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Pension proposal a ‘good idea’

BY SUE NEWMAN

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New Zealand superannuation has been the financial backstop for retired Kiwis for more than 100 years.

While it has undergone many changes, in its current form it dates back to 1977 and is intended to assure older New Zealand residents of a basic standard of living. How that super is paid is now out for public debate and scrutiny, and the proposed changes have been given the nod

by Ashburton accountant Brendon Adam.

The proposal is to give people the option of taking super at the current level at 65, at a level that reduced by 6 per cent a year down to the age of 60 or increased at 10 per cent a year between 65 and 70.

Any proposal that allowed older people to choose when they hooked into super was well worth some healthy debate, he said.

“It’s a good idea, particularly for those people who may have

health problems or a shorter life expectancy and who need to retire early.”

For that to be fair and equitable, however, Mr Adam said income means testing should be part of the sign-on regime for people aged between 60 and 65 to stop people double dipping continuing to work and putting their super cash in the bank.

He also supports the option of signing on at any time between 65 and 70 in exchange for a higher weekly super pay cheque.

“While you don’t need it to live on it makes good financial sense to give yourself a better standard of living when you do retire,” he said.

Mr Adam said his understanding of the proposal was that anyone signing up for super after 65 would not be committed to working until the age of 70, but could choose to sign on at any stage.

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Many babies are making their photographic debut on social media within an hour of their birth, according to research.

On average, images of more than two-thirds of British newborns now appear online within 60 minutes. The poll aimed to discover the impact social media has had on the way new parents share information and images of their offspring. Parents were asked how soon it was after their child was born that an image appeared on social media, and the average time period was 57.9 minutes.

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Twerking added to Oxford dictionary

Police apologise for dog wedding

Twerking, the raunchy dance that set tongues wagging when enthusiastically performed by Miley Cyrus at the MTV Video Music awards, is one of the new terms to make the latest Oxford dictionary update. The moves, borrowed from US hip-hop culture, have been colloquially known as twerking for around 20 years, but the term has now received official recognition after being included in the latest revision of Oxford Dictionaries Online, it said. “By last year, it had generated enough currency to be added to our new words watch list,” explained Katherine Connor Martin.

Sri Lankan police have apologised for holding a group wedding for dogs trained to detect explosives and drugs after the country’s culture minister condemned the event and demanded an investigation. Nine pairs of police sniffer dogs dressed in shawls, hats and socks were placed on a decorated platform like those used in traditional Buddhist weddings in the ceremony in the central town of Kandy. Their marriages were registered by an official in the presence of a crowd of veterinary surgeons, medical doctors, top police officers and the public.

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Four men will appear in court for allegedly smuggling scorpions into the country, following an investigation by the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The group are charged with various breaches to the Biosecurity Act 1993 after six Black Rock Scorpions were allegedly smuggled from Australia through Christchurch International Airport and then into Queenstown. In April a search warrant was carried out and a live scorpion was discovered. Further investigations, including gathering cellphone records, suggested there were more scorpions.

Potentially life-saving technology, first trialled on Dunedin roads, is being installed throughout Otago in another world first.

About 700 PATeye road markers, which flash blue in icy conditions, are being installed across the region to warn motorists and prevent crashes. The two-year trial of the Christchurch-developed technology has already attracted global interest, as well as praise from national organisations including the AA and and NZTA.

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Lure of early super strong

By Sue NewmaN

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The lure of money in the hand today rather than a bigger superannuation pay day in the future is the preferred choice of many Ashburton people.

On the back of the release of a Government discussion paper on flexible super payments, Ashburton people are saying the risk of working longer and delaying superannuation payment until 70 is one risk to far.

The flexi-super payment that could see superannuation available at 60 – at a reduced weekly rate through to delayed payment at 70 at a higher weekly

rate – is out for public debate.

The proposal is about giving older New Zealanders a choice in terms of super payments in a way that would have a neutral impact on the Government’s overall super pool.

Currently super costs around 4.7 per cent of the gross domestic product, but this is expected to double to 8 per cent by 2050.

About 14 per cent of New Zealanders are aged 65 and over today (around 600,000 people) but by 2031 this is expected to rise to 21 per cent (more than one million people).

Val McDougall said she and husband Graham had discussed

the proposal and were concerned that locking themselves into a later retirement could back fire.

“Those are valuable years to have as retirement years. It would only be good if you could pull the age back if something changed,” she said.

For Pauline Woolley, pushing her super out until she reached 70 was not a consideration.

“I’m happy to carry on working but I want my super at 65.

I’d be scared something would happen and I wouldn’t be here at 70,” she said.

Others, who did not want to be named, had a similar reac-

tion. One who is approaching her 70th birthday is still working full time but felt there was little incentive in the proposal to take her super later.

A solid carrot was needed, she said.

“As long as I had the option to opt out and go back to a younger age, I might consider it.”

Another said her first reaction was that she would go for the older age and enjoy a bigger pay day after 70 because she intended to continue working past her 65th birthday.

Having the option to claw this back to an earlier age would be the clincher for her, she said.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS What is flexi-super?

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The rates would likely be adjusted by a 10 per cent increase for each year after 65 and reduced by 6 per cent for each year before 65. This would mean a person taking super at 70 would receive around 160 per cent of the rate at 65.

If they took their super at 60, the rate would be73 per cent of the 65 year olds rate.

At 65 a single person is entitled to receive $357.42 a week. Under the flexi scheme at 61 this would equate to $279.06 per week, and at 69 this would be $523.30.

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Canada, France, Greece, Germany, Japan Sweden and the United States offer the option of taking super anywhere from 60 to 63.

Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States offer the option of deferring super past 65.

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It would give New Zealanders the choice to take super at a reduced rate as early as 60, at the current rate at 65 or at a higher rate at 70. This is the rate at which your super will be paid for the rest of your life.

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Preschoolers get into fundraising mode Preschoolers are getting their hands dirty to help plant seeds for their play centre’s fundraising fete that is coming up.

Five families from Mayfield Playcentre are opening their gardens to the public on October 12 as well as hosting a country fete that would be held in the grounds of one of the homes.

The seeds planted by the preschoolers will be sold at a garden stool at the fete, and these would include rocket, beetroot and strawberry plants.

“It’s good for the kids to get involved and learn about seeds and what they need to grow,” said play centre supervisor Danielle Guise.

The parent-led co-operative at Mayfield playcentre have to raise $6000 to stay on top of their annual bills and up-keep of the play centre.

Mayfield Playcentre secretary Cate Hogan said this would be the first year they had run the garden tour and they had received a lot of interest from people looking forward to it.

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Rest home reports freed up

By Sue NewmaN

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As the New Zealand Aged Care Association conference gets under way in Auckland, Rangitata MP and associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew is opening the information channels on rest homes While audit reports on all rest homes are currently available on the Ministry of Health website, Mrs Goodhew said that

from November the Government would make full reports, rather than just the summaries available to the public.

“Other changes to the website will allow people to see if a rest home has any current problems and what’s being done to fix them.

“Historical audit summaries going back to 2009 will also be published so people can see what progress has been made

and if there are any ongoing issues,” she said.

Anyone wanting to view rest home audit summaries now needs to search through a list of 633 certified rest homes and hospitals, but further improvements to the website will allow browsers to click on a map to pull up information on facilities in their area that interest them.

“We want to make sure families who have a relative living

in a rest home, or are considering their options, can quickly and easily access the information they need to make the right choice for them,” Mrs Goodhew said.

The Government is also making information about public hospitals more accessible with summary audit reports for district health boards to be published on the Ministry’s My DHB website from November.

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In brief Enough is enough A Northland family’s harrowing domestic violence journey has been made into a documentary which encourages people to speak out and seek help. The powerful DVD titled Enough is Enough is a 24-minute documentary in memory of Patricia Ann McGrath, also known as Wowo, who was killed by an act of violence in January.

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Rena cleanup costs A further $542,000 of taxpayer money is being spent on the cleanup following the Rena grounding, as the second anniversary of the disaster approaches. The money will go towards continuing the environmental recovery programme - bringing total Government funding to $2.42 million.

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Illegal tree felling Hastings District Council is seeking restitution after 15 to 20 trees were cut down in a public reserve without permission to carry out the work. Users of the popular Tainui Reserve in Havelock North were shocked when they saw a group of gum and pine trees felled at the east end of the park, near Hikanui Drive, more than a week ago.

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Tiger dies at zoo An elderly female Sumatran tiger has died at Wellington Zoo, in a “devastating” blow for staff and regular visitors. The 21-year-old tiger, Cantik came to Wellington Zoo from Burger’s Zoo in the Netherlands in 1994. Zoo staff said she was suffering from a malignant adrenal tumour and severe arthritis.

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Cancer throws family’s life into chaos

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

It was a little before dawn in early spring, two years ago, that Ashburton farmer Duncan Crozier woke to shooting pain through his abdomen.

He was a young father of three in his early thirties, a keen runner, and, until he was bundled into an ambulance that morning, he had seemed perfectly healthy.

Tests were run, and the doctor approached him with grave news: He had stage four cancer. “‘Oh, how many stages are there?’ I asked him, and he said four is it. I thought, ‘oh, crap’.”

That was the beginning of a journey that has changed every aspect of his life - his work, his relationships, and even his view of the Ashburton community.

Soon after Christmas that

year Duncan launched into regular three-week chemo sessions Making the transition from an active life outdoors to being cooped up in the house was one of the biggest challenges, both for him and his family.

“Instead of being out of the house for most of the day, the wife and I had to live with each other 24/7. It was as bad for her as it was for me. I’d prefer to have the cancer than be the support person.”

He said the journey could be a lonely one, and support from the Cancer Society had made a huge difference.

“I started going along to a Cancer Society support group and I met guys who were dealing with it all already. They talked about things like how they spoke to their kids, and how they deal with it all. That

boosts you and it reaffirms you, to know you’re not the only one. Now it’s flipped, and when someone new comes along I get their phone number.”

“Sometimes you feel pretty lonely. People at the Cancer Society just understand what’s going on. They’ll give you a ring to see how you’re doing and they’re always there, even if you just want to duck in for a cup of tea or coffee.

“When I was having a bad day we’d get a knock on the door, and someone would be there to drop round a plate of biscuits.”

Cancer Society members weren’t alone. Duncan said he was supported by his family and the community every step of the way, including a fundraising run organised in his name earlier this year.

“I think I lived in my own lit-

Suspicion surrounds a blaze that engulfed a red-zoned property in Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch. The fire was first reported at the Hilton St house at 5.30pm on Tuesday and local firefighters spent an hour putting it out. But they were called back to the property hours later when the house was again well alight. This time they spent five hours bringing it under control.

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DAFFODIL DAY Look out for yellow buckets, balloons and bright bunches of daffodils around Mid Canterbury today, in preparation for the Cancer Society Daffodil Day tomorrow. tle shell before all this, and this has opened my eyes. If I was a hundred per cent tomorrow, I wouldn’t go back to my life as it was.

“I’ve got three amazing sisters, and I’m forever in their debt. It boosts you to see friends and family get behind you, and now what I really want to do is give something back to the community that has done so much for me.”

A cyclist was injured in a crash in Christchurch yesterday morning.

Emergency services were called to the collision between a car and a bicycle on Barrington St in Spreydon at 7.48am, a police southern communications spokesman said. A St John spokeswoman said the cyclist was taken to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries.

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Bungy plans revamped AJ Hackett Bungy has resurrected plans to establish a commercial bungy jump in a valley behind Queenstown Hill. A resource application has been lodged with the Queenstown Lakes District Council by HAT Ltd for a certificate of compliance for the proposed activity, which was approved in June 2008. The certificate for the original jump had lapsed.

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BY EMMA CROPPER A year 12 student from Ashburton College is heading overseas to experience the Japanese culture first-hand thanks to a fully paid scholarship from the government.

Caitlin Adlam, 16, won the Ministry of Education Language Immersion award that was given out to only 15 secondary school students in New Zealand this year.

Caitlin would be leaving for six months to live as an exchange student in Japan. She would be staying with a host family and attending regular school in Japan.

“I’m really excited to experience Japan and want to learn more about the culture,” Caitlin said.

Ashburton College Japanese teacher, Libbi Woods, said the experience would be a great opportunity for Caitlin.

“Learning Japanese in class is different to actually being in Japan,” Mrs Woods said.

Caitlin had not found out what part of Japan she would be heading to yet, but said she would want to continue Japa-

Caitlin Adlam will soon be able to see Japan first-hand rather than looking at pictures of it.

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nese when she leaves school.

“I want to teach PE and English, or be an outdoor instructor in Japan, then come back here and teach Japanese,” said Caitlin.

Before venturing off to Japan on her own, Caitlin will be

travelling to Japan with 15 others from her class on September 25 to visit their sister school Tokorozawa-kita High School.

To be awarded the scholarship Caitlin had to send in a written application.

She was then short-listed and

went through an interview process.

The award is part of the governments focus to support the development of language skills considered necessary for New Zealand to move toward a globally connected economy.

An evening of artisan shopping with a glass of bubbly in hand – Shop Me Pretty night market this weekend is an opportunity for a perfect night out with the girls.

From 3.30 to 8.30 this Saturday the Ashburton Trust Event Centre will be packed with handcrafted jewellery, ceramics, art, gourmet food, homewares and accessories.

The travelling night market was started by two young mums in Christchurch in 2012, and was designed to support both small, creative businesses and busy ladies in need of a relaxing night out.

There will be something for everyone, from hand knitted woolly hats for farmers on frosty mornings, to a Dolls Clothing Co stall for dolls in need of a wardrobe update.

Entry to the market is by gold coin donation, with a complimentary glass of bubbly or juice provided.

For more information visit the website, www.shopmepretty.co.nz, or find them on the Facebook Shop Me Pretty event page.

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LIMs growing in popularity

By Sue NewmaN

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A growing number of home buyers are adding Land Information Memoranda (LIM) reports to the cost of buying a home.

While they are not the complete answer to tracking work that has been carried out on a house or section, sales agent Hamish Niles said they are now running alongside a builder’s

report as one of the checks many home buyers make.

The LIM, however, is only as good as the information filed with a local authority, but it will list any work for which a permit or building consent has been obtained, he said.

If work was identified that was not covered in a LIM it opened up a grey area for both buyers and sellers, Mr Niles said.

“The LIM is one more safeguard for buyers and it takes the onus off us.”

In July the Ashburton District Council hit a new high for the number of LIMs issued – 76.

If a work on a house did not appear on a LIM, council senior planner Ian Hyde said this work could be inspected retrospectively to assure buyers that it was up to standard.

“People need to be aware,

however, that a LIM is only a record of the information held by us and that’s where it stops.

A LIM and a building inspection should tie in together and the buyer will then know that all the work done is okay.”

A LIM can be obtained from the Ashburton District Council and costs $248.40.

It is usually issued within 10 days of an application being made.

In brief Man hit by car A man suffered two broken legs and suspected internal injuries after being hit by car near the Homer Tunnel in Milford yesterday.

The man was out of his car when another vehicle slid on ice and pinned him against his own vehicle about 3pm, Inspector Murray Heast said. Emergency services were with the man while he waited for a rescue helicopter, he said. -APNZ

One-way door policy Blenheim bar owners have voluntarily implemented a oneway door policy, preventing patrons from entering bars in the wee hours in a bid to reduce alcohol-fuelled offending. Police and the council’s licensing inspector had been working with bar owners in the area to develop strategies to reduce alcoholrelated crime in Blenheim’s CBD, Senior Sergeant Peter Payne said.

“As a result of our discussions two of the three licence-holders who remain open after 1am have agreed to implement a voluntary one-way door policy from 1am.”

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Trial cut short A High Court trial set to run all week in Wanganui was cut short before it began when the accused admitted the charges. The 27-year-old Wanganui man, who has interim name suppression, was facing trial for charges of assault with a weapon, assault with intent to injure and two charges of using unlawful means with intent to procure a miscarriage. The interim suppression orders prevent the details of the alleged offending from being reported.

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Black billed gulls return to raise their young Black billed gulls have returned in their hundreds to the Ashburton River this week.

About 1500 are jostling for nesting spaces west of the State Highway One bridge, and will

soon begin laying eggs and raising their young. The birds return each year, and don’t seem to mind the sound of heavy traffic and passing trains.

Mid Canterbury bird enthu-

siast Peter Howden said it was unusual for black billed gulls to nest in the same place year after year. Black billed gulls have had their threat status upgraded from nationally endangered to

nationally critical because of a rapid decline in numbers.

Forest and Bird plan to monitor the Ashburton River population and erect nesting bird signs along the river.

Shots fired at bus full of students By matthew theuNiSSeN A minibus full of students from a south Auckland tertiary education institute was shot at as it returned to campus after a field trip yesterday afternoon.

The vehicle was carrying 15 people from Te Wananga o Aotearoa in Mangere, including students and teachers.

Police said it was travelling

on State Highway 20 between Massey Rd and Puhinui Rd shortly after midday when a car entered the motorway at Massey Rd and drew up behind in the right-hand lane.

Passengers saw what they believed was a pistol pointed at the vehicle before a window shattered.

The minibus got off the motorway at Puhinui Rd.

No one on board was injured, but a spokesman for the wananga said they were shaken.

“Certainly it’s a surprise. It’s not something that we’ve ever experienced so I’d have to agree [that it was random],” he said.

The organisation was focused on ensuring the well-being of its students, who were being offered victim support.

Police said initial indications

were that the weapon was a BB gun and that the occupants of the bus were not specifically targeted.

Witness descriptions of the vehicle were unclear but police wanted to hear from anyone who saw a red or maroon car acting suspiciously in the area or who had any information about the incident.

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Police have named a contractor killed in a farm accident in North Canterbury on Tuesday. Michael James Earl, 36, of Hawarden, a self-employed contractor, was grading tracks on a property in Karaka Road, near Waikari on Tuesday morning. He was believed to have been grading uphill before the accident just before 11am, Senior Constable Rob Ellis of Amberley police said. Mr Earl was found by the owner of the property a short time later, and was pronounced dead at the scene by a local doctor.

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Drunk driver at school A man driving near an Auckland primary school at 3pm has lost his licence after he was found to be more than twice the legal limit, police say. If the man had not been stopped by the checkpoint last Friday, a student could have been seriously hurt, Waitemata road policing manager Inspector Mark Fergus said. “If a young child, excited about ending the school week, had run out onto the road this driver’s judgement and reaction times would have been severely impaired by alcohol,” he said. The man was stopped after a checkpoint was set up in Hillcrest last Friday, he said. Several people expressed surprise at being breath tested during daylight hours, and officers were asked “who would be drunk at this time of the day?” The man’s licence had been suspended for 28 days, and police were waiting for the outcome of a blood sample.

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37th birthday for special event

By Sue newman

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There are not many events that are celebrating their 37th birthday and are still watching supporter numbers grow.

But that’s exactly what seems to be happening with the Ashburton Business Association’s signature shopping event, Boulevard Day, says the group’s executive officer Sue Cooper.

Boulevard Day 2013 will open

for business at 9am on September 23 and for the tardy retailer still wanting space, there’s just one message, Ms Cooper said – get in quick.

“This is the first time I believe that we’ve been almost full three weeks out. We’ve only got five sites left now out of 118 and I’ve had three more inquiries today,” she said.

While most of the regulars were returning, both locals and

out of towners, Mrs Cooper said stall holder numbers were being boosted by a range of first timers.

There are more food stalls coming this year and a greater range of activities for children will be provided. The usual local retailers will be taking their business street side and these have been complemented by extras from within the local community.

Some out of town regulars booked and paid for their sites when they packed up each year to ensure the secured the spot they wanted each year, she said.

The street day had become recognised across Canterbury as a great day to grab a bargain or to do some early Christmas shopping, Ms Cooper said.

The street day is timed to coincide with South Canterbury Anniversary Day and with day

one of Ashburton Rotary’s week long bookarama and that means crowd numbers always ran into many thousands, Mrs Cooper said.

After 36 years, Boulevard Day might appear to run to a well proven pattern, but it still required a tremendous amount of behind the scenes work to ensure every stall holder was a happy stall holder on the day, she said.

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Ashburton Borough bus monitors Connor Donaldson and Jabe Settle, both 13, hope new LED 20km/h signs will reduce the speeds of motorists around school buses.

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LED bus signs part of a national trial By myleS Hume

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Mid Canterbury youngsters are less likely to become a statistic on our roads after a national trial to beef up safety around school buses launched yesterday.

Ashburton Borough School provided the backdrop for what could soon set a precedent for school transport, where the flashing LED 20km/h signs installed on either end of 30 Pearson’s school buses were unveiled.

The flashing signs are part of a national trial to remind drivers about the little-known law that drivers cannot exceed 20km/h either way when passing a stationary school bus that is picking up or dropping off children.

“Parents and caregivers will feel a lot more comfortable sending their children on the school bus because cars will now know to slow down,” Ashburton Borough bus monitor Connor Donaldson, 13, said.

During the past 25 years,

23 New Zealand children have been killed when crossing the road from getting off school buses, while 47 have been seriously injured.

The trial is a joint venture between Pearson’s Coachlines, New Zealand Rural Women, Transport Engineering Research NZ, the Ashburton District Council and other authorities. Initial research from the trial found about 40 per cent of Mid Canterbury motorists did not slow down to the 20km/h limit, while 35 per cent were

unaware of the speed limit.

Pearson’s Coachlines manager Mark Cook said some buses had already been driving their routes with the flashing LED signs and they had noticed a marked difference.

“I hope this is just the start of a national roll out for New Zealand school buses,” he said.

Yesterday’s launch was the second stage in the campaign, which will now be followed by Ashburton police who will enforce the ‘either way its 20k’ law from October 21.

Four groups receive donations from trust By emma Cropper Three Ashburton community groups have received donations handed out by a local trust.

The Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury handed out over $38,000 worth of donations to 10 organisa-

tions or groups on Monday, and Ashburton featured on the list.

Relationships Aotearoa-Ashburton was given $5000 to help provide subsidised counselling services for low-income clients and the Ashburton Youth Café Trust received $4000 towards renting costs of their Tancred

Street Café, BASE. Tinwald Domain Reserve board received the largest donation of $7000 to go towards the upgrade of the Tinwald Community Pool.

Community Trust of Mid and South Canterbury community relations manager Clive Callow said the trustees were

happy with and appreciated the concept of the applications.

“Sometimes it can be the actual merit of the application that can influence the way the trustees choose,” said Mr Callow.

He said the Tinwald pool was a worthy project because of the high usage rate of the pool.

Mid Cantabrians who have diabetes or who have relatives with the disease are being invited to join the Diabetes New Zealand Ashburton branch.

The branch has its annual general meeting tonight, and is seeking new committee members.

President Carol Hill, who has been in the role for 18 years, said the number of members had dipped below 100 for the first time in at least 23 years.

This was despite diabetes becoming a more common disease.

Mrs Hill said some members had passed away, and many younger people may not know about the advantages of belonging to such a group.

“Even though we are a branch, I call us a support group really,” Mrs Hill said.

“We would like to see some more support out here and would love some new people to join our committee.”

The group meets every three months, where a guest speaker usually features, and runs an annual awareness week. It also distributes a quarterly newsletter called Ashbetes News.

Mrs Hill said joining the group or its committee would be of benefit not just to those who have diabetes, but family members as well.

“There’s type one and type two and some say type three is what the family member has, because it does affect the family.”

Mrs Hill joined the group after her son was diagnosed with the illness.

The meeting will be tonight at 7.30pm at the Seniors Centre, and features guest speaker Chris Harrison, nurse educator, who will talk about a new blood glucose meter. All are welcome.

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■ ERRONEOUS ONLINE OUTBURSTS

Principal asks parents to consult before posting

By MyleS huMe

myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

An Ashburton principal is warning parents about the danger of outbursts on social media, which can damage the reputation of teachers and the schools.

Allenton School principal Graham Smith recently met with a parent who was forced to remove a comment she posted on Facebook, targeting two staff members and the school over the way they dealt with her child.

“The child went home and told a half story to his parent and that all came back to haunt her and she had to apologise to the teachers ... it’s bad enough having our school gate mafia out there without it going viral on Facebook,” he said.

Mr Smith said the comment on the social media site had the

Graham Smith

potential to damage the teachers’ and school’s reputation, and parents needed to contain themselves.

“It wasn’t verified, all they had to do was talk to the teacher and they would have realised the case was handled really well,” he said.

“Social media sites are never an appropriate venue for home

and school comment and do not support the home/school partnership.”

Mr Smith said it was not the first time such incidents had happened, but for this case he had the evidence and knowledge to deal with it.

Netsafe boss Martin Cocker said adults were some of the worst online attackers, and often did not take responsibility for their actions.

In this case he said it was fortunate the parent apologised, but if she had not, the principal would either have had to pursue a costly defamation case or ask social media administrators to take it down.

“At the moment there are a new set of laws under proposal and they will give you a different option, so in the meantime there are very few courses of action,” Mr Cocker said.

■ VANDALISM FRUSTRATION

Tancred Street resident Kim Bishop is going to install security cameras because she is sick of vandals targeting her home, the latest incident being a stone thrown at a bedroom window this week.

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Resident takes aim at vandals

By MyleS huMe

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An Ashburton mother has “reached the end of her tether” with vandals who have repeatedly vandalised her historic Tancred Street home.

In fact, Kim Bishop has got to the point where she is going to install security cameras on her property to catch the culprits in the act or deter would-be vandals.

The latest incident came on Tuesday night when someone threw a rock at a front bedroom window of her “Freelander” home, which she has spent thou-

sands of dollars to restore to its former glory.

It’s the second time in as many months it has happened, and is the latest in a string of incidents that have frustrated her for about a decade.

“They’ve ripped out plants, a few palings off the fence, stolen lengths of timber and the house was egged a few months ago,” Mrs Bishop said.

This week’s broken window is expected to cost Mrs Bishop and her family about $150.

“I’m going to have some security cameras put in because I have just had an absolute guts

full. “I haven’t got any enemies or anyone I can think of, I guess we are on the main artery to town and it’s a big house.”

Mrs Bishop said the vandalism in the area had become so bad that at least three neighbours had put up fences to keep people off the property.

Another neighbour the Guardian spoke to said beer bottles were often strewn across her front lawn, and she was planning on building a higher fence.

She said it was usually patrons from bars in the CBD that caused the most trouble.

Dux Live manager Ross Herrick, says the cameras in the bar’s toilets will stay.

Toilet photos land live music venue in hot water

By Shelley RoBinSon Posting photos on Facebook of two men allegedly vandalising a toilet may have landed a Christchurch live music venue in hot water.

The Dux Live put photos on Facebook on Monday night of two men in the toilets.

But privacy lawyer Kathryn Dalziel said the Dux Live crossed the line by placing the photos on Facebook.

“If the purpose [of having CCTV] is to help police, then the purpose is not to put them up on Facebook but to give it to the police,” said Ms Dalziel.

She said there could be a breach of privacy if they did not use the CCTV for the purpose it was collected and also were also risking a defamation claim from the two men.

“They had better be 100 per cent that these two did what they say,” she said.

Dux Live general manager Ross Herrick said the two men had committed vandalism by allegedly taking frames off a picture on the wall.

He had not reported it to the police because the matter was “trivial.” But he put the images on Facebook to name and shame the men, he said.

The damage was around $12 to $15.

He was sick of vandalism at the Dux. “But it’s not about the money - it’s about the blatant vandalism,” said Mr Herrick.

But the two men could take a case to the Privacy Commissioner or take legal action against the Dux for defamation, Ms Dalziel said.

The Dux posted this on facebook with the photos: “Does anyone know this clever bugger?

We’re sick of a ... holes trying to trash our stuff. Please let us know and we’ll love you long time.”

However, there was a backlash to the post on Facebook, with many people angry that there were surveillance cameras in the toilet. There was support

as well.

The Dux replied by saying cameras were in the toilets for patrons’ safety.

Said one critic on Facebook: “Cool thanks for posting this I will no longer enter or recommend the Dux ... I do not like the slippery slope you have decided to cross.”

Said another: “This is revolting that you film people without consent then put pics up on facebook. Wrong on every level, shame on you.”

“So you film people while they pee ... what ever you are into.

The problem here is that you have filmed these people in the toilet without consent and then put it on a social network to catch the persons that you think did the damage ... my advice, take the pics down before it ends badly for you.”

Mr Herrick said the cameras were only in the men’s toilets, not the women’s. There was signage alerting people to the cameras.

He said the cameras were digitally “blocked” from recording any of the “pervy bits”.

Said Ms Dalziel: “I am not against filming in general but they have to prove the tests. In this case it is to provide the information for police, make customers more safe and hold people who are committing wilful damage to account. So how does filming and putting that on Facebook help the police?”

“How am I more safe unless they have someone watching the camera at the time it is happening?”

Mr Herrick said they did not have someone watching the footage as it happened, but could access the live feed from their cellphones if they chose to. “Our staff don’t have time to do that [watch cameras all night],” he said.

“They are putting themselves in the position of being the police and they are also risking defamation - they had better be 100 per cent that the person did what they are saying,” said Ms Dalziel.

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■ HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE

Asbestos found at Lincoln University

By Kurt Bayer

A Lincoln University building has been shut down after a concerned staff member took a swab of some dust which returned a positive test for asbestos.

The university is now working with “anxious” staff after the hazardous substance discovery was made last month in the 60-year-old Riddolls Building.

The Canterbury District Health Board has been called in and several more tests, checks, and cleans have been carried out.

Murray Dickson, the university’s group manager corporate

services, say they now have been cleared of danger, but staff can enter now only under strict restricted access conditions.

After the devastating earthquakes, several large university buildings were deemed too unsafe to occupy and staff and students were moved to other buildings across the campus.

The Riddolls Building was renovated, and Mr Dickson said that university records showed that there was asbestos in the building, which was built in 1952.

“It was taken very seriously and all procedures were followed before we moved in,” Mr Dickson said.

Science labs and associated work spaces, including chillers, were moved in.

But he believes that stormy weather which struck the region late last month caused some asbestos dust to emerge.

A concerned staff member took some dust samples in the building, which Mr Dickson said they were encouraged to do in such circumstances.

As a precautionary measure, the building was shut down while they awaited the results.

Canterbury District Health Board were sent three samples on July 17, it confirmed yesterday.

Two came back positive for

Chrysotile (white asbestos) and one contained both Crysotile and Amosite (brown asbestos).

On July 22 and 23, CDHB community and public health technical officers visited the site and took two more samples.

One of the two bulk samples was positive for white asbestos.

The university’s ‘spill response team’ carried out cleanup operations on advice from community and public health.

On August 19, the university sent six samples for testing, and only one sample contained brown asbestos, a CDHB spokeswoman confirmed.

“We’ve done a lot of remedial work and blocked off some

gaps between rooms and ceiling spaces, where dust may have come from,” Mr Dickson said.

“We’ve now got full clearance.” Staff are entering the building under restricted access, he said. “It’s obviously an emotive topic and one which some staff are anxious over, and some are not.

Mr Dickson wasn’t aware of any staff, or contractors who had been doing work on the building, as having undergone medical tests to check if their lungs have been affected by the killer dust.

But he urged anyone with concerns to notify the university.

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Residents working towards a meal of whitebait By emma cropper Coldstream House residents are frantically knitting and smashing walnuts to fund a feed of whitebait.

Residents have divvied up the task of raising money for their annual feed of whitebait. The women have been knitting woollen coat hangers and the men have been busy crushing walnuts to sell in bags at their front reception desk.

Coldstream activities co-ordinator Bernice Laird said they needed to raise around $160 to $170 for the residents to be able to have whitebait patties for dinner. So far she said they had raised $80 and would hopefully have the remainder before Christmas.

“It fills in time for the residents at night and in the weekend,” Mrs Laird said.

The residents were using donated wool. “It’s all different colours of wool that we have had donated. They are using up odds and sods,” Mrs Laird said.

She said the women had used 34 of the coat hangers for their laundry because they like to use them to hang their clothes on.

In previous years the men had helped raise the money by crushing the walnuts, but this year the women had decided to Coldstream Rest Home residents with coat hanger covers they have been knitting. Residents (from left): Helen Durran, Sjoukje De Vries, Hazel Hammond, Hilda Murdoch, Patti McCloy, Tui Blissett. photo kirsty clay 280813-kc-070 chip in and help with the knitting.

Tough new bail rules in force

By Isaac DavIson Serious violent, sexual or drugs offenders now face greater hurdles to getting bail after sweeping changes to bail laws were backed by Parliament.

The Bail Amendment Bill passed into law yesterday morning by 102 votes to 19.

It was opposed by the Greens, the Maori Party, Mana and Brendan Horan.

The bill would require that a person on a murder charge or repeat violence, drugs or sex charges would have to persuade a judge that the

“

It struck the right balance between public safety and a defendant’s right to be considered innocent until proven – Judith Collins guilty

community would be safe if they were released.

Under present law, the Crown must show why defendants should be locked up.

Justice Minister Judith Collins said the legislation put victims at the heart of the

criminal justice system. She was confident it struck the right balance between public safety and a defendant’s right to be considered innocent until proven guilty.

Opponents argued that people would be locked up for

longer on the presumption that they would offend again in future - a breach of the Bill of Rights Act. The legislation coincided with a movement called “Christie’s Law”. It sought tighter bail laws after the murder of North Shore teenager Christie Marceau at the hands of 19-year-old Akshay Chand, who was on bail at the time.

The bill would also make it more difficult for young, repeat offenders to get bail, and allow police to arrest people who repeatedly breached bail without a warrant. - APNZ

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OUR VIEW

Pension discussion a genuine step forward Coen Lammers EDITOR

T

he discussion document on superannuation this week is the first genuine step forward in the debate around retirement.

Revenue Minister Peter Dunne this week released a discussion paper which suggests that people can choose to take their superannuation from 60 at a reduced rate or keep working longer and get a bigger benefit if they retire past 65.

The paper appears to be the first suggestion to carry broad appeal as the current Government refuses to consider the inevitable move of extending the retirement age from 65 to 67.

Many Kiwis like myself, in their 40s or younger, are skeptical about whether they will get any superannuation once they hit 65 or 67.

The ageing population will make to harder to sustain the current model and younger generations are under few illusions that superannuation will be available at a later age, if at all.

While the National Government is sticking its head in the super sand, this week’s discussion paper at least makes us all take fresh look at our current system.

The proposal is not aimed at reducing costs and may even end up being more expensive.

The new set up offers Maori and Pacific Islanders with lower life expectancy and those who are physically exhausted the opportunity to get to enjoy their senior years.

On the flipside it encourages others to stay in work longer and virtually be able to save up their superannuation.

The system has been hugely successful in many countries and caters for a variety of lifestyle choices.

Also this week, the New Zealand Superannuation fund announced it had made a whopping 25.8 per cent return on its investment over the past year.

The $23 billion fund ensures New Zealanders will still get their super for some time to come, but it would worthwhile to make some long-term decisions soon before our backs are against the wall.

YOUR VIEW Consultation Whichever way Mr Lester wishes to spin the so-called consultation, at the time certain councillors voted in favour of the art gallery/museum contract, the proposed deal with Ashburton Trust had long collapsed.

The deal which those councillors voted for was vastly different from that put to the community in the consultation document in 2007. That can never amount to consultation.

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Nit-picking irks I am fed up with the continual nit-picking over the art gallery museum. The reality is that we will have an art gallery and a

new sports facility – all major assets for the future of this progressive town.

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Student attitudes to blame Once again the Guardian has published criticism about the college and destroyed the reputation of the school in the community.

I was reading the front page article with regards to the ERO report saying how bad our school is and how poor our results are.

The ministry is complaining about how Maori and Pacific Island students aren’t performing well because all they see is facts and figures.

If they spent more time observing they might actually see the true story. The underachievement by some students isn’t for the lack of trying. Staff are working their backsides off to support these students.

CRUMB by David Fletcher

At 8.45am some students are walking away from the college off to the domain smoking.

The problem isn’t the school, it’s the students attitude and it’s them dragging down the average.

I’m sick of not being able to learn because the teachers are too busy following up those types of students just to meet the expectations of others.

They should be teaching us students who actually turn up and want to learn.

The problems at Ashburton College are because of the attitude of some students.

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Pet bonds Animals and rentals: Agreed cats don’t do as much damage, but if they are not desexed the problems start. And if the tenants don’t take the cats/kittens when they leave the property – then they call the animal shel-

ters to help.

But great to see the story in Tuesday’s paper.

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Leadership under the microscope

POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Will you visit the hot pools in Methven when they’re built?

Peter Livingstone OUT OF SCHOOL

D

o you like what you see in the mirror? I mean overall, good and bad, do you like what you see in the mirror?

Now how would you feel if that mirror was actually outsiders who camped in your bathroom for three or four days and gathered information about what is going on in your life? And then those outsiders made public what they saw and found.

That is exactly what has happened for our local college and, in particular, the leadership of the college.

Their latest ERO report so boldly emblazoned on the front page of this paper, is a reflection of what is happening in their lives.

Whether the reflection has captured all of the picture is up to the leadership team to clarify. What is vital is that there is a strong message sent out that the direction of the culture of all the staff will change.

For no school (and therefore the learning of the students) can continue in a climate of staff distrust and disrespect.

During the past seven days I experienced two sides to my first interaction with the college as a prospective parent (our first of three children attend next year).

Firstly all the family went to the open evening where we were spoken to, and then guided around the school by students.

We watched in wonder as meths was dramatically lit in the science lab, jealously smelled biscuits being prepared in the technology rooms and happily left with a smile and

Today’s online poll question Q: Should Ashburton have more age-friendly services and facilities?’ (Poll closes at 4pm on Thursday)

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a free sausage. At one point I spoke to a former pupil who was now a senior and tackling advanced academic subjects.

Great I thought, this school will suit my child’s needs.

Then yesterday I spoke again to that senior student (they work part-time in a local shop) and asked ‘had they read the ERO report?’ No they hadn’t.

We chatted briefly about the contents and then came this comment: “That’s not a surprise given the way the staff talk about them (leadership) to us.” So now I sit here chewing over the words of an external review agency, for the first time reading it as a parent, not a principal. Do I like what can

be seen in the college mirror?

No, I don’t. I sympathise with colleagues who have had dirty laundry aired, but I must ask, as a parent who faces the next 10 years of sending my children there, what are you going to do?

How will this complex process of cultural change be managed and how will you improve the schooling for all at college?

Leadership of a school, and in a school, is at times lonely, emotionally draining, physically tiring and leads to second guessing your decisions.

However, the rewards are deeply satisfying when you bring to life concepts and ideas that improve the learning and

well-being of many lives.

So the mirror of ERO has reflected deformities and warts in the body of the college. That does not mean this is how it will always be.

Hard questions have to be asked, honest answers given, but most of all change must occur.

For most of us in Ashburton, our children will spend up to five of their most formative years in the care of this college.

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■ IRAQ

In brief Buildings collapse

Insurgent attacks kill 41 Insurgents bent on destabilising Iraq killed at least 41 people in numerous attacks scattered around the country on Sunday, striking targets as varied as a coffee shop, a wedding party convoy and a carload of off-duty soldiers.

The attacks are part of a months-long wave of killing that is the country’s worst spate of bloodshed since 2008. The violence is calling into question the security forces’ ability to protect the country and raising fears that Iraq’s sectarian and ethnic divisions are pushing it back toward the brink of civil war.

One of the day’s boldest attacks happened near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where militants set up a fake security checkpoint, captured five soldiers and shot them dead, a police officer said. The soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes and returning to base in a taxi.

Inside Mosul, other gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed a grocer, he said, though the motive was not immediately clear. The grocer was a member of the Shabak ethnic group, which has its own distinct language and religious beliefs.

Mosul, a former insurgent stronghold, is about 360km northwest of Baghdad.

Another police officer said a car bomb exploded as a judge

Two adjacent apartment buildings collapsed early Wednesday in western India, killing at least eight people, police said. Rescuers were working to pull out at least a dozen people trapped in the debris after the three-story buildings fell in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat state, police officer Bhanu Pratap Parmar said. At least four people were injured and were in hospitals, rescue workers said. Most of the occupants of the 14 apartments in the first building were sleeping when it collapsed. The adjacent building was evacuated minutes before it fell, police said. - AP

HIV passed on

People inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City, Baghdad. The blasts, which came in quick succession, targeted residents out shopping and on their way to work.

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drove past in the northern town of Balad, killing three nurses and a man who had been walking nearby. Thirteen other people were wounded, including the judge, his brother and a driver, he added.

Attacks have been on the rise in Iraq since a deadly security crackdown in April on a Sunni protest camp. More than 3000 people have been killed in violence during the past few months, raising fears the country could see an even deadlier, sectarian round of bloodshed similar to what brought the

country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007.

Many of Sunday’s victims were civilians going about their normal business despite the rising risks.

In the town of Madain, a car bomb explosion killed four and wounded 12, another police officer said. Authorities reported that another bomb there struck a group of young people playing soccer, killing four and wounding 13.

Multiple blasts hit the city of Baqouba. Police said one bomb exploded near a police officer’s

house, killing his 8-year old son and wounding 11 other people, police said. The police officer was unharmed.

Later in the day, a parked car bomb went off in a residential area in the city, killing seven and wounding 34. Yet another bomb exploded next to a wedding party convoy, killing four and wounding 17, police said.

In the capital Baghdad, a car bomb at a market in the southeastern and largely Shiite neighborhood of al-Ameen killed three civilians and wounded 13 others, authorities said.

■ CHINA

Woman gouges boy’s eyes out A woman tricked a 6-year-old boy into going into a field in northern China, and then gouged out his eyes, police said Wednesday.

The boy’s brutal ordeal happened Saturday in a rural area of Linfen city in Shanxi province, the city’s police bureau said in a statement.

State media said the boy was recovering in a hospital, but had lost his sight permanently.

A police officer who only gave his surname, Liu, said he couldn’t speculate on a motive because the investigation was continuing.

“We are sparing no efforts trying to solve this case,” Liu added.

Liu said the boy’s eyeballs were found at the scene, and that the corneas hadn’t been removed.

State media previously had raised the possibility that the boy’s corneas were taken for sale because of a donor shortage in China.

A news report on a provincial TV channel showed the boy writhing in pain on a hospital trolley, with bandages around his head, and his parents, both farmers, crying.

The Beijing Times newspaper quoted the parents of the boy, whose family name is Guo according to police, as saying that their son had told them he was walking along a path when he was grabbed by a woman. She used an unspecified tool to gouge out his eyes, they said.

A man accused of maliciously infecting his former boyfriend with HIV admits he knew he had the disease when they had unprotected sex for the first time.

But he says his former lover could have contracted the disease from a liposuction operation or from a genital piercing. The 65-year-old, known only as MA, has pleaded not guilty to maliciously causing a person to contract a grievous bodily disease. It is alleged he infected his former boyfriend, a 47-year-old male nurse, who cannot be named, in 2004. - AP

Hammer murder A Melbourne man murdered his partner’s son with a hammer then dismembered his body with a hacksaw, dumping pieces at tips across the city in plastic bags.

A jury yesterday found John Xypolitos guilty of murdering 17-year-old Gary Adams, who he bashed with the hammer in the shed of the Cranbourne home they shared. He then left Gary’s body in the padlocked shed and began preparing the evening meal for his partner. When she left for work the following day, he set about dismembering her son’s body in a plastic children’s pool. - AP

Freeze-dry sperm

Big Bertha JD Megchelsen poses next to his giant pumpkin in Nikiski, Alaska. Megchelsen holds the record for giant pumpkins in Alaska, and knew he had a candidate this year to beat the record of 1287 pounds set in 2011 - but when a boom truck gently lifted the behemoth on Monday with rigging and a sling, the big pumpkin revealed a big disappointment: a thumb-size hole that will make it ineligible for the competition at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.

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Yosemite blaze still out of control The wildfire threatening Yosemite National Park is still burning its way into the huge US tourist attraction despite dogged efforts by thousands of firefighters using planes and bulldozers.

Ash is gathering on the surface of a reservoir serving San Francisco, but of-

ficials said water quality has not been affected. The so-called Rim Fire - California’s seventh biggest - now covers about 731 sq kilometres, an area bigger than Chicago.

The fire, which broke out on August 17, was still only 20 per cent contained.

Japanese scientists have launched a sperm bank for endangered animals that uses freeze-drying technology they hope could one day help humans recreate animal populations on other planets, the chief researcher says. The team at Kyoto University’s Institute of Laboratory Animals Graduate School of Medicine successfully preserved sperm taken from two endangered primates and a type of giraffe, associate professor Takehito Kaneko said. They mixed the sperm with special preservation liquid and freezedried it in a way that allows them to store it at just 4 degrees Celsius.

Plonk profits shrink The profitability of Australian plonk is on the nose. High exchange rates, oversupply and a rebate that has unfairly subsidised New Zealand wine is behind the drop in profits, a new report says.

“We have been hit by a perfect storm,” said Tony D’Aloisio, president of the Winemakers’ Federation Australia (WFA). “(It) has impacted industry profitability and reduced asset values.” Unless this slide in fortune is turned around, the WFA warns jobs and growth in regional Australia will be hit hard. - AP

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Sustainable Water Limited, an Ashburton-based agricultural water management company, has been named a finalist in the Champion Canterbury Business Awards.

Sustainable Water Limited was nominated along with over 150 other Canterbury businesses for the Champion Canterbury Business Awards in June and is among three finalists in the small enterprise category of Champion Professional Service.

Marketing manager Fraser Chirnside said the firm was honoured to make the finals.

“We’re up against an IT provider and a law firm, both based in Christchurch, it’s

important that the agricultural industry is represented in these sorts of high profile events and great for the Ashburton district as well,” Mr Chirnside said.

Up to 36 business and community leaders make up the judging panel. The awards ceremony evening will be held at the CBS Canterbury Arena on October 2. It is the largest business awards ceremony held in New Zealand each year with an expected 1100 attendants.

Sustainable Water’s services include resource management, irrigation and effluent storage, irrigation design, and water loss recovery.

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rium contamination was raised, nearly 200 tests have been conducted on the product in laboratories here and in the United States, with results arriving overnight.

MPI’s acting director-general Scott Gallacher said they needed to act on what they knew at that time. “The information we had then said there was a food safety risk to consumers and we moved quickly to address it,” he said.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy said the all clear and the tracing report would go a long way to reassure international markets that MPI had done a thorough job.

However, there were still unanswered questions about the scare and how it was handled which was why MPI was continuing with its compliance review.

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Westland Milk, the Hokitika- its advance rate 20 cents to $5 plenty of grass. “Current market based dairy co-operative, has per kgms, it said in a statement. conditions, plus Westland’s strafollowed Fonterra Co-operative The increase comes a day after tegic move to the higher value Group’s lead in hiking its fore- dominant player Fonterra raised nutritionals market is driving cast payout to farmers on strong its forecast 30 cents to $7.80 per this confident payout forecast,” milk flows and elevated interna- kgms as global demand contin- chief executive Rod Quin said. tional prices. ues to keep international prices “We’ve had a very successful The company expects to pay high. launch of our new Westpro nubetween $7.60 and $8 per kiloThe increase was due to strong tritional products in China regram of milksolids before re- internationalGreat prices fathers and as Westcently, and fully expect the new Day present. tentions for the 2013/14 season, land’s milk flows were up 5 per nutritional products plant in 25% off, More Than Water, the story up from a forecast range of be- fathers cent with Also captionday –the mild winter leaving Hokitika to be working to capacLakeand Hood tween $6.60 and $7, and hiked cows in goodabout condition with ity this season.”

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One of the companies hit hardest by Fonterra’s botulism scare, Nutricia, which had some baby formula products recalled, said the latest results had mirrored their own testing that their baby formula was free of Clostridium botulinum.

The company’s legal team would be discussing the issue, a company spokeswoman said.

Labour’s primary industries spokesman Damien O’Connor called the results a “complete systems failure by the Ministry for Primary Industries”.

Greens co-leader Russel Norman said the Ministry for Primary Industries and Fonterra both needed to take an extremely hard look at how the “fiasco” had developed.

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The false alarm over Fonterra’s botulism scare in some of its whey concentrate product has resulted in a relieved food industry but prompted questions about how testing could have failed on such an epic scale.

Opposition parties say questions need to be asked into how the “fiasco” was allowed to develop and Fonterra has confirmed it will conduct its internal reviews into the issue.

The Ministry for Primary Industries announced yesterday the bacterium found in some of Fonterra’s whey concentrate was not the botulism-causing Clostridium botulinum, but Clostridium sporogenes, which has no safety issues. “ ... at elevated levels certain strains may be associated with food spoilage,” the ministry said.

The false results which came from AgResearch testing earlier this month has dented the country’s food safety reputation and cost exporters millions of dollars in lost revenue.

New Zealand Infant Formula Exporters Association chief administrative officer Chris Claridge said he had been dismayed and disturbed with the way the botulism scare was handled initially.

“I’ve lost a million dollars worth of trade and I’m a small and medium sized exporter,” he said.

New Zealand needed a more coordinated and coherent approach to food scares, he said.

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TINWALD SALE Richard Ashworth (left) and Michael Buchanan entice buyers into making a bid for sheep at the Tinwald Saleyards this week.

Heavy prime lambs made $120-131, medium lambs $105-116 and light lambs $90-100. Heavy prime ewes made $105-125, medium ewes $80-95 and light ewes $55-70.

There was a small yarding of store lambs, with good lambs ranging from $85-94. Medium store lambs made $74-84, and small lambs $60-68. A line of ewe lambs, all counted, made $70.

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Getting to the root of the problem Reducing weed and insect competition is vital before establishing new crop or pasture, to give newly-sown species every opportunity to establish successfully.

“Glyphosate does not kill every weed,’’ says Ravensdown’s agchem technical manager Dan Pavey.

“Weeds such as docks, thistles, ragwort and buttercups

aren’t effectively killed with glyphosate alone.’’

Perennial weed species such as dock and Californian thistles have roots that act as large energy storage organs, which are used when the tops of the plant are not producing energy for growth or survival.

Glyphosate will cause leaf defoliation and severely stunt growth of the weed, but it may

have enough energy in surviving root material to recover and regrow.

The roots of perennial weeds can also survive cultivation and become even harder to control post-establishment, due to the large number of new plants regenerating from fractured root segments.

Chemicals that are non-selective to clovers and herbs are

often the only chemical-control option for many perennial weed species.

However, removing clover is undesirable because it is such an important plant to pastures and animal production.

The use of companion herbicides is important, but often forgotten, when spraying out paddocks to go into new crops or pastures.

“Companion herbicides are required to completely kill off all weeds, giving the new crop or pasture space and access to nutrients required for successful establishment,’’ Mr Pavey said.

The type of companion herbicide used depends on the types of weeds present and the following crop or pasture species.

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Nothing humble about the bumble

Avocado growers are keen to hear the latest research findings on the use of bumblebees as pollinators, says AVOCO technical manager Colin Partridge, so they can plan to put the findings into practice and improve the consistency of harvests.

The topic will be addressed at the Australia-New Zealand avocado conference in Tauranga next month, and AVOCO, as principal sponsor of the conference and the largest grower group, appreciates the significance of the research.

“If avocado growers could soon be able to call in special reinforcements to pollinate their trees – the not-so-humble bumblebee – it will do a lot to stabilise the industry and could even help overcome the persistent boom/bust nature of the harvests,” Mr Partridge said.

“I have heard it said that bumblebees are not aerodynamically equipped to fly. The trouble is; no-one told them.

We certainly know bumblebees are hard workers and are seen to forage in much cooler and darker conditions that honeybees will, so I hope this research will be leading to good results that our growers can implement to increase fruit set.”

As threats to traditional honey bees increase the cost of pollination, scientists have turned their attention to wild bumblebees to harness their potential as pollinators of avocado.

Dr David Pattemore, a pollination scientist at the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research, is bringing his findings to the Australia-New Zealand avocado conference in Tauranga in September.

His research is being funded internally, with assistance from Pollen Plus and the Avocado Industry Council.

“We know for many crops that bumblebees are much more effective as pollinators (than honey bees),” reports Dr Pattemore. “They carry more pollen and are better at cross pollination.

“Each bumblebee does the work of 50 honey bees on kiwifruit, and we are expecting the ratio to be pretty similar on avocados.”

The avocado industry is plagued by the boom and bust nature of the harvest, with trees tending to produce copious amounts of fruit one year, then fewer the next. This is known in the industry as irregular bearing. Part of the problem is that the trees have maturing fruit and next season’s flowers on the tree at the same time.

“The overall aim of our research on avocado pollination is to find ways to increase fruit set in years that would typically result in low fruit numbers,” Dr Pattemore said.

Top left – A research field worker finishes installing a bumblebee nesting box.

Above – A bumblebee busy on a blueberry flower.

“We believe that providing growers with the ability to manage highly effective bumblebees is an important part of the solution.”

The researchers started by building artificial nesting boxes to attract bumblebees.

A pilot trial was run in five Bay of Plenty avocado orchards. The orchards were monitored to determine the percentage of hives occupied, the size of the colonies achieved, and this information will direct future research.

“Our biggest colony in our nest boxes last year was 1500 bumblebees, and overall we had a success rate of 33 per cent. That’s right up there with the best studies worldwide.”

Dr Pattemore said bumblebees are social bees like honey bees, but as yet we don’t have the same methods for managing them. It is worth investigating, however, as growers could eventually be able to reduce their reliance on honey bees – and get away from relying on a single species.

What with varroa mite and other factors affecting honey bee hive health, it is becoming expensive to bring in honey bee hives for orchard pollination, he said.

“Current prices are at the limit of what avocado orchardists can afford. We expect that these prices will rise further in the years ahead.”

Dr Pattemore is one of the guest speakers at the three-day conference, which starts September 9.

The bumblebee research is just part of his speech, and field trips will demonstrate the nest boxes.

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Above – The first canine member of The Underdog exhibition is under construction, and is pictured with sculptor Hannah Kidd (right) and spot welder Sue Bamford.

Right – Hannah Kidd has been sculpting in steel rod and flattened corrugated iron for about 10 years. photos susan sandys

Life keeps getting busier for iron and steel ‘wrangler’

By SuSan SandyS Sculptor Hannah Kidd has been busier than ever since she set up shop in the Methven town centre earlier this year.

The award-winning artist has been sculpting in steel rod and flattened corrugated iron, which she welds together, for the past 10 years. It is a unique material and style which she herself created, and her work is instantly recognisable throughout New Zealand.

“Bending the rod is like drawing a charcoal line on paper,” she said.

The mother-of-two has sculpted hundreds of pieces over the years, with half of her work for exhibitions and the other half commissions.

Commission work under construction includes a life-sized grizzly bear, and Ms Kidd is wondering if it will fit in the front door of the Christchurch client’s home when it is finished. Earlier this year she constructed a life-size horse and rider for a client in Auckland.

Recent exhibition work has included a work entitled The Race featuring nine horses, for Milford Gallery in Dunedin, and a New Zealand version of Michelangelo’s David which was a rugged Kiwi topless hunter with boots and a pig on his back.

She is currently constructing several farm dogs to feature in The Underdog for Milford Galleries in Queenstown in November.

Ms Kidd works daily at her workshop in the Methven Mall, where she has been based since March and is helped by spot welder Sue Bamford. Before pieces are shipped off to exhibitions or clients, they will sit in the shop window.

Ms Kidd settled in Methven in 2001 after finishing art school, and has returned recently after being away for five years as her husband Richard Morris’ work as a helicopter pilot took him to Franz Joseph. The couple have two boys, aged three and four.

She said she loved Methven and enjoyed being based in the town centre.

“It has a transient population which makes local people more accepting of different types of people.

“It’s slightly more cosmopolitan than your typical rural farming town,” Ms Kidd said.

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August 30-31 – Comedic stage hypnotist Dave Upfold performs two fundraising shows at 7pm at Ashburton College. Tickets $25, students $15.

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September 25 – Fly My Pretties national tour visiting Ashburton for a concert at 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Events Centre. Tickets $45.

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September 27 – The Very Best of Suzanne Prentice concert at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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September 28 – The changing face of small town NZ, photographic exhibition by Mary Macpherson at the Ashburton Art Gallery until November 10.

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October 13 – The Grand Ole T-Oppry country music concert featuring the Topp Twins, at 8pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre. Tickets $77.

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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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■ TOYOTA RAV4 GXL

Love affair continues L

ast year SUVs, which obviously suit our lifestyles, were the most popular new models in New Zealand with over 25,000 sold. Indeed we are spoilt for choice for these and the competition is decidedly fierce.

Toyota knows a thing or two about building SUVs and, of course, selling them!

So the new sharp looking RAV4 range offers plenty of options with eight different models with RRPs from $39,990 to $62,790.

Of these, we have spent time with diesel and petrol versions of the mid-range GXL priced at $53,490 and $51,490 respectively.

They are instantly recognisable as Toyota’s with the now family nose and obvious Corolla genes at the front. These combine nicely with the clean lines, sloping roof with rails and the now shapely rear complete with top-hinged, uncluttered tailgate.

Uncluttered because the spare wheel now lives below the luggage space. And while RAV is bigger overall, because of the relocated spare, it’s actually 55mm shorter.

Inside, where it’s easy for all to get, there’s an immediate spacious feel and a nice presen-

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tation, complete with leather stitched sections on the modern-looking, easy-to-use dash.

There’s lots therein, including a multi-use 6.1 inch touch screen, a six-speaker sound system, dual-zone climate air, and pushbutton start.

No sat-nav though.

The front seats are both shapely and supportive and the driver’s has plenty of adjustment, as does the steering wheel so it’s easy to get very comfortably set up. And then to appreciate the very good all round visibility, which with the reversing camera and large mirrors, also makes parking easy.

Plenty of space in all directions and comfort too for those in the back seat where the floor is almost flat. The seat back reclines and splits 60/40. Noted that the nice feel seat fabric quickly gathers fluff so with infantry on board seat covers will be advisable.

Luggage loading is simple via

■ Price: $53,490 and $51,49041,490 ■ Engines, gearbox: 2.2-litre diesel, 110kW/340Nm 2.5-litre petrol, 132kW/233Nm - 6-speed autos.

■ Warranty: 5 years ■ Safety: 7 airbags, 5 star safety rating ■ Turning Circle: 12.0m (2.7 turns lock to lock) ■ Dimensions: 4.57m (L), 1.84m (W), 1.71m (H) ■ Weight: 1660kg ■ Tows: diesel 1800kg and petrol 1500kg. the high lifting tailgate. With a space saver spare, the space is deep and wide, holding 577 litres seats up and 1776 litres when folded. The optional full size spare reduces this space.

The cargo net is very useful.

Both versions proved very easy to drive. The diesel is keen to go, just when you want, and you need it to for the maximum 340Nm of torque happens between 2000 and 2800rpm. Being a traditional diesel, with cold starts it makes its presence

FINALE These new, well set-up and comfortable RAVs build on the strengths of their predecessors. They add sharper styling, more space, much improved ride, agile handling and refinement to practicality so as to suit an even wider variety of lifestyles and uses.

Petrol or diesel? For towing and lots of long drives I’d take the diesel but for other duties the petrol would be fine. known (not so much to those inside though) but at cruise, it’s smooth, acceptably quiet and instantly ready to deliver the goods.

Meanwhile the refined 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol with its 132kW and 233Nm of torque can’t of course mirror the diesel’s easy driving wave of torque, but it certainly gets the job done and still nicely perky below 3000rpm. And then of course is keen to rev higher.

Both engines work really well with their efficient six-speed autos. There’s a DIY function but this wasn’t used. But certainly tried the Sport mode which firms up the steering and sharp-

ens the auto’s shift response.

There’s also an Eco mode which does exactly the opposite to achieve the best possible fuel economy.

The claimed overall fuel consumption figures for the diesel and petrol are 6.5 litres/100K and 8.5L/100/K respectively.

On the road the new suspension set-up (struts up front and double-wishbones at the rear) and nicely weighted steering, which provides reasonable feedback gives the RAV the pretty much car-like cornering and a firmish, but acceptably comfortable, ride with little body roll.

During normal driving the RAV is predominantly front wheel drive but with cornering or as soon as things get slippery the new adaptive all-wheel drive system kicks in to provide grip where needed. The benefits of this are very noticeable, both in deep shingle and through the twisty bits.

While there’s good grip offroad from the 17-inch Dueller tyres, the 167mm ground clearance will likely keep you on tracks. AWD can be locked in up to 40kmh and downhill assist helps with slippery descents. As well there’s the latest in stability/traction control present as well as hill start assist.

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Well we have had the final of the winter Friday Triples after many great days and the WINNERS were:- ROGERS ROCKETS and they have won the Hunt Trophy Good Bowling from these GRINNERS. Results for Friday triples last day 23rd Aug: 1st Rogers Rockets (D Gutberlet J Ryk M Anderson); 2nd Pips Boys (G Bishop B White P Kiddey); 3rd The Tigers ( A McIntosh P Gibson D Thomas).

STOP PRESS The Fundraising Tournament for Sandra Keith on 21st/22nd September 2013 has had a price adjustment and is now $60 per team on the Saturday, and $10 per person for the Drawn Fours on the Sunday. We have listened to your comments and concerns and acted accordingly, so please get your entries in and come and enjoy a great weekend and cause to play for.

See you there.

Not hearing much news as to how NZ and Sandra are going in UK, so if you have any results etc, please let us know. Wow nearly Opening Day and back into the thick of it again. It seems not a lot of home time coming up!

Ashburton Horticultural Society

The first meeting of the new season was well attended and members enjoyed meeting up again after the winter break. As the meeting was held in conjunction with the AGM, there was no speaker. Raffles were won by Maureen Randall and Dorothy Broome.

Premier award –Brian Glassey - White Camellia.

The 123rd Annual General Meeting of the Ashburton Horticultural Society, was held in the Sports Pavilion, Walnut Avenue on Monday 26 August 2013. There were twenty three members present with two apologies received.

President Dick Bennett reviewed a year of excellent speakers, gardening displays and demonstrations. Membership is down a little owing to some older members entering rest homes. New members and visitors are always welcome.

A minute silence was held to remember the late Kath Harris who had been a most enthusiastic and faithful member of the Society.

Graham Gunn was re-elected Patron of the Society and then officiated in the election of Officers and Committee and also in the presentation of Trophies.

Patron: Graham Gunn; President: Dick Bennett; Vice Presidents: Joy Jaine and Trevor Gamblin; Secretary/Treasurer: Rosemary Case; Auditor: Dick MacDonald; Committee: Mary McCosker, Pat Tarbotton and Norm McDowell.

Dorothy Broome and John Hoogweg were welcomed as new committee members and retiring committee members Shona Thomas and Kay McLenaghen were thanked for their past support. Life Membership was granted to Jeff Jaine for his long association with and outstanding contribution to the Society.

Presentation of Trophies: R A Lloyd Trophy (most points vegetables and fruits) 1st Maureen Randall. 2nd Ken McLaren, 3rd Pat Tarbotton.

Smallbore shooting

North Island v South Island and New Zealand v United Kingdom. Ashburton shooters only.

A very excited group boarded the plane for Palmerston North on Friday and a very happy (and tired) group got off the plane on Monday afternoon, accompanied by a very proud coach. On the Saturday it was the inter-island matches. Hailey Beevor shot 396.19 to make her the highest scoring junior and the right to be named as captain of the New Zealand Juniors. Joe McAdam 393.20 was third in junior.

Hailey then went on to shoot for the womA J L Williams Trophy (cut flowers) 1st Pat Tarbotton, 2nd Shona Thomas, 3rd Brian Glassey.

Joseph D Murdoch Trophy (decorative) 1st Shona Thomas, 2nd Surrey Lamont, 3rd Bev Cornwall.

National Chrysanthemum Show Trophy (most points overall) 1st Pat Tarbotton, 2nd Shona Thomas, 3rd Brian Glassey.

Monthly Premier Award 1st Brian Glassey.2nd Pat Tarbotton, 3rd equal: Maureen Randall.

John Hoogweg,

Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club

The August meeting of the Ashburton Pakeke Lions Club was held at Hotel Ashburton with an attendance of 70 members and invited guests. Following a welcome from President John Lynch, Lion Noel Lowe read the apologies which included a number of members laid low with end of winter ailments. Clip Boards were circulated requesting members to assist with Street Collections for Daffodil Day, Arthritis and Alzheimers Societies appeals and a roster for the boat restoration project. Two suggestions for an out and about trip to

en’s team and scored 389.18 to be fourth behind Sandy Collett who was second with 391.19. Sarah Clifford 386.16 (seventh) Nina McKenzie 384.12 (tenth) and Coby Snowden 373.8 (seventeenth).

The open team followed where Joe McAdam top scored with 397.22 and was named captain. Sandy Collett 392.21 (fifth) and Greg Menzies 390.19 (ninth).

Came the Sunday and of the three teams to compete internationally, two were captained by Ashburton Shooters. In the juniors Joe McAdam top scored with 298 and Hailey Beevor 293 (ninth). In the ladies Sandy Collett 293 (ninth) and in the open

Mt Potts for the February meeting also made the rounds. An evening of music, fun and frolics for Lions members of Mid Canterbury was also promoted.

Following the Grace led by Lion Colin Divers a sumptuous buffet meal was enjoyed by all.

Mini speaker for the evening was Lion Tony Sands who gave snapshot of his life story from being raised and educated in Christchurch, careers working with the Ministry of Transport , various roles within the NZ Police Force including crime investigation, moving into private investigative work to owning a restaurant and then into real estate. Currently he is involved with a local Retirement Village.

The main speaker for the evening was Ann Stafford who explained how Grey Power operates in Ashburton as part of a national organisation. Originally it was formed in NZ to protest against a proposal on a taxation system that would affect older people. It now operates as a group that takes up issues on behalf of the older generation . Locally, monthly meetings are held and financial members are able to obtain discounts from selected retail local businesses.

Joe McAdam 394 (twelfth) Sandy Collett 393 (sixteenth) The Eley Match also competed in the afternoon saw Nina McKenzie 291 (third) Greg Menzies 290 (ninth) Sarah Clifford 283 (eleventh) Coby Snowden 276 (twelfth) At the conclusion of the teams’ events, the traditional Manager’s Match took place.

Managers shoot with only a borrowed original BSA rifle and scoping assistance.

Bryan Hunter (shooting for Betty Gardiner) made all his shooters very proud by producing 100, taking first place, and providing the perfect shooting end to Ashburton’s excellent weekend.

Lion Raymond Suttie thanked the speaker for explaining how Grey Power works in the community.

Secretary Lion Barry Bluett advised members of the charitable donations that had been made to groups within Ashburton. Grants totalling over $16,000 were distributed to such groups as Blind Foundation specifically for new technology, St Johns for Youth training, Cancer Society, Child Cancer and Age Concern’s 206 Club.

Pakeke members are now driving their original People Mover, previously gifted to the DHB, transporting clients to the Day Care Centre.

The evening concluded with Lion Ron with his usual touch of humour as the Tail Twister and singing of the National Anthem Next ladies craft morning 10am, September 9 at Gwenda Hansen’s home.

Ashburton Photographic Society

It was with great sadness that we farewelled fellow photographer and friend Norman Early.

Norman enjoyed photography and took part in all activities. He shared his knowledge and en-

couraged us all to keep trying for that ultimate image.

Norman achieved many accolades in National Competitions and held a good number of our local trophies over the past 5-6 years While Norman entered every subject of photography his expertise in Natural History will stay with us.

The early spring with clear blue skies and snow topped mountains has set a backdrop for great images.

The fourth wet field trip in as many months was a successful opportunity to photograph the work in progress and memorability at the Plains Railway.

With several new members eager to learn the finer points of photography and achieve maximum use of their cameras our workshops have been beneficial.

Our monthly competition results also provide a learning opportunity with the critiquing of our work by judges.

We were grateful to Sally Brake for judging of our second Open Competition with positive comments and were reminded of the points to consider when composing a good ‘picture’ and our camera settings.

Club news www.guardianonline.co.nz A Grade: Digital Images – acceptances: Peter MacGregor‘Bursting Bud’ and ‘Eggs’, Clarrie Brake-‘Evening Cast’, Gaynor Hurst-‘Flower for Great Granny’, Jorg Nittmann-‘On the Back of Mt Somers’ and ‘Pure Power’, Steve Buller-‘Tombs of the Nobles’.

Honours: Aileen Brake-‘Foggy Sentinels’, Jude Box-‘On Guard’, Carol Efford-‘Lupins’ B Grade: Digital Images – acceptances: Debbie Buller-‘Alastaster Citadel’, ‘Ramesses 11 at Dusk’ and ‘Thunder Clouds-Corfe Castle’ Honours: Cindy Lovett-‘Yellow Rose’ A Grade: Prints-acceptances: Norman Early-‘Kaya King’ and ‘Hanging On’, Gaynor Hurst‘Wedding Bouquet and Shoes’, Chris Howe-‘Wind Power-Nuclear Power’ and ‘Iron Artwork’, Marg Clifford-‘Lone Duck in Reflections’ and ‘Mt Cook at Dusk’, Aileen Brake-‘Autumn Harvest’, Clarrie Brake-‘Country Road’ Honours: Gaynor Hurst‘Sweetpea’, Chris Howe-‘Rome Street at Dusk’, Peter MacGregor-‘Smoke’ B Grade: Print – acceptances: Therle Wylie-‘Peacock’, Catherine McMahon-‘Padstow’ Honours: Debbie Jackson‘Autumn Alley’ Len Doel, who has had several Natural History books published, judged our Natural History competition with comments both photographically and from a naturalist’s perspective. . Results were: Digital Images-acceptances: Norman Early-‘Harrier Hawks’, Sally Brake-‘Parekareka’ and ‘Mammatus Clouds’, Jorg Nittman‘Snow Storm on the Way’, Peter MacGregor-‘Tenodera Aridifolia’, Chris Howe-‘Zosterops lateralis’.

Honours: Gaynor Hurst-‘Amanta Muscaria’ and ‘Penwiper’, Chris Howe-‘Rhipidura fuliginosa placabilis’ Prints-acceptances: Peter MacGregor-‘Hurundo Neoxena’ and Zosterops lateralis’, Margaret Clifford-‘Greylag Geese’, Norman Early-‘King Penquin Preening Itself’ Honours: Gaynor Hurst‘Southern Bell Frog’ – TOP IMAGE.

Ashburton Senior Citizens Inc. The monthly Social Afternoon was held on Tuesday 13th August 2013. Hope played the piano in her usual delightful manner while the audience was being seated. Yvonne welcomed everyone with a big “hello”. She informed the members of the Big Raffle in November. If you would like to help with the selling of raffle tickets please ring Yvonne on 3089965. She then asked everyone to bow their heads in remembrance of the late Jane Hart who passed away recently. Jane had been a wonderful member of the committee for a long time.

She will be sadly missed. The programme for the first half hour featured Yvonne and her keyboard, starting with “The fields of Athinrine” and ‘Feeling like love”, then Hope played the theme from “Friends and Neighbours” for a sing-a-long and “What a wonderful world”. Rose and Audrey performed their entertaining duet on the piano starting with “Napoleon’s last charge” and “Norwegian cradle song”. Bob Neilson sang “A nightingale sang in Berkley Square”, “Give a little”, Can’t

help falling in love with you”, “Champagne Rag” and “Goodbye my friends” were the next delightful duet from Rose and Audrey. Jim joined Bob accompanied by Yvonne for “Let the rest of the world go by”, “When I’m 64 and a medley starting with “Margie”, “Put another nickel in”.

Birthday greetings were sung for August birthday folks. “Now is the hour”, was the last offering for a sing-a-long to end the entertainment. Afternoon tea was served. For Total Mobility please ring 3081237.

Ashburton Woodworkers President Geoff Brown welcomed 22members and friends and reported on progress or lack of progress on our application for charitable status. John Millichamp reported on a lathe for sale and silver pine posts available.

Show and Tell table: Jack Ross an antique wooden telephone.

Adriaan Slooten a tap with a bucket with a water drip with a gilded finish.

Gary Maxey a foot operated dead man electrical switch plus two wooden eggs.

Dave Busby offset small goblet and a rim for a barometer.

Peter Ireland three off set turned items and a large salt pig.

Frank Luxton first attempt at carving on a vase and a pine receptacle.

Geoff Brown an ironwood vase with fluting.

Fred Jackson pieces of tonka wood, which he gave out to other members to create something.

Wim Melchers a carved macrocarpa vase.

Adriaan Slooten gave us a detailed demonstration of finishing a bowl using a skew, both, inside and even inside. Using a mixture of 40 per cent boiled linseed oil and 60 per cent turps to wet sand, this system helps prevents the fine dust, as some dust can become an irritant, especially rimu. Various buffing discs and polishing soaps he obtained a glowing end product. An impressive result. Thanks Adriaan

Ashvegas Country Club The club’s monthly premier day was held at Fairlie last weekend where a reasonably good turn out participated in a stableford round.

Surprisingly Legs performance on the golf course was far better that his performance in the bus on the way down and he took out the top prize with a score of 41 stableford points following an excellent round of 85. Despite his success he was still fined the maximum amount for the unpleasantness he caused on the trip down.

Clarkie finished in 2nd place with a score of 39 points following his round of 82 while Mitch and veteran Richie Watson did best of the others with 38 points. Evan won the putting prize with 28 putts while Terry Kingsbury was the only golfer to have a 2.

This Sunday’s club day is scheduled to be held at Ashburton at the normal tee off time of 10.00am.

Red Cross – Ashburton Branch The annual meeting was held recently. Election of Officers as follows: Patroness: Agnes Geering;

President: Sheila Graham; Vice Presidents Gwen Beauvais and Lesley Ballard; Secretary: Pat Weir; Treasurer: Carol Moore.

Housie Organiser Leila Bain and Jan Dowie is her deputy.

The year in review: The venue for Branch meetings is St Paul’s Church lounge. We collected for Red Cross Annual Appeal and sold Roses. Our own fundraising was a raffle and lamingtons.

A large donation was sent to the Christchurch office, for general use. Some members help with meals on wheels. Forums in Ashburton and Timaru were attended, also the Ashburton candle lighting to honour World Red Cross Day. The Branch runs Housie at Coldstream House, once a month, except January. We have now donated First Aid Kits to all Mid Canterbury Schools and pre-schools.

Information pamphlets were printed and delivered to Mid Canterbury households.

We collected for Pink Ribbon. The Branch wreath was placed on Anzac Day. We had a thank you function – afternoon tea and entertainment for our wonderful volunteers.

Awards: 1 Certificate of Appreciation; 1 twenty year badge and 1 ten year badge.

RSA Women’s Section President Colleen Hands welcomed an excellent attendance of members on Thursday 22 August 2013. Apologies were accepted. Lorraine Boud played the piano for us to sing the R.S.A. Song and Happy Birthday to several members. One member and her husband were congratulated on celebrating their 55th Wedding Anniversary.

Sympathy to anyone who has lost a loved one. Sick members were wished a speedy recovery. Next month 26 September will be our 68th Birthday. To be celebrated with a pot luck lunch – finger food please. Be here about noon, ready to eat at 12.30pm. There will be raffles – no sales table – no competitions. Please bring a plate for afternoon tea. There will be a speaker during the afternoon. Colleen introduced Christine Sandrey, who owns the Mid Canterbury franchise of Driving Miss Daisy. They are available to drive people, 7 days a week; at times to suit, bookings to be made. Housie was then played.

We had lots of fun. Did lots of listening for the numbers and quite a few had luck. Raffles were won by Phyllis Chapman and Pat Cannon.

Competitions: Winter Rose: 1st Claire Wesley; 2nd Margaret Morgan; 3rd Wendy Marr. Small Jug: 1st Alwyn Clulee; 2nd Claire Wesley; 3rd Marilyn Coley.

Afternoon tea was served and people could have a chat. Colleen, who did the calling, was really ready for her cuppa.

Seniornet Ashburton Inc. It is with sadness I report the passing of our valued committee member Norman Early. Norman was out Apple/Mac man and will be greatly missed for his knowledge on these computers.

Even in the last few weeks, when he was not feeling the best, he still attended our meetings and the Apple classes. We extend deepest sympathy to Amuri and family.

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as much as we can on Mac/Apple computers and hope to have some beginner’s classes as soon as we can. We have installed our 2 new computers with Windows 8 and have Windows Live mail and Outlook email programs installed on all our computers.

We will be having a forum on emailing next month on all the email programs that our members.

Our monthly “Help & Solve” afternoon this month was a bit quieter than last month and the last one for this year will be held on Thursday 19th September between 1.30pm - 3pm. We have had numerous workshops this month “Beginners x 2, Saving x 2, Ipads & Tablets, Card making and Word.

We will be holding workshops this month on Card making, Word “the little extras”, Saving, Downloading from cameras and Phones and emailing. We have enquiries for other classes and these will be done in September.

Our Question & Answer afternoon earlier this month, was a demonstration on “Smart TV’s” by “Sam” from Noel Leeming.

This was an interesting afternoon and members asked many questions, which Sam answered members were very happy with the afternoon.

Next month on Thursday 5th September our Question and Answer demonstration will be on “Setting up and cleaning out your computer” by Lindsay Holland.

We have found many of our members, who buy new computers, don’t know how to register them and all the programs that come with your machine as free for a month or three, then keep popping up on the screen, wanting you to buy them and if you don’t, they are a nuisance, so Lindsay will explain how to get rid of them.

Please ring Jenny 308 8424 for information on any workshops or you can also ring: Margaret 307 7498.

very first job was working at McDonalds, while studying at University after which she went on to working in hospitals in Australia and in New York living on a 37th floor building. On her return to New Zealand she met and married Dean Taylor and there her farming life began. They worked together on their local farm and this is how the rural magazine with local articles came about in 2007.

There are 6 staff who work on its production and it is printed in Christchurch. Selecting the cover is one of the hardest jobs, to have the required effect. Jo spoke and showed slides of some of her favourite stories which they have published. Life on the farm helping and juggling work and family makes her a very busy lady with a great attitude. She was thanked by Barbara for taking the time to come and speak to us. Members then moved through to the restaurant for our birthday lunch which was enjoyed by all.

The next meeting is to be held on the 23rd of September.

The Plains Ladies Probus Club The 21st meeting was held on 26th August with a large attendance; Audrey welcomed everybody to our spring gathering and also 3 visitors. 7 apologies were accepted. The new look Probus magazine was handed out to members. Correspondence and the Treasurers report were read and passed. 6 members had been visited by our Almoner. 2 new members Lyn Coppard and Jeanette Begg were invested and welcomed. Names are coming in fast for the bus trip to Mesopotamia on October 7th and money to be paid at our next meeting.

“Ping Pong” is the movie for next month on the 4th September at 11am at the Regent Theatre, a good film I have heard.

Elise Morris from the Blind Association was the mini speaker.

She spoke about all the sad and frustrating things of being blind.

Things that we all take for granted every day. With the help of her “Reader” she is able to read the newspaper from cover to cover and also is able to write and to make cards with this device.

Morning tea was served and enjoyed by all as were the 2 Raffle prizes. Jo Taylor, editor and founder of the Latitude Magazine was our main speaker and what a busy person she is.

Growing up in Melbourne her

Tinwald Garden Club Vice Prescient Jenette Storrier chaired the August meeting at which 37 members and 2 visitors were welcomed. Two new members Elizabeth Stuckey and Aldreth Bond joined and were wished well. New potatoes for the “spud in a bucket” competition were distributed and members advised the results will be judged at the January meeting.

Jenette then introduced our speaker Nicole Hazelhurst, New Zealand’s representative in the Florist Trade at the World Skills competition in Germany.

Nicole explained how reps from1 7 countries, all aged under 23 years, competed during the four day event. Trades represented included florists, plumbing, mechanics, sheet metal workers, welders, hairdressers and many others each showing their skills.

Nicole then constructed a fabulous arrangement which showed why she was chosen to represent her country. She was thanked

by Almond Royds and presented with a fruit tray.

Table Show Competition Results: 3 Pansies: V. Johnson, A. Royds, H. Mitchell 2 Soleild O’r: H. Mitchell, C. Thomson, A. Royds Single Camelia: S. Lamont, J. Campbell, K. Ross Double Camelia; C. Thomson, K. Ross, K. Young Vase of Violets: K. Ross, K. Young, H. Mitchell 1 Anemone: A. Royds, C. Thomson, M. Glassey Stem Winter Rose: H. Mitchell, S. Lamont, A. Scammell Stem Polyanthus: J. Campbell, H. Mitchell, A. Royds Miniature Bloom: A. Scammell, K. Young, H. Mitchell Spike: K. Young, A. Scammell, V. Johnson Cluster: G. Quelch, K. Young, S. Lamont (equal) Flowering Shrub: C. Thomson, A. Scammell, A. Truman Flower N.O.S.: S. Lamont, H. Mitchell, G. Quelch Flowering Climber: G. Quelch Vegetables 2 Leeks: K. Ross, J. Campbell 3 Citrus Fruit: C. Thomson, J. Campbell, H. Mitchell The Young/O’Keefe Trophy went to H. Mitchell.

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In brief Heart attack on pitch A player from a third-division Argentine club has died of a heart attack during a match. Club Deportivo Laferrere says Hector Sanabria collapsed in the 29th minute of a game against General Lamadrid on Tuesday — a day before his 28th birthday. Doctors attended to Sanabria on the field but he was dead when he reached hospital. - APNZ

Time for tennis The tennis season is starting to kick into gear as Mid Canterbury schools look to bring the game to their own courts.

Mid Canterbury tennis coach Chris Anderson (left) was at Methven Primary yesterday where Victoria Talbot, 7, joined fellow pupils for a skills lesson with games and coordination tasks.

All 21 of the district’s schools have signed up for the two coaching sessions, which will see about 1600 children with ball and racquet in hand.

Tickets popular Tickets for the All Whites’ intercontinental playoff to reach the World Cup finals go on public sale today, following an overwhelming response to the presale campaign. More than 23,000 tickets have already been sold for the Wellington leg of the home and away play-off, and now fewer than 5000 tickets remain for the fixture in November. “The appetite from the fans already for this game has been incredible,” said New Zealand Football interim chief executive Mark Aspden. - APNZ

Cricketers apologise England’s cricketers have apologised after team members were seen urinating on the pitch at The Oval as they celebrated the Ashes series victory over Australia on Sunday. The team responded to criticism by accepting “we got carried away (in) the euphoria of winning such a prestigious series and accept that some of our behavior was inappropriate.”

The fifth and final Ashes test at The Oval in south London was drawn, giving England a 3-0 series win. Australian journalists reported seeing England players drinking beer and urinating on the field during a late-night celebration.

The England players say if their behavior offended anyone, “we apologise for that and want to reassure people that it was a simple error of judgment more than anything else.” - APNZ

Oracle busts sail Oracle Team USA yesterday damaged a wing sail but are not expected to be seriously affected in preparations for the America’s Cup match against Team New Zealand. An Oracle spokesman confirmed that a 40m wingsail, which provides the power and speed for the 72-foot AC72 catamarans, was damaged but said it was probably “an overnight fix”.

It’s understood the yacht involved was Boat 2, considered most likely to be the one Oracle decides to field against Emirates Team NZ, starting on September 8. - APNZ

Retallick banned Bay of Plenty lock Culum Retallick has been suspended from rugby for two weeks, following a judicial hearing on a charge of foul play during his team’s ITM Cup match against Hawkes Bay last weekend.

Retallick was cited for lifting and tipping a player in a dangerous tackle in the match won by Bay of Plenty 24-20 in Tauranga. Judicial Officer Nigel Hampton upheld the citing but said Retallick’s actions were at the low end of offending. Hampton took into account Retallick’s good conduct at the hearing, his long career and relatively clean record when considering the sanction. - APNZ

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Drysdale crashes out of rowing champs Since turning to the single sculls in 2005, Mahe Drysdale has always been a banker for Rowing New Zealand.

He had never missed a world championship or Olympic podium recording gold, gold, gold, bronze, gold, silver, gold and gold at each year’s pinnacle

event. An impeccable record... until yesterday.

The Olympic champion paid the price for his sabbatical in failing to progress beyond the world championship quarter-finals. Despite climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, completing a coast-tocoast and enduring an Ironman

in the interim, Drysdale admitted the lack of base kilometres from specific rowing training was the key factor in his failure.

A sense of helplessness pervaded the last 250m on his way to finishing fourth.

He was second through the 1500m mark in one of the

tougher quarter-finals but could not muster his customary sprint. The 34-year-old was eclipsed by Azerbaijani Aleksandar Aleksandrov and Bulgarian Georgi Bozhilov over the final strokes.

The race was won by German Marcel Hacker.

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Round-the-clock rugby In the landslide of live rugby that we’ve been swamped in over the last couple of weeks, it would be easy to be overwhelmed by it all and remember the last weekend as just a blur of players, non-collapsing scrums (yeah, right), stadiums and a tedious list of results, in fact you could have taken in a combined total of not far off a thousand minutes, if you’d turned up at the Showgrounds on Saturday, and you can’t get more live than that.

But really in the whole scheme of things there’s only three teams that matter.

And on Saturday, all three finished with a tick beside their names.

Canterbury wobbled a bit, but then did enough to get past a feisty Tasman (with Tim Perry prominent), and the ABs put the Bledisloe back in the cabinet for yet another year.

Ben Smith is clearly the new Joe Rokocoko, scoring a barrowload of tries in every game he plays; what’s going to hap-

pen when Cory Jane returns?

Fullback? no . . . left wing? right wing?? Bench?

Suddenly the selectors are spoilt for choice in the outside backs, and if they were fretting about the day Ma’a Nonu retires (must be getting closer), his replacement showed on Saturday that he’s definitely up to stepping out in the big time, despite being hit by the All Blacks’ First Five Curse.

On their home patch Mid Canterbury put on a very encouraging first-up display against Poverty Bay; whoever is in charge of the defensive systems would be especially pleased.

In the first 30 minutes the green and golds spent a total of about 20 seconds in the opposition’s red zone, and the spectators got cricks in their necks from constantly looking in an easterly direction as all the action was happening in the wrong half - but those 20 seconds produced two tries for the home side, one a magnificent length-of-the-field effort

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that required speed, skills and superior decision-making from a number of players working together to get a result, teamwork that usually comes about after many a game together.

Our latest No. 13, Peni Manumanunuwila, is a Lote Taquiri look-alike, and, apart from a couple of misses early on, produced a string of fine tackles in the second half, and included in some strong running one barnstorming attack in particular that a few would-be tacklers will not remember fondly.

He epitomised the commitment of all the new faces in the team, and the coach has done a fine job of melding the whole unit together so early in the season.

In a converse fashion, Satur-

day’s diverse line-up brought back memories of a team from a few years ago that came to be called The Mighty Men of Mid; with the names McLay, Morrison, Frew etc figuring strongly, a truly local team that took on the might of a full-strength Canterbury side and knocked them over.

No, not a fluke ‘they had a bad day’ result, they did it three times.

Ah well, as the song goes ‘those days are gone forever’, the chances of our brave lads repeating that feat would be akin to Quade Cooper being cheered onto Eden Park, and that’s not going to happen anytime soon.

How times have changed - but have they really? Surely the ultimate point of the whole exercise is to produce the best of the best players, who go on to represent us on the world stage, and make the All Blacks the best team in the world.

Well, they were then; and they are now.

That’s evolution for you.

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Ellerslie likely for Pero Awapuni trainer Trina Riddell is all but resigned to hitting the road with Pero to open a possible Group One campaign.

She has been frustrated by a lack of suitable options closer to home with the six-year-old, who remains in the mix for a crack at the Gr.1 The Turks Spring Classic at Hastings on October 5.

“He had a jump-out last week

at Levin and chased home Nashville and we’re pretty happy with him, but we’ve had trouble finding a race to kick him off in,” Riddell said.

“There’s a 1200 metre race at Wanganui, but that’s too short for him and he’d struggle to keep up so maybe we’ll have to go to Ellerslie (on September 7) for the open 1400.

“He’s not really the sort of

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horse that you can make too many plans with and he’s got quite a few knee problems that we have to manage. He’s in the 2000 metre race at Hastings and sometimes a lot of them drop out after the first two legs.

“He needs a bit of cut in the ground and the way the weather has been it might be like that.” - NZ Racing desk

Options aplenty for Castlzeberg Danny O’Brien is in no hurry to make any firm plans for Castlzeberg and is happy to let the New Zealand Derby placegetter find his own mark in Australia.

“He’s very raw still and on his first preparation he got all the way to the Derby, which was a great effort,” O’Brien said.

“With a bit more experience we certainly expect him to keep on improving and hopefully he finds himself in another Group One race.

“He’s still a work in progress and where he takes us will be governed by him. There are plenty of options in the spring and if he’s racing well enough it’s not hard to find the races for him.”

Bred by Te Runga Stud’s Wayne Larsen and raced by him with former co-trainer Bob Vance, Castlzeberg won twice for them last season, including a front-running victory in the Gr.2 Waikato Guineas at his fifth start.

- NZ Racing desk

M7 Forbury Park trots Today at Forbury raceway

Forbury Park Trotting Club meeting at Forbury Park.

Meeting Date: 29 Aug 2013. NZ Meeting number: 7.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8. Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 6.05pm (NZT) RICOH MOBILE TROT $5500, 3yo+ non winners mob. trot, mobile, 2200m 1 00046 Veecewah (1) fr ................................ A Milne 2 58735 Snow Boy (2) fr .................................. R May 3 97x58 Makarewa Rick (3) fr ...................... K Franks 4 8 Solar Commando (4) fr .................... A Clark 5 7 Lady Hest (5) fr ...............................J W Cox 6 0x88x Donny Wood (6) fr ................... L McCormick 7 8x896 Euromaxx (7) fr ....................... C D Thornley 8 35170 Mr Majestic (U1) fr .................. M Williamson 9 2075x Experiment (U2) fr......................... B Barclay 2 6.30pm DUNEDIN HOLIDAY PARK F&M MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ f&m non winners mob. pace, mobile, 1700m 1 37974 Lady Suffragette (1) fr ............. N Williamson 2 70 Sikeda (2) fr .................................A Veint (J) 3 67850 Heavenly Creature (3) fr..................J W Cox

TEAM MOBILE TROT $6000, 4yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. trot, mobile, 2200m 1 70x55 The Fiery Filly (1) fr ................. N Williamson 2 45771 Speedy Success (2) fr...................... A Clark 3 16680 Gold Harmony (3) fr ................ S Golding (J) 4 65303 Face Value (4) fr ............................C Buchan 5 00464 City Courage (5) fr ........................B Orange 6 3304x Whispering Champagne (6) fr ............ R May 7 51652 Marchesa (7) fr............................. B Norman 8 46767 Maldarna (8) fr ........................ M Williamson 9 81828 Left Right Andcentre (U1) fr B Williamson (J) 5 7.45pm PARTY AT TONY BROWNS PLACE MOBILE PACE $6000, 3yo+ 1 to 2 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 61544 Ella Fitzgerald (1) fr................. S Golding (J) 2 89839 The Tisbury Terror (2) fr A Veint (J, ..........Cl) 3 79705 Lockey (3) fr .............................. C McDowell 4 42847 Supreme Genes (4) fr ............. N Williamson 5 1 Bad Peach (5) fr ..............................J W Cox 6 x9507 Bronze Hero (6) fr J Trainor (J, .................Cl) 7 25638 Maybe Flyin (7) fr ...................... R Needham

8 9 10 11

30464 Shiney Princess (8) fr......................... R May 7579x Franco Caliph (9) fr ............ B Williamson (J) 1x21 Offtocullect (21) fr .........................B Orange 80086 Miss Milwaukee (22) fr ............ M Williamson 6 8.10pm DUNEDIN CITY FORD MOBILE PACE $5500, 3yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 Kym’s Boy (1) fr .................................. R May 2 580 Kynsley Star (2) fr ..................... C McDowell 3 75x Branch Rickey (3) fr ......................... A Milne 4 x3867 Cossack (4) fr .......................... S Golding (J) 5 36x30 Don’t Wanadie (5) fr ................ N Williamson 6 562 Dark Dana (6) fr ..............................J W Cox 7 Misty River (7) fr ............................ B Barclay 8 60705 Macardo (8) fr .................... B Williamson (J) 9 60x86 Spirit Of Chronos (9) fr .....................P Davis 10 2 Betabcool (21) fr ............................T Chmiel 11 27934 Just A Marvel (22) fr................ M Williamson 7 8.35pm KEEP IT CLEAN MOBILE PACE $8000, 4yo+ 3 to 7 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 11175 Lucky Getaway (1) fr .......... B Williamson (J) 2 62911 Mackenzie Jacob (2) fr ....................J W Cox

3 27546 Here’s Shifty (3) fr ........................ C Kennett 4 8965P Jaspers Blue Jean (4) fr ...................P Davis 5 07017 Kellyrox (5) fr .................................B Orange 6 32236 Cullen’s Finest (6) fr ................ N Williamson 7 57875 Vic N Art (7) fr ............................... B Barclay 8 72656 Motu Speedy Star (8) fr J Trainor (J, ........Cl) 9 22521 Lionels Meddle (9) fr S Golding (J,...........Cl) 10 13637 Hi Gun (21) fr .......................... M Williamson 11 85123 Delightful Song (22) fr ........................ R May 8 9.00pm RANFURLY SHIELD PACE $6000, 4yo+ 1 win pace, stand, 2200m 1 68662 Ahorsewithnoname (1) fr ......... N Williamson 2 83819 Glenferrie Ann (2) fr .................. C McDowell 3 98988 The Witch Doctor (3) fr ....... B Williamson (J) 4 60568 Sixonenine (4) fr............................ B Barclay 5 43071 McArdle Meg (5) fr ......................... P Hunter 6 3690x Homeforabubbly (6) fr .....................J W Cox 7 x6121 Falcon Ruler (7) fr ................... M Williamson 8 98500 Kai Clutha Connexion (8) fr ........J Trainor (J) 9 52754 VC’s Honour (9) fr ........................ B Norman 10 48585 Tuscaloosa (U1) fr .............................. R May

5 21111 Attack Wide 17.23 ..........................G Cleeve 6 62677 Adulterous nwtd ...........................C Roberts 7 24577 Opawa Rufus 17.34 S &..................B Evans 8 7F873 Okuku Wee Man 17.55 C & ............... Fagan 9 74677 Finger Pop 17.35.......................J McInerney 10 84888 Homebush Cruden nwtd ...........J McInerney 6 1.42pm (NZT) KOLORFUL KANVAS STAKES C4, 520m 1 18676 Opawa Midnight 30.66 S & .............B Evans 2 51325 Charlie’s Choice 30.45 A & ................Seque 3 23335 Opawa No Ear 30.18 J & ................D Fahey 4 25231 Starburst Clemmy 30.86 ................. M Grant 5 75x54 Fear Go 30.48 ................................G Cleeve 6 61411 Celestrial Magic 30.27 J & ..............D Fahey 7 56475 Homebush Violet 30.41 .............J McInerney 8 51523 Criniti’s nwtd ......................................J Dunn 9 68587 Black Emily 30.16 L & ........................ Wales 10 67668 Homebush Iris 30.66 .................J McInerney 7 1.59pm FLAIR DASH C3/4, 295m 1 41778 Enable 17.34 B & ............................. T Shaw 2 24228 Memphis Hotcakes 17.38 .................M Flipp 3 18857 Rule Judge Judy 17.47 J & ....................May 4 57256 Wandy Devil nwtd ........................... M Grant 5 36453 Cawbourne Chief 17.39 .................. M Grant 6 41687 Benny’s Angel 17.46 .................J McInerney 7 88x64 Wandy Geno 17.27 ........................G Cleeve 8 33171 Damarjo 17.30 H & .............................Taylor 9 74677 Finger Pop 17.35.......................J McInerney 10 84888 Homebush Cruden nwtd ...........J McInerney

8 2.17pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C5, 295m

5 6 7 8 9 10

11866 Nitro Mabel 17.39 H &.........................Taylor 52521 Wandy Luck 17.44 .........................G Cleeve 24334 Gotta Go Ace 17.48 ..................R Blackburn 18457 Lincoln Flyer nwtd ........................C Roberts 74677 Finger Pop 17.35.......................J McInerney 88777 New York Affair 18.08 J & .......................May 11 3.10pm HURUNUI HOTEL DASH C5, 295m 1 12112 Starburst Josh 17.04 ....................... M Grant 2 35274 Homebush Mayhem 17.27 ........J McInerney 3 41143 Nippa Mary 17.09......................J McInerney 4 54176 Ate Pizza 17.18 ................................B Shaw 5 66432 Know Mistake 16.95 .......................G Cleeve 6 21833 Pearl’s Boy 17.19 ...........................G Cleeve 7 36337 Etched In Stone 17.25 ..............R Blackburn 8 21568 Dillmanstown 17.43...........................J Dunn 9 36575 Sosan 17.43 .................................C Roberts 10 43588 Botany Prancer 17.54 ...............J McInerney 12 3.27pm SPEIGHT’S DASH C3/4, 295m 1 23243 Swip And Tear 17.30 H & ....................Taylor 2 63312 Life’s A Laugh 17.22..................R Blackburn 3 67587 Gitcha Easy 17.25 W & ..................... Nissen 4 57185 Cawbourne Dusty 17.51 ................. M Grant 5 73867 Aussie Haka 17.71 ....................... L Waretini 6 46753 Ringa Ding 17.50 ......................J McInerney 7 48653 Wandy Chick 17.36 ........................G Cleeve 8 8x777 Red Carpet 17.29...........................G Cleeve 9 74677 Finger Pop 17.35.......................J McInerney 10 17757 Vitalize 17.65 J & ...................................May

■ GOLF

August 22 Rd 4 Medal stroke 1st – Sue Lamb , Joy Nicholas 37, 2nd – Brian Tutty.

Draws

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Simmons, K Shaw No 16 Tee K Robb, J Montgomery, E Langford No 17 Tee L Wackrow, A Hunt No 18 Tee 1st off W Parr, R Evans, G Lane 2nd off F Williamson, B Blair, J McKeown Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section September 5 – contrary to official programme please report 9:15am for 9.30am for round Nine Hole convenor Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 August 31 – report 8.15am for 8.45am start Club Vice-Captain – Jenny Williams 308 2081

Cards: B. Cochrane & I. Divers Tea Duties: A.M. I. Ross : P.M. D. Wellman & J. Smith No. 1: 9.30a.m.K. King v D.Bell (Match Play).

No. 1: 9.35 am: C. Linney. J. VanderHeide. J. Smith: 9.40a.m.

P. Ellis, S. Young, L. Glassey: 9.45: A. Dwan, C. Shanks, M. Colville. No.7.

9.30 a.m. B. Cochrane, I. Divers, D. Wellman: 9.35a.m. B. Jackson, M. Reddecliffe, T. O’Connell. No. 10 9.30 a.m. M. Bennett, M. Kennedy, P. Bell,: 9.35 B. Harris, M. Smith, M. Oakley: 9.40a.m. P. Bishop, P. McLauchlan, D. Sharplin No.13 9.30 a.m. D. Mitchell, M. Moore, V. Prendergast.: 9.35 : L. Bird, P. Templeton, V. Cartney 9 Holes Stroke : No. 1 9.50 a.m. M. Sherriff, K. Young, N. Costin: 9.55 a.m. J. Cartwright, V. Johnston, J. Moorren, P. Gibson.

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4 Giada (4) fr .....................................T Chmiel 5 4680 Kezza’s Lass (5) fr................... C D Thornley 6 x72P6 Crackapaca (6) fr .............................P Davis 7 08 Fern Fever (7) fr ............................ B Barclay 8 60x Special Delight (8) fr ............... M Williamson 9 6 Fleets Classy Jet (21) fr ................B Orange 10 x0859 The Jinja Ninja (22) fr....................... A Clark 3 6.55pm SIGNPRINT PACE $5500, 4yo+ non winners pace, stand, 2200m 1 79848 Matai Maddi (1) fr ............................. A Milne 2 37 Playaway (2) fr ................................... R May 3 5x4 Pay Me Quick (3) fr ............ B Williamson (J) 4 7x858 Lavros Is King (4) fr.......................B Orange 5 66022 Midnight Mayhem (5) fr ...................J W Cox 6 Sombrero Man (6) fr................ L McCormick 7 50x80 Righthere Rightnow (7) fr ...............T Chmiel 8 Jacqueline Franco (8) fr .......... C D Thornley 9 44284 Bryleigh Star (9) fr ................... M Williamson 10 56x48 Mustang (10) fr........................ N Williamson 11 60x55 Rising Tide (11) fr.......................... B Barclay 4 7.20pm CONGRATULATIONS OTAGO RUGBY

Christchurch greyhounds Today at Addington Raceway

Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting: Addington Raceway. Meeting Date: 29 Aug 2013. NZ Meeting number: 9. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

1 12.14pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 23656 Opawa Wally nwtd L & ....................... Wales 2 23122 Batiatus 17.34 ...........................R Blackburn 3 48584 Wandy Gaylene 17.30....................G Cleeve 4 26764 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 5 34551 Phil Wart 17.54................................ M Grant 6 31125 Mum’s Prodigy 17.58 ........................P Scott 7 58724 Sea Spray Tich 17.50 ......................R Casey 8 47236 Fireman’s Rocket 17.46 .................G Cleeve 9 74677 Finger Pop 17.35.......................J McInerney 10 17757 Vitalize 17.65 J & ...................................May 2 12.31pm (NZT) SKY HIGH SCAFFOLDING SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 88726 Smash Amy 17.19........................... M Grant 2 48785 Campaigner 17.34 H & .......................Taylor 3 21256 Know Lies 17.37 ............................G Cleeve 4 68647 Okuku Ollie 17.29 ...........................R Casey 5 36756 Opawa Legs 17.42 .......................M Roberts 6 46488 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd ...........J McInerney 7 43637 Homebush Edith 17.21 .............J McInerney 8 87766 Bugsy Bangles 17.16 .......................B Shaw 9 74677 Finger Pop 17.35.......................J McInerney 10 17757 Vitalize 17.65 J & ...................................May

3 12.49pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C3, 520m 1 64116 Axel Grinder 30.46 ................... A Botherway 2 34262 Red Typhoon 30.56 ......................... M Grant 3 11415 Opawa Bro 30.48 L & ......................... Wales 4 D6318 Popstar Rocket 30.57 ............M Flipp 5 82861 Wandy On In 30.79 .....................D Kingston 6 11113 Palucka 30.47 J & ...........................D Fahey 7 11221 Zarishel 30.35 H & ..............................Taylor 8 41842 Ohoka Frenchi 30.69.................... L Waretini 9 7x757 Business Plan 30.50 .................R Blackburn 10 47626 Opawa Style 30.55 L & ...................... Wales 4 1.07pm (NZT) CTV DASH C5, 295m 1 15242 Starburst Blanch 17.26 ................... M Grant 2 11231 More Better 16.99 W &...................... Nissen 3 42123 Homebush Churro 17.35...........J McInerney 4 45461 Go Housie 17.09 ............................G Cleeve 5 52645 Not A Know 17.22 ........................A Waretini 6 55514 Know Jealousy 17.29 .....................G Cleeve 7 64167 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 8 25111 Ciri Rioli 17.09 J & ..........................D Fahey 9 36575 Sosan 17.43 .................................C Roberts 10 78283 Homebush Sarge 17.35 ............J McInerney 5 1.24pm (NZT) HAMPDEN TAVERN DASH C3, 295m 1 66246 Runway Queen 17.41 ....................G Cleeve 2 17834 Alisaray nwtd ................................ L Waretini 3 52148 Smash Amego 17.60 ...................... M Grant 4 78383 Wandy Paul 17.47 ........................... M Grant

1 4157x Know Rival 17.22 ...........................G Cleeve 2 27548 Princely Dollar 17.38 .................J McInerney 3 11181 Dixie Lee 17.00 .........................R Blackburn 4 21325 Roqette 17.10 ..............................C Roberts 5 64481 Bellwave 17.20 W & .......................... Nissen 6 42457 Zebidiah 17.02 J & ..........................D Fahey 7 32363 Butterbean 17.29 M & .....................P Binnie 8 32646 Wandy Boiler 17.33 ........................G Cleeve 9 36575 Sosan 17.43 .................................C Roberts 10 78283 Homebush Sarge 17.35 ............J McInerney 9 2.35pm YALDHURST HOTEL STAKES C5, 520m 1 38237 Wild Grove 30.41 .........................C Roberts 2 13374 Indi’s Grace 30.20 ........................... M Grant 3 36321 Unshaken 30.48 J &........................D Fahey 4 62174 Speedy Kazza 30.46 .................J McInerney 5 11771 Gordon Bale 30.28 .......................C Roberts 6 11826 Cawbourne Renee 30.75 .............C Roberts 7 23311 Wayleggo 30.33 J & ........................D Fahey 8 12173 Homebush Chopper 30.60 ........J McInerney 9 45255 Banbit 30.57 .....................................B Shaw 10 25744 Jinja Power 30.41 J & .....................D Fahey 10 2.52pm AMBER CLEANING SERVICES SPRINT C3/4, 295m 1 76655 Tricky Harry nwtd .......................... J Holdem 2 55854 Just A Mate 17.21 .....................J McInerney 3 71766 Kin Nikki 17.41 ............................. L Waretini 4 55832 Pure And Special 17.25 .................. M Grant

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS

Results Women’s Section August 17 and August 20 LGU Silver – Vicki Moore 74, Bronze 1- Jacqui Welsh 75, Bronze11Brenda Fechney 75, Bronze 111Wendy Suttie 75.

August 27 Helen Gallagher Trophy 1st Catherine Trott 73, on c/b from Janice Dunlop and Shirley Elliott.

Nearest The Pins: No 4 Wendy Suttie, No 8 House of Travel Ashburton: Gay Lane, No.12 Lynn’s Small Salon: Not struck No. 14 Todds of Ashburton: Pauline Bell, 2nd Shot to Green: Barbara Davidson Nine Hole Section

Tuesday Ladies August 27 Stroke Round Diana Wellman nett 67,Marilyn Bennett 72, Phyl Ellis 72, Maree Moore 73, Joyce VanderHeide 74, Barbara Cochrane 75, Sonjia Mee 76 Nearest The Pins: Sponsored by No. 6 Stables Family Restaurant Shirley Young: No 12. Hair

by Mac & Maggie Karen Young: No. 2 2nd Shot Dairy Business Centre Marilyn Bennett: No 16: 2nd Shot Outdoor Adventure Marion Oakley: Two’s Shirley Young 9 Hole Stableford Round June Cartwright 17.

■ GOLF Midweek Women September 3 Bisque Par Please note earlier start time report 9am for 9.30am multiple start on back nine only.

Please confer starting tee below and use the track as required.

Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow 308 3790. Tuesday Starters M Bean, R Evans No 10 Tee 1st off, J Welch, T Cates, B Cameron 2nd off S Elliott, J Williams, F Matsinger, No 11 Tee B Turton, S Simpson, W Suttie No 12 Tee P Bell, A Hopwood, H Trott No 13 Tee C Trott, H Ward, K Green No 14 Tee 1st off H Lovett, H Robertson, B Watkins 2nd off D Hinton, M Bean, W Carter No 15 Tee M Urquhart, D

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Tuesday Ladies September 3 1st Round of Club Champs & Stroke Round Please Note 9.30a.m. start Starters: A. Dwan & C. Shanks

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7.30pm DIABETES ASHBURTON. A.G.M. Chris Harrison, guest speaker. Senior Centre, Cameron Street.

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

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture

Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Art Exhibition, Russell Clark’s gold Rush Panels.

Main Street, Methven.

11.00am - 3.00pm TE HUB. Seeds, seedlings, workshops, enviro centre. 35 Dobson Street West, Biograins building.

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.

2.00pm CAVENDISH CLUB. Arts and crafts, 31 Tancred Street.

7.30pm ALLENTON CROQUET CLUB. Quiz fundraising, Allenton Sports Club.

Cavendish Street.

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CRYPTIC Across 2. Crumb 5. Wine 7. Stem 8.

Partners 9. Repaired 11. Seem 12. In the same boat 15. Asks 17.

Remotest 19. Footwear 21. Gilt 22. Slap 23. Tweet Down 1. Between 2. Cam 3. Upper 4.

Boredom 5. Win 6. Nerve 10. Aches 11.

Sabot 13. Surfeit 14. Absolve 16. Spool 18. Merge 20. Tap 21. Gut QUICK Across: 6. Gadgets 7. Donor 9. Die 10.

Hypnotise 12. Constructed 15. Make headway 17. Deceitful 19. Sly 21. Tiers 22. Defiant.

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Mortician 5. Dossier 8. Snared 11.

Forebears 13. Svelte 14. Javelin 16. Blind 18. Uses 20. Pip.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) While there is a need to work harder to achieve a balance between work and play your options on both fronts just received a major shot in the arm.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) At the same time that home and family matters take a different twist today, matters of the heart take on a deeper meaning.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Mars has returned to your communication sector to find a lot of progress has been made, with the hard work already done.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) As the Sun and Mercury spend their first week in your communication sector there’s a chance to see recent tensions as an opportunity for change.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) Work tension starts to turn into a new sense of determination, especially as a smart head for money links into a new sense of resolve.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) With none of the urgency or any need to cement things now, you have extra time to spend back at the drawing board.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) With support still in play between income, work and career forces you need to be in this for the long haul, while becoming more of a team player.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) As Mars spends his first full day in your career sector you’ll find plenty of options to get excited about.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) Trust what your instincts are telling you, especially when it comes to keeping something in reserve, taking the time to explore your options.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) With a smart head for money, clear objectives and your financial desires and expectations banked it’s time to come out fighting.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) With an intuitive read of your heart and a lot of relationship matters already out in the open, Mars’ passion and fighting spirit is able to go to work.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) With most, if not all, of your work options, ideas and objectives already on the table, it’s now all about fighting to make things happen.

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Family Notices 26 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

McTIGUE, William Anthony (Bill) – Peacefully and suddenly at home on August 28, 2013.

Aged 64 years. Dearly loved husband of Dianne, and loved father of Jonathan, and Darren, and their partners Nicole, and Kirsten (Queensland), and the late Sonia. Brother and brother in law of Genette Thomas, Maurice and Barbara McTigue, Kerry and Marion McTigue, and the late Carol McTigue, John and Delwyn Rollinson, and Patricia Rollinson. Messages to 20 Wayne Place, Methven.

Funeral details later.

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WILSON, Andrew James (Andy) – 20/05/1920 - 29/08/2012. In loving memory of an amazing dad, granddad and great granddad who left us one year ago today.

In our home there stands a photo, more precious to us than gold.

A photograph of you, your memory will never grow old.

People say we have our memories, maybe this is true.

But we never wanted memories, We only wanted you.

The tears that flow we can wipe away, But the ache in our hearts is here to stay.

Love always and miss you heaps Mary and Alan Paterson, Aaron, Jason and Amanda and Dante.

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TODAY

TODAY

Early showers with snow above 300m, clearing and becoming fine. Cloud and isolated showers developing north of Ashburton in the evening. Cold SW easing.

TOMORROW

SATURDAY

Mostly sunny with morning frosts. Areas of low cloud developing in the evening near the coast. Northeast breezes.

SUNDAY

Mostly fine. Areas of low cloud or fog during the morning and evening. NE breezes.

MONDAY

Fine with light winds.

World Weather

Adelaide Amsterdam Bangkok Berlin Brisbane Cairns Cairo Calcutta Canberra Colombo Darwin Dubai Dublin Edinburgh Frankfurt

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Wind at 2000m: Southelry, rising to gale 65 km/h during the morning.

Hamilton

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Napier

rain

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Nelson

clearing

TOMORROWFZL: 1200m, rising to 2200m by evening

Blenheim

showers

Fine and frosty.

Wind at 1000m: Southerly 30 km/h, dying out.

Wind at 2000m: Southerly 50 km/h, easing to 25 km/h in the morning, then dying out.

Greymouth

clearing

Christchurch

clearing

Timaru

fine

Queenstown

mainly fine

SATURDAY TO MONDAY

Dunedin

few showers

Fine and frosty. Light winds.

Invercargill

showers

fine showers fine showers rain cloudy fine showers fine fine cloudy showers rain fine thunder

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Rise 7:06 am Set 6:02 pm

Bad

Rise 7:04 am Set 6:03 pm

Bad fishing

Bad

Rise 1:48 am Set 11:27 am

Rise 7:03 am Set 6:04 pm

Bad fishing

Bad

Rise 2:39 am Set 12:14 pm

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Rise 3:25 am Set 1:05 pm

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River Levels

7 2 5 3 7 1 0 2 4 1 1 6 4

cumecs

2.99 nc

Selwyn Whitecliffs (NIWA) at 9:00 am, yesterday

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday 117.8 Nth Ashburton at 3:00 pm, yesterday

5.69

Sth Ashburton at 3:15 pm, yesterday

7.39 no data

Rangitata Klondyke Waitaki Kurow at 3:00 pm, yesterday

319.4

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A ridge lies over the South Island today and persists through to Monday. Meanwhile, a strong southeasterly flow covers the North Island, and only gradually weakens.

mainly isolated cloudy drizzle drizzle few showers fine showers clearing showers

Fine south of Ashburton. Further north, cloud and isolated showers clearing in the afternoon. Southerlies dying out.

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WILSON, Andrew James (Andy) – 20/05/1920 - 29/08/2012. In loving memory of much loved husband and best friend.

God saw that you were getting tired A cure was not to be So he put His arms around you and whispered “come with me” With tearful eyes we watched you Paterson’s Funeral Services, And saw you pass away FDANZ, Ashburton Although we loved you dearly We could not make you stay Please note all late death A golden heart notices or notices sent outstopped beating side ordinary office hours Hard working hands to rest must be emailed to: God broke our hearts deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz to prove to us to ensure publication.

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Ashburton Airport Temperature °C At 4pm 14.8 16.2 Max to 4pm 3.9 Minimum -2.3 Grass minimum Rainfall mm 0.0 16hr to 4pm August to date 19.4 Avg Aug to date 54 2013 to date 602.0 455 Avg year to date Wind km/h NE 13 At 4pm Strongest gust N 50 Time of gust 1:47pm

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6am Breakfast 9am The Chase 10am Good Morning 11am Cowboy Builders 3 Noon One News At Midday 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR David and Priya are happy; Ruby takes pictures of Rachel and Archie; Cameron visits Chas. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me Australia 3 2pm Four Weddings USA 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Masterchef Australia Contestants who lost the previous challenge face a breakfast-service challenge in Gary Mehigan’s restaurant. 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm 7:30 8:30 9:05

Seven Sharp 0 Coronation Street PGR 0 Gavin and Stacey PGR 3 0 N Vicious AO Series about ageing partners, Freddie and Stuart, who have lived together in a small London flat for nearly 50 years. 0 9:35 Winners and Losers AO 0 10:35 One News Tonight 0

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5pm Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Jamie’s 15-Minute Meals 30 6pm 3 News

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

4:30 Four Live 6pm Everybody Hates Chris 3 6:30 Futurama 3

7pm Campbell Live 7:30 Inside New Zealand: Mind the Gap – A Special Report on Inequality Documentary maker Bryan Bruce explores why the gap between rich and poor is growing faster in New Zealand than in other OECD countries. 0 8:30 The Almighty Johnsons AO 0 9:35 Bones AO 3 0 10:35 Nightline

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9:25 South Park AO 3 9:55 Cops PGR 10:25 Against the Wall AO 3

11:15 Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the globe.

11:45 Medium AO 0 12:45 Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 5:30 Infomercials

11:20 Entertainment Tonight 11:45 Infomercials

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

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

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

1pm The Jeff Probst Show 2:05 Masterchef USA PGR 3 3pm Millionaire – Hot Seat 3 3:30 Getaway 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 The Best of Man v Wild PGR 3 8:30 F The Animal Files PGR A police dog undergoes delicate spinal surgery; a budgie arrives with a big lump.

9pm F Storage Wars Texas 9:30 Prime Rocks: Michael Jackson – The Life of an Icon AO (Part 1) 11:25 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

12:20 Home Shopping 1:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2:20 Home Shopping

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6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 7:30 Candice Tells All 8am My Kitchen 8:30 The Stagers 9am Food Safari Maeve O’Meara hosts an Australian show about great food, recipes and the clever people who make simple ingredients sing.

9:30 Bath Crashers 10am The Cook And The Chef 10:30 Candice Tells All 11am World On Wheels 11:30 The Boat That Guy Built Noon Million Dollar Contractor 12:30 Barter Kings 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Wild At Heart 3:30 The Stagers 4pm Taste A designer food programme with recipes and advice on fashionable food.

5pm The Home Show 6pm My Kitchen 6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm Auction Room 7:30 Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure 8:35 Gourmet Farmer 9:05 Food Safari 9:40 The Hairy Baker 10:10 Turkish Delights With Allegra McEvedy 10:35 Campus 11:30 Wild At Heart

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8:30 Deadliest Catch PG 9:30 Mythbusters PG Killer Cable Snap.

10:30 American Guns M 11:30 Deadliest Catch PG 12:30 Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? M The Unexpected Life.

1pm I Married A Mobster M Stunt Lady. 1:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 2:30 Sons Of Guns M 3:30 Sons Of Guns M 4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG 6:30 American Guns M 7:30 Bering Sea Gold PG 8:30 Backyard Oil PG 9pm Auction Kings PG 9:30 Auction Hunters PG 10pm Auction Hunters PG 10:30 Blood Relatives M 11:30 Disappeared M

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Jennifer Love Hewitt, Nick Moon Stephens, Betty White. 1:30 Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow PG 2011 Drama. Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Richard Thomas. 3pm A Dark Truth 16V 2012 Action. Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria. 4:45 New Year’s Eve ML 2011 Romantic Comedy. Hilary Swank, Ashton Kutcher.

6:45 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller.

8:30 The Dark Knight Rises MV 2012 Action.

11:15 American Reunion 16LS 2012 Comedy.

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2:40 A Dark Truth 16V 2012 Action.

4:25 Man On A Ledge MVL 2012 Thriller. 6:10 New Year’s Eve ML 2011 Romantic Comedy.

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1:30 Pearl Harbour MV 2001 Action Drama. Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding jr.

4:30 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror.

Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless.

6pm The Departed 16VL 2006 Crime. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson.

8:30 Double Jeopardy MVLS 1999 Thriller. Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones.

10:20 Billy Madison ML 1995 Comedy. Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson.

11:50 Pearl Harbour MV 2001 Action Drama. Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding jr.

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2:50 Boogeyman MC 2005 Horror.

4:20 Billy Madison ML 1995 Comedy. 5:50 The Departed 16VL 2006 Crime.

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11:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Canterbury v Waikato. From AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

1:30 L Golf – European PGA Tour Wales Open – Round One. From The Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales.

5:30 Inside The PGA Tour

SKY SPORT 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3 6:30 Ako 7pm Te Kaea 2 7:30 Marae Kai Masters In the first semi-final, teams create a two-course hangi with a twist.

8:30 Code 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Head 2 Head PGR 10:30 Beneath The Maori Moon 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

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

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6am NRL 360 7am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Panthers v Broncos.

9am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Rabbitohs v Bulldogs.

11am Re:Union (Replay) Noon NRL 360 1pm Rugby – International (Highlights) All Blacks v Wallabies.

1:30 Rugby – International (Highlights) Argentina v South Africa.

2pm M7 Multisport TV Cape to Cape.

2:30 M7 Multisport TV Beach Polo8.

3pm London Triathlon (Highlights) 4pm Athletics – IAAF Diamond League Series (Highlights) 5pm Sea Master Sailing 5:30 Judo – IJF World Masters (Highlights) 6pm Total Rugby 6:30 Heartland Rugby 7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Canterbury v Waikato.

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9:30 UFC On Fox (Replay) From Key Arena, Seattle, Washington.

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6:30 Cycling – La Vuelta Race (Highlights) Stage Five.

7am Golf World A weekly review of golf tournaments around the globe.

7:30 Golf – PGA Champions Tour (Highlights) Boeing Classic. From TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in Washington.

8:30 Athletics – IAAF Diamond League Series (Highlights) From Stockholm in Sweden.

9:30 London Triathlon From the ExCeL Centre in London.

10:30 Triathlon – ITU World Series (Highlights) From Stockholm, Sweden.

11:30 M7 Multisport TV Cape to Cape.

12:20 L Rowing – World Championships From Tangeum Lake in Chungju, South Korea.

3pm Motorsport – WRC (Highlights) Rally of Germany.

4pm Inside The PGA Tour 4:30 Arsenal TV 7:30 Seamaster Sailing 8pm Our Time – Robert Berridge 8:30 UFC 164 Countdown Benson Henderson prepares for his fight against Anthony Pettis.

9:30 Sterlo An in-depth look at each of the NRL games from the weekend.

10:30 NRL Footy Show

FRIDAY

1am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Dragons v Wests Tigers. From Win Jubilee Oval in Carlton, NSW. 3am Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Raiders v Sea Eagles.

5am Sky Sport – What’s On 5:28 L Cricket – International Twenty20 England v Australia – Game One. From The Rose Bowl in Southampton.

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Sport Djokovic in cruise mode Top-seeded Novak Djokovic saved seven of eight break points yesterday to start the US Open with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory over former junior world No. 1, Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania.

The victory took only 82 minutes for Djokovic, seeking his second title and fourth straight final at Flushing Meadows.

It was a quiet evening at Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the

packed crowd barely cheered during the most routine of matches. One of the few exciting moments came on the first point of the third set, when Djokovic lobbed Berankis and Berankis replied with a backward shot between his legs that Djokovic calmly flicked away for a volley winner.

The top-seeded Serb hit 28 winners, with only nine unforced errors.

College girls miss out on silverware

BY MYLES HUME

MYLES.H@THEGUARDIAN.CO.NZ

As the final minutes wound down in the Aoraki Secondary School girls’ rugby competition final, the spirit of the Ashburton College Girls’ 1st XV never dwindled.

They continued to batter the rival Waitaki Girls’ High School defence but it was not enough the college girls going down 2923 in a nail-biting finale at Alpine Energy Stadium in Timaru.

With five minutes remaining, Ashburton College had managed to claw back from a 17-5 deficit at half time to close the gap to just one point at 24-23.

As the college girls searched for a fairytale finish to their season, a Waitaki Girls’ attacker managed to break a spirited defence to claim Aoraki girls’ supremacy, a title that has now evaded college for a second year in a row.

Coach Geoff Wright could not have been more proud of his squad.

“We have had a tremendous season and the girls have gone from strength to strength. For many it was their first season of rugby and to be honest there’s tears now but they will all be excited about next year,” he said.

Waitaki Girls’ was first out

of the blocks, piecing together a strong first half to claim 17 points, while the college crossed the line once through Emma

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Waite’s unconverted try.

An early second half penalty by Naomi Cone and try to Nicole Purdon brought college

within title contention.

However, a penalty try early in the second half for a high tackle allowed Waitaki to push their lead. College’s Mikayla Twamley and Purdon, once again, crossed the line to take the match to 24-23 with only minutes remaining before Waitaki Girls snatched victory.

“It was a very intense final, the girls did themselves so proud,” Wright said.

The college have never won the competition after also losing to Craighead in the final last year, but Wright expected many of the girls to return hungry for the title next year.

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