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Outrage over sentence

By Michelle Nelson The decision to let two people who appeared in court on charges of cultivating cannabis this week off without conviction has been met with surprise and even outrage in the Mid Canterbury community.

Israeli husband and wife Daniel and Hadas Sudri pleaded guilty to the charges in the Ashburton District Court on Monday, and Judge Noel Welsh was persuaded by their lawyer Bevan Coombes to discharge them without conviction in return for a $2000 donation to the Salvation Army.

A police raid on the couple’s property on June 12 uncovered evidence of 54 harvested plants, a master plant – used to take propagation cuttings, and more than six kilograms of dried cannabis – the prod-

uct of a sophisticated indoor growing operation. The couple claimed the cannabis was for their own use, and Mr Coombes asked Judge Welsh to hold back from convicting them on this basis, combined with their good reputation and because it would stymie their plans to travel to Tanzania to do voluntary work.

When charged, they already had airline tickets to return to Israel on July 3.

The Guardian has fielded several calls relating to the matter.

A local man, who only wants to be known as Russell, said the sentence, or lack of, “stunk”.

“I know New Zealand citizens caught with a little bit of pot who can’t travel because they have a conviction,” Russell said.

He said the onus was on the offender to prove they were not supplying or selling cannabis if

caught with more than 28gms in their possession.

“A lot of people are talking about this – it’s the biggest drug bust around here in recent years and they say it’s personal use – it’s not humanly possible to smoke that amount of pot before they leave – they would have to get through a pound (454gms) a day to get through it,” he said.

“And $2000 is nothing – that haul could be worth $30 to $40,000 on the street – and that would be selling it by the pound.”

However, Professor Kevin Dawkins, from the University of Otago Faculty of Law, said Judge Welsh was well within his rights.

Professor Dawkins said he could only comment generally, on the cultivation charge which carries a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment.

He told the Guardian that a sentencing judge had the power to exercise dispensation if the consequences of a sentence were out of proportion to the gravity of the offending.

This could relate to adverse professional consequences – siting lawyers, accountants and real estate salespeople as examples of people who, if convicted of drugrelated matters, would be unable to practice.

Limiting the offenders’ ability to travel could also be seen as a reason to discharge without conviction. This might apply to professional sports people, or those who were required to travel for their work.

Professor Dawkins agreed that people found in possession of more than 28gms, or 100 cigarettes containing cannabis were generally

presumed to be selling or supplying, but a lack of evidence - such as lists of names, snap lock bags, tin foil or cash, could mitigate this.

He said offenders who were discharged without conviction were in effect acquitted, and did not have to declare the charge at New Zealand, Australian or UK borders.

But, Professor Dawkins said Judge Welsh probably didn’t have many options – as the couple in question already planned to leave the country.

“It’s quite common for people to get home detention (for cultivating cannabis) but that’s not an option, and community detention is not appropriate – neither is imprisonment,” he said.

“They had no property here – so there was no chance of forfeiture.”

“The judge would have been in a predicament.”

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NZTA to review location of fatal crossing

By Myles Hume The New Zealand Transport Agency is launching a review into the pedestrian crossing where an elderly man was killed in Ashburton earlier this week.

Frank Tully, 89, died in Christchurch Hospital early Tuesday after he was struck by a van on Monday morning while riding his mobility scooter across a pedestrian crossing on Archibald Street, near the intersection of Graham Street.

The death has prompted calls from Tinwald School and parents asking authorities to make improvements the pedestrian crossing.

Last week, before Mr Tully’s death, the NZTA received a complaint about the Archibald Street pedestrian crossing.

Yesterday, New Zealand Transport Agency Canterbury/ West Coast State Highway manager Colin Knaggs said it was too early to determine whether there were any structural problems with the pedestrian crossing, but the agency would look into it.

“While a fatality is a tragic event, the particular circumstances that led to this fatality need to be investigated. The severity of the crash itself does not necessarily highlight an issue with the crossing, however NZTA will review the location and use of the crossing,” Mr Knaggs said.

“Between 2003 and 2012, Mr Knaggs said there had been two reported crashes on the main road through Tinwald where pedestrians were involved.

While one did not involve the pedestrian crossing, the other

Colin Knaggs incident was a nose-to-tail when the following vehicle did not notice the vehicle in front slowing down for a pedestrian using the crossing.

“However, these crash statistics do not suggest there is an issue with the crossing,” Mr Knaggs said.

Tinwald father Robin Burgess said there was significant problems with visibility around the pedestrian crossing, and he refused to let his seven and 11-year-old children use it.

Mr Knaggs said the signs and markings were all up to standard and street lighting had been provided in the area, but a formal investigation would determine if the pedestrian crossing needed further work.

“Motorists always need to be prepared to stop at crossings and pedestrians should be aware that motorists may not always see them and should establish that motorists are stopping before venturing on to the crossing itself,” Mr Knaggs warned.

Calls for a traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossing

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Five-year-old scout Logan Bartlett was stoked with a donation from the Mid and South Canterbury Community Trust toward finishing the new Mania-o-Roto scout hall. Behind him (from left) are David Stevens, Barry Marett, John Gray and Carolyn Bond-Hood of the Ashburton Scouts and Building Committee and Peter O’Leary and Clive Callow of the Mid and South Canterbury Community Trust.

By Gabrielle Stuart A $35,000 donation to the Maniao-Roto scout hall this week brings it one step closer to completion – but leaves them still short on funds to complete the hall.

The donation from the Mid and South Canterbury Community

Trust will go towards fitting out the kitchen and finishing plumbing and sewerage systems, but with the donation covering just half the amount still needed, secretary of the building committee Carolyn Bond-Hood said they still had a way to go.

“I’d like to think we’re fairly close, but the kitchen is still just a shell

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and there’s a lot to be done to fit it out, and there’s outside work as well. We’ve had so much help from the community and volunteers and we’re so close now, we just have to keep plugging away.”

The floor and walls received a polish and paint in the dining hall just two weeks ago, but it was slow going, she said.

Plumbers, electricians, painters and decorators from the community have donated hours of their time towards the hall, and she said that every little bit helped.

“No matter what, we’re going to get it done. We’ll muddle through somehow.”

The cheque brings the total donated to the hall by the Community

Trust to $85,000, and the trust community relations manager Clive Callow said he believed it would prove to be a valuable investment for the whole community.

“I know it will get a lot of use.

They put it to us as future-proofing; creating something that would stand and be used for many years to come.”

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Ashburton’s elderly are calling for installation of a traffic lightcontrolled pedestrian crossing at Tinwald following the death of a pensioner this week.

Resident Francis Brendan Tully died after being hit on a zebra crossing on State Highway One at Tinwald by a southbound van on Monday.

Ashburton Grey Power president Joy Jaine said such a tragic accident brought the issue of installation of a traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossing to the fore.

Mrs Jaine called for the Ashburton District Council to give priority to such a project, over other expenditure items such as the town’s new art gallery and museum.

“I have harangued councillors for

a number of years (on the issue),” Mrs Jaine said. She said whenever the mayor or councillors attended Grey Power meetings, they had been continually reminded of the importance of such a crossing.

“People’s safety is just paramount,” Mrs Jaine said.

“At least they would have a chance of getting across the road in reasonable safety.”

Council contracts manager Brian Fauth said the council was working with the NZTA “to put forward a business case for traffic signals in Tinwald”.

The state highway was under the management of the NZTA, and he could not comment on whether the traffic signals would replace the zebra crossing.

“We have informed them (NZTA) that accident on Monday has resulted in a death,” Mr Fauth said.

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The legacy from last week’s heavy rain is being felt around the Ashburton District in a raft of new potholes on roads.

With almost 190mm of rain falling over seven days, the impact on the district’s roads has been significant, says Ashburton District Council

roading engineer Brian Fauth.

“Wet weather, water full stop, is the major problem for roads and our contractors are out working their way through the new potholes.

Generally we form a temporary patch just to get them trafficable again.”

While temporary patches might not last, they were the fast track answer when there were a large

number of holes that needed attention, Mr Fauth said.

“You have to take the stance that if you’re going to repair all the potholes permanently first time round you’ll have a lot of holes around for a long time.”

Contractors were now working their way around the district repairing the potholes and while some might be given a permanent treat-

ment, others would be patched and would later be dug out and given a permanent fix, Mr Fauth said.

“Our first job is to get the roads trafficable as quickly as possible.”

Rural roads usually fared worse than town streets during heavy rain because of the traffic speeds, he said.

“That means temporary patches don’t last long but we can’t do per-

manent fixes everywhere.

“Where we can we do repair it once and once only but when there are a lot of potholes as we’ve had after this last rain, we have to go in and do temporary patches to get the roads back in reasonable condition.”

The council’s roading contractors were working their way around the district as quickly as possible, area by area, Mr Fauth said.

Schools count their quake blessings

• Car stolen Ashburton police are seeking information in relation to a car theft overnight Monday.

The car was taken from the corner of Tancred and Cass Streets and later recovered in a ditch after the culprits ran it off the road.

A Northland couple employed modern technology and a false identity to sell crayfish illegally on the internet. Whangarei couple Leslie and Molly Taka, aged 46 and 42 respectively, used someone else’s name to advertise their crayfish catch on Facebook.

That was until officials also used modern technology to track down the illegal transactions. The couple appeared in the Whangarei District Court this week charged with selling fish not recorded or reported in accordance with the Fisheries Act. They pleaded guilty and were each fined $1000.

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Junior musical a first for college Ashburton College is about to make history by staging its first ever junior musical, a production of Alice in Wonderland.

The production has involved up to 60 students from the junior school with 30 students on stage and more helping back stage with props, staging, lighting, sound etc. For many of the cast it is their first show whilst others

are seasoned performers, having been involved in other community theatre groups within Mid Canterbury.

The production is directed by head of drama Claire Bubb and the musical director is Angela Cresswell who is new to the college Music Department this year.

Former Ashburton College student, Julia Bell, is the chore-

ographer. The show follows the animated screen version of the Disney show and is filled with wild and crazy characters. The set, costume and props are completely over the top and from the moment the audience enters the auditorium they will be transported directly to Wonderland.

There is even a complimentary Mad Hatter’s tea party at the

interval break with the audience being tempted to eat and drink just like Alice.

Alice in Wonderland is on stage at the Ashburton College Auditorium on from July 9 to 11 at 7pm.

Tickets are on sale at the Ashburton College office.

Running time is approximately 1½ hours including intermission.

Pupil transience a growing concern

By Myles Hume Transient Mid Canterbury pupils, some who change school on a yearly basis, are more likely to slip behind their peers in class.

That’s the view of principals in the district, where several schools are increasingly seeing a vastly different roll at the end of the year compared with the first day of school.

Nationally, child advocates are concerned and say transience is a branch of child poverty.

But Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons said many of the school-hopping pupils in the district were from farming families and have no choice but to move.

This year’s dairy change-over

day on June 1 brought 11 new faces to Lauriston School, meaning 15 per cent of the 71-strong roll had changed.

“Some children cope batter than others and can be quite resilient.

But other children can find it difficult,” Lauriston School principal Dianne Prendergast said.

“Studies have been done, especially for some dairy changer-over families, which show there can be significant glitches in learning.

“Relationships in learning are really important with teachers and other kids, but every time they change they have to reinstate all that, and it takes time.”

Ministry of Education figures state there were about 4000 pupils who were enrolled at three or more schools last year in New Zealand.

Netherby School principal Andrew Leverton said the ideal situation for any child would be to stay at one primary school before heading to secondary school.

“You are always going to get kids who go to a couple of schools, but we know the issue of transience does kick-in in some schools in the district, and anecdotally we know the more consistent their education is, the better.”

When pupils move, schools work to inform the new school about a pupil’s academic ability and highlight any issues.

Mr Leverton said Mid Canterbury schools were efficient to pass on information.

Mrs Prendergast agreed but said there was sometimes inconsistencies with the data which meant teachers had to spend more time

to assess a pupil’s needs and then address them.

New Zealand Principals’ Federation is planning to conduct research on the effects of transience.

Its president Philip Harding, who was once principal at Lagmhor School, said it was easy for some pupils to slip through the cracks.

“Perhaps they were doing reading recovery at their old school, but then they go to the new school and there are no places on the reading recovery programme, it means those that are already at risk are at greater risk.”

Mr Harding said the dairying community also presented other hurdles at home, with early morning starts and long hours which “can ask pretty big questions of some kids”.

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By Sue Newman To the casual observer it might be just another new home, but a recently completed house in the Braebrook subdivision is about to become hot property.

The home has been built as a fundraiser for the EA Networks Centre and when it is auctioned next month, profits are likely to push the Ashburton Stadium Trust’s community fundraising efforts over its $5 million goal line.

The house build has been masterminded by Ashburton’s swim team and Jennian Homes and it’s been an exercise that had gathered huge community support said Jennian new home consultant Chris Watson.

“It’s been a great project and there have been a lot of contractors involved who may not typically be ones that we’ve used, but they saw the value in the project and they’ve come on board.”

Many of the businesses involved had provided materials and labour at cost and that would mean a fair slice of the auction price would go to into the stadium fundraising pot, he said.

For fundraising trust chair Chris Robertson the success of the builda-house project has been a humbling experience because of the way the business community had taken the project on board and

Incidents attended to by the Ashburton Police and Mid Canterbury volunteer fire brigades recently.

Check out guardianonline.co.nz, for up-to-the-minute updates on every fire callout in the district during the week.

• Caught out

By Myles Hume Mid Canterbury schools are counting their blessing after emerging relatively unscathed from earthquakes that shook the region, Mid Canterbury’s schools spokesperson says.

Two and half years on from the February 22, 2011 earthquake, education watchdogs the Education Review Office (ERO) have released a report looking at how Canterbury schools coped with the disaster and the spin-offs affecting pupils and schools.

The national review praised Canterbury schools with the way they handled children on the chaotic day, while highlighting the ongoing anxiety and stress schools are facing.

Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association president Neil Simons says the district’s schools have fared well, after more than 100 pupils found refuge in the Ashburton District.

“Things are really good here, and a lot of those kids that came at the time have gone back, I know at Longbeach we only have a couple of families that have stayed on,” he said.

He said Mid Canterbury schools, despite only being so close to Christchurch schools, were “very lucky” not to have suffered while their counterparts battled on.

“Christchurch schools have handled it superbly under duress, with issues of property and earthquake damage, and the additional stress from the ministry with school closures and mergers, it’s a stressful time for them,” he said.

Mr Simons said the district’s schools already had robust procedures in place to deal with disasters, including fire and earthquake drills, distinguished alarm bells and sophisticated group text systems to contact parents.

“We are certainly more aware of disasters now but we already had strong policies and procedures in place,” he said.

In its report, ERO identified four key areas, covering the way schools kept children safe, supported them through learning and how support staff and families coped and managed ongoing anxiety.

The assessors gathered stories from several schools and early childhood centres in Canterbury from January to August last year through discussions with education associations and the wider sector.

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If you’ve received an offer in the mail to buy your shares in Heartland New Zealand, the bank’s officials are warning you to think before you sell.

An Australian company, Washington Securities has notified the bank that it intends to make unsolicited offers to buy Heartland shares at 55 cents per share, but Michael Jonas, group general counsel for the bank says that is well below cur-

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Ready and waiting for its new owners; the house built by dozens of tradespeople as a project for the EA Networks Centre is set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer. individual businesses gave their time and goods to the project.

“It’s been absolutely outstanding because it’s been such a seamless and well managed project, they’ve taken ownership of it, taken it on board and they’ve just run with it. It’s been a great project, people have just stepped up and done the job,” he said.

The sports complex is being

funded by the Ashburton District Council with the stadium trust charged with raising $5 million from the community. That fundraising target is now at about $4.8 million Mr Robertson said.

“The community component of that, the mums and dads making donations at the BNZ is ticking along well and our rural mail drop was incredibly positive. Our target

from this was $125,000 and when we talked about that I thought it would be tough but we’ve raised that now.”

Profits from the house build project would be a bonus, he said.

The house will open its doors to the public on Saturday between 11am and 11.45am and will be auctioned by Property Brokers on July 20.

rent market value. “Should any shareholder receive an unsolicited offer, HNZ strongly recommends seeking independent financial advice and to check the current market price for HNZ shares,” he said.

The sole director of Washington, John Armour has been involved with similar unsolicited offers to shareholders of other NZX listed issuers, Mr Jonas said.

DNA tests have confirmed that part of an animal limb found in some imported cattle feed by a Bay of Plenty farmer came from a sheep and not an exotic goat or deer as was suspected, the Ministry for Primary Industries says. The limb was found last Wednesday in the palm kernel expeller (PKE) product.

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• Critically injured A 10-year-old girl is critically injured with head injuries following a crash near Rotorua’s Tikitapu (Blue Lake) yesterday morning. She was one of five people in a Toyota Rav4 that rolled on Tarawera Rd after it hit a tree around 11.15am. The family of five - including twins aged 10 and an older brother - are from Singapore and were due to fly home on Saturday at the end of a two-week holiday.

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• Body identified Police have confirmed that a body discovered in New Plymouth is that of missing teenager Nikolao Meafua.

The 16-year-old was last seen on June 10 after he left his Bell Block home following an argument with his mother.

Emergency services were called by a member of the public on Tuesday at 2.30pm after a body was found on rocks near New Plymouth’s Coastal Walkway. The death was not being treated as suspicious and had been referred to the coroner.

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• Man burned in fire An elderly man was critically injured in a house fire in Lower Hutt on Tuesday night. Firefighters were called to the blaze on Horoeka St in Stokes Valley about 11pm yesterday, Fire Service central communications shift manager Murray Dunbar said. A man in his 80s was taken to Hutt Hospital in a critical condition, an ambulance communications spokesman said.

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• Woman intoxicated An elderly Roxburgh woman drowned after falling into the Clutha River last year, debilitated by ill-health, age and intoxication, Otago Southland coroner David Crerar has found. The inquest into the death of Olive Callon (83), a widow, of Roxburgh, was held in chambers and Mr Crerar’s finding was made public this week. Mrs Callon was described by friends and family as being depressed in the months before her death, he said.

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Avalanche blasting defended

By Susan Sandys Mt Hutt Ski Area is defending its avalanche blasting methods after damage to neighbouring farmland following last week’s superstorm.

The ski area received 2.8 metres of snow, its largest fall in 20 years.

A natural avalanche bowled the ski area’s race timing hut and damaged its snowmaking building, while blast-triggered avalanches wiped out the bottom station of the triple chair, as well as fences on Rakaia Gorge farmland.

A Blackford Road farmer in the gorge, who did not want to be named, said yesterday that his house shook during blasting earlier this week.

“I actually thought it was an earthquake,” he said.

He looked outside to see “millions of tonnes” of snow charging down the aptly named Avalanche Gully at the back of Mt Hutt, and wipe out five fences on a neighouring property.

The farmer said it was a terrifying experience. He had not been notified that the blasting was going to occur. He was annoyed at Mt Hutt staff for undertaking the work, and believed a natural avalanche would not have been as destructive.

Mt Hutt manager James McKenzie confirmed there had been avalanche damage to farm fence lines, but farmers in the avalanche area had been notified and warned to stay out while blasting was under way.

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resultant damage was out of staff’s control. “If the slope is going to go, the whole thing is going to go,” Mr McKenzie said. “Especially with that amount of snow loading.”

The amount of snow on the north side of Mt Hutt above the Rakaia Gorge had been particularly high, with “massive cornices” due to the wind direction during last week’s storm.

The avalanche which had taken out the bottom station of the triple chairlift had been similarly destructive, with no fault attributable to those undertaking the blasting.

That avalanche had been set off above the ski area’s access road, and if it had not have been artificially triggered, there were other risks for triggering it, such as a car’s horn or a small earthquake.

“We can’t have a ski area operating when there’s that level of risk,” Mr McKenzie said.

Meanwhile, the ski area was assessing damage to the triple chairlift station, and it was unknown at this stage when it would open again.

However, thanks to the substantial snow cover, extra terrain would be available by this weekend with the Rakaia Chutes and the South Face opening. Traditionally, these runs did not generally open until later in the season, and then only for a limited time.

Management were considering “options” for opening up the lower triple chair terrain, such as allowing skiers to access it with the requirement they would have to hike out.

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Snow goggled up to keep out the glare - Our Lady of the Snows pupils (from left) Ceadin Gahan, 11, Georgina Jolly, 11, Aroha Connew, 10, and Brea Roderick, 11.

Snow still causing problems in Methven

By Susan Sandys Flying snowballs and blinding snow glare are hazards Methven schools are being forced to manage this week.

Snow continues to cover the town ankle-deep in fields after last week’s prolonged snowstorm, and is not expected to melt until next week.

Yesterday Mount Hutt College restricted areas that “snowball play” could be undertaken due to flying snowballs having hit nonintended targets.

Principal John Schreurs said the school had now created a designated snowball play area and a designated snow sculpture area.

He said teachers wanted to encourage personal responsibility when it came to playing in the snow.

“We need to encourage personal responsibility, banning something doesn’t necessarily help enhance that,” Mr Schreurs said.

Methven Primary School principal Chris Murphy said he had temporarily banned snowball fights at the school.

“We have ruled out snowball

fights until it softens, in the morning it’s like rock,” Mr Murphy said.

Children had constructed slides and pathways in a pile of snow which a bob cat had cleared from surrounding courts.

“It’s probably our most popular piece of playground equipment at the moment, it’s a mini mountain,” Mr Murphy said.

At Our Lady of the Snows School, teachers have asked students to bring in sunglasses or snow goggles.

Principal Tony Lamb said he had personally suffered snow

blindness some years ago while undertaking an alpine tramp, and it had felt like he had “sharp glass” in his eyes.

“I was able to give a first-hand account (to the children),” Mr Lamb said.

The school had temporarily closed its playground this week as it was slippery, but children were bringing in their snow gear and having fun playing outside in the snow.

Black ice was a problem in the car park and on walkways each morning, and staff were regularly spreading salt to stop slipping.

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Flooding a temporary hitch

By Sue Newman The site of Ashburton’s new sports stadium might be under water today but that will not compromise the project says Ashburton District Council property manager, John Rooney.

After several days of rain the Smallbone Drive site has several water channels running through it and a large pond has formed where the new aquatic centre is to be built. None of that is a surprise for

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LEFT: Stormwater flooding the site of the EA Networks Centre off Smallbone Drive will no longer be a problem when the complex is built and new culverts and stormwater retention ponds are built.

the council, Mr Rooney said.

“The vast majority of stormwater from this part of town ends up coming through a series of culverts etc into this area. And this will continue but part of the overall strategy is that there will be a series of retention ponds the stormwater can pass into.”

This happened naturally now but it would happen in a controlled way when the stadium was built, he said.

The controlled flow of stormwater would see grass swales in the existing grassed and treed area and new swales in the stadium’s car park created to deal with stormwater, Mr Rooney said.

“As part of the plan for the stadium, what is currently a depression will be filled and built over

and stormwater will be redirected through a culvert that runs under the access road into the stadium off Alford Forest Road and make its way to the river in a controlled way.”

This work would be carried out as part of the council’s overall strategy to deal with stormwater.

“We’re aware this area gets wet at times and we’ve always been aware of the naturally occurring retention that occurs down there because of the natural depression in the land.”

The council had monitored the water table in the stadium area over the past three years and there was a good understanding of the way in which water levels fluctuated in the area, Mr Rooney said.

“We certainly don’t have any concerns about this site.”

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Slow down, be prepared to stop at crossings T

he death of Frank Tully is a tragic reminder that we need to take care on the roads.

And not just on the open highways.

Mr Tully was hit by a van on Archibald Street on Monday while riding his mobility scooter across a pedestrian crossing.

Anyone crossing the street at the white stripes should have some confidence to get across in one piece but the accident proved otherwise.

At 89 years of age Mr Tully was at an age that he could

OUR VIEW expect his fellow road users to take more care of him, and also possibly made him more vulnerable than a younger person.

Police are still considering whether charges have to be laid but you also have to have some sympathy for the driver of the van, who was understandably devastated after the incident.

Sadly, locals say that the crossing was an accident waiting to happen and that there had

been several close calls in the past. It is unknown if the van driver was speeding, but many of us struggle to abide by the 50km/h limit on that long stretch of road going through Tinwald, and with a twist of fate, one of us could have been involved in a fatal accident at that location.

The pedestrian crossing is clearly not working in that particular spot and unfortunately it may take Monday’s events to spark some action with NZTA

Coen Lammers editor

and council to address the issue.

Tinwald school principal Peter Livingstone will speak for many in the area that the crossing has a combination of risk factors including traffic leaving closeby businesses, sun-strike and

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Police are still considering whether charges have to be laid but you also have to have some sympathy for the driver of the van, who was understandably devastated after the incident

building verandas blocking visibility.

Much of that however, will not change, even if the NZTA moves the crossing to a different spot.

So the easiest action we can all take, is just slow down, starting

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by sticking to the legal limit and expect the worst to happen.

After doing 100km/h or more coming from Hinds, it is sometimes difficult and frustrating to slow down to half that speed, but with the

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growing activity in Tinwald, and throughout Ashburton, it has become a life and death decision.

Taking evasive action at 70km/h is much more difficult than at 50km/h, even though both speeds may feel like you are crawling across town.

NZTA or council may come up with some solutions for the crossing, but the real answer lies with all of us, by slowing down and taking care of our fellow road users.

And most importantly, be careful, slow down and stop at pedestrian crossings.

YOUR VIEW Hospital rebuild I refer to an article in the Ashburton Guardian on June 15, 2013 about the Ashburton Hospital rebuild.

A local person said he was disappointed the Ashburton District Council hadn’t offered a cent to the project – pointing out their priorities were “twisted”.

It’s all well and good having stadiums, art galleries and museums built but they don’t save lives.

So many people would have supported putting money towards something more major, such as an A&E facility – but that wouldn’t even register with our council.

However Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay was quick to hit back, pointing out health services were paid for by taxes paid to central Government and said it would be unfair for ratepayers’ money to be invested into any additional health services.

“Why would you pay twice?”

The responsibility for health services in our district lies with the CDHB and central Government.

There is no sense in paying rates for the same service people pay for through their taxes to Government – there is no sense at all.

Why then is the Ashburton District Council persisting with using ratepayers’ money to fund a second bridge over the Ashburton River.

We pay taxes on fuel to Government to cover such projects.

This is something that should be funded by NZTA. We should not be forced to pay twice.

Ann Craig

Small, but mighty I wish to apologise unconditionally for an omission in the review of Tuesday night’s Schools’ Music Festival performance.

This was in no way intentional and a direct result of my poor proof reading late at night.

To all involved with the presentation given by the Fairton School choir, you deserve to have your own special mention.

A small choir (including some very young members) there might have been, but you gave it your all and made an impact with your enthusiastic and tuneful singing.

The performance of Touch the Sky using a backing track with a strong blend of Scottish/Irish sounds, certainly touched my

heart and demonstrated that small but mighty was very much the case.

Thank you Fairton School.

You did yourselves proud.

Moyra Whiting

Safety concerns In response to the text message from Jack in Monday’s Guardian criticising safety procedures on the Ashburton Railway station demolition site.

The two men photographed were not working at the time; they were posing for a photo.

The chainsaw was not running and the photograph was taken to show the public that work on the demolition was under way.

In no way was safety compromised.

Our staff are safety conscious and ensure they comply with all site safety regulations while they are working.

Greg Donaldson, GDC Ltd

Pedestrian crossings It is very sad that it has taken a fatal accident on a pedestrian crossing to generate more debate about where pedestrian crossings are situated.

It is also sad that instead of pedestrian crossings being perceived as safe places to cross the road it would seem that too often they are the reverse - use them at your peril.

I don’t know what the answer is and it will be up to people a lot more knowledgeable than I am to decide what to do about the Tinwald pedestrian crossing that was the scene of Monday’s fatality.

The fact is that pedestrian crossings are dangerous places and we put our lives and limbs at risk every time we use one.

We ask ourselves “Have they seen me?” or ”Will they stop?”.

When I worked in the previous Community House building on the corner of Cass and Tancred Streets there were many near misses at the pedestrian crossing situated right on the intersection.

I was subject to several near misses on that particular pedestrian crossing to the point where I now cross the street away from it because, as strange as it sounds, it is so much safer.

Some solutions for future consideration may be – safer location and design of pedestrian crossings, respect for pedestrian crossings and those that use them, education and awareness for drivers and pedestrian

crossing users.

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Sad outcome at pedestrian crossing Archibald Street, Tinwald Tuesday morning I am very cautious myself when going to cross.

Could all be solved by traffic lights and crossings at Lagmhor Road.

Val Mitchell

Uniform costs This latest bleat from a branch of school administration on the burden of uniform costs is hypercritical. they have cosy deals with suppliers ensuring there is neither price nor supply competition and in these straitened times the imposition of uniforms could be dispensed with.

In my observation they are certainly not worn with pride.

Regrettably, schools have far too many groups claiming the right to be accepted as spokespersons.

We now have a union for Secondary Teachers, another for Primary Teachers, also a Principals group and then the Board, whose value is reflected in the disinterest shown in the recent elections.

I rather feel the Wharf Union in the 1950s was better organised.

What to me is the worst aspect is the lack of respect accorded to all involved and this is reflected in the rise in popularity of what are described as Private Schools, pricey but admired for the retention of earlier values and the ability of the staff.

Self-discipline among all those claiming to speak may help but attention to standards is essential and the example required to set for the students may be possible to reclaim.

M. N. Richards

Arcadia opening A well deserved congratulations to Millie and Annette on the opening of Arcadia. Good things being said all round, you guys deserve it!

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Schools’ music festival Absolutely, wonderfully enjoyable Tuesday’s Children’s Choirs performance.

So proud of these youngsters.

Well done.

G. Black (Text message)

Cannabis sentence Get a grip judge. Why do police do their job, for a donation to the Sallies – I don’t think so.

I’m sure a Kiwi doing the same in their homeland wouldn’t get that pathetic punishment.

What did the call-out cost the state?

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Water races Response to ‘water race’ comment. Yes the water races drained your land, but unfortunately it directed it to someone else’s.

When two schemes merge, flooding is impressive.

An underpass filled to the ceiling and a driveway accessible only by 4WD. (Text message)

Fines discrepancies It amazes me how the average fine for drink driving is $500 and six months’ loss of licence yet wheel spinning is $1000 fine and nine months loss of licence.

Pauline (Text message)

Leaders needed The Labour Party is down in the polls.

If they want an election winner they should look into how low paid workers are being bullied out of entitlements such as sick pay and bereavement leave.

We need strong leaders to look after the low-paid workers.

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Stadium flooding As a ratepayer I would like to know if any members of the EA Networks Stadium committee have been down to the site of the pool following the recent rainfall to check out the water levels or table.

Or are we going to end up like the Invercargill ratepayers and end up having a white elephant stadium like theirs, when our pool collapses if water runs through underneath the stadium as it would have done last week if it had already been completed.

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New evidence has emerged pointing strongly to Robin Bain being the murderer of his wife and three of their children, a television documentary has claimed.

A string of forensic and gun experts told TV3’s 3rd Degree that parallel marks on the thumb of Robin Bain are consistent with those picked up when loading a magazine on a rifle which has recently been fired.

One of those experts was gunsmith Robbie Tiffin who said: “If these marks are from a magazine and loading a magazine, then you’re the guy who pulled the trigger. It looks to me like Robin Bain loaded [it].”

The only surviving member of the family, David Bain, was charged with murder and served 13 years in prison before being freed when a new trial was ordered.

He was found not guilty at the second trial in 2009.

The “new” evidence has been hiding in plain sight since the five members of the Bain family were slain in 1994.

Waikato businessman David Giles discovered marks in photographs from the case on Robin Bain’s fingers after following a link off an online discussion about the murders. He recognised the marks instantly as matching the carbon tracks left on his own thumb when loading a magazine while rabbit shooting with a .22 rifle.

The back-blast of burned gunpowder coats the rifle parts, meaning anyone loading new rounds into the rifle picks up traces of the grimy residue from the top of the magazine where bullets are stored. He contacted Mr Karam who made his own checks with firearms experts who confirmed the initial impression.

Mr Karam applied to the High Court for permission to carry out tests with the murder weapons, conducted under Crown supervision. Repeated tests produced exactly the same markings - and later tests matched the distance between the marks on Robin Bain’s thumb with the distance between the top of the magazine.

A spokesman for police said they had not been approached by TV3 about the content of the show so had no idea what it was about.

He said no comment would be made until today - if at all.

Justice Minister Judith Collins was in the United States. A spokeswoman said she would not be watching the show.

“It would be inappropriate for the Minister to comment while this matter is still before the courts.”

David Bain filed an application for compensation in 2010. The application was investigated by Canadian Supreme Court judge Ian Binnie who said Mr Bain was probably innocent, but compensation should be paid because of “the egregious errors of the Dunedin Police that led directly to the wrongful conviction” after which he was imprisoned. - APNZ

Rudd rolls Gillard Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been ousted as Labor Party leader by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, as party lawmakers hope to avoid a huge defeat in upcoming elections.

The ballot took place three years and three days after Gillard ousted Rudd in a similar internal government showdown. It makes him leader of the party, but not prime minister.

Party official Chris Hayes says Gillard lost 57 votes to 45.

Rudd will likely have to demonstrate that he can command a majority of lawmakers in the House of Representatives before the governor-general makes him prime minister. If he cannot, opposition leader Tony Abbott could be asked to form a government or the elections could be moved up from September to August.

Labor whip Chris Hayes said both contestants spoke before the caucus vote.

“The mood was quite sombre,’’ he said.

“Most people are happy that the issue of the leadership is now put behind us so the party can now concentrate on preparing for the September election.’’

The meeting took almost an hour to get a result on the leadership because the votes were counted one by one.

“I think the prime minister wanted certainly to advise of her vision and the strength over her leadership in pursuing that vision for the nation,’’ he said.

“Any of these challenges, I think, are particularly emotional.

“They’re all human beings out there so please take that into account.’’

Mr Hayes wasn’t able to give any further comment about the meeting which was continuing.

However, it’s believed Ms Gillard’s deputy, Treasurer Wayne Swan, has resigned his cabinet position.

Mr Swan had previously said he wouldn’t serve under Mr Rudd.

Media reports picked the result after Labor cabinet minister Bill Shorten backed Rudd over Gillard.

The vote began at 9pm (NZT) and various media reports said sources

Kevin Rudd . . . back leading Labor inside the caucus room had indicated Rudd had the numbers to win the day.

Mr Shorten said his decision may come at a personal cost to himself.

“It has weighed heavily on my mind in recent weeks,’’ he said.

“I have now come to the view that Labor stands the best chance to defend the legacies of this term of government, and to continue improving the lives of millions of Australians, if Kevin Rudd is our leader.’’

However, he was a great admirer of Ms Gillard and had supported her loyally for three years since she toppled Mr Rudd from the prime ministership in June 2010.

“I believe she has accomplished remarkable things,’’ Mr Shorten said.

But the future of the nation and the Labor Party was at stake because of the Tony Abbott-led coalition.

Mr Abbott represented a “once-ina-generation risk’’ to Australia.

Mr Shorten will offer his resignation as a cabinet minister if Ms Gillard wins the caucus vote.

But he would “enthusiastically’’ serve and support whoever was elected leader.

Mr Shorten said he knew some of his friends wouldn’t support the choice he had made.

“It is my personal conviction that the best interests of the Australian nation and the Labor Party must come first, not debates about factions of personalities,’’ he said.

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16-month wait to get forensic evidence

By Edward Gay Police have released forensic evidence to defence lawyers in the Teina Pora case - 16 months after a court order told them to.

Pora’s lawyers have been asking police for forensic evidence for some time and in February 2012 consent orders were made in court.

The matter was back at the High Court of Auckland earlier this month where it was revealed police have only recently handed that evidence over to Pora’s lawyer Jonathan Krebs.

Mr Krebs told the court that he had only just received a package from police and raised concerns about why the police had taken so long.

He said he was also worried that the police may have carried out further tests on the exhibits without consent.

The evidence is being reviewed by forensic expert Dr Anna Sandiford, employed by Mr Krebs.

The developments in the 20-yearold case were discussed in a telephone conference two weeks ago between Pora’s lawyers, police and ESR. The decision by Justice Paul Heath was released to APNZ only yesterday. The judge has asked the police to explain why it has taken so long to release the evidence to Pora’s lawyers.

Justice Heath has also ordered Dr Sandiford to serve her report on the police and ESR. Crown lawyers for the police will have a chance to reply to the report before another telephone conference is held.

The move comes after Pora’s representatives sued the police last year and won an order for police to supply information held by the ESR. Pora wants access to the information for a bid to gain an appeal before the Privy Council.

He was twice convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

Teina Pora Malcolm Rewa, whose semen was found in her body, was convicted of her rape.

Rewa was convicted of sex attacks on 24 other women acting alone in all instances. No physical evidence was found to indicate Pora was present.

Pora was convicted on the basis of a confession which a world expert on false confessions has described as “fundamentally flawed”and motivated in part by a $20,000 reward.

The view of Pora’s team is that Rewa alone was responsible and that information held by the ESR may help to demonstrate that.

ESR general forensics manager Keith Bedford said his organisation was involved in revisiting forensic evidence in the case but so far no evidence had ever linked Pora to the scene.

The case has divided police. The police’s criminal profiler, whose expert evidence convicted Rewa of the other 24 cases, is among those who believes Rewa acted alone.

Rewa was convicted of raping Ms Burdett, but two juries could not decide on a murder charge.

Pora was convicted a second time in 2000 when the prosecution argued that Pora and Rewa acted with one or two other men.

But police did not make further inquiries for 10 years until private investigator Tim McKinnel began reviewing the case on behalf of Pora.

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The massed choir is in full song at last night’s performance of the Heartland Bank Schools’ Music Festival held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Hard work, dedication shines through

By Sally Farr I had the pleasure of attending the Heartland Bank Schools‘ Music Festival last night at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

The children from Ashburton Intermediate Choir 2, Longbeach, Darfield Primary, Ashburton Christian, Ashburton Borough, St Joseph’s, the special choir and the Ashburton College Phoenix Wind Trio entertained and captivated a full house.

These children have been rehearsing for three months and the hard work and dedication certainly shone through in the massed choir numbers where they dazzled the audience with their smiling faces, energy and tuneful voices.

Congratulations to musical director Fiona Maw and the Massed Choir conductors Victoria Kelly and Anna Lischner for their dedication combined

with the outstanding ability and attentiveness of the children proved to be a winning combination for those who were lucky enough to be in the audience last night.

The choice of songs for the massed choir this year provided a wide range from the traditional National Anthem to some good old favourites like Try a Little Kindness, Aint No Mountain High Enough and my favourite of the massed choir numbers would be the finale Dare to Dream.

I think it is important to choose songs which are not too big for the children, in the right key, and songs the children will enjoy singing, giving them the opportunity to show off their talents and perfect their diction, and highlight the light and shade of the song.

This year the Massed Choir selection of songs certainly ticked all the boxes and gave the

children the opportunity to get into the groove and sing out loud I always look forward to the individual school items and this year was no exception with Ashburton Borough captivating the audience with their very tuneful voices and their checky version of Buttercup.

St Joseph’s showed the versatility of their choir singing with sweet voices and a dance number in the middle to complement the song.

Ashburton Christian School always provide something a little different and last night they delighted the audience with their own version of the cup song which was made famous by the movie Pitch Perfect then a band of ukuleles and guitar accompanying their second song.

One of my favourite songs last night was I’m a Song (Sing Me) and yes Longbeach school certainly sung it and looked as if they enjoyed every minute of it.

Ashburton Intermediate’s Choir 2 sang their songs with crisp clear diction and boogied on down to Blame it on the Boogie.

There was a special appearance from Darfield Primary who entertained us with a couple of country numbers in costume.

Methven School also showed a lot of enthusiasm singing two big songs to entertain us with.

The special guests last night were the Ashburton College Phoenix Wind Trio which was a treat for the audience to hear instruments being played at the music festival as these seemed to have sadly disappeared from recent festivals giving way to CD backing tracks.

This year the Special Choir (made up of auditioned singers from each school) sang three songs Reach Out, They had a Dream and ABBA’s Money, Money, Money.

Elaine Vallender had this spe-

cial group of children give a very polished performance with some great harmony and I have to make special mention of the solo performances from McKenzie Flett, Jack Bubb and especially the clear soprano voice of Joe Danielson, all very promising young singers.

My congratulations to everyone involved with the organisation of this event, it is a wonderful opportunity for the children to gain confidence on the stage and a great way for the schools to showcase the depth of talent in Ashburton Dare to Dream was not only a very fitting finale to the show, but it could also be an inspirational message for the children to take from their experience and involvement in this year’s Music Festival.

I look forward to seeing the Heartland Bank Schools’ Music Festival again next year.

- reviewed by Sally Farr

Police officer cleared of assault on Auckland teen

By Edward Gay

Ella Eketone

The 15-year-old girl who lost two front teeth after allegedly being assaulted by police could now sue authorities.

Ella Eketone was allegedly pushed by a police officer and fell face-first onto concrete at an outof-control party in Auckland in February.

An internal investigation by police, released yesterday, has found that the officer alleged to have pushed Ms Eketone “used reasonable force”.

Ms Eketone’s lawyer John Munro said he will be looking at the

internal investigation to see what options are on the table for the family.

“I know they’ll be very disappointed with the result.”

He said one of the options could be to sue the police for emotional harm and the proportion of dental bills not covered by ACC. Mr Munro said Ella’s teeth were taken out by the root, and she had to have surgery.

Ms Eketone’s mother, Nicola Healey, said she did not wish to discuss the matter as it was still ongoing.

They would meet with Mr Munro today, she said.

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Snowden still at Russian airport: Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin says US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is still in a Moscow airport transit zone, and has rejected calls for his extradition to the United States.

In his first intervention over the chase for Snowden that has captivated world attention, Putin described the former intelligence contractor as a “free man” whose arrival in Russia was “completely unexpected” for the Russian authorities.

The dramatic announcement ended two days of guessing over the whereabouts of the fugitive Snowden who leaked revelations of US massive surveillance programs to the media and is now wanted by the US authorities.

“It is true that Mr Snowden came to Moscow,” Putin said at a news conference while on a visit to Finland.

“For us, this was completely unexpected.”

“He arrived as a transit passenger and he does not need a visa or other documents. He can buy a ticket and go wherever he pleases.

He did not cross the state border, as a transit passenger he is still in the transit hall,” Putin added.

Snowden had been expected to board a flight for Cuba on Tuesday, reportedly on his way to seek asylum in Ecuador.

But he never did and Putin appeared to confirm that the fugitive was still uncertain over his onward travel plans.

“Mr Snowden is a free man, the sooner he selects his final destination point, the better for us and for himself,” said Putin.

The United States had earlier urged Moscow to use all means to expel Snowden, who reportedly arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on a flight from Hong Kong on Monday.

However Putin insisted that Russia only extradites foreign nationals to countries with which it has a formal extradition treaty.

“We have no such agreement with the United States,” he said, calling US allegations that Russia is breaking the law “nonsense and rubbish”.

Speaking in Jeddah, US Secretary of State John Kerry

called for Russia to be “calm” and hand over Snowden, saying Washington DC was not looking for “confrontation”.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied earlier in the day that Moscow is in any way “involved” with the travel plans of the 30-year-old former National Security Agency (NSA) technician.

Transit rules on the website of Sheremetyevo airport stipulate that “foreign citizens can remain in the airport up to 24 hours without a Russian visa” and must have a ticket to their next destination.

However, no Russian officials have provided an explanation over this issue in Snowden’s case.

– AFP

Turkish PM lashes out at protesters Turkish police yesterday detained at least 20 people allegedly involved in violent protests, as the country’s prime minister continued to lash out at protesters – and a BBC journalist – he claimed were part of a conspiracy to harm Turkey.

Meanwhile, hundreds of protesters marched to Istanbul’s central Taksim square, this time to denounce a court decision that – pending trial – freed police officer accused of killing a demonstrator during the anti-government protests that have swept the country since May 31. Police surrounded the square, blocking their access.

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a police officer were killed in the protests that began in Istanbul following a heavy-handed police clampdown on peaceful activists.

They quickly turned into widespread expression of discontent with what critics have said is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian way of governing.

Erdogan, who came to power a decade ago denies the accusation, and frequently points at elections in 2011 that returned his party to power for a third successive term with 50 per cent of the vote.

One of the protesters was killed by a bullet fired by police during a demonstration in Ankara on June

1. A court yesterday released the officer from custody pending trial, on the grounds that the shooting may have been accidental. But some see the release as proof that Turkish authorities are too lenient toward police.

The state-run Anadolu Agency said police searched some 30 addresses in the capital, Ankara, and rounded up 20 people with alleged links to “terror” groups and suspected of “attacking police and the environment” during the protests. Erdogan holds unspecified foreign forces, bankers and media outlets responsible for the protests that had largely subsided until the court freed the police officer. – AP

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Lawyers for Robson and Jackson’s estate had requested all of the filings be kept from the public eye, but Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff asked them to submit redacted versions.

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Some 124 property owners in earthquake damaged red zone areas have declined a government offer to buy their properties, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton told Parliament’s finance and expenditure select committee.

Continuing to provide council services to those areas would cost an estimated $5 million a year, he said.

“If services break down they won’t be replaced,” Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee told the select committee.

Whether existing services should continue to be provided was a question for local authorities, the Waimakariri District Council and Christchurch City Council, he said.

“The estimated cost for maintaining services into those homes is very very expensive,” Brownlee said. “I don’t think there is a ratepayer in Christchurch or Waimakariri district who would be happy for their rates to be spent at the levels that would be required to maintain those places longterm in order that people could avail themselves of what is a wider community utility.

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missions, told the lawyers representing both parties during a hearing yesterday.

The judge said he needed more time to go through the redacted filings and a version he deemed suitable for public release would likely be available later in the week.

Robson, 30, originally from Brisbane, requested on May 1 that the judge allow him to file a late creditor’s claim against the deceased pop star’s estate.

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By Kurt Bayer Strong construction activity, along with a rise in car registrations and people staying overnight in hotels show that post-quake Canterbury’s rebuild continues to gain momentum, new research shows.

The ASB Cantometer, a business indicator designed to capture the progress of the rebuild, stayed on its steady rise this month.

their own generators, sewerage or pathways.

Separately, the government and Christchurch City Council will today detail how they plan to share the cost

It lifted to 0.8 in June, from 0.7 previously, and up from 0.1 when it was launched last October.

“The increase comes as construction activity continues to lift, with the rebuild also boosting other economic activity in the region,” its economists say.

The construction index increased from 2.4 in the previous edition, to 2.7, after a 19 per cent increase in construction work in Canterbury over the quarter.

of building some infrastructure and major projects.

Brownlee declined to provide further details on the arrangement ahead of the announcement.

– APNZ

Car registrations lifted strongly in the past few months, a “strong indication of increased population and economic activity” in the region.

Guest nights also improved, with a strong rise in international visitors arrivals in the first quarter, but still remain below pre-quake levels due to reduced accommodation capacity in the city.

And as confidences returns to the market, the house sales continue to lift, data indicates.

– APNZ

Dollar ‘still a bit overvalued’

By Tina Morrison The New Zealand dollar is “still a bit overvalued” but the nation has little influence as the kiwi is pushed about by expectations of monetary policy in the US, Finance Minister Bill English said.

The New Zealand dollar had dropped about 4 per cent since Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said last week the US central bank will start tapering its $US85 billion a month asset purchase programme this year if the economic data continues to improve. The local currency recently bought 77.34 US cents.

The kiwi is “probably still a bit overvalued”, English said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. “This is the kind of adjustment we have been expecting for some time but it has probably taken longer for the US economy to get back in reasonable shape.”

English declined to give his opinion on a “fair value” for the currency, saying international models suggested it was 10 to 20 per cent overvalued when it was in the low 80 US cent range.

He said he was surprised by market volatility following the Fed’s comments on an end to quantitative easing because the central bank had outlined its intentions in a plausible and comprehensible way.

“If the process is starting to unwind, then in the long run that is going to suit New Zealand and other commodity currency countries” because it signals the US economy is in better shape and it sparks a structural rerating of the New Zealand dollar, English said.

The recent decline in the New Zealand currency “is mainly Fed driv-

en,” English said. “Our Reserve Bank has limited capacity to intervene. It was referred to as a peashooter in a war zone.”

English said there were a narrow range of circumstances where Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler could intervene in the currency which appeared to have been “reasonably effective”.

“Our concern is to ensure that there aren’t big risks taken with the public balance sheet,” he said.

The Reserve Bank sold a net $256 million into foreign exchange markets in April, its first intervention since 2007, and governor Graeme Wheeler has said he is willing to make further attempts to weaken the currency.

The bank reduced its foreign currency intervention capacity to $8.48 billion in April from $8.7 billion a month earlier, RBNZ figures show.

– APNZ

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NZ Post to cut 120 jobs New Zealand Post, the state-owned postal service, will reduce its processing centres to three from six, shedding a net 120 jobs, as it seeks to rein in costs in the face of falling mail volumes.

Mail will be processed at mail centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch and processing will end at its Hamilton, Wellington, Dunedin and in satellite processing sites, the Wellington-based company said in a statement. The changes will be phased in through 2014.

“The number of pieces of mail being processed has fallen by nearly 200 million in the last decade,” said chief executive Brian Roche.

“We looked at all options and decided this plan will allow New Zealand Post to achieve savings on a meaningful scale while maintaining a highquality service across New Zealand.”

Roche said mail volumes are falling by about 8 per cent a year. Growth in the postal service’s parcel delivery business isn’t enough to make up for the decline, he said on a conference call. Savings would amount to $20 million to $30 million “over time.”

“Not to make the necessary changes now would imperil a network which is a vital component of the New Zealand economy and community,” he said.

He can’t rule out further changes.

– APNZ

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Obama: No time for flat earth meeting President Barack Obama launched a major second-term drive to combat climate change, bypassing Congress as he seeks to set a cornerstone of his legacy.

Temperatures are rising, sea level is climbing, the Arctic ice is melting and the world is doing far too little to stop it, he warned yesterday in a speech at Georgetown University – taking off his jacket and wiping his face for visual effect as he spoke outdoors with temperatures on their way to more than 32°C. “I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that’s beyond fixing,” he said, unveiling his most sweeping plan yet to tackle pollution and global warming by using the executive powers of his office. His announcement followed years of inaction by Congress on the issue, and his plan would not need lawmakers’ approval.

At the core of Obama’s plan are the first-ever federal controls on

new and existing power plants that emit carbon dioxide – heattrapping gases blamed for global warming. The programme will also boost renewable energy production on federal lands, increase efficiency standards and prepare communities to deal with higher temperatures. Obama called for the US to be a global leader in the search for solutions.

But his campaign will face extensive obstacles, including the likelihood that the limits on power plants will be challenged in court.

“There will be legal challenges.

No question about that,” former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman said. “It’s a programme that’s largely executive. He doesn’t need Congress. What that does, of course, is make them madder.”

Obama also offered a rare insight into his deliberations on whether to approve the hotly debated Keystone XL oil pipeline, deeming it in US interests only if it doesn’t

worsen carbon pollution. The pipeline would carry carbon-intensive oil from Canadian tar sands to the Texas Gulf Coast refineries.

The president also mocked those who deny that humans are contributing to the warming of the planet.

“We don’t have time for a meeting of the flat-earth society,” Obama said.

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“This is the change we have been waiting for,” said Michael Brune, who runs the Sierra Club, an environmental group. “Today, President Obama has shown he is keeping his word to future generations.”

Republicans called Obama’s plan a continuation of his “war on coal” and “war on jobs”. The National Association of Manufacturers

I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that’s beyond fixing

Four months after a newly reelected Obama issued lawmakers an ultimatum in his State of the Union speech – “If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will” – impatient environmental activists revelled in yesterday’s news.

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said the proposals would drive up costs.

Even industry groups that have been friendly to Obama and supportive of his climate goals, such as the Edison Electric Institute, which represents power plants, signalled their apprehension by

calling for “achievable compliance limits and deadlines”. Obama said the same arguments have been used in the past when the US has taken other steps to protect the environment.

“That’s what they said every time,” he said. “And every time, they’ve been wrong.”

Announcing he will allow more renewable energy projects on public lands, Obama set a goal to power the equivalent of 6 million homes by 2020 from sources like wind and solar, effectively doubling the current capacity. His proposals also include new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, more aggressive efficiency targets for buildings and appliances and $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to spur innovation.

But by far the most sweeping element is new limits on carbon dioxide pollution from power plants.

Forty per cent of US carbon dioxide emissions, and one-third

of greenhouse gases overall, come from electric power plants, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.

Obama wants the EPA to propose rules for the nation’s existing plants by June 2014, then finalise them by June 2015 and implement them by June 2016 – just as the presidential campaign to replace him will be in full swing.

Obama has pledged to work with major polluting countries like China and India to curb emissions, building on an agreement he struck recently with China’s leader to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, potent greenhouse gases used in air-conditioners and refrigerators.

He has also called for an end to US support for public financing for new coal-fired plants overseas, with exemptions in the poorest nations as long as the cleanest technology available in those countries is being used.

– AP

Texas set to execute 500th inmate

Berry testifies for US paparazzi bill With dozens of journalists tailing her every move, Academy Awardwinner Halle Berry appeared at the California Capitol yesterday to testify for a bill that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities and public figures.

“My daughter doesn’t want to go to school because she knows ‘the men’ are watching for her,” the actor told the Assembly Committee on Public Safety.

“They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where else, besieging these children just to get a photo.”

Berry, who is pregnant, said she was speaking in favour of the antiharassment bill by Los Angeles Democrat Senator Kevin de Leon, as a mother.

“If it passes, the quality of my life and my children’s lives will be dramatically changed,” she said.

The committee obliged and the bill now goes to the Assembly Judiciary Committee, where supporters promised to clarify language that would protect the First Amendments rights of journalists gathering news.

The bill would change the definition of harassment to include photographing or recording a child without the permission of a legal guardian, by following the child or guardian’s activities or by lying in wait.

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Texas is approaching a grim milestone: It will soon execute the 500th prisoner since the death penalty resumed in the United States.

Today, barring a reprieve, Kimberly McCarthy will become the 500th convicted killer in Texas to receive a lethal injection.

The number far outpaces the execution total in any other state. But it also reflects the reality of capital punishment in the United States today: While some states have halted the practice in recent years because of concern about wrongful convictions, executions continue at a steady pace in many others.

The death penalty is on the books in 32 states. On average, Texas executes an inmate about every three weeks.

Still, even as McCarthy prepares to die, it’s clear that Texas, too, has been affected by the debate over capital punishment.

In recent years, state lawmakers have provided more sentencing options for juries and courts have narrowed the cases in which the death penalty can be applied. In guaranteeing DNA testing for inmates and providing for sentences of life without parole, Texas could well be on a slower track to execute its next 500 inmates.

“It’s a very fragile system” as attitudes change, said Mark

• Tube to Work Day A day before Colorado marks Bike to Work Day, some commuters in Boulder got their feet wet heading to work by inner tube. The Daily Camera reports that 19 people went tubing down Boulder Creek for Tube to Work Day yesterday.

Many had on business clothes.

There were eight participants last year. The idea got started with two guys tubing down the creek in suits in 2008. This year, the city of Boulder set up a breakfast station for partici– AP pants.

• Racism crackdown Victoria’s police chief commissioner Ken Lay has vowed to crack down on racist police officers, saying there is no place for them in the force. In recent months, at least two police social clubs producing stubby holders with racist slogans have been exposed.

Senior police have also agreed to review stop and search practices after settling a lawsuit over the alleged racial profiling of African-Australians. Mr Lay said he would take a hard line against officers found to have acted in a racist way. – AAP

• Spacecraft returns China’s Shenzhou-10 spacecraft has returned to Earth, as the country completed its longest manned space mission.

The spacecraft, carrying three astronauts including China’s second woman to go into orbit, landed on Chinese soil, ending a 15-day mission seen as another step in Beijing’s goal of building a permanent manned space station by 2020. – AFP

• New Libya leader

Kimberly McCarthy White, who presided over 19 executions as governor from 1983 to 1987.

“There’s a big difference between fair and harsh ... I think you have (Texas) getting a reputation for being bloodthirsty, and that’s not good.”

Texas has accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the more than 1300 executions carried out since murderer Gary Gilmore went before a Utah firing squad in 1977 and became the first US inmate executed following the Supreme Court’s clarification of death penalty laws. (Texas had more than 300 executions before the pause.) Virginia is a distant second, nearly 400 executions – AP behind.

Independent MP Nouri Bousahmein, a member of Libya’s Berber minority, has been elected head of the National Assembly, making him the country’s interim leader.

Bousahmein, the first Berber to hold such a senior post in Libya, replaces Mohammed Megaryef, who stepped down after a law was adopted banning from politics those who served under ousted dictator – AFP Muammar Gadaffi.

• Strike shuts tower The Eiffel Tower was closed yesterday following a strike by workers at the Paris landmark for better work conditions and more pay at the height of the tourist season. The influential CGT union called the strike after failed last-minute talks on Tuesday which lasted for seven hours.

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Chertsey grower aiming for seat on Horticulture New Zealand ticulture crops, with about 50,000 people employed across eight key growing regions.

Mr Arnold said he was passionate about training and education, and encouraging young people into the industry. He also has experience in research and development.

“At 45, I feel I have accumulated the right experience and knowledge of the industry that I am so passionate about. I look forward to putting a fresh spin on the industry as well as maintaining and further enhancing the standard we have become used to.”

Mr Arnold grew up in Gisborne and was involved in bedding plant and vegetable seedling production, as well as ornamental trees and shrubs.

He has worked on a citrus and avocado orchard, was a field rep for Williams and Kettle, and then moved to Leaderbrand, specialising in fresh vegetable crop production.

He has travelled around the world visiting vegetable production areas and visited research institutes in the United States and the UK. He is the only person from the South Island running in the Horticulture New Zealand board elections.

Voting closes tomorrow.

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Chertsey vegetable grower and processor Mike Arnold is hoping to put a fresh spin on New Zealand’s horticultural industry.

Mr Arnold is standing for a seat on the board of Horticulture New Zealand.

The national group represents about 5500 commercial fruit and vegetable growers, providing strategic direction and focus, and acts as an advocate on industry-wide issues like border security, environmental issues and food regulations. It also helps raise the profile of horticulture.

Mr Arnold owns and is the general manager for Leaderbrand South Island.

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“It’s a lifetime experience, it’s something they are never going to forget,” says Flaxmere Primary principal Robyn Isaacson.

Now in its second year, Rural Women NZ Korokipo branch members have been working alongside Elliot Cooper, providing hearty farm lunches and helping the children with their calves, with Fonterra providing milk.

The children complete a weekly calf diary and for a bit of fun decorate their calf covers.The calves are transported to Flaxmere Primary for the day’s judging, which is watched by the staff and

children. Such is the success of the programme, that another group of children from the school will help raise another 25 calves at the Coopers’ farm later in the year.

Rural Women NZ Korokipo member Judy Halpin says the children are nervous at first, but with encouragement from Mr Cooper and other Rural Women NZ helpers, they become confident and enjoy the experience immensely.

Last year, the school followed the calf-rearing experience with a visit to a dairy farm at Takapau and had also had visits from a sharemilker.

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By Gabrielle Stuart The latest exhibition at Terrace Downs Resort is almost ready to be unveiled.

The exhibition Expressions is a collection of paintings and drawings by young Marlborough artist Rebekah Codlin, and will open next Friday at the resort with a dinner, live music and an evening with the young artist.

The 19-year-old is not only talented at capturing human expressions in her art, but drawing them from her audiences, capturing a human element in her works that people across the country have recognised.

The many emotions and expressions in people are what inspire her to paint, she said.

“I am compelled to paint people, as I believe no other subject is more complex, emotive and thought provoking than the human being. I strive to capture the life within the people I paint, celebrating the diverse beauty and uniqueness within human nature.”

The young artist is completely self-

taught, not even taking art in school, and has worked fulltime on her art since the age of 17.

Just two years later her paintings are on display across New Zealand and overseas, and she has recently been appointed Artist in Residence at Brancott Estate in Blenheim.

Terrace Downs arts director Rachel Inch had nothing but praise for the artist, who she said came from a land with “an abundance of talented Kiwis”.

“For this exhibition we have come across a young New Zealander with raw, natural untouched genius. When we do find that sort of exceptional talent it is important for us as a nation to embrace and encourage that talent.”

The artist will be at the resort for opening night on Friday, July 5. Musician Kris Trousselot will provide background music for a night of conversation, contemplation and a meal prepared by the resort chefs.

Tickets cost $45, with bookings essential.

The exhibition is free and open to the public, and will run during resort opening hours from July 5 to August 1.

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TOP RIGHT: Nineteen-year-old Marlborough artist Rebekah Codlin attempts to capture the range of human emotions in her exhibition Expressions.

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Winners have two months to claim their prize.

Calling all S. Island artists for awards Entry opened last week for the annual Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Awards in Dunedin, featuring a month-long exhibition and $7500 in prize money.

The competition is open to South Island artists, and includes most two dimensional original works of art, excluding photographs or digital art.

2013 marks the seventh year of the competition, and Otago Art Society vice president Ngaere Moss said that more than 250 entries had been received in previous years.

With space for about 170 paintings in the exhibition the

judge would also be responsible for selecting which paintings would be exhibited, but she said that the judge was yet to be announced.

“When people know what a judges’ personal style is they often tend to paint for the judge, and it doesn’t always follow that that will be what the judge is after. We would prefer that our judge remain a surprise, to keep the entries honest.”

Entries are to be received no later than Friday, July 12, and entry forms can be found on the Otago Art Society website, www. otagoartsociety.co.nz.

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) You may want to focus in on the family situation to help make it better. Plans and ideas for expanding your home, possibly for relocating, and for brightening up your everyday domestic ‘look’ may also be on your mind. Business thrives on hard work and this can be a motivator for you.

Yet a fun-loving plan may not prove to be a sure thing.

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) You may have a certain relationship issue on your mind now. Things should straighten out eventually but do your best to put this aside and focus on your work and career goals.

Finances can look brighter or perhaps a new assignment in your job looks hopeful.

There are social possibilities but you may be quite picky about which you follow up.

Arts DIARY • June 26 – Ashburton Film Society evening The Reluctant Fundamentalist, 5.45pm at the Regent Cinema.

• July 6 – Rising Stars and Dame Malvina Major, 6pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Tickets $35 for adults and $20 for students.

• July 14 – Ashburton Musical Club, 2pm, Song and Dance arranged by Margaret Hawkey and Jennie Pike. Sinclair Centre, visitors welcome $5, afternoon tea served.

• July 30 – Ten Years of Song by the Mid Canterbury Choir was postponed due to snow, but the concert will be held next month at 7pm, Ashburton Trust Event Centre, tickets at event centre and on line at ticketdirect.co.nz

• August 11 – Ashburton Musical Club, Musical Hijinks arranged

by Alister Argyle. Sinclair Centre, 2pm, afternoon tea served, visitors welcome $5.

• August 16 – Playing Miss Havisham at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• August 24 – The Pirates of Penzance at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• September 14 – Ashburton Musical Club, Spring Concert, 7.30pm, arranged by Carolie Andrew. Sinclair Centre, visitors welcome $5, supper served.

• September 15 – NZ Trio (Arts on Tour NZ) at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) You may start the day with lots of energy to put into domestic and social plans. One relationship in particular could take a turn for the better. The fun potential is high and so can be your success rate. However, you may need to be proactive to get the ball rolling. You seem to be adaptable and versatile in general, but hold firm on your values.

• September 21 – Pop-Opera, Mid Canterbury Choir, at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

• September 25 – Fly My Pretties national tour visiting Ashburton for a concert at 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Events Centre.

Tickets $45 • Ashburton Society of Arts weekly art and printmaking group Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, life drawing group first Monday of the month 10am to midday, mixed media art group Mondays 10am to 2pm, Saturday painting group 10am to 2pm.

If you have an event coming up and you think it might be suited to the Arts Diary, please let us know by contacting Susan Sandys on 307-7961 or susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) This could be a personally rewarding and perhaps lucky day.

Planning a vacation or going on a short trip may lift your spirits.

News from faraway places, the option to travel or a chance to work overseas may give you much food for thought. It’s possible you may want to hide your feelings concerning a private issue, but a friend may tease them out.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) The less demanding you are, the more agreeable others will be. As Venus moves into your sign today, it can enhance your charisma and natural magnetism.

Excellent influences can hasten good things right to your doorstep. At the same time your intuition and imagination are at a peak. Look to follow up your imaginative drives.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) The Moon in Pisces suggests that you and someone close can have a spiritual connection. Perhaps you’re more telepathic than usual, picking up on each other’s thoughts or moods.

Socially, this is a fine time to get out and enjoy yourself. Take a look around and decide which circles you feel most comfortable existing within.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Anxiety or money concerns could cause you to tighten the purse strings.

Currently, work and career matters need care but a romantic relationship may begin to improve. As Venus moves into Leo, social forces may be at work, encouraging you to explore new options.

A Pisces Moon may coincide with a desire to chill out later.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) Whether it’s money that is coming in or going out, something may break positively for you. A boost in your earnings could emerge. In general, the secret to having an enjoyable day may be down to careful planning. A shopping trip could prove lucky, especially if you’re in the market for something exotic. Feel stuck?

You may be restless.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) Overseas destinations or unusual people may have appeal and could be rewarding. Socially, mixing and mingling could be thrilling. However, you could still end up on a collision course with someone who is rather volatile.

Resolve to stay as cool as possible. Be prepared to compromise and a standoff can be avoided more easily.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) You may find it hard to say no to a loved one who knows how to get what they want from you. Be mindful that you may be being manipulated.

Look to work on contracts, agreements and even relationship commitments.

Be aware of what’s good about the folk you mix with. You may choose to share your appreciation with a caring gesture.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) A significant other could have plans that keep you occupied.

Venus in your relationship zone paves the way for generous offers, charming conversations and happy expectations. There may be a strong vitality in the air, which suggests you won’t want to miss out.

Someone may need a little tenderness and kindness. Will you give of yours?

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) The Moon in your sign today means that generous amounts of sweetness and compassion may flow from you to others.

You seem to be in a sensitive mood so it may help to take a reduced schedule, especially if you’re picking up on other people’s problems or energies without really trying. A desire to look good may encourage a fitness-fest.

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NOTICE OF MEETINGS JULY 2013 The following meetings will be held in July: Tuesday 23 July Regional Water Committee 1.30pm, Wigram Manor, 14 Henry Wigram Drive Christchurch Thursday 25 July Performance, Audit & Risk Committee 2.00pm Matthew Fraser House, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive, Burnside, Christchurch REGULATION HEARING COMMITTEE In addition to the above meetings, the Regulation Hearing Committee is scheduled to meet weekly. Meetings will be held on either Thursday or Friday as required.

To confirm venue and start times for these meetings please check online at the link described below or contact Customer Services on (03) 353-9007 (calling from Christchurch) or calling from any other areas: 0800 324 636 (0800 EC INFO) Agendas will be available online at http://www.ecan. govt.nz/news-and-notices/minutes/Pages/default.aspx at least two days prior to each meeting.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the above meetings, and copies of the agendas will be made available at the meetings.

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Waikato greyhound fields and form Fields for Waikato And Districts Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9; 10 and 11; 12 and 13 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 11, 12 and 13 RACE 1, 12.15pm (NZT) AFFORDABLE PET ACCESSORIES SPRINT C2, 375m 1 77723 Raveon nwtd..................................M Gowan 2 33576 Only Kate 21.43.......................... R O’Regan 3 12332 Eureka Izmir 21.66 F &...................Turnwald 4 55462 Where’s The Cat 21.38...............D Schofield 5 42173 Utah Bolt 21.49........................... G Pomeroy 6 16777 Lil’ Miss Krunch nwtd.................. R O’Regan 7 23636 Coleridge Ainsli 21.74....................... S Clark 8 61618 It’s A Doll nwtd.............................A Turnwald 9 84564 Viohlay nwtd......................................T Agent RACE 2, 12.39pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME STAKES C0, 457m 1 Opie Bossman nwtd F &.................Turnwald 2 74445 Ike Jones nwtd.......................K Sutch-Jones 3 4223 You’re Lucky nwtd............................. B Craik 4 856 Hefeweizen nwtd.............................. T Green 5 55373 King’s Legacy nwtd............................J Black 6 5 Tennesse Ave nwtd........................... B Craik 7 Thrilling Rebel nwtd......................... K Walsh 8 Thrilling Giggle nwtd........................ K Walsh 9 46x58 Summertime Bobby nwtd..........S M Gardner 10 888 Erena’s Girl nwtd........................ W Toomath RACE 3, 12.57pm HAUTAPU VETERINARY CLINIC SPRINT C0, 375m 1 Circus Act nwtd..................................J Black 2 27783 This Time Pedro nwtd.......................... J Udy 3 76338 Uno Kim nwtd............................. R O’Regan 4 53772 Versatile Richie nwtd........................T Agent 5 77576 Obi Wan Kenobi nwtd............K Sutch-Jones 6 47642 Skyhigh Levi nwtd...........................G Parker 7 67 Fiery Conquest nwtd................... W Toomath

8 86381 Tarryn’s Pride (c1) nwtd F &...........Turnwald 9 4F857 Warsteiner nwtd R M &..................... J Smith 10 56487 Brave Phoenix nwtd..................S M Gardner RACE 4, 1.14pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT C1, 375m 1 2868F Hit Da Nos 21.70................................ J Foot 2 66615 Paige Me 21.91...............................G Parker 3 63463 All In All nwtd.......................................J Udy 4 87325 Sasha’s One 21.32........................... S Clark 5 137F1 Harajuku Baby nwtd.......................... B Craik 6 48167 Chase Ostee nwtd.......................A Turnwald 7 86846 Lachlan Valley nwtd.................... R O’Regan 8 34363 Bigtime Whizz nwtd..................... R O’Regan 9 8257x Tata Safari 21.60............................... B Craik 10 7F455 Bearly Possible nwtd............................J Udy RACE 5, 1.32pm BLICKEEZ SMOKED MOBILE SEAFOODS SPRINT C3, 375m 1 36251 Question Me 21.76............................S Ross 2 2156x Superior Izmir nwtd F &..................Turnwald 3 26226 Belrani 21.54................................... G Farrell 4 66x62 Par nwtd.......................................A Turnwald 5 73444 Lochinvar Yasi 21.42...................D Schofield 6 22173 Tarapunga 21.22.........................D Schofield 7 43528 Lockey’s Call 21.30..................... R O’Regan 8 48358 Mr. Majestic 21.41..............................J Black 9 71566 Star Bound nwtd......................... G Pomeroy 10 32886 Run Junior Run nwtd...................A Turnwald RACE 6, 1.49pm 0800 4 DOWN COW STAKES C2, 457m 1 71288 Positivity nwtd................................... B Craik 2 11636 Tekau 26.39.................................A Turnwald 3 62118 Katcha Fire nwtd............................... B Craik 4 12111 Thrilling Zoom (c3) nwtd.................. K Walsh 5 31162 Jembo 25.67..................................... S Clark 6 47774 Twin Rivers 25.88....................... G Pomeroy 7 43523 Borasco 26.01.................................. L Martin 8 43542 Edward Cullen 26.21........................ B Craik 9 58586 Jackson Town 25.64.......................... S Clark

10 81564 Thrilling Marty 25.82............................ K Walsh RACE 7, 2.07pm GREYHOUNDS NORTH MAIDEN DISTANCE C0d, 650m 1 32354 Time For What nwtd.......................M Gowan 2 21124 Fastback King nwtd........................... A Clark 3 53268 Hit Boost nwtd..............................T M Patton 4 76453 Sam I Am nwtd............................A Turnwald 5 41215 Trilise nwtd................................. A Lawrence 6 25247 Lochinvar Onyx nwtd..................D Schofield

7 44345 Zagato nwtd............................... A Lawrence 8 78735 Teegz nwtd................................. A Lawrence RACE 8, 2.25pm IAN AND JILL SINGERS SPRINT C4, 375m 1 55245 Flying Fabio 21.11.............................C Hore 2 22351 Cosmic Mack (c5) 21.18.............D Schofield 3 62582 Ruby Tron 21.18 H...................... L Laagland 4 44386 Mega Upload nwtd............................T Agent 5 32643 Harvey Nichols 21.24........................ B Craik 6 27147 Agent Van Alden 21.26..................... B Craik 7 62513 Ostis Experience 21.42......................C Hore 8 47168 Run Stacey Run nwtd..........................J Udy 9 438x7 Lochinvar Vicini nwtd..................D Schofield 10 36757 Tiz Now 21.12 F &..........................Turnwald RACE 9, 2.42pm ALL SEW EMBROIDERY STAKES C4, 457m 1 67252 Hajime nwtd...................................P Cleaver 2 76757 Corby nwtd.................................. R O’Regan 3 32678 On Trey 25.72.............................D Schofield 4 25884 David’s Osti nwtd...............................C Hore 5 44134 This Is Swip nwtd.............................. S Clark 6 31876 Samson Dash nwtd........................... B Craik 7 86574 Moulin Blue nwtd F &......................Turnwald 8 36554 Riley’s Mate 25.42............................ S Clark 9 66464 Lochinvar Laredo 25.53..............D Schofield 10 76556 Mahalo Rhode nwtd W &.................T Steele RACE 10, 3.00pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SERIES FINAL C1f, 457m 1 44854 Flyin’ Shifty nwtd R M &.................... J Smith 2 84537 Endorse 25.78............................D Schofield 3 56426 Another Burst nwtd.....................D Schofield 4 F3125 Charley Farley 25.88..............K Sutch-Jones 5 25213 Wabi Sabi 26.03.............................. L Martin 6 84441 Thrilling Ninja (c2) 25.81.............. J C Gifford 7 53413 Thrilling Olive 25.80......................... K Walsh 8 35371 Coal Sack (c2) 25.86................. A Lawrence 9 44345 Zagato 25.95.............................. A Lawrence 10 41215 Trilise 25.59................................ A Lawrence RACE 11, 3.17pm CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR STAKES

C5, 457m 1 27471 Cotswald Prince 25.70................ L Laagland 2 15343 Gainsford 25.72................................ B Craik 3 66381 Opawa Sacha nwtd..................... B Littlejohn 4 54142 Hauko 25.67.................................... G Farrell 5 32632 Thrilling Vegas 25.34....................... K Walsh 6 44413 Koko Whiz 25.49.........................D Schofield 7 12123 Thrilling Edge nwtd.......................... K Walsh 8 45485 Valain’s Flyer 25.61......................T M Patton 9 28563 Magico 25.81................................... L Martin 10 34187 Thrilling Blitz 25.41........................... S Clark RACE 12, 3.35pm FOND FOODS LTD SPRINT C5, 375m 1 15421 Lord Will 21.09...................................C Hore 2 21731 Black Hombre 21.07......................... S Clark 3 37532 Making Debree 21.29.....................P Henley 4 32412 Mirage 21.04 F &............................Turnwald 5 11111 Short And Snappy 21.07...............P Cleaver 6 81876 Grizz 20.92....................................... S Clark 7 26212 Calamity Free 21.14....................D Schofield 8 16863 Mahonie 21.22............................ G Pomeroy 9 51552 Winsome Buster 21.22...............D Schofield 10 25833 Ladakh 21.37.................................. G Farrell RACE 13, 3.50pm SERGIO @ STUD STAKES C1, 457m 1 67855 Madam Norris nwtd..........................T Green 2 21 Thrilling Brave 26.13........................ K Walsh 3 7488x Lucylicious nwtd................................T Agent 4 32857 Wolf Marine nwtd...........................P Cleaver 5 x1111 Way Too Crude (c2) 25.54 F &.......Turnwald 6 68666 Otewa Bella nwtd......................S M Gardner 7 56867 Ghost Writer 25.68.............................S Ross 8 55486 Urban Combat nwtd.......................P Cleaver LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

Christchurch greyhound fields and form Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today.

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, 4.27pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C4, 295m 1 61651 Botany Prancer (c5) 17.54.........J McInerney 2 64433 Homebush Edith 17.21..............J McInerney 3 17258 New York Affair 18.08 J &.......................May 4 75876 Jonny Jet nwtd...................................J Dunn 5 65544 Excuse Please 17.35................... J McMillan 6 74632 Adini 17.16.................................... L Waretini 7 Memphis Hotcakes....................... Scratched 8 45565 Nova’s Fortune 17.27.................J McInerney 9 55547 Life’s A Laugh 17.39..................R Blackburn 10 61787 Fulla Torque 17.55 B &..................... T Shaw RACE 2, 4.49pm GAP’S 1000TH ADOPTION SPRINT C5, 295m 1 17341 Go Housie 17.09............................ G Cleeve 2 51786 Wise Wonder 17.34 C &..................... Fagan 3 46212 Gitcha Easy 17.25 W &...................... Nissen 4 35421 Fizzle Bale nwtd C &....................D Roberts 5 37642 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 6 71588 Know Favours 17.37...................... G Cleeve 7 32622 Ocotillo 17.03 J &............................D Fahey 8 44414 Oscar Tuivasa 17.36........................L Philips 9 64155 Tricky Harry nwtd........................... J Holdem 10 21736 Homebush Sarge 17.35.............J McInerney RACE 3, 5.04pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK DASH C5, 295m 1 31158 Dillmanstown 17.45............................J Dunn

2 11115 Cawbourne Queen 17.23 C &......D Roberts 3 18881 Matti Oah 17.08.........................J McInerney 4 33361 Callahan 17.26............................. M Roberts 5 11112 More Better 17.09 W &...................... Nissen 6 21488 Wandy Boiler 17.33........................ G Cleeve 7 78288 Sea Spray Tich 17.50..................... R Casey 8 12137 Know Advantage 17.04.................. G Cleeve 9 18243 Nippa Mary 17.09......................J McInerney 10 51574 Ciri Rioli 17.18 J &...........................D Fahey RACE 4, 5.24pm HAMPDEN TAVERN STAKES C3, 520m 1 34858 Waterview Lass 30.66 C &................. Fagan 2 22142 Red Typhoon 30.56.......................... M Grant 3 32315 Rambunctious 30.63..................A Bradshaw 4 11181 Olympic Medal 30.23 J &.................D Fahey 5 61825 Girl Racer 30.42 H &...........................Taylor 6 Bob’s Eye...................................... Scratched 7 15811 Cawbourne Renee 30.75 C &.......D Roberts 8 87756 Take No Prisoner 30.42................. G Cleeve 9 42762 Opawa Style 30.55 L &....................... Wales 10 34268 Wayleggo 30.33 J &.........................D Fahey RACE 5, 5.45pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY STAKES C4, 520m 1 Take A Trick................................... Scratched 2 34725 Pindari 30.32 J &.............................D Fahey 3 17384 Opawa Bomb 30.67 L &..................... Wales 4 51341 Mick and Paddy 30.34 W &............... Nissen 5 22323 Unshaken 30.48 J &........................D Fahey 6 25256 Opawa Webby 30.51 L &.................... Wales 7 23345 Homebush Violet 30.50..............J McInerney

8 57378 Stolen Money 17.97....................... G Cleeve 9 Adulterous..................................... Scratched 10 78183 Homebush Iris 30.66..................J McInerney RACE 6, 6.15pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS HEAT C5q, 520m 1 31217 Gordon Bale 30.43 C &................D Roberts 2 43362 Opawa Rapid 30.54 L &..................... Wales 3 44616 Ultimate Dream 29.93................A Bradshaw 4 23453 Brighton Bullet 30.01 J &.................D Fahey 5 14366 No Undies Sundy 30.39.............J McInerney 6 12354 Finn McMissile 30.78.......................L Philips 7 78118 Homebush Chopper 30.70.........J McInerney 8 57411 Know Attempt 30.46...................... G Cleeve 9 Adulterous (c4)............................. Scratched RACE 7, 6.39pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS HEAT C5q, 520m 1 37635 Wild Grove 30.41 C &...................D Roberts 2 81511 Brooklyn Hope 30.17 J &.................D Fahey 3 52213 Sosan 30.94 C &..........................D Roberts 4 17462 Indi’s Grace 30.56............................ M Grant 5 42377 Bella Dior nwtd...........................J McInerney 6 11211 Raw Energy 29.96.....................J McInerney 7 13113 Know Class 30.12.......................... G Cleeve 8 51667 Opawa Casper 30.23 L &................... Wales 9 Adulterous (c4)............................. Scratched RACE 8, 7.02pm BARRON’S SUPPLIES SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS HEAT C5q, 520m 1 11255 Russell Hart 30.24.....................J McInerney 2 Opawa Midnight............................ Scratched

3 56186 Cawbourne Philip 30.34.............J McInerney 4 33142 Jinjarango 29.93 J &........................D Fahey 5 27222 Opawa Swede (c4) 30.02 J &..........D Fahey 6 32187 Smash Amy 30.99........................... M Grant 7 11257 Piggy Back nwtd............................... S Clark 8 21368 Magic Lass 30.43 C &..................D Roberts 9 32856 Adulterous (c4) nwtd C &..............D Roberts RACE 9, 7.28pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE N Z STAYERS CUP HEAT C2dq, 732m 1 52661 Know Peril 44.39............................ G Cleeve 2 67215 Goldstar Bella (c1) nwtd S &...........B Evans 3 83614 Retaliate First nwtd F &..................Turnwald 4 53633 Know Future (c0) nwtd................... G Cleeve 5 12111 Thrilling Brat 43.66........................... K Walsh 6 14332 Bornato (c1) nwtd...................... A Lawrence 7 35347 Chill Out Ralph nwtd J &.................D Fahey 8 66x65 Law To Excel (c0) nwtd M &..............Jopson 9 Cawbourne Kesha (c0)................. Scratched RACE 10, 7.55pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE N Z STAYERS CUP HEAT C2dq, 732m 1 Sahara Storm (c1)........................ Scratched 2 35454 Bigtime Kelina nwtd..........................B Shaw 3 21242 Thrilling Quest nwtd......................... K Walsh 4 44766 Know Honour (c1) nwtd................. G Cleeve 5 65226 Know Chaos (c0) nwtd................... G Cleeve 6 33325 Mr. Chino 45.48.......................... A Lawrence 7 74224 Jinja Power (c1) nwtd J &................D Fahey 8 63143 Little Teegan (c1) nwtd............... A Lawrence 9 45546 Cawbourne Kesha (c0) nwtd.....J McInerney

RACE 11, 8.16pm HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY ED STANLEY DASH C5, 295m 1 31522 Mr. Whippy 17.22 W &....................... Nissen 2 35663 Wandy Chick 17.36........................ G Cleeve 3 11584 Homebush Helen 17.18.............J McInerney 4 87388 Wandy Devil nwtd............................ M Grant 5 63161 Elki 17.31..................................... M Roberts 6 6F323 Etched In Stone 17.25...............R Blackburn 7 43461 Roqette 17.22 C &........................D Roberts 8 25541 Drysdale 17.17.....................................A Lee 9 18243 Nippa Mary 17.09......................J McInerney 10 46237 Pearl’s Boy 17.19........................... G Cleeve RACE 12, 8.40pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C4, 295m 1 61587 Kin Nikki nwtd............................... L Waretini 2 64831 Nerd Corner 17.63........................... M Grant 3 12768 Blickling Bridge 17.53 J &.......................May 4 52137 False Step nwtd.................................J Dunn 5 31211 Gotta Go Ace 17.48...................R Blackburn 6 42346 Austin Wana nwtd......................J McInerney 7 25746 Anytime Will Do (c3) 17.48........J McInerney 8 45214 Homebush Mayhem 17.27.........J McInerney 9 75378 Opawa Legs 17.56 L &....................... Wales 10 357x7 Business Plan nwtd...................R Blackburn LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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Fields for Cambridge-Te Awamutu HRC meeting at Cambridge Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 5 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9 Trebles 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9 RACE 1 5.59pm (NZT) VAN DYKS BEDDING EXTRAVAGANZA MOBILE PACE $5500, 4yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2700m 1 90x86 Mister T (1) fr........................... S Lawson (J) 2 62536 Guilty Verdict (2) fr.........................T Mitchell 3 008x8 American Classic fr....................... Scratched 4 00865 American Grace (3) fr..................J Stormont 5 56x07 Ergo (4) fr.......................................... L Hollis 6 94040 Old Man Geez (5) fr...................... C Webber 7 55543 Captivating (6) fr..................... R Downey (J) 8 x2667 Hitch (7) fr................................ Z Butcher (J) 9 29404 Lively Eastburn (21) fr.....................S Phelan 10 54445 Sir Indianapolis (22) fr.............. J I Dickie (J) 11 38760 Jack Bates (23) fr...........................N Chilcott RACE 2 6.25pm RACE WITH THE CHIEFS F&M MOBILE PACE $5000, 2yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 5 High Society Gal (1) fr............. S Lawson (J) 2 7x286 Ideal Party (2) fr........................ J I Dickie (J) 3 72347 Silence Is Golden (3) fr............. M McKendry 4 4340 Vote For Me (4) fr...................... S McCaffrey 5 79287 Real Faith (5) fr............................. P Butcher 6 Smoken Bad (6) fr.................... Z Butcher (J) 7 56483 Monets Daughter (7) fr................. B Mangos 8 04468 Tina Brydon (8) fr..........................T Grayling

RACE 3 6.50pm FAIRVIEW MOTORS CAMBRIDGE HANDICAP TROT $5000, 3yo+ up to 1 win spechcp trot, stand, 2200m 1 0859 It’s Big Time (1) fr.................................P Hall 2 33786 McConway (2) fr............................ P Butcher 3 86667 Brydon Spur (3) fr..................... M McKendry 4 53 Idle Lea (4) fr.................................N Chilcott 5 x0808 A Night In Paris (U1) fr.................. S Branch 6 7P348 Burt Munro (1) 30.....................D Branch (J) 7 0401 Jimbo Johnson (U1) 30.....................D Balle 8 0x009 Great Barrier (U2) 30.................D Alexander RACE 4 7.15pm KONICA MINOLTA TAURANGA C&G MOBILE PACE $5000, 2yo+ c&g non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 76 Got To Be Good (1) fr................... P Butcher 2 03685 Dralion (2) fr........................................L Neal 3 Classic American (3) fr..................N Chilcott 4 9 Kadar (4) fr......................................S Phelan 5 x80x4 Arden’s Ambrose (5) fr.............. M McKendry 6 Lofty Brogden (U1) fr........................G Robb RACE 5 7.40pm LAURISTON PARK CAMBRIDGE MOBILE PACE $5500, 2yo+ 1 win mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 40341 Guns Blazing (1) fr................... Z Butcher (J) 2 75P17 Vapour (2) fr....................................S Phelan 3 12x06 Macy Delight (3) fr........................... G Small 4 24154 Cougar Bromac (4) fr................. J Abernethy 5 53320 Maloo (5) fr................................... P Butcher 6 14037 Aces N Eights (6) fr.......................N Chilcott 7 2560x Salvador (7) fr...............................B Mangos 8 36850 Heart Of Jessie (8) fr................ M McKendry

DAILY DIARY TODAY - THURSDAY, JUNE 27 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. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, new players very welcome. Sports Hall, Tancred Street.

9.30am - 12.30pm. ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. Open today. Methodist Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.00pm. ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time round op shop. Ashburton Baptist Church, Cnr Cass and Havelock Street.

10.00am. ST DAVID’S UNI0N CHURCH. Fit Kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.30am. MID CANTERBURY NEW COMERS NETWORK. New Comers coffee morning group. McDonald’s Ashburton.

10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Qigong exercises, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.45am. TINWALD GARDEN CLUB. Mid winter lunch, then annual meeting. Stables Restaurant then Tinwald Hall.

12.30pm. M.S.A. PETANQUE. Petanque has started, everyone welcome, Racecourse Road.

1.00pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH SOCIETY INDOOR BOWLS. Bowls afternoon new and old members welcome.

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St. 2.00pm. R.S.A. WOMENS SECTION. Entertainment, R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, Creek Road.

TOMORROW FRIDAY JUNE 28 9.00am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in centre, St Andrews Anglican Church Hall, cnr Thomson and Jane Street, Tinwald.

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Classic aircraft on display. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm. R.S.A. Euchre. R.S.A. Cox Street, Ashburton.

1.30pm. ARTHRITIS GET TOGETHER. Meeting at Trevor Wilson Centre, Tancred Street.

2.00pm. CAVENDISH CLUB. Speaker from Allenton florist. 31 Tancred Street.

9 05311 Electric Chapel (U1) fr............. S Lawson (J) RACE 6 8.05pm KONICA MINOLTA ROTORUA MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ 2 to 5 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 77358 Chequeme Rosie (1) fr............. M McKendry 2 14866 Golden Delight (2) fr................ S Lawson (J) 3 21992 Beguiling (3) fr..................................G Robb 4 64329 Shardon’s Pearl (4) fr....................... G Small 5 91800 Viewfield Apache (5) fr............. Z Butcher (J) 6 69368 Hot And Saucy (6) fr..................... P Butcher 7 66448 Tyler Maguire (7) fr M Salaivao (J,............Cl) 8 21515 In The Living Years (8) fr S Abernethy (J,.Cl) 9 71080 Meet Me In Mayfair (21) fr..............S Phelan RACE 7 8.30pm THE COW VETS HANDICAP PACE $6000, 2 to 5 wins discrhcp pace, stand, 2200m 1 50787 Millview Rachal (1) fr................D Branch (J) 2 34447 Lucky John (2) fr........................... P Butcher 3 66112 Broadway (3) fr................... J MacKinnon (J) 4 55114 Stunin Banner (1) 10.....................T Mitchell 5 50219 Underwood Road (2) 10................... L Hollis 6 40530 Christian Acropolis (3) 10........ Z Butcher (J) 7 5x699 Callie O’Malley 10......................... Scratched 8 21515 In The Living Years (1) 20...............S Phelan RACE 8 8.55pm PROLIFE FOODS LTD JUNIOR DRIVERS HANDICAP TROT $6000, 4yo+ 1 to 6 wins discrhcp trot jun.d, stand, 2200m 1 77167 Cascadia (1) fr..................F Schumacher (J) 2 x4062 Sundon’s Mountain (2) fr..............A Veint (J) 3 1 Be Seein Ya (3) fr...................T Cameron (J) 4 83657 Jimmys Girl fr................................ Scratched 5 59321 Empire Earl (4) fr.................... R Downey (J)

6 49227 Kawarau Spur (5) fr.................. J I Dickie (J) 7 7P348 Burt Munro fr................................. Scratched 8 07708 Pretty To Watch (U1) fr......... S McMullan (J) 9 000x0 Bunnys Gem fr.............................. Scratched 10 30322 Rare Opportunity (1) 10........... Z Butcher (J) 11 5x3x1 Banana Smoothie (2) 10..... J MacKinnon (J) 12 54634 Surreal Moment (3) 10............. S Lawson (J) 13 66645 Patienceofasaint (1) 20........ S Abernethy (J) 14 22327 Tommiray (1) 30..................... M Salaivao (J) 15 97472 Phoebe Gladiator (1) 40...........D Branch (J) Emergency: Bunnys Gem RACE 9 9.25pm PAGE MACRAE ENGINEERING AMATEUR DRIVERS MBL PACE $5000, up to 5 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 99676 Garndor (1) fr..................................F Phelan 2 32331 Lambrusco (2) fr........................ M Northcott 3 22142 Kilarney Guy (3) fr.......................... T Thorby 4 91800 Viewfield Apache fr....................... Scratched 5 75805 Thrill Factor (4) fr........................... S Phillips 6 67530 Dougie Maguire (5) fr.........................W Rich 7 5x699 Callie O’Malley (6) fr..........................J Nigro 8 70043 Beaming Jay (7) fr............................J Darby 9 76975 Busy Being Fabulous (21) fr.............T Wenn LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} - Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down

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Stratford RC fields, form and riders Fields for Stratford RC meeting at Stratford today.

NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 RACE 1 11.00am (NZT) J SWAP CONTRACTING R65 2000 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2000m 1 32162 Field Daze m (13) 59...................B Lammas 2 28128 Lieutenant Lincoln (8) 58.5............. J Riddell 3 52x62 Snodroptwinkletoes mb (11) 58.T Kahlon (a4) 4 32x58 No Spurs Needed (7) 56.5............. H Tinsley 5 56x03 Jackabean h (10) 56............ R Hutchings (a) 6 1x879 Teodora m (3) 56..............................S Doyle 7 x7920 Torrado dm (1) 55.5................K Chiong (a4) 8 56010 Carinya dm (6) 55.....................B Grylls (a2) 9 80236 Jamomiti (9) 55............................R Hannam 10 250x0 Kindacool (5) 54.5................ M Dravitzki (a2) 11 07750 Maude m (14) 54....................... M Cameron 12 x9x05 Vicki Anne (2) 54 13 09x07 Stuertzer m (12) 54.......................... K Myers 14 6x088 Goldie Cantride mh (4) 54 15 990x0 Victor Alberto m (15) 54............... L Allpress RACE 2 11.30am FIELD TORQUE TARANAKI LTD R85 2000 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 2000m 1 49081 Mini Pearl dm (5) 59................ D Turner (a3) 2 11x41 Mahanadi m (8) 58.5......................D Walker 3 02801 Borrack m (4) 57..................... S Pashai (a4) 4 67x63 Stormin Norman tm (2) 57...........R Hannam 5 08x80 The Raconteur dm (1) 54.5....... M Cameron 6 24670 Ocean Bound (3) 54........................ K Myers 7 8x023 Jacksun dm (7) 54............... M Dravitzki (a2) 8 6x001 Mr Handsomelad (6) 54............B Grylls (a2) RACE 3 12.00pm BTW 3YO MAIDEN 1200 $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 253 Summer Dale 57.5........................ Scratched 2 963 Mr Ink (9) 57.5......................... D Turner (a3) 3 49x59 Werribee (5) 57.5............................ J Riddell 4 Sortemout (4) 57.5..................... M Cameron 5 07 Dal Cayambe (13) 57.5..... J Shackleton (a3) 6 0x Innuendo (14) 57.5........................ H Tinsley 7 Negev (10) 57.5..............................D Walker 8 03 By A Whisker (7) 55.5.......................K Smith 9 7794x Bella’s Delight (2) 55.5.................B Lammas 10 85x04 Nightclubs (11) 55.5............. M Dravitzki (a2) 11 8x5 Pretty Please (8) 55.5...............B Grylls (a2) 12 0 Fashion Guru (12) 55.5................. L Allpress 13 5x8 Stunning Princess (3) 55.5.............. K Myers 14 0 Golden Shells (6) 55.5......... R Hutchings (a) 15 Skychi h (1) 55.5............................D Bradley RACE 4 12.30pm MAURICE VICKERS CARTAGE R65 1200 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 x8755 Jojo dm (12) 59............................R Hannam 2 787x4 Daufino tdm (7) 57.5............ M Dravitzki (a2) 3 659x0 I Am Leo dm (5) 57.5........................K Smith 4 31626 Sarah Jane d (10) 57................B Grylls (a2) 5 1 Wow Whata Princess dm (11) 57.. H Tinsley 6 x3301 Joan Frances d (3) 56.5................ L Allpress 7 46261 Salute Me dm (9) 56.5............. D Turner (a3)

11 70200 Diamond Sutra (7) 56.5...............B Lammas 12 879x5 Decadent (10) 56.5...................B Grylls (a2) 13 x2607 Hi Yo Ko (15) 56.5.............................K Smith 14 0x07x Our Memoir (9) 56.5.................... R Hannam 15 Patience (14) 56.5...........................S Collett RACE 6 1.40pm ELTHAM VET SERVICES MAIDEN 1480 $7000, MDN, 1480m 1 07338 Clan O’Ceirin (12) 58.5...................D Walker 2 04x6 Ghazawan (16) 58.5.........................S Doyle 3 24x46 Hostage bh (18) 56.5........... R Hutchings (a) 4 020x4 Skupina (7) 56.5..................... T Kahlon (a4) 5 7x033 Jazz Rock (13) 56.5.....................B Lammas 6 7682 Kahui Lass (15) 56.5.................... L Allpress 7 83x28 Shezastunna (14) 56.5.................. H Tinsley 8 8030 Single Mission (9) 56.5.....................K Smith 9 5 Done (2) 56.5.............................. V Johnston 10 Divine h (1) 56.5............................D Bradley 11 Lady Chaos (17) 56.5.............. D Turner (a3) 12 Mog (3) 56.5.............................. M Cameron 13 0x8 Quest For Gold (5) 56.5................... K Myers 14 7 Shadow Player (10) 56.5.................S Collett 15 6667x Iznogoud (8) 58.5 16 76907 Bella Artois (4) 56.5................ S Pashai (a4) 17 46008 Leather N’ Lace (11) 56.5 18 0x000 Cee Cee Rocks 58.5..................... Scratched 19 30x00 Gentella h (6) 56.5 Emergencies: Iznogoud, Bella Artois, Leather N’ Lace, Cee Cee Rocks, Gentella RACE 7 2.15pm GJS NZ LTD R75 1480 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1480m 1 5x048 Defenciti m (12) 59.................K Chiong (a4) 2 64441 Don’tlikemonday m (2) 58.5.M Dravitzki (a2) 3 4620x Hydrogen (4) 58.5........................T Thornton 4 8110x Les Sylphides tmh (15) 57.5.............S Doyle 5 1x350 Willy Duggan m (1) 57.5.................D Walker 6 72269 Benny’s Sister tdm (16) 56.5.......B Lammas 7 06x00 I’m Back Jack m (7) 56.5..........B Grylls (a2) 8 1037x Abstain mh (14) 56.................... M Cameron Hayden Tinsley 9 131x6 El Patron m (5) 56............ K Kalychurun (a3) 10 32077 Gus (6) 56................................... V Johnston 11 3x043 Snow Excuse mb (13) 56.............. H Tinsley 8 469Px Bobby (6) 56.......................... K Kalychurun (a3) 12 89x44 Faro Rubino m (3) 54........................K Smith 9 6807x Marain (2) 54.5............................T Thornton 13 00x63 Wannabe Queen m (9) 54.............D Bradley 10 756x0 Alkempo dm (8) 54.5...................B Lammas 14 0x872 Kick Back (11) 54 11 68784 Sam I Am (1) 54..............................S Collett 15 9x353 Royal Haze tdmbh (10) 54............ L Allpress 12 3090x Ballroom dm (4) 54..................... V Johnston RACE 5 1.05pm STEVE GULLIVER 50TH BIRTHDAY BASH 16 7x527 Ishiarose 54.................................. Scratched 17 670x6 Lakota (8) 54 MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m Emergencies: Royal Haze, Ishiarose, Lakota 1 0x47x Mr Cool Boy (3) 58.5....................... K Myers RACE 8 2.50pm HOOKER PACIFIC MAIDEN 1600 $7000, 2 0 Foxcub (1) 58.5.............................. H Tinsley MDN, 1600m 3 60x50 General Lee (2) 58.5....... K Kalychurun (a3) 1 57x02 Light Handed (13) 58.5.....................S Doyle 4 0x99 Dal Vuitton (11) 58.5......... J Shackleton (a3) 2 0x354 Lotto (14) 58.5................................. K Myers 5 Lykaroc h (6) 58.5...........................D Walker 3 56854 Border (15) 58.5............................. H Tinsley 6 Vice Marshall (12) 58.5................... J Riddell 4 36 Mack b (1) 58.5.......................... M Cameron 7 33285 Luck At Last (4) 56.5.................. V Johnston 5 0x0 Our Comedian (2) 58.5................... J Riddell 8 0082 Mer Noire (13) 56.5................... M Cameron 6 997. Finally Ready (9) 58.5......... M Dravitzki (a2) 9 3 Bonny Heights (5) 56.5................. L Allpress 7 0 Tony Soprano (4) 58.5...................D Bradley 10 08x3 Curvaceous h (8) 56.5......................S Doyle

8 72725 MacKenzie (12) 56.5....................R Hannam 9 x4965 Ngawhini (8) 56.5..................... D Turner (a3) 10 630x8 Set (10) 56.5................................. L Allpress 11 60x55 Graceful Joy (5) 56.5................B Grylls (a2) 12 990 I’m Bella (3) 56.5........................ V Johnston 13 00 Miss Comaneci (7) 56.5....................K Smith 14 6x079 Russian Haze (11) 56.5..................D Walker 15 D00x0 A Soldiers Song (6) 58.5 Emergency: A Soldiers Song RACE 9 3.25pm DAIRYMASTER MILKING SYSTEMS MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 R0892 Huckster (1) 58.5...................K Smith 2 x2400 Now Weretalkin’ (9) 58.5..................S Collett 3 0x083 Norbert (14) 58.5............................ J Riddell 4 0x04 Golden Duck (15) 58.5.................R Hannam 5 Redhectare (6) 58.5.............. M Hudson (a3) 6 63x32 Grace With Power b (3) 56.5........... K Myers 7 09x3 A’Rosa Blu (7) 56.5............. R Hutchings (a) 8 68374 Beguiling h (8) 56.5...................... L Allpress 9 29045 Star Emerald (2) 56.5...............B Grylls (a2) 10 x0480 Excuse O’ (5) 56.5............... M Dravitzki (a2) 11 54966 Go Beauty (10) 56.5.......................D Walker 12 7x5 Shez Ekceptional (12) 56.5....... M Cameron 13 Leaper Faith (11) 56.5..... K Kalychurun (a3) 14 8x908 Party Girl (4) 56.5.......................... H Tinsley 15 D00x0 A Soldiers Song (13) 58.5 Emergency: A Soldiers Song RACE 10 4.00pm CENTRAL TYRES & AUTOMOTIVE R65 1600 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 99x53 Dal Dantrix d (13) 59.................... L Allpress 2 7x054 Riverman Jack h (9) 59.................. J Riddell 3 6x173 Alphabet Street (6) 58................... H Tinsley 4 43091 Clapathunda dm (5) 58............ D Turner (a3) 5 323x1 Fred Flinstone m (1) 58...............B Lammas 6 x6521 Power Trip 58................................ Scratched 7 7x212 Good Risk dm (3) 57.................. V Johnston 8 514x2 One Kay dm (11) 57............ R Hutchings (a) 9 7x382 Go Thunder m (7) 57................. M Cameron 10 1x065 Kenneth db (4) 56.5.........................S Collett 11 34x95 Dinksta d (2) 55.5............................ K Myers 12 0x176 Deidre (14) 55................................D Bradley 13 1x66P Miss Holly (8) 55................... M Hudson (a3) 14 210x0 Warrior Princess dm (12) 55.M Dravitzki (a2) 15 78x90 Royal Vi dm (15) 54.....................T Thornton 16 09x07 Stuertzer 54.................................. Scratched 17 6x088 Goldie Cantride dmh (10) 54 Emergencies: Royal Vi, Stuertzer, Goldie Cantride Blinkers on : Goldie Cantride (R1), Werribee (R3), Alkempo (R4), Foxcub, Our Memoir (R5), Clan O’Ceirin, Hostage, Single Mission (R6), Royal Haze (R7), Tony Soprano (R8), Now Weretalkin’ (R9), Royal Vi, Goldie Cantride (R10) Blinkers off : No Spurs Needed (R1), Ballroom (R4), Gentella (R6), Hydrogen (R7) Winkers on : Vicki Anne (R1), Our Comedian, I’m Bella (R8), Norbert (R9), Riverman Jack, Kenneth (R10) Winkers off : Alkempo (R4), Mr Cool Boy, Foxcub (R5), Hostage (R6), Royal Haze (R7)

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Countback earns surprise title for Auckland trio The Carlton Cornwall women’s triples team accepted their title yesterday at the National Club Championships in Invercargill.

Skipped by former international Reen Stratford the side had won just two games from the four that were played and sat the final round out as a win by default, but it was enough of a step up to the podium to win the event on differential.

Each of the five teams in the field

were given a win by default due to the Omaranui (Hawke’s Bay) triples being unable to attend.

But with all sides bringing their best game and winning two matches each, it was the closest call yet at the championships being held at Waverley Bowling Club.

“If you’d asked us yesterday whether we’d be standing up here, we’d have said no way,” Stratford said.

“It’s a real surprise. It’s fantastic.”

The win is Stratford’s second national title, her first being won alongside teammate Bev Crowe (lead) in the pairs at the 2010 National Open Championships.

For Crowe it’s number four and a first for a jubilant Karen De Jongh.

Only one more national title away from the Gold Star – awarded to Kiwi bowlers that have won five national titles – Crowe was also part of the

victorious sides that took out the pairs and fours titles at the 2008 National Open Championships.

Prestigious credentials aside, the veteran bowlers still felt the pressure from the sidelines as they waited for the results to come in.

Southland’s Waikiwi side were looking likely for a second title – a third for the Southland Centre – but dropped both rounds played yesterday; 17-13 to the Manurewa

CLUB NEWS Ashburton County Lions The Annual Changeover of Officers evening for Ashburton County Lions was held at Ashburton Hotel last week.

President Christine Stewart presided over an excellent attendance (given the weather conditions) of members, partners, visitors from other clubs, and guests.

A greeting was received from America from 2nd Vice District Governor Elect Fern Blake, a member of the club.

A candle of remembrance was lit by Lion Lucille Brown, honouring deceased members of the club. All stood to pay tribute to Lion Helen Lowe; also to Elaine Rawlinson, a former club member who had died during the week.

President Christine extended thanks to all who had been involved in preparations for the gathering, especially Lion Jackie Ryan for flowers; Lion Adele O’Connor for small gifts of Shiseido product; and Lion Fiona Williamson for arranging the raffle prizes.

Toasts applicable to the occasion were honoured – the first to visitors, partners and friends proposed by Lion Moyra Whiting, responded to by Ken Borland; and the second to the international Association of Lions Clubs, proposed by Zone Chairman Tony Thomas and replied to by Past District Governor Jack Allan, who reminded us that the International Association is each of us and not a Board of Directors in America.

Coleen King, sponsored by Lion Moyra Whiting, was inducted into membership of the club by PDG Jack Allan, and was warmly welcomed by all members.

The Blake Trophy for the member who has contributed well ‘behind the scenes’ throughout the year, was presented to Lion Betty Watson.

A very comprehensive report of a full year of service to, and caring for, a great many parts of community was presented by President Christine.

The Board of Directors for 2013-14, led by new President Lilian Wakelin, was installed into office by 1st Vice District Governor Elect Graham Edge who congratulated club leadership and members on an outstanding year which included a number of innovative activities.

Following a delightful meal, the gathering was entertained by Fiona Maginness, on flute, and Bruce Hortin, with guitar. They played several well known melodies to which those attending were able to sing-along.

Raffles were drawn, after which new President Lilian thanked the club for the privilege of being leader for this year.

Tail twisting with Lion Jackie Ryan brought a light hearted touch to the conclusion of this very special evening in the life of Ashburton County Lions Club.

Ashburton Hearing Association President Russell Anstiss welcomed everyone to our Winter Dinner held at the Senior Centre on June 21. Our numbers were depleted but 49 brave souls ventured out into the cold weather and were rewarded with delicious food and good company. A special welcome was extended to our guest speaker, Nick Wall.

12.51pm, February 22, 2011 is time and date Nick Wall will never forget. Nick was working as an accountant for Leech and Partners out of the Pyne Gould Corporation Building in Christchurch when the 6.3 earthquake struck. Trapped for ten hours amongst huge concrete debris from the stories above, Nick related the experiences that occurred as he made shouted communication to the surviving staff whilst suffering severe crush injuries he had sustained. Eventually sounds of rescue crews were a relief and Nick praised the courage and tenacity of those brave people whose own lives were in danger also. Nick’s road to recovery has been long and ongoing treatment continues, but his story is inspiring and testament to the strength of the human spirit to survive. Nick’s very explicit slides explained how the building did not stand up to the ‘shake’ but the views of the plans for the reconstruction of Christchurch CBD gives hope for a positive future ahead.

Trevor Gamblin thanked Nick and presented him with a fruit

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MORNING

tV1 6.00 Breakfast.

9.00 Good Morning.

10.00 Ellen. (G, R) Ellen DeGeneres talks with special guest Octavia Spencer.

11.00 Coach Trip. (PGR) 11.30 House Guest. (G, R) 12.00 ONE News. (T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Amy’s in a mood, Laurel is frustrated, and Victoria is annoyed at Andy.

1.30 Come Dine With Me. (G) 2.00 Four Weddings USA. (PGR, R) 3.00 Ellen. (G, R) Ellen DeGeneres chats with guest Zach Braff.

3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 MasterChef: The Professionals – Australia. (G, T) 5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat.

(G, T) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) Ali Mau, Greg Boyed and Jesse Mulligan bring you a fresh perspective on the conversations New Zealanders are having.

7.30 Coronation Street.

(PGR, T) Sean and Marcus’ adoption plans race on, and Carla puts the brakes on.

8.30 Miranda. (PGR, R, T) Miranda has been caring for her ill mother for five very long days.

9.05 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(AO, R, T) 9.45 The Catherine Tate Show. (AO, R, T) 10.20 ONE News Tonight. (T) 10.50 Soccer. FIFA U-20s.

New Zealand v Uruguay.

Highlights.

11.20 Tennis. Wimbledon.

Day 3. Highlights.

tray, with our best wishes. A beautiful roast meal and dessert was served by Mrs Bev Opthoog and her helpers, followed by tea and coffee, which rounded off a most enjoyable afternoon.

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club President Meredith Lowe welcomed everyone to the Club’s Annual Changeover meeting on June 24.

A welcome was made to members of other Lions Clubs then members observed a minute silence for Allan Andrews who passed away last week. Apologies and messages were read by Secretary Barry Bluett.

Graham Taylor toasted the visitors before Zone Chairman Tony Thomas spoke on the need for inter-club visiting to broaden our outlook on Lions activities.

PDG Noel Lowe toasted Lions International with County Lions member Christine Stewart replying. Both spoke of the importance of international links and the work done internationally by Lions.

Following the meal Graeme Mably toasted the Ladies, thanking all the Pakeke Lions members’ wives for their contribution throughout the year.

Robin Everest replied saying it was an honour to be involved in the club.

Meredith Lowe presented the President’s Report, pleased to announce the club’s donations to local community groups totalling $16,412.

During the year many service functions were provided to the community including Street collections, the provision of firewood to Presbyterian Support, St Vincent de Paul and the Salvation Army for distribution to needy families. The Club’s van was donated to the Canterbury District Health Board. This report was seconded by the incoming President John Lynch.

The induction of a new member Milner Jacob (sponsored by Jim McIntyre) was carried out by PDG Jack Allan.

Tailtwister Ron extracted some dollars from members for misdemeanours they had committed during the month. Founding Member Doug Watson talked on how he came to be involved with the archives of the Club and how important it is to keep records of events. Every year at the meeting Doug displays a gallery of Past Presidents.

The Installation of Officers for the 2013-2014 Year followed with Allan inducting the new Board consisting of: President John Lynch; 1st VP Bob Rodgers; 2nd VP Ray Harraway; 3rd VP Peter O’Neill; Secretary Barry Bluett; Treasurer Graeme Mably; Past President Meredith Lowe. Directors: Membership Maurice Wilson; Projects Arthur Pawsey; Programme & Social Graeme Neale; Street Appeals & Youth Bob Jones; Bulletin Editor Graham Taylor; Tailtwister Ron Paterson; Lion Tamer Brian Marsden; Director of Meals Noel Lowe; Members Welfare Meredith Lowe.

Lynch welcomed his new Board and thanked them for volunteering to lead the Club through the next Year. Past President Meredith was presented with the reclining Lion who in turn wished Lynch a successful year.

Mid Canterbury Ladies Probus Club There was an excellent attendance of members at our June meeting and a new member was introduced and welcomed.

Our speakers for the meeting were Brent Ennor and Karen Harris representing the Terrace View Retirement Village. We were given a very informative talk on the range of retirement lifestyle options, along with rest home and hospital care, which will be available at their new complex, which is situated on five acres of land on Carters Terrace.

Many members then enjoyed a mid-winter dinner at the Stables Restaurant.

Nor’westers Muso’s Club

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6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (G, T) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Grizzly Tales.

(G, R, T) 7.25 Scooby Doo. (G, R, T) 7.50 Pokemon: Black and White.

(T) 8.15 Franklin. (G, R, T) 8.40 Mike The Knight. (G, R, T) 8.50 Fireman Sam. (G, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours.

(G, R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (R, T) 12.00 Hart Of Dixie. (G, R, T) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Jeremy Kyle USA. 3.00 Mr Men. (G, R, T) 3.05 Doc McStuffins. (G, T) 3.30 Back At The Barnyard.

(G, R, T) 4.00 Good Luck Charlie.

(G, R, T) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

5.00 Horace In Slow Motion.

(G, R) 5.01 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (G, R, T) 5.30 Hope And Faith. (G, R, T) 6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, T) 7.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, T) Nicole and Vinnie give in to the love bug.

7.30 Police Ten 7. (T) 8.00 RBT. (Final, G, T) 8.30 Once Upon A Time.

(PGR, T) With the aid of Hook, Regina attempts to put a plan in motion that will help transport herself and Henry back to Fairytale land.

9.30 20/20. (T) 10.30 Vampire Diaries. (AO, T) Klaus returns to his past in New Orleans.

11.30 Police Ten 7. (R, T) 12.00 Final Witness. 1.00 Crash Course. (R, T) 1.30 Infomercials.

2.30 Desperate Housewives. (AO, R, T) 3.20 The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business. (PGR, R) 4.05 Anderson. (R, R) 5.05 Erin Simpson. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

6.00 8.30 10.30 11.30 12.00 12.30 1.00 2.00 3.00

4.00 5.00 5.30

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Chelsea New Zealand’s Hottest Home Baker.

(G) 8.30 Bones. (Final, AO, T) Christopher Pelant may have something to do with a series of murders that are linked to FBI agents close to Booth.

9.30 Bones. (AO, R) An unidentifiable body is discovered in the shower of an upscale home.

10.30 Nightline.

11.10 ANZ Golf World.

11.40 Saving Grace. (AO) Grace journeys back to Oklahoma City.

12.40 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer.

5.30 Infomercials. (G)

We hope you have not been washed away and we feel very lucky, we did not get all of the bad weather that had been forecast.

We are catching up on our workshops, so if you have not been contacted, please ring again as there may have been a hiccup in the system. Our forums have been well received and because our Google forum was so popular, we had our Trademe forum in the card room, which gave us more room to spread out. We have had two Mac/Apple forums and these have been very informative. Word processing workshops have been held with great success. Ipad and Tablets forums are still steady. Photo editing workshops have been held. Another photo editing and card making workshop will be held in July/August. Our Question & Answer afternoon earlier this month, was well received by our members, with an excellent demonstration from Kieron and Darion Gray on their website “Ashburton Online”. It proved to be very interesting session, as I don’t think many people had any idea there was so much local information on this site. We thank Kieron and Darion for this great presentation. This website is well worth a look and is very informative. Question & Answer on Thursday 4th July will be a demonstration on “YouTube” by Julie Crossen. A “Facebook” forum will be arranged later. Senionet has now joined the ranks of Internet Banking and we hope this will make it easier for our members in the future. Please note for the month of July, for information on forums or classes ring: Relda 308 4026 or Mac/ Apple Norman 307 0359. Please read the Newsletter this month on Security on your computer, this is a very interesting and informative article. Remember don’t give you passwords to anybody.

At the moment, there are a lot of emails coming to us, DON’T be fooled, banks, IP providers and any Government Depts. do not send you emails, asking for information. If in doubt DELETE.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

(G) 2.05 America’s Got Talent.

(G, R) Watch to see whether the Miami All Stars, Landon Swank, or Anna Graceman can win over the crowd.

4.00 The Late Show With David Letterman.

(G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal.

(G, R) Game show hosted by Andrew O’Keefe that gives contestants the opportunity to win up to $200,000 each night.

5.30 Prime News.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) 6.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

(G) 7.00 The Crowd Goes Wild.

7.30 Man Vs Wild. (PGR) 8.30 The Animal Files. (PGR) The clinic hosts the Duchess of Cambridge, Camilla Parker-Bowles.

9.00 Storage Wars: Texas. (G) One buyer has home court advantage this week as the team head to the well-to-do town of Tyler.

9.30 Vegas. (PGR) 10.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 11.00 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.00 Home Shopping. (G) 1.30 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Scaredy Squirrel. (G, R) 7.55 Hey Arnold! (G, R) 8.20 Chuggington. (G) 8.30 Bananas In Pyjamas. (G, R) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends.

(G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.15 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Barney And Friends. (G, R) 9.50 Tickety Toc. (G, R) 10.00 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (PGR, R)

6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (PGR, R) Krusty discovers that he fathered a child during the Gulf War. 7.30 Family Guy. (PGR, R) 8.00 Futurama. (PGR) 8.30 Family Guy. (AO, R) 9.00 Unsupervised. (AO) Gary and Joel realise they’re poor, so they try to set up Gary’s stepmum with the rich father of a new student at their high school.

Robbie Thomson and Roger Barron won the first five ends with brutal precision, giving them a 14-0 lead that ended in a 24-5 victory after a brief four-end flurry by Martin from the sixth end.

Two rounds of the men’s and women’s fours championships were played yesterday and the event will continue today with three more rounds at the Waverley Bowling Club.

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3 News: Firstline.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

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

Home And Away.

(G, R, T) Dr Phil. (AO) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) Top Chef. (G, R, T) The season premiere is served up with 17 new culinary artisans infiltrating Washington D.C. In their first elimination challenge, they must prepare food fare that best represents their home region.

Rachael Ray. (G) Entertainment Tonight.

(G) Home And Away. (G, T) Sasha and Spencer finally kiss.

in the last game of the championship for what promised to be an epic showdown.

Victoria Bowling Club’s Raymond Martin (Wellington) skipped his previously unbeaten men against an equally untarnished Fairfield (Dunedin) crew, but things went awry for the 23-year-old Wellingtonian, second Tim Toomey (20) and PBA veteran Richard Corry.

Fairfield skip Blair Barringer,

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Hi, Well to open the jam this month we had the amazing talent of Grant ( G ) Hopkins on vocals and acoustic guitar to entertain the early crowd. As usual G performed like the legend he is as he took on some Paul McCartney & Ocean Colour Scene amongst others, with a stand out ”Only Love Can Break Your Heart” from the other legend - Neil Young.

Kinnear Horsburgh on vocals/acoustic guitar then carried on the good work with some Black Keys, Pearl Jam, Hootie & The Blowfish, Chris Issac and finished off with the classic “Wagon Wheel “ from Old Crow Medicine Show.

G reappeared for a delayed encore with some Crosby, Stills , Nash & Young, The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Tears For Fears & finished off with “Beautiful Boy “ from John Lennon.

Next up was a newcomer to the club from Timaru, Tony Johnson on vocals/acoustic guitar. He played a very entertaining set starting with “Mozambique” from Bob Dylan, The Eagles, Neil Young and a couple of Beatles numbers , well done Tony.

Another newcomer next with Chloe who played a very nice instrumental medley on the guitar consisting of “Nothing Else Matters”, “Stairway To Heaven” & “Classical Gas”.

John (Lightning) Hopkins then had his 5 minutes of fame entertaining with a couple of cool numbers.

Kinnear’s next set comprised of Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash & Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” sang in a great Chris Cornell style.

The Brothers Hopkins next, storming their way through some Star Sailor, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & “Long & Winding Road “ from The Beatles.

Grant & Del then did some Kinks and “Radio Ga Ga” from Queen.

The Brothers Hopkins returned with some Beatles & Queen finishing off with “ Stuff Of Nonsence” from Kiwi Rockers Split Enz. Kinnear & Grant wound down the afternoon with Pink Floyd, Metalica, Talking Heads The Verve and finishing off with ‘Outside’ from Stained, brilliant!.

A great acoustic show with everyone really enjoying the afternoons entertainment. Thanks to all who performed and to those who just enjoyed listening to some tremendous tunes.

Remember the June Jam is this coming Sunday (30th) ,so see you all there , Feeneys Lounge, Devon Hotel. Always a terrific afternoons entertainment not to be missed!!.

May Jam

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Cosmopolitan club and a disappointing 25-5 loss to Canterbury’s Beckenham team in the finale.

Waikiwi ended their campaign in third place behind Wanganui East, who defeated Manurewa Cosmopolitan 18-10 to put the Counties-Manukau women out of contention for the title.

Meanwhile, on the men’s rinks there were just two teams in the running, and they faced each other

9.30 South Park. (AO, R) The boys decide to fake Butters’ death and resurrect him as a girl.

10.00 Cops. (AO) Cops takes you to the streets to witness real police in action in American cities.

10.30 American Horror Story. (AO, R) The man in the rubber suit is revealed.

11.25 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.55 Infomercials. (G) 12.05 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 12.30 Infomercials. (G)

MOVIe

Snakes On A Plane Movie Greats, 4.55pm and 1am Samuel L. Jackson (below) plays no-nonsense FBI Agent Flynn, who’s escorting a murder witness (Nathan Phillips) on a flight to testify against a crime boss (Byron Lawson). Surely there’s a more practical means of silencing him but, no, this villain reckons stowing crates of lethal snakes aboard and unleashing them mid-flight is just the tonic.

Exuberantly trashy, but the go-forbroke silliness makes it addictive.

First-class B-movie entertainment.

sky sPORt 1 6.00 Rugby League. State Of Origin. Game Two. Replay.

8.00 Re:Union.

9.00 Rowing. World Cup. Eton Dorney Finals. Highlights.

10.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Savemart 350. Highlights.

11.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Nationwide Series. Alliance Truck Parts 250.

Highlights.

12.00 Motorsport. IRL. Iowa Corn Indy 250.

Highlights.

1.30 Rugby. June Internationals. Grand Final. South Africa v Samoa. From Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria. Replay.

3.30 Netball. ANZ Championship.

Melbourne Vixens v West Coast Fever.

Replay.

5.00 Rugby. Steinlager Series. All Blacks v France. From Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth. Replay.

7.00 Total Rugby.

7.30 Toyota Grassroots Rugby.

8.30 Rugby. British And Irish Lions Tour.

Wallabies v British & Irish Lions. 1st Test. Replay.

10.30 Rugby. Steinlager Series. All Blacks v France. Replay.

12.30 Inside The PGA Tour.

1.00 Golf. European PGA Tour. Irish Open.

Round One. Live.

5.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

5.30 Sky Sport What’s On.

ACROSS 1. Flying vehicle (9) 8. Tear (3) 9. Work together (11) 11. Jealous (7) 12. Fool (5) 13. Salad vegetable (6) 15. Leave (6) 17. Ledge (5) 18. Fighter (7) 20. Social event (6-5) 22. Compete (3) 23. Talk (9)

DOWN 2. Self-image (3) 3. Musical instrument (5) 4. Stimulate (6) 5. Inspect (7) 6. Anxiety (11) 7. Watcher (9) 10. Even-tempered (5-6) 11. Undue (9) 14. Elegant (7) 16. Desserts (6) 19. Wireless (5) 21. Lettuce (3) SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,217

Across: 7 Ironic; 8 Wretch; 10 Harbour; 11 Tutor; 12 Aged; 13 Vague; 17 Might; 18 Flex; 22 Clown; 23 Recover; 24 Robust; 25 Refund.

Down: 1 Highway; 2 Courier; 3 Pilot; 4 Fretful; 5 State; 6 Share; 9 Treachery; 14 Fitness; 15 Flavour; 16 Extrude; 19 Scorn; 20 Hobby; 21 Acted.

the bOx 6.00 NYPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.15 Hardcore Pawn. (PG) 7.40 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & Order. (M) 10.40 NCIS. (M) 11.30 NCIS: LA. (M) 12.20 NCIS: LA. (M) 1.15 NYPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 2.35 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Hardcore Pawn. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

(PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 Hardcore Pawn. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 Criminal Intent. (M) 9.30 Robert Ludlum’s Covert One: The Hades Factor. (M) Part Two. 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NCIS. (M) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.00 Criminal Intent. (M) 3.50 Robert Ludlum’s Covert One: The Hades Factor. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

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sky sPORt 2 6.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

6.30 Netball. ANZ Championship. Southern Steel v Central Pulse. Replay.

8.00 Deaker On Sport.

9.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

9.30 Rugby League. State Of Origin. Game Two. Replay.

11.30 Re:Union.

12.30 Deaker On Sport.

1.30 Golf Central.

2.30 Golf. Champions Tour. Encompass Championship. Highlights.

3.30 Motorsport. IRL. Iowa Corn Indy 250.

Highlights.

5.00 Premier League World.

5.30 Inside The PGA Tour.

6.00 ANZ Golf World.

6.30 Re:Union.

7.30 Rugby League. State Of Origin. Game Two. Replay.

9.30 Sterlo.

10.30 NRL Footy Show.

12.30 The Netball Zone.

1.00 Netball. ANZ Championship. Adelaide Thunderbirds v Queensland Firebirds.

Replay.

2.30 Motorsport. IRL. Iowa Corn Indy 250.

Highlights.

4.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Savemart 350. Highlights.

5.00 Cricket. England v New Zealand 2nd T20. From Kennington Oval, London.

Live.

ACROSS 7. Demonstrate (5) 8. Irregularity (7) 9. Uniform (7) 10. Snooped (5) 12. Perilous (10) 15. Unconscious (10) 18. Departing (5) 19. Bent (7) 21. Liberty (7) 22. Latin (5)

DOWN 1. Education (10) 2. Difficult (5) 3. Experience (4) 4. Material (6) 5. Physical (8) 6. Caretaker (7) 11. Incongruous (10 13. Traitor (8) 14. Yearned (7) 16. Revenue (6) 17. Save (5) 20. Monster (4)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,218

Across: 1 Aeroplane; 8 Rip; 9 Collaborate; 11 Envious Idiot; 13 Celery; 15 Depart; 17 Shelf; 18 Warrior; 20 Din dance; 22 Vie; 23 Discourse.

Down: 2 Ego; 3 Piano; 4 Arouse; 5 Examine; 6 Trepida 7 Spectator; 10 Level-headed; 11 Excessive; 14 Refined Sweets; 19 Radio; 21 Cos.

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6.05 Everything She Ever Wanted Part 1.

(2009, M) Gina Gershon, Rachel Blanchard.

7.35 Demon Hunter. (2005, M) Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Drago.

8.55 True Justice 2: Vengeance Is Mine.

(2012, M) Steven Seagal.

10.25 Underworld Awakening. (2012, 16) Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy.

11.55 Making Of The Bourne Legacy.

(2012, M).

12.20 Moonrise Kingdom. (2012, M) Bruce Willis, Edward Norton.

1.55 Everything She Ever Wanted Part 2.

(2009, M) Gina Gershon, Rachel Blanchard.

3.25 The Pregnancy Pact. (2010, M) Thora Birch, Madisen Beaty.

4.55 True Justice 2: Blood Alley. (2012, 16) Steven Seagal.

6.25 We Bought A Zoo. (2011, PG) Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson.

Based on a true story.

8.30 The Bourne Legacy. (2012, M) Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz.

10.45 Friends With Benefits. (2011, 16) Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis.

12.35 The Garden. (2006, 16) Lance Henriksen, Brian Wimmer.

2.05 On The Inside. (2011, 16) Nick Stahl, Olivia Wilde.

3.35 Friends With Benefits. (2011, 16) 5.25 The Garden. (2006, 16)

6.25 Rush Hour. (1998, M) Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker.

8.00 Pitch Black. (2000, M) Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser.

9.50 The Chronicles Of Riddick. (2004, M) Vin Diesel.

11.50 Changeling. (2008, 16) Angelina Jolie.

2.10 Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End. (2007, M) Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley.

4.55 Snakes On A Plane. (2006, M) Samuel L. Jackson.

6.40 Click. (2006, M) Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale. A workaholic architect is given a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life.

8.30 The Grudge. (2004, 16) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman.

An American exchange student stumbles upon a hidden terror in a Tokyo house, as a cycle of death afflicts anyone who enters.

10.05 National Treasure 2: Book Of Secrets. (2007, PG) Nicolas Cage.

12.10 Biography: Goldie Hawn.

(2007, PG).

1.00 Snakes On A Plane. (2006, M) Samuel L. Jackson.

2.45 Click. (2006, M) Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale.

4.30 The Grudge. (2004, 16) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman.

DIsCOVeRy 6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30

10.00 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.00 5.30

Auction Hunters. (PG) Dirty Jobs. (PG) Jungle Gold. (PG) Gold Rush: The Jungle. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Sons Of Guns: Guns Of Glory. (M) Moonshiners. (M) Scorned: Love Kills. (M) Deadly Sins. (M) Alaska: The Last Frontier. (PG) Jungle Gold. (PG) Gold Rush: The Long Road. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Moonshiners. (M) Secret Summit Part 2.

Bering Sea Gold: Under The Ice. (PG) Fractures On The Mend.

Ice Cold Gold. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Ton & Allen face-off against an auction buyer with shady bidding tactics and even more questionable fashion sense.

Auction Hunters. (PG) Who The (Bleep). (M) Evil, I. (M) Blood Relatives. (M) Jungle Gold. (PG) Bering Sea Gold: Under The Ice. (PG) Ice Cold Gold. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Who The (Bleep). (M) Evil, I. (M) Auction Kings. (PG)

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

shINe 6.00 Unlocking the Bible 6.30 Derek Prince 7.00 Bedbug Bible Gang 7.30 Paul the Little Missionary 8.00 Auto B Good 8.30 Running With Fire 9.00 Roots and Reflections 9.30 Precious Word of Truth 10.00 Give Me An Answer 10.30 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 11.00 H2O: A Journey of Faith 11.30 Just Thinking 12.00 Running With Fire 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 Give Me An Answer 2.00 Wisdom for Difficult Times 2.30 Kiwis Can Fly 3.00 Bedbug Bible Gang 3.30 Paul the Little Missionary 4.00 Auto B Good 4.30 Life FM presents 5.30 Roots and Reflections.

6.00 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle.

6.30 Destined to Reign.

7.00 The 700 Club.

7.30 “Love, Marriage and Stinking.”

8.00 Give Me An Answer.

8.30 Nzone Focus.

9.00 Kiwis Can Fly. 9.30 Beauty and the Beast.

10.00 Running With Fire.

10.30 The 700 Club.

11.00 “Love, Marriage and Stinking.”

11.30 Give Me An Answer.

12.00 Beyond Adventure.

12.30 Derek Prince.

1.00 Unlocking the Bible.

1.30 H2O. 2.00 Life with Paul de Jong 2.30 Your Best Life: Phil Pringle 3.00 Give Me An Answer 3.30 Nzone Focus 4.00 Kiwis Can Fly 4.30 Beyond Adventure 5.00 Running With Fire 5.30 “Love, Marriage and Stinking.”

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NZ defeats England in Twenty20 match

By Andrew Alderson At times it resembled rounders as the ball disappeared to all parts of the Oval’s relatively distant boundaries but a nearcapacity crowd were treated to a riveting contest in the opening New Zealand-England Twenty20 international.

Chasing 202 to win, England needed 16 off the last over but lost by five runs. Corey Anderson was faced with delivering under pressure and succeeded, conceding just 11 including a six from Ben Stokes off the first ball.

England chances initially appeared limited given their previous highest haul to win a match in the format was 181 against India in December.

At 134 for two in the 14th over they were in prime position.

Three pivotal moments changed that.

Bizarrely, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum chose to keep a slip in place for Ian Butler who bowled a short, wide delivery. Eoin Morgan flashed at

it and Ross Taylor leapt to hold a memorable one-hander to his right. McCullum had made the right call.

Luke Wright fell seven balls later when another width ball, this time from Mitchell McClenaghan had Tom Latham securing the catch (filling in for McCullum as wicketkeeper). Wright’s 52 off 34 balls was the key innings to keep England in the contest. It enabled Jos Buttler and Ravi Bopara to bisect and stretch the field in the final throes. The crowd’s “oh, Ravi Bopara” chant to the White Stripes’ Seven Nations Army spurred on the hosts. Butler had a Bopara chance go straight through his hands in the 17th over at long leg, compounding the drama.

In the 19th over Latham threw down the stumps with his gloves on underarming to the nonstriker’s end. It removed Buttler who had been called through after missing a scoop.

Yet still England advanced with menace into the final over in a great advertisement for the format.

Earlier, New Zealand’s batting told a familiar story. As the pressure gauge came down, the country’s best cricketers stepped up their game.

Such was the case in a match of little consequence. Tacked on the end of two tests, a one-day international series and the Champions Trophy, New Zealand eased to 201 for four, their third highest T20 score.

England, diluted from the ODI version from that which made the final of the Champions Trophy, produced a spate of lacklustre bowling and fielding. Examples included an eight-ball, 22 run over from Bopara, 19 off a Chris Woakes effort and 15 from James Tredwell. The trio conceded at least 16-runs-an-over across five overs.

James Franklin, opening for the third time in 31 T20s, was dismissed first ball (the fourth of the innings). He got an inside edge to Boyd Rankin on the back of minimal footwork. Rankin was debuting for England (after playing a number of seasons for Ireland). Franklin was the only

New Zealander not to cash in.

His early wicket failed to hinder optimism on a profitable batting strip. Hamish Rutherford (fresh from county one-day success for Essex) and Brendon McCullum piled on 114 for the second wicket. The pair gave the New Zealand innings spine with Rutherford making 62 from 35 and McCullum 68 from 48. It was Rutherford’s first half-century in four T20s. Ross Taylor (32 not out) and Tom Latham (22) also contributed.

A gaggle of sixes and fours resulted. Fans got in on the act with regular catching practice in the stands. In shades of Eden Park, McCullum even managed to top edge a six directly over the keeper’s head into the 2nd tier of seating. However, he must have got something on it. Reliable sources confirmed it travelled at least 76m to the rope and beyond.

Martin Guptill missed the match with a hamstring strain.

Doug Bracewell and Kyle Mills were the other New Zealand squad members to miss game time.

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New Zealand’s players celebrate after defeating England by five runs in an International Twenty20 cricket match at the Oval cricket ground in London, yesterday.

Cane left A huge learning curve in Belgium on bench I for Chiefs ’ve been in Belgium now for two weeks so I am well and truly settled into our small flat in the province of Meigen, 3km out of the main town of Deinze, on a large salad farm with my flatmates – two Australians and a Japanese rider.

It took me a few days to get used to the new time zone and I was quite jetlagged for the first three days, which didn’t make it easy when I went riding.

It also didn’t take me long to get my first experience of being in a foreign country where the majority of people speak no English. Going to the supermarket was an absolute shambles the first time. I couldn’t understand them and they couldn’t understand me. I am still getting confused with the right hand side of the road too – I keep looking the wrong way at intersections.

I’m in Belgium with my school and New Zealand teammate Connor

All Blacks’ flanker Sam Cane has made it only as far as the reserves bench for the Chiefs’ team to play the Hurricanes in Hamilton tomorrow night.

Cane has had a high workload over the past three weeks, playing every minute of the All Blacks tests against France in Auckland and Christchurch, and the majority of the New Plymouth match before being replaced by Matt Todd.

Tanerau Latimer, a former All Black, gets his chance in the No7 jersey for the Chiefs this week.

Coach Dave Rennie has named Ben Afeaki, who played several minutes for his All Blacks debut test at Eden Park, at tighthead prop, with Ben Tameifuna moving to the bench. Tim Nanai-Williams comes in at centre after recovering from a stomach ulcer, with Lelia Masaga back on the wing. Andrew Horrell returns from an ankle injury to the reserves bench.

Rennie said: “The Hurricanes had a pretty good win against the Crusaders last week and will be buoyed by that. Mathematically they are still in the competition and they have everything to play for.

“It will be pretty physical and as the weather is expected to play its part, you will see two positive sides on the field having a real arm wrestle.”

A victory will see the Chiefs overtake the firstplaced Brumbies.

The Australian teams don’t play for the next fortnight due to the British and Irish Lions tour.

The Chiefs team to play the Hurricanes at Waikato Stadium tomorrow, kick-off 7.35pm is: Robbie Robinson, Lelia Masaga, Tim Nanai-Williams, Bundee Aki, Aseali Tikoirotuma, Aaron Cruden, Tawera KerrBarlow, Matt Vant Leven, Tanerau Latimer, Liam Messam, Brodie Retallick, Craig Clarke (c), Ben Afeaki, Hika Elliot, Pauliasi Manu. Reserves: Mahonri Schwalger, Michael Fitzgerald, Sam Cane, Augustine Pulu, Andrew Horrell, Charlie Ngatai.

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By Daniel Richardson Coming off a three-week break always poses a few problems.

While the Hurricanes may have played a practice game against the Crusaders last Friday in Levin it wouldn’t have been contested with the same intensity of a regular season Super Rugby derby, while both sides were also without their All Blacks.

During the three-week international window the Hurricanes were given the first week off while they were on site between Monday and Thursday in week two before the third and final week saw them build towards the practice match against the Crusaders sans their All Blacks and other internationals.

Following the break, the Hurricanes are straight back in to the fire with a tough encounter against the defending-champion Chiefs in Hamilton tomorrow.

There’s an outside chance the Hurricanes could still make the playoffs but you’d be more likely to see Gareth Morgan adopt a tabby.

These final three weeks of the Super Rugby regular season will pose a few questions for Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett in terms of the direction in which his team

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and I was still jetlagged. I was not expecting how hard the racing here was going to be and I soon found out the level of junior racing in Belgium is so much harder than in New Zealand. It’s a lot more professional and aggressive, and when I mean aggressive there are guys pushing and hitting each other. It’s crazy, but it’s what it’s like here and no one has a cry about it like they would in New Zealand.

To say I was intimidated in that first race would be an

is heading. Namely, are they on the right track? If so, what players won’t be back next season?

After giving the Chiefs a crack, the Hurricanes round out their campaign with an outing against the Highlanders at the Cake Tin before a trip to Christchurch awaits where they will meet the Crusaders.

“It doesn’t define your season, but it’s also a big part of our season,” Hammett said of the final three weeks.

“So we’ve got three New Zealand sides and when you’re playing against New Zealand sides the intensity and that excitement’s always easy to get up for.”

Should Hammett’s side lose this week then getting them up for the final two games may be a challenge given there will be little to play for.

In the personnel department, Hammett appears to be done with veteran lock Jason Eaton given the retention of Jeremy Thrush and James Broadhurst in the second-row for Friday, with Mark Reddish to provide cover from the pine.

Reynold Lee-Lo will get another chance to impress in the No 12 jumper and could push himself up the pecking order given Tim Bateman, who is now cooked for the season due to a knee complaint, hasn’t been at his best this year.

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Stead and on our first two main rides we went with a couple of other New Zealand riders who are also based in Belgium.

We rode all the historic Classics Climbs that are used in the Tour of Flanders and they are ridiculous.

Not only are they steep, really steep, but they are made of cobbles and my wrists will never be the same.

Except for those climbs, Belgium is pretty flat and open to the elements, mostly wind.

My first race was really windy

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understatement. I was petrified, but as the race went on and the groups got smaller I started to understand how to race a little better.

The courses here are different too, a lot like a criterium but they are called keremeeses and they are multi-lap races but unluckily for me I’ve raced two races with small circuit and a lot of laps, (18 and 23).

For my second race on Sunday I was a lot more confident and had a clearer idea of what was going to happen.

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One thing that did put a smile on Hammett’s face yesterday was the news that Thrush, 28, and his All Blacks buddy Dane Coles had re-signed with New Zealand Rugby, the Hurricanes and Wellington.

Coles has inked a long-term deal and is now contracted through until 2016, while Thrush, who made his international debut against France recently, has committed through to 2015.

“We are pretty rapt,” Hammett said.

“Two pretty passionate Hurricanes men and for Colesy, quite an extended period and Thrushy a couple of years. It’s excellent for us.”

Both players took big strides in their rugby careers in the capital. Thrush, who made his provincial debut in Wellington for 2006, is an old boy of Hutt Valley High School, while Coles, 26, attended Paraparaumu College and Wellington College before first playing for the Lions in 2007.

Hurricanes: James Marshall, Matt Proctor, Conrad Smith, Reynold Lee-Lo, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara; Victor Vito, Karl Lowe, Brad Shields, James Broadhurst, Jeremy Thrush, Ben May, Dane Coles, Ben Franks.

Reserves: Ash Dixon, Reggie Goodes, Mark Reddish, Faifili Levave/Blade Thomson, Chris Smylie, Tusi Pisi, Alapati Leiua.

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12th grade, 9.30am: Ash United v Westside, Domain I10. Methven the bye.

10th grade, 10am: Methven 1 v Longbeach, Methven. Methven 2 v Collegiate, Methven. Westside v Rakaia, Domain J2.

Fun Football and First Kicks at Methven Domain, starting 9.30am.

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I went straight to the front from the gun to stay out of trouble and just stayed near the front. It still didn’t save me from the argy-bargy but I started using my size to my advantage.

I missed the main break that included two of my Isorex teammates who ended up getting first and fourth. Last week the pair had come in first in third so they are class acts, and Sunday’s race was the only junior race in Belgium so there were over 120 riders.

I managed to come in 21st which at this current point I am really happy with.

Hopefully I can get a result in the next couple of weeks before I head into the New Zealand camp on July 12. Before then I should have another three or four races, including a UCI race Gent-Menen which was won last year by young Aussie superstar Caleb Ewan.

LeBron says Miami Big Three staying put come, he said: “That’s the goal.

That’s the ultimate finish. We all hope that can happen, obviously, With a season done and a champi- to be able to have success with two onship won, LeBron James offered guys and with Riles and Spo. encouraging news for Heat fans “This is what we came here for. during his season-ending news That would be the ultimate. But I conference yesterday, saying the don’t know. Life changes, things ultimate goal would be to ride it happen, and you have to be preout long-term in Miami pared for that. But this with Dwyane Wade and is what we all want to Chris Bosh. be here for. And that’s ‘Life changes, But he stopped short to be able to compete of saying he definitely things happen, for a championship would remain with the year. If we can and you have every Heat beyond next sumdo that, then it would mer, when he, Wade to be prepared be awesome.” and Bosh could exerHe said the prospect for that’ cise opt-out clauses in of another free agent their contracts. decision next sum- LeBron James Asked if something mer will not weigh unexpected would on him and he won’t have to happen for think about it until “it James to want to leave the Heat comes up. It won’t roll around in next summer, he said: “I don’t my mind. It can’t get worse than know. I’m not really thinking about the season before I became a free that right now. Our focus is how agent in 2010. we’re going to get better this year “What I’m prepared for is to come with all these other teams getting back a better player and be the better, to keep that trophy here.” leader of this team and try to go But when asked whether he has for a three-peat. I’m going to come thought of sticking it out with Wade, back a better player because I owe Bosh, team president Pat Riley and it to my teammates.” coach Erik Spoelstra for years to - MCT

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Ashburton Golf Club June 29 The semi finals of the Presidents Trophy and Plate will be played. For those not in the match play a stableford round will be played.

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Saturday Starters: Morning Lindsay Stoddart and Colin Divers ; Afternoon Grant Russell and Derek, Prebble Results Neil MacDonald and John Fechney.

June 30 Aorangi Pennant matches will be played starting at 10.30am from multiple tees.

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Qld square Origin series

By Laine Clark Punches still flew despite the NRL’s new hardline stance but Queensland delivered a body blow to NSW’s hopes of winning their first State of Origin series since 2005 with a stunning 26-6 game two win at Suncorp Stadium last night.

Desperate to stay in the fight for an eighth straight Origin series win, the Maroons came out swinging in their must-win clash but initially piled on points rather than punches, scoring four tries to one

The Blues must now regroup for game three on July 17 in a bid to break the Maroons’ reign in front of 51,690.

The stage had been set for more fisticuffs in Origin II after NSW skipper Gallen arrived in Brisbane as public enemy No.1 following his fight with Queensland forward Nate Myles in the Blues’ 14-6 game one win.

Gallen’s blows did not just impact on Myles’ sizeable forehead.

It prompted the NRL to introduce a new “one punch and you’re off”

rule – a point reinforced by boss David Smith before kick-off last night when he stressed any Origin players involved in fighting could expect no leniency at the judiciary.

But it seems someone forgot to foreword the memo judging by a 54th minute melee.

After tempers almost flared in the 53rd minute when Queensland fullback Billy Slater went on report for appearing to lash out with an elbow

on NSW halfback Mitchell Pearce in a tackle, all hell threatened to break loose barely 60 seconds later.

Queensland winger Brent Tate unwittingly lit the fuse when he pushed at Gallen after the NSW skipper tackled Johnathan Thurston.

NSW forward Trent Merrin took exception, clocking the Maroons flyer with a right jab before an all-in threatened.

When the dust settled, Tate and Justin Hodges were sinbinned for Queensland and Merrin and Greg Bird were marched for the Blues.

The gloves came off from the outset but it was NSW who found themselves on the canvas early as Queensland jumped to a 14-0 lead by the 17th minute.

Sam Thaiday fed off Cooper Cronk to score in the second minute before winger Darius Boyd was over in the 17th as Queensland enjoyed 80 per cent possession.

By the 48th minute Boyd had bagged a double after running onto a sublime Thurston cut-out pass.

Greg Inglis pounced on a Cronk kick to make it 24-0 by the 56th minute before NSW finally got on the board via Brett Morris (69th).

Queensland were inspired by Thurston who remarkably was hospitalised on Tuesday night with a suspected stomach virus.

The Blues must now regroup for game three on July 17 in a bid to break the Maroons’ reign.

It marked the fifth straight win

by Queensland at Suncorp.

Remarkably, NSW have not won a live game in Brisbane since the 2005 decider.

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Wallabies ‘need a kicking coach’

By Jim Morton Lions sharp-shooting mentor Neil Jenkins believes the Wallabies have shot themselves in the foot by failing to employ a full-time goalkicking coach.

Kicking sorely cost Australia a first test win at Suncorp Stadium with Kurtley Beale and James O’Connor slotting an unacceptable four of nine shots in the two-point loss.

In contrast, Welsh radarboot Leigh Halfpenny nailed five from six to give him 27 from 29 on tour for a remarkable success rate of 93 per cent.

The British and Irish Lions backup goalkicker, Owen Farrell, has an even better record with 18 from 19, including three straight from the sideline in Tuesday night’s 35-0 win over the Melbourne Rebels.

Jenkins, a goalkicking hero of the Lions’ last series success against South Africa in 1997, is being hailed as a key factor in the tourists’ sharpshooting precision as a full-time kicking coach.

The Wallabies don’t possess a hands-on mentor for their goalkickers and the 41-year-old thinks that’s undermined their campaign.

Former Springboks kicker Braam van Straaten works as a consultant to the likes of O’Connor and Berrick Barnes and has often advised them via Skype from South Africa.

Jenkins praised van Straaten as a fine technician and coach but admitted he was surprised Robbie Deans, an accomplished All Blacks

goalkicker in his day, didn’t employ a full-timer.

“I’m not too sure how much he’s involved,” test rugby’s former record point-scorer said. “The importance of goalkicking was seen on Saturday and generally (the result) does come down to goalkicking.”

Australia weren’t helped by the early loss of first-choice kicker Christian Lealiifano but Jenkins was also surprised Barnes, injured just before at halftime, wasn’t immediately given the job ahead of O’Connor.

“I thought Barnes would have been kicking,” he said. “He never really misses.”

Jenkins routinely lines up behind every Lions attempt at goal and watches the ball-striking carefully, and hands out required advice on the run. The former 91-test back helped Halfpenny quickly overcome his sole failed attempt at Suncorp Stadium by immediately illustrating the fullback’s slight mistake.

“His (non-kicking) foot just moved a bit close to the ball and he moved the tee a bit and just pushed off to the right,” he said.

“I think it’s important to be there or there abouts with the kickers as often as possible.”

There’s a huge amount of symmetry heading into Saturday’s second test for Jenkins who, like compatriot Halfpenny, wore No.15 against the Boks 16 years ago when he kicked five from five in their series-sealing 18-15 Durban win when the home side scored three tries to none but couldn’t kick their goals.

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Federer’s final shot at glory?

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imbledon.

The tournament of strawberries and cream at impossible prices for the hoity toity in the courtside boxes, while the players (all in white of course) sweat it out for their entertainment on the grass, the surface that God intended tennis to be played on.

Also a tournament that one Roger Federer would consider his best shot at extending his haul of majors titles to 18, making it just that little more difficult for any of the chasing pack (which consists of two) to reel him in.

Federer already has seven Wimbledon titles in his kitbag, that’s compared with Pete Sampras on the same number, Bjorn Borg has five, while Boris Becker and John McEnroe have three each.

As an aside that makes New Zealander Anthony Wilding’s four Wimbledon titles (from the amateur era) look pretty good.

Of course there’s one or two minor obstacles in Federer’s way, but incredibly one of those has already fallen by the wayside, with Rafael Nadal exiting in the very first round, which smooths the path to the final just a little.

The logistics of notching up so many of the big ones is daunting to say the least; there’s only four on offer every year (Wimbledon, US, French and Australian Opens).

Remembering the completely different nature of each tournament, the red clay of Roland Garros, the raucous atmosphere of New York, Australia’s habit of calling off play for the day because the temperature is just below that of your average sunspot, and the polite, courteous and well-mannered green fields of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, picking up two of those titles in one year is a monumental task all on its own.

To somehow stay at the top of your game, when there’s 10 or a dozen second-tier players out

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Djokovic through to next round

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there quite capable of experiencing the best day of their lives and producing a one-off game that no-one can stay with to knock you out of any of those tourneys (ask Rafa), not to mention getting to the sharp end and having to get past some combination of David Ferrer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovich and Rafael Nadal to add one more of the trophies to your cabinet, yeah that makes 17 titles some achievement.

Federer is already firmly wedged somewhere near the top of the all-time tennis pantheon.

But I’m sure he’d dearly love to add just one more of those prized trophies to the mantelpiece.

Can he do it?

There’s those who say he’s past it (they were saying that four majors ago), but if you watch his games he’s really not that much less a player that he has been in his prime, and even The Terminator Djokovic can occasionally have a chink in his armour, as seen in Paris when he was worn down in the final

by Nadal.

So, it’s a highly unlikely proposition that Roger Federer may actually add Wimbledon number eight, but then again he might isn’t that the beauty of sport?

Oh, if you’re a night owl and want to watch all the action from the history-steeped courts in London throughout the wee small hours, you don’t have to invest in Sky’s multi-sported channels to see it - it’s on TV One. Another giant sporting extravaganza that’s somehow slipped through Sky’s fingers.

New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic has reached the second round at Wimbledon after a tough first round win.

The world number 71 came back from a set down to beat Japan’s Ayumi Morita 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 in a match that lasted almost two hours.

It was just the second time Erakovic has beaten Morita in eight meetings, the only other victory coming when the

Japanese player retired during their only other clash on grass.

Erakovic dominated the winners count by 40-17 but was let down by unforced errors and an inconsistent first serve throughout the match.

She did manage send down 12 aces in the victory over the world number 50.

It is the third straight year Erakovic has made the second round but that is where her

tournament has ended on the last two occasions.

The New Zealander will face 24th seed Shuai Peng of China in the second round. The duo have met just once before, also on grass, when Peng won a qualifying match at Birmingham in 2011 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Erakovic’s best run at Wimbledon was in 2008 when she reached the third round.

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Top seed and world No.1 Novak Djokovic moved into the Wimbledon second round yesterday with a 6-3 7-5 6-4 win over Germany’s Florian Mayer.

Djokovic, the 2011 champion, goes on to face either Bobby Reynolds or Steve Johnson.

Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer beat Argentina’s Wimbledon debutant Martin Alund 6-1 4-6 7-5 6-2.

Bulgarian 29th seed Grigor Dimitrov, the man at the centre of the spat between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova, cruised past Italy’s Simone Bolelli 6-1 6-4 6-3.

Argentinian eighth seed Juan Martin del Potro, who missed the French Open through illness, saw off Spain’s Albert Ramos 6-2 7-5 6-1.

Australia’s Bernard Tomic put out American 21st seed Sam Querrey 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 2-6 6-3 despite complaining of dizziness midway through the match and being forced to call for a doctor.

In other matches, Tommy Haas beat Dmitry Tursunov, American James Blake defeated Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker and South African Kevin Anderson thrashed Olivier Rochus.

Djokovic later admitted that Rafael Nadal’s shock Wimbledon exit was a resounding wake-up call after the topseeded Serb began his campaign for a second All England Club title.

Nadal, the eight-time French Open champion and 12 times a grand slam title winner, suffered his worst loss at a major when he was knocked out in the first round in straight sets by Belgian world No.135 Steve Darcis.

“You cannot take anything or anybody for granted. You have to be grateful for being in this position, work even harder to stay there. That’s the whole point,” said Djokovic.

“The sport is evolving. Everybody is getting better, getting more professional.

“Especially at the opening stages of grand slams, there are a lot of quality players who have nothing to lose really coming on the Centre Court or Court 1, playing in front of 10,000 or more people.”

Djokovic’s last loss in the first round of a major was way back in 2006 at the Australian Open.

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Adams could go in top 10

By Kris Shannon Much has been made of Steven Adams’ size and athleticism but it’s his charm which could help the Kiwi climb inside the top 10 of the NBA Draft.

Adams will tomorrow become the first New Zealander selected in the opening round of the draft, an honour all but guaranteed by the invitation the 19-year-old received to the ‘green room’ at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The room is where an exclusive group of top prospects gather to wait for NBA commissioner David Stern to call their name, and in the last two seasons the final player summoned has been chosen at No 18 overall.

But, according to one expert, Adams may be taken a lot earlier than that, courtesy of a “Kiwi wit” which has won over talent evaluators around the league.

Adams is still raw and some way from making an impact in the NBA but, with his seven-foot body complemented by a personality just as large, he could earn as much as $3 million is his rookie season.

Such remuneration seemed a long way off when Adams made his college basketball debut last year, but since declaring himself eligible for the draft he has impressed team executives in interviews as much as work outs.

Chad Ford, who forecasts the draft for ESPN.com, was one of a number of analysts who believed Adams would need two or three years of college before he was ready for the demands of professional basketball.

But, as he told the Herald, Ford now believes Adams – who will be the second New Zealander drafted after Sean Marks (No 44) – could be selected in the top 10.

“Steven Adams has been one of the high-risers of this draft,” Ford said.

“I think his range now is as high as Sacramento [Kings] at No 7.

“I think the [Portland Trail Blazers] will look at him strongly at No 10, and the [Philadelphia 76ers] will at No 11.

I think it’s more probable he’ll get to Oklahoma City at No 12, though he may slip a spot or two below that.”

Ford said the reasons for Adams’ elevation were two-fold. As much as scouts were drawn in by quantifiable measurements like his 7’4” wingspan, there was also a more intangible attraction.

“He’s got a body that’s ready-made to be an NBA centre. If you’re going to build an NBA centre, you’d build it to look a little bit like Steven Adams.

“People have loved his work outs, but they’ve loved his interviews and they’ve loved him as a person.”

It certainly seems as though Adams hasn’t let his impending wealth affect him and, according to Ford, the teenager has earned many admirers from the way he conducted himself in the rigorous pre-draft vetting process.

“This guy is hilarious,” Ford said on the BS Report. “Teams were coming out of their interviews with him chuckling at the interview. He’s very candid, he doesn’t know this whole drill about how things are supposed to perceived or said - he’ll say just about anything.

“He absolutely charmed everyone that he went to work out with.”

Of course, a player needs more than a charming personality to convince a franchise to make a multi-million dollar investment. And that’s exactly what Adams will be - an investment a team will likely stash away, waiting for it to mature before reaping the dividends.

“He’s a perfect candidate to go to the [NBA Development League] and play a ton of minutes and get used to playing basketball more and more,” Ford said. “I think he could be one of the steals of the draft.”

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Chiefs hoping for Sonny Bill’s return next year

By Patrick McKendry Sonny Bill Williams could return to the Chiefs as early as next year, says coach Dave Rennie.

The Chiefs are holding open a midfield spot for the 2014 season, with Williams – currently playing in the NRL for the Sydney Roosters – in mind, and he is considered almost a certainty to return to Hamilton for the World Cup year of 2015.

“At this stage we haven’t filled up our midfield roster so if he was available we’d certainly jump at that opportunity,” Rennie said of next season.

The defending champion Chiefs, second on the table with the chance to go to first if they beat the Hurricanes in Hamilton tomorrow night, have had a mix-and-match look to their midfield this season.

Richard Kahui’s shoulder injury and looming departure for Japan – he is set to formally sign a contract with Toshiba this week after getting the all-clear on his problem joint – has meant Tim Nanai-Williams, Bundee Aki, Andrew Horrell and Charlie Ngatai have been swapped

Sonny Bill Williams around the second-five and centre positions.

None, apart from Ngatai, are particularly large men, with Aki and Nanai-Williams, the midfield partnership against the Hurricanes, one of the smallest in Super Rugby.

Williams is an imposing physical presence in the No12 jersey, an attribute which goes hand in hand

with his offloading skills. Some of the Chiefs management met with former All Black Williams – a revelation with the Chiefs last year – when in Sydney for the Waratahs match in April, but it’s Rennie’s confirmation that he is leaving a spot open for Williams next season which is most significant.

“We spent quite a bit of time with him,” Rennie said. “It was test week and the Roosters weren’t playing.

He’s been in bloody good nick and in good spirits. He enjoys the boys, he spent a lot of time around the hotel and so on, so it was good to catch up with him from that point of view.”

Rennie said Williams was concentrating on the Roosters but gave positive vibes about a return next year, adding that the 27-yearold’s controversial manager Khoder Nasser had given the same message.

“One thing with Khoder is that I really enjoy working with him because he is straight up. If he says something is going to happen then it happens and I find those sorts of people bloody good to deal with. He was outstanding to work with last year. I know people paint

a picture of him being difficult but he’s doing his best for his client, I guess. We found him really easy to work with. He’s not greedy and he’s not difficult in any way.”

All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick has made a quick recovery from his hamstring injury suffered before the test against France in Christchurch a fortnight ago and will return for Rennie’s men against the Hurricanes.

Nanai-Williams has recovered from his stomach ulcer and the break had also given him time to rehabilitate a groin problem, Rennie said.

The Chiefs have a longer lay-off than the other New Zealand sides due to their bye before the test window, but Rennie said the break shouldn’t hurt them.

Last week at Waikato Stadium the Chiefs had a 40-minute hit-out against a Counties team followed by another 40 minutes against a Bay of Plenty side.

“It’s a mindset thing,” he said. “If you think it’s a distraction and an issue then it probably will be, but this is where we want to be. We’ve got ourselves in a good position

and there’s only six weeks left in this competition. It’s a chance to throw everything at it.”

No8 Ross Filipo is available again after his knee injury, with fullback Gareth Anscombe recovering from his broken foot and a possibility for next week’s match against the Crusaders in Christchurch.

The Chiefs team to play the Hurricanes at Waikato Stadium tomorrow, kickoff 7.35pm is: Robbie Robinson, Lelia Masaga, Tim Nanai-Williams, Bundee Aki, Aseali Tikoirotuma, Aaron Cruden, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Matt Vant Leven, Tanerau Latimer, Liam Messam, Brodie Retallick, Craig Clarke (c), Ben Afeaki, Hika Elliot, Pauliasi Manu.

Reserves: Mahonri Schwalger, Ben Tameifuna, Michael Fitzgerald, Sam Cane, Augustine Pulu, Andrew Horrell, Charlie Ngatai.

Hurricanes: James Marshall, Matt Proctor, Conrad Smith (c), Reynold LeeLo, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara; Victor Vito, Karl Lowe, Brad Shields, James Broadhurst, Jeremy Thrush, Ben May, Dane Coles, Ben Franks. Reserves: Ash Dixon, Reggie Goodes, Mark Reddish, Faifili Levave/ Blade Thomson, Chris Smylie, Tusi Pisi, Alapati Leiua.

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Moore eyes Heartland players ‘There are certain players we still want to look at’

doing the rounds to spot potential players.

He got his first look at the players in the 35-21 loss to South Canterbury at Queen’s Birthday weekend but will use the match against Ellesmere to see a few more “options” across the two matches.

“There are certain players we still want to look at,” Moore said.

“It won’t necessarily be a mixture of the squad or necessarily an A team either. There are certain players in certain positions we want to have a look at and some will be ones that we haven’t

By Jonathan Leask Potential Mid Canterbury Heartland rugby players get a second opportunity to put their hand up next week.

A Mid Canterbury XV and a Development XV head to Kirwee to play Ellesmere on Wednesday in an annual pre-season fixture which will be step two in Glenn Moore’s selection process.

Moore has had a wider squad since April, casting his eye over the club matches most weekends with his management team also

- Glenn Moore

seen before.”

After the Ellesmere match there are five weeks of club rugby before the Heartland pre-season proper with the final Heartland squad having three warm-up matches before the competition kicks off on August 24.

Mid Canterbury has traditionally played Ellesmere and North Canterbury mid-season but won’t meet North Canterbury this year, but Moore had the South Canterbury match to get a first look at the squad in action.

This mid-week match is anoth-

er opportunity for players to push for their place in the squad, and to give Moore a better idea of what he’ll have to work with.

In the past Mid Canterbury has supplemented the squad using the import quota, and Moore suggested that could be the case again as he had “been looking”, however, as for what position or what players he would bring in was still a thing of conjecture.

“That’s what these two games are for – to work out what we’ve got and where we are vulnerable.

“In the past and even in my North Otago days I was always

From the sideline

an advocate of using (imports) in key areas and in particular if you have young guys developing. I won’t drop them in it and expose them when they could be alongside someone learning the trade.

“I realise some people see it contentiously but in the end it’s about trying to win.”

The squad had a light training session last night with Moore set to assess “how the squad pulls up” at Monday night’s training after this weekend’s Watters Cup round before finalising the two line-ups.

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representative teams later in the year.

The Mid Canterbury Primary A Boys’ team will attend the National Hatch Cup Tournament in Hamilton and the Primary A Girls are in Wellington for the National Collier Trophy Tournament in October.

The day will then conclude with a senior men’s Town v Country match at 3pm, where the players have been divided by their residential locality rather than their club ties.

The Country boys overcame the townies 4-2 in an entertaining spectacle last year in what was a Wakanui reshuffle but with the return of Tinwald to the top flight adds some more players to the mix.

The big day of town and country is then followed by the first grade men’s competition, playing their third week of the second round.

By Jonathan Leask A turf war will unfold in Ashburton with the annual town and country hockey matches at the Ashburton Hockey Turf on Sunday.

It will be a full day of fun festival hockey with the players setting aside club ties for some mate-against-mate matches.

Last year Country claimed the bragging rights with three wins to Town’s one with two draws over the six matches and also featured the return of the senior men’s match.

The town and country clashes get under way at 9.30am with the development teams, then the B Girls followed by the B Boys before the A Girls’ and A Boys’ matches.

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Morning cloud clearing then fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light SE tending NW in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: Light SE, gradually turning W 40 km/h.

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Rain developing about the divide, falling as snow above 1000m; fine in the E with some high cloud. NW, rising to gale about the tops.

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Fine. Blustery westerlies.

Rain about the divide; fine in the east.

Westerlies, gale in exposed places.

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

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