ko first made history at the event last year when she became the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history at the age of 15.

She has now made 14 of 14 cuts on the LPGA Tour with six top 10 finishes and has given up about $US970,000 in earnings.

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Lydia Ko poses with the trophy after winning the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open golf tournament in Edmonton, Alberta.

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