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By Sam Morton Two cars had their wheel axles ripped out in a high speed crash on State Highway One yesterday, south of Ashburton.

A northbound Mitsubishi vehicle collided with a silver Nissan X-Trail heading south about 10.30am, just a few kilometers out of Tinwald.

The driver of the Mitsubishi was rushed to Ashburton Hospital with moderate injuries, while the other driver managed to escape unscathed.

Big impact: A man was rushed to hospital yesterday following a high impact crash near Tinwald on State Highway One. Photo Tetsuro Mitomo 280113-tm-007

Retirement village set to create 100 jobs

By Sue Newman More than 100 new jobs will come on stream in Ashburton over the next 20 months when Terrace View retirement village opens its doors in September for stage one of a two stage project.

The first 60 positions will be advertised after Easter with the remainder coming on stream mid-way through 2014. And while owner Brent Ennor says his nurse manager will move from Christchurch to run the village, he anticipates filling the remaining vacancies locally.

“We’ll be a new, big employer.

We know it won’t be easy finding all the staff we need and with the full continuum of care in our facility we’ll be needing a wide range of people,” he said.

Among the positions needed will be registered nurses, carers, kitchen staff, chefs, maintenance and grounds staff, cleaners and reception staff.

Inevitably there would be some movement of people from existing resthomes Mr Ennor said, but he is adamant he won’t be setting out to poach staff or residents.

“We fully anticipate we’ll be training a lot of our new people for their jobs. We want to work with the community on this.

We’ll be housing the elderly and we’ll be employing their children and grand children to look after them.”

While Terrace View will require a number of registered nurses, it would be in the area of carers, kitchen staff and cleaners that the bulk of job opportunities

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Today Terrace View retirement village is a building site but by the end of this year it will be open for business. would open up, he said.

“There will be lots of opportunities for say mums who’ve been out of the workforce for a while to get back into it and to get some qualifications too because we’ll be running training courses for our people.”

Although jobs will not be advertised until after Easter, Mr Ennor said he was happy to start taking registrations of interest now.

People wanting specific jobs or hours would be able to register those as well, he said.

When stage one of the $20 million complex opens in September it will offer a full range of care

options from villas to resthome.

Stage two, to open towards the end of 2014 will provide an additional 30 hospital beds, with 15 of these to be set aside for palliative care.

Terrace View is built on five acres of land on Carters Terrace, running down to parkland alongside the Ashburton River.

To obtain consent to build the complex, Mr Ennor had to battle the Ashburton District Council over its first choice route for the second bridge across the Ashburton River. This would have sliced through the village site.

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To see or purchase more photos An Ashburton police officer at the scene said early indications suggested the Mitsubishi crossed the centre line before colliding with the other vehicle, in perfect driving conditions.

Both vehicles were spun around

in the collision and both vehicles had a wheel axle ripped out during the impact. It was too early to say what had caused the crash.

The axles were strewn across the roadside verge, with cracked glass and a door mirror, only metres

away from where the two vehicles came to rest.

“This was quite a high impact crash and at this stage all we know is one driver has been taken to hospital with injuries and the other driver is shaken, but unhurt,” the officer said.

“It appears that the northbound vehicle has crossed the centre line, but an investigation will be underway shortly to determine exactly what has happened.”

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade also attended and the highway remained open as emergency services cleared the scene.

Incentive a helping hand for Jack

By Myles Hume Jack Amos is joining the trade sector at an exciting time.

Noticing a demand in the building sector and having a knack for practical work, the Ashburton teen left school at the end of last year to embark on his dream of becoming a builder.

The 16-year-old’s decision could not have come at a better time as he looks to complete a Level 3 carpentry course at Aoraki Polytechnic before starting an apprenticeship.

Providing he finds an employer, it means Jack will be eligible for a newly announced Government incentive, which will give him a $2000 gratis payment for tools and off-job course costs along with a subsidy to cover visits from Industry Training Organisations, which will guide him through his onsite job and paper work.

Prime Minister John Key made the announcement on Friday, and believes it will attract 14,000 more apprentices on top of the 7000 that enrol each year.

The $1000 kickstart, or $2000 for priority construction trades, will be available to apprentices starting after April 1 and the subsidy will be open to anyone looking to enter a trade as opposed to the current age bracket of 16 to 21.

Grow Mid Canterbury chief executive Rob Brawley said it was a timely announcement not only for New Zealand but for the district as the trade boom continues.

“Trades are vital, they have been for as long as I have been here, that was six years ago, and they will be for the foreseeable future,” Mr Brawley said.

“The rebuild is going to attract a lot of workers and that is going to put pressure on the industry here.

“Anything we can do to get more people considering careers in productivity, especially the trades, is worthwhile - there are strong opportunities for people in trades.”

Mr Brawley said the incentive would work well with local employers, pointing out the Ashburton College trades course had its most successful year with at least 10 of the 16 budding tradesmen landing jobs.

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Ashburton teen Jack Amos, 16, could benefit from a new Government incentive for apprentices. taking on apprentices, it’s something they have been doing really well not just for business reasons but because they are community minded,” Mr Brawley said.

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co-ordinator Chris Thompson said any incentive to lure youngsters towards an apprenticeship was great, however he believed it would not have a drastic effect in Mid Canterbury.

“I’m not sure if it will make a lot of difference, but it could make them think twice about it, but most of the ones thinking of going into trades already want to do it.”

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DCD ‘safe for consumption’ Federated Farmers have warned against scaremongering following the discovery of dicyandiamide (DCD) in milk, saying it is safe for consumption.

On Friday, fertiliser co-operatives Ravensdown, and Ballance pulled products containing DCD, a nitrate inhibitor added to fertiliser, after dairy giant Fonterra disclosed trace amounts of the substance had been found in milk powder.

Ravensdown has assured consumers that the chemical poses no health risks.

“As DCD has been used safely around the world for 30 years, there has never been a set of international standards around maximum residue level in food products. Because no standard exists for DCD, no detectable presence is acceptable.

“And because zero detection of DCD cannot be guaranteed, Ravensdown has taken the responsible, voluntary step to suspend its use while the trade issues are resolved,” Ravensdown chief executive Greg Campbell said.

Federated Farmers spokesperson on food safety Dr William Rolleston said media reports were distorting

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the information and causing panic.

“We are aware some media reporting seems to have moved beyond facts and into uninformed opinion,” Dr William Rolleston said.

“Residues of DCD nitrification inhibitors were detected but the levels recorded were in the order of parts per million. These residues only came to light because New Zealand continually tests for and refines testing for impurities.

“I doubt many countries test to the level we do but once DCD was verified our consumers and trading

Greg Campbell partners were notified. We take this seriously, very seriously and any suggestion otherwise is scurrilous.

“We are not hiding from genuinely informed criticism but uninformed speculation and innuendo is irresponsible. It is like yelling ‘fire’ in a packed theatre.”

Dr Rolleston said the last application of DCD-based nitrate inhibitors would have been in the spring, and it was unlikely the chemical would be detected in products currently coming off the line.

soil and into the waterways – this is particularly the case in the colder months, when grass growth is stunted and the uptake of nitrogen is reduced.

• Nitrification inhibitors slow down the conversion of ammonium into nitrates. This boosts the nitrogen supply to pasture for plant growth during the growing season.

• Ammonium sticks to clay and organic matter in the soil (whereas nitrogen leaches out).

If kept as ammonium, plants can still use it but the risk of leaching during the colder months is lessened.

No traces of DCD have been found in processed dairy products, such as cheese and butter.

“People should have no issue in consuming dairy products because farmers don’t,” he said.

Old shops continue to bow to diggers Demolitions of inner town Ashburton buildings are no so common place they no longer attract spectators.

This morning four shops on Tancred Street will be marked by little more than their street frontages after Stuart Tarbotton Contractors were on site last week and yesterday levelled buildings that were once home to a variety of small businesses.

The buildings were vacated in March with two tenants, Noahs Art and Knight Picture Framing moving to the Creek Road shopping centre and the third, Wardrobe Solutions moving to its owner’s home.

Yesterday contractors were working to a deadline to have work completed while one neighbour, DNA Hairdressing was closed for its normal non-trading day. One of the demolished buildings is butted against the shop’s eastern wall.

With a long strip of buildings along Cass Street between Burnett and Tancred streets already demolished just four buildings will be left standing along two street frontages – Braided Rivers on the corner of Burnett and Cass streets, DNA Hairdressing on Tancred Street beside an accesslane and Meredith Lowe and Associates and its adjoining property occupied by Relationship Services standing alone in the centre of the vacant lots.

Most of the vacant sites are owned by Brian Davidson with two owned by the Mui family.

While land owners have said they are keen to rebuild on their sites, there are currently no plans drawn up for new buildings on Another day, another demolition of an inner town Ashburton building. any of the sites.

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Hinds farmer John Farrell says the Hinds River has become just a flood channel with irrigation running it dry.

He says something needs to be done about restoring the river and its springs to “some semblance” of their original state and will be passing on his 77-year experience of the river to members of the Ashburton water zone committee when it meets in Hinds today.

The committee is seeking community feedback as part of a process to develop a plan for the Hinds River.

Mr Farrell says the river was completely dry four times between 1950 and 2000, compared to four times in the past 12 years.

Committee member Sheryl Stivens said it was important to get people actively involved in developing a plan for the river as well as conserving water.

The zone committee is currently looking at environmental, social, cultural and economic outcomes for the Hinds Plains area.

It held two preliminary public meetings in November to get local feedback to help it develop water quality and quantity limits for the area. These will feed into the

Hinds Plains section of the Ashburton chapter in the proposed Land and Water Plan (LWRP), which is expected to be notified in October 2013.

The community engagement process will begin with the first of six public workshops after today’s zone committee meeting.

The process is intended to get the views and opinions on different land use scenarios for the Hinds Plains Catchment and give the committee guidance on setting water quality limits.

The zone committee will also discuss the Ashburton District Council’s Water Investigation Project, which is consider-

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Motorists using Seafield Road over the next three weeks can expect minor delays as pot-holes and areas of broken seal are repaired between Bremners Road and Bridge Street.

The work is part of the Ashburton District Council’s road works programme that will see a number of urban and rural roads given an overlay and reseal programme.

Council roading manager Brian Fauth said the overlay work will give a stronger base to Seafield Road to deal with increasing heavy traffic use.

Areas where the surface has failed will be dug out, compacted, re-gravelled and sealed. This will raise the height of the road by about 130 millimetres to give a stronger base.

Moore Street is also up for significant work over the coming weeks with the section between East and Cass streets dug out to between 500 to 600mm before being replaced and sealed. The Chalmers Avenue to Cass Street section of Moore Street was resealed last year.

While the council has a long wish list of road reseal and rehabilitation work to complete each year, it is constantly juggling budget against need, Mr Fauth said.

“Generally our roads in the district have evolved rather than being designed and constructed and

with more heavy traffic and increased use of many roads we need extra funding to keep up maintenance, but in real terms, we’re getting less.”

And that meant a constant juggling act with the roading department reducing its resurfacing programme so it could put more money into its rehabilitation programme for rural roads, he said.

“We have to take a district wide view and we’re constantly looking at risk and balancing it against the money we have. We don’t want to stop growth, which we’d effectively do if we said no to extra ton-

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Saturday; • The Ashburton Police attended to a couple of domestic related incidents, both unrelated. Two arrests resulted in the callouts and both men will appear in the Ashburton District Court later next month.

Monday • Ashburton police attended a car crash south of Tinwald about 10.30am. One car is believed to have crossed the centre line, before colliding with an oncoming vehicle and being spun around on impact.

Both cars had a wheel axle ripped out during the crash.

One driver was rushed to hospital, the other escaped unscathed.

• The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to assist St John in Mayfield about 1pm.

• Firefighters rescued a cat in a roof space at an Allenton house on Allens Road, about 2.30pm.

• The Methven Volunteer Fire Brigade was called into action just after 1pm. The call turned out to be a false alarm.

A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in the Kaimai Range. The crash happened on Thompson Track, on the Matamata side, just after 1pm. Police, ambulance and the Westpac rescue helicopter attended but the rider died at the scene.

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• Stench stem Engineers will use lime slurry to tackle the ongoing stench from the city’s wastewater treatment ponds.

The slurry will filter down through the water, settling on the sludge generating the smell. The district council approved the plan yesterday after assurances from consultants it would not damage the ponds.

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• Unexplained death A 48-year-old man’s death is being treated by police as unexplained. The man was staying at a Bainesse Rd property and was found dead by the homeowner about 8.30am on Saturday. Police have completed a scene examination and are trying to establish the man’s last movements. -APNZ

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ing the water requirements for the stockwater network and what water could be made available for other uses.

The local council will talk with the committee and agree on how to progress the work which seeks to meet the goals of the Ashburton Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) to increase flows in the Ashburton River.

The committee will finish the meeting by receiving information on the recommendations to address flood flows at Carters Creek.

Late last year the zone committee visited Carters Creek, a spring-fed stream and drainage network draining an esti-

District’s roads in for some attention

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

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nage on the roads but by allowing it we know our roads will deteriorate faster. It’s a real catch 22.”

This year the council has tagged 9.6 kilometres of road for rehabilitation work and 65 kilometres for resealing.

Also on the list for rehabilitation schedule this year are: A 1.8 kilometre strip on Maronan Road, 1km on Tinwald-Westerfield-Mayfield Road, 1km on Rakaia-Barrhill-Methven Road, 2.9km on Ealing Road, 1.3km on Christies Road and 600m on Mayfield-Lismore Road.

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mated 1795 hectares of land directly south of the Ashburton River.

Resource Consent would be required to shift the Carters Creek to discharge into the river but there needs to be assurance that the water is clean or in the same state as the Ashburton River.

A field survey and water quality monitoring programme in 2003 identified fine sediment and faecal contamination was an issue in the catchment.

A programme of ecological restoration was funded by Environment Canterbury, which included fencing and planting, but it is believed around a third of the stream is still unfenced.

A police officer has been charged after losing control of the police car he was driving to an emergency callout.

Alexander James Waterworth, 24, has been charged with carelessly operating a vehicle on Mazengarb Rd, Paraparaumu in July last year. He first appeared in Porirua District Court earlier this month and is due to reappear this week.

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• Wilful damage A teenager was arrested after two brothers had a disagreement over a goat. Police were called when the argument, on Saturday night, became physical. Police allege one smashed four windows at the Greymouth Medical Centre and charged him with wilful damage.

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Yearly WoFs ‘delaying inevitable problems’

By Sam Morton Delaying WoFs will only create more problems down the track and mount extra costs on vehicle owners, according to an Ashburton mechanic.

On Sunday, the Government announced a major shake-up of the Warrant of Fitness system and called for standard vehicle checks to be carried out annually, rather than every six months.

Associate Minister of Transport Simon Bridges said the system would save motorists $159 million a year and at least $1.8 billion over 30 years would be saved in inspection, compliance, justice and enforcement costs.

However, motoring lobbyists are unimpressed and clearly disagree.

Creek Road Service Centre owner David Stevens, who also deals with AA roadside callouts, said the new system will end up costing the vehicle owner more money than before.

He believes the system is flawed, but says the changes won’t affect his business as he doesn’t carry out warrants.

“I mean what is the Government actually saving the vehicle owner, absolutely nothing. Instead of people coming to the garage to fix any issues before or after their warrant, they will now just come to the garage with a year’s worth of problems - rather than six months.

“Lowering vehicle registration costs and road user charges ... now that will save money. This system just seems to delay the process and ultimately it will have a big impact on everyone,” Mr Stevens said.

Under the new changes, any cars manufactured before 2000 will still be required to undergo a six

monthly WoF – but Mr Stephens believes thousands of owners will play the system and avoid the twice-yearly checks.

“What happens to imports for example, I mean they could come in to the country and register after 2000 – the chances are these won’t be picked up and the cars could be as old as any other vehicle we have running around on our roads.

“The Kiwi mentality is that nobody checks cars anymore, they check if the key fits and if there is fuel in the tank and then that’s it – they think it will go,” Mr Stevens said.

Meanwhile, the New Zealand Transport Agency have announced more funding for road policing, in addition to their $300 million budget.

The funding will help to cover more roadside checks and put the focus on brakes, lights and tyres.

Some police teams already carry out roadside checks, but under the recent reforms more checks will inevitably be done.

Police Association President Greg O’Connor said the biggest danger was if existing staff were required to do the work and the funding wasn’t used on the new policing regime.

“Every time you get a new important regime the resource invariably comes from the front line section, as long as there are extra staff to do this it will work - not just moving the deck chairs.

“Police are pretty much stretched at every level they are at the moment.”

In a Guardian Online poll conducted yesterday, almost two-thirds of respondents were in favour of the new system.

The new system won’t take effect until April next year.

• Extradition date A date has been set for a hearing to decide whether former Catholic brother and convicted paedophile Bernard McGrath will be extradited to Australia to face trial on 252 sexual abuse charges. The former St John of God brother returned to Christchurch from Sri Lanka voluntarily in November after the new allegations emerged. The hearing will be in April.

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• Grieving sealion A sealion believed to be searching for her dead pup has startled golfers at Dunedin’s Chisholm Park Golf Course. Gem first appeared on Saturday and returned yesterday, taking time out to cool off in the lagoon behind the eighth hole. Her pup died from disease last month.

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Cooling down in the Domain paddling pool earlier this month were Mya Taylor, 10, and Xavier Mitchell, 3.

January wettest on record since 2007

By Sue Newman January 2013 might seem like a scorcher and it might appear our gardens are desperate for water, but with three days to go we’re not breaking any records on either the drought or heat fronts.

Since 2007, this year has the distinction of being the wettest January on record, according to data collected by Graham’s Weather Station in urban Ashburton.

The station’s figures show that 81.1mm of rain has fallen already this month, well above the rainfall low of 23.6 recorded for the entire month in 2008.

And when it comes to temperatures, the year has just three days left in which to become a record breaker for the highest maximum recorded on any January day. This year’s hottest day, according to Graham’s Weather Station was on Wednesday 23rd, 31.7 degrees.

The hottest January day since 2007 was in 2009 when we basked in 34.6 degrees on January 25th And you can leave your sweater in the draw for at least the next six days. Summer is here to stay.

The Met Service’s 10 day weather forecast for Ashburton shows that for the next six days the mercury will be rising, peaking at an anticipated 29 degrees tomorrow, with hot, dry conditions running through until Monday. From then we’ll need to batten down the hatches, ahead of a week of rain.

On the back of the continuing dry, Ashburton now has restricted fire season status. This means lighting fires in the open is prohibited without a permit. The only fires that may be lit without permits are: Gas fuelled barbecues lit in properly constructed containers Gas cookers Hangi, subject to conditions, Agricultural crop residue subject to a range of burning conditions.

Tinwald pool proves popular The Tinwald Pool has been one of Ashburton’s big success story this summer says Ashburton District Council property manager John Rooney.

During the winter the pool under went a revamp with solar panels installed to boost water temperature on even the chilliest days. It opened for the season in early December and has seen record patronage most days, Mr Rooney said.

“It’s been very, very popular and it’s proved that an outdoor pool with good water temperature is still very much

wanted and needed.”

The pool is run under contract by the Ashburton Community Pool on behalf of the council and the Tinwald Domain Board until the end of February, however, if swimmer numbers are strong and the weather remains hot it is likely it will remain open longer, he said.

This week its opening hours will remain at 1pm to 7pm and when school resumes for the year the week day hours will move to 3.30pm to 7pm.

At the weekend the hours will remain 1pm to 7pm.

Battling floodwaters in a soggy Queensland

The view from Amanda Wright’s apartment in a rather soggy Surfer’s Paradise.

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While Mid Canterbury bakes in the summer heat, former resident Amanda Wright is battling floodwaters in Queensland, where severe flooding has already cost lives.

Thousands of hectares are under water and three deaths were confirmed yesterday afternoon.

Mrs Wright, who used to work for the Guardian, now lives in the coal-rich central highland region, in a town called Dysart – about three hours’ drive from Mackay.

Last week she and her husband Hamish met up with her brother John Niblett, from Methven, on the Gold Coast.

John was hoping for a week of sun and surf, but when Mrs Wright contacted us yesterday from Surfers, there was trouble in paradise.

“Surfers Paradise was hit hard on Sunday night,” Mrs Wright said.

“We stocked up on food and stayed in our apartment. We were quite well sheltered in a marina

Amanda Wright but people staying a few apartments along from us had their windows blown in.

“We have to head north to go home but there has been severe flooding up there so the trip will be slow and full of diversions at the best of times.

“There is a dedicated channel to the flooding so we have a good idea

of the places to avoid. Brisbane and Bundaberg are due to get hit badly today as the inland rain makes its way down.

“I’ve never been in rain and wind like this before. The wind tunnels in central Surfers are incredible and the sound frightening.

“When we moved to Australia in November it was tinder dry and we didn’t see any rain in our area for two months.

“There were bush fires all the time and the sun would be bloodred behind the haze every sunset.

“Now we’ve been stuck in a deluge for about five days solid - I didn’t actually think it would be this bad this far down the coast.

“But we’ve made the most from the trip, travelling only when safe to do so. We’ve watched warnings and updates on television, used the internet to avoiding dangerous flooding and found indoor activities to keep busy.”

Amanda will provide further updates as she heads back north.

A 26-year-old man was found dead at Otamarakau beach in the Western Bay of Plenty on Sunday night. Police are trying to piece together how the Te Puke man died while longline fishing. A police spokeswoman said the man had travelled by motorbike to check his long-lines in the early evening but did not return home as planned. His friends went to search for him and found his motorbike in the water. It was high tide at the time. A police search began about 9pm and the man’s body was found in the water at 11.40pm. The police spokeswoman said it was unclear how the man had died.

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• Freeskier injured New Zealand freeskier Rose Battersby has been hospitalised after a crash at the Winter X Games in Aspen yesterday. ESPN reported that Battersby, who is from Taupo, suffered a lumbar spine fracture, according to X Games Medical, and was transferred to Denver. Battersby was moving and had feeling in all her limbs, X Games Medical said.

She crashed during a warmup session before the Slopestyle Women’s final and Aspen Valley Medical Centre said Battersby was in a stable condition. In the same competition last year, the 19-year-old finished ninth in the women’s Slopestyle competition.

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Deadly nightclub fire shocks Completely, utterly stranded Brazilians living in Mid Canty

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By Susan Sandys and AFP Brazilians living in Mid Canterbury have been shocked to hear of a nightclub fire resulting in more than 245 deaths in their home country.

Fernando Da Silva, 30, of Ashburton said he had friends who lived near the area where the fire ripped through the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria.

He had yesterday checked a list of the names of the dead and seen none that he knew. He felt for the families and friends of those who had been killed.

The tragedy had come as a complete shock to him, with fire safety standards in such venues generally being high in the country.

“Not in a nightclub (would I

expect to hear of this happening), maybe a factory or a gas company,” he said.

One of the nightclub survivors Michelle Pereira said the blaze broke out when a band member lifted a firework into the air, setting the ceiling on fire. The flames quickly engulfed the entire room.

“Everyone was pushing and shoving ... The fire started out small, but in a matter of seconds it exploded,” Taynne Vendruscolo, another survivor, told reporters.

“Those who were close to the stage could not get out.”

Santa Maria fire chief Guido de Melo said the fire caused widespread panic, and that many revellers were trampled or died from smoke inhalation. He said club security blocked people from exiting, sparking panic and trampling.

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Young men helped evacuate the wounded as firefighters doused the blackened shell of a red brick building with water and used sledge hammers to punch holes in the walls to get people out faster.

The bodies were taken to a sports stadium that was blocked off by police to keep grieving family members from streaming in.

Family members and survivors, many of them sobbing and some with soot-blackened faces, gathered outside in the hope of getting news of their loved ones.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cut short a visit to Chile, where she was attending a European and Latin American summit, to head to Santa Maria and oversee the response to the tragedy.

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Methven hairdresser Hollie Doyle is “completely and utterly stranded” in the Queensland town of Emu Park, near Rockhampton, as devastating floods hit the Australian state.

She said last night via cellphone that her flights had already been delayed by two days, when another trip to the local airport proved fruitless.

“There are no flights out at the moment,” she said.

She would have to fly back via Brisbane, where operations were also being compromised. She was due back in Methven at her salon yesterday. Last night she was to make another trip to the airport, but realistically thought it could be another two days before she was back home.

Originally from Queensland, Mrs Doyle is

visiting her sister and other family in the state. She said the home she had been staying in was on a rise, so had avoided flooding, while some of the other homes on the street were evacuated.

She said the rain and wind had been “horrible” but was easing up now as it began to hit further south.

Each trip to the airport was fraught with obstacles of road detours, due to damage, and fallen trees. Local supermarkets had sold out of many goods following panic buying when the heavy rain began, internet was down and train lines were under water.

“It wasn’t a great Australia Day (on Saturday) for 2013, which is unfortunate. It is what it is,” she said.

However, everyone was banding together and helping out others, she said.

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Novopay worst ‘yet to come’ WoF changes OUR VIEW

By Kate Shuttleworth

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The Government is likely to stick with the troubled Novopay payroll system, but warned yesterday that the next pay cycle could bring the worst problems yet.

Steven Joyce made his first public appearance to discuss the system since Prime Minister John Key took responsibility away from Education Minister Hekia Parata in last week’s Cabinet reshuffle.

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ing the plug on the Novopay contract with Talent2 but said further announcements would be made this week after he’d met key stakeholders.

“My sense is that we’re probably more likely to stay with it at this point but I want to explore all the options and I haven’t had the opportunity to do that yet.”

Mr Joyce has said there will be an inquiry into Novopay eventually, but the current focus is on making sure people are paid.

He indicated schools should

brace themselves for the worst.

The next pay period was expected to be the system’s toughest test with changes to pay rates as a result of the new secondary school teachers collective agreement.

“The last three pays have been quieter because of the school holiday period, the big challenge is getting through the next pay cycle on February 6, and playing catchup,” said Mr Joyce.

“It’s like trying to change the tyre on the car when you’re driving along the motorway at 100km/h.”

Mr Joyce was speaking after meeting principals and staff from Wellington Girls’ College and Northland Primary School in Wellington today.

College principal Julia Davidson said Mr Joyce met two staff involved with administering the system.

“I approached him because I thought possibly he was seeing it from an individual case, but I think it’s important he sees what is happening in a school and the [amount] of time that my staff are

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he changes to the Warrant of Fitness regime will be welcomed by most people in Mid Canterbury.

Nothing much will change for anyone with a vehicle over 12 years of age, but all cars of a younger vintage will now only have to go through an annual warrant process.

The announcement will have won the Government a lot of friends among the average Kiwis with a decent car between six and 12 years old. Currently those cars would have to get a new warrant every six months, but from July next year those owners can keep half their cash in their pockets.

This change will affect one in three cars in this country and save owners about $159 million a year.

Aside from being a straightforward carrot from the National Party, the new rules make sense and have been welcomed by the Automobile Association.

It has argued for years that the quality of modern cars has improved significantly and that six-monthly checks for cars under 12 years are a waste of time.

The AA refers to the research which shows that mechanical defects are only the cause in 0.4 per cent of crashes and that we are the only country in the world with such a stringent testing system.

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Naturally, the motor vehicle industry fears for their jobs and question the statistics used by the AA and Government. They predict an increase of crashes and have highlighted the age of many cars in the country.

While consumers will benefit, the vehicle testing stations will be hardest hit as this affects their only source of income.

Garages however may find motorists coming to see them more regularly if they feel their cars are not running properly, instead of waiting for their next warrant check to pick it up.

The AA says it will have to make motorists more responsible and more proactive in looking after their vehicles, but garage owners predict that Kiwis can be particularly complacent and are unlikely to change their habits.

The new law will keep more cash in a lot of consumer pockets but the police will end up picking up the pieces.

Yesterday the Government announced extra funding to enable highway patrols to conduct more regular roadside checks, but if the motor industry concerns are correct, they may end up at more accident sites instead.

Hopefully those fears will prove unfounded and a third of us will simply be spared the six-monthly trip to the testing station.

By Abby Gillies

Accused of raiding red-zone houses Auckland firefighters busy despite total fire ban

By Kurt Bayer

A man posing as an earthquake contractor will appear in court on February 19 accused of raiding red-zoned houses in the hard-hit eastern suburbs of Christchurch.

The 43-year-old wore a high-visibility vest emblazoned with a contracting firm’s name to steal hot water cylinders from the abandoned quake-damaged properties, according to police.

He faces 10 charges of burglary which are alleged to have occurred between January 7 and January 14 at properties in the suburbs of Avondale and Burwood.

Opportunistic thieves have targeted quake-hit homes since the first big shake

of September 2010, which sparked the Canterbury earthquake sequence.

Hot water cylinders containing copper piping have been highly sought for their value to scrap metal dealers.

Within six weeks of the magnitude-7.1 jolt of September 4, 2010, more than 30 cylinder thefts were reported to Christchurch police.

The latest alleged offender, who will appear from custody at Christchurch District Court tomorrow, was arrested on January 14 after a nearby resident noticed his activities and phoned the police.

It is alleged the man removed the hot water cylinders along with tapware and other items in an attempt to recover scrap metal.

having to take to do this.”

Northland principal Jeremy Edwards said many of his staff had been overpaid by up to several thousand dollars.

Staff were waiting for letters claiming to claim the money they were overpaid back.

“The process is taking a very long, long time,” said Mr Edwards.

Post Primary Teachers Association president Robin Duff said he hoped problems wouldn’t occur as a result of the new collective agreement.

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“This alleged offender has gone to considerable lengths to try to conceal his activities,” said sergeant Dave Knowles of Papanui police.

“This included wearing a high-visibility vest with the name of a contracting firm on it, and hanging black material over a window at one address to block the view from the street.”

Mr Knowles said all the houses the man is accused of stealing from are in red-zoned areas, abandoned and under Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority ownership.

The resident who reported the “suspicious activity” did the right thing, said Mr Knowles, who warned that a high-vis vest was “no guarantee that a contractor is genuine”.

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The Fire Service is continuing to respond to fires in the Auckland region, including a suspicious fire and a bush fire, despite the region having a complete fire ban.

Auckland Council issued a complete ban for the region after forecasts for a hot, dry and windy anniversary long weekend.

All open air fires, including rubbish fires, bonfires, backyard braziers, fireworks and cooking fires are banned.

Northern fire communications shift manager Jarron Philips said a Waitakere City house was threatened as two sheds and a fence caught fire.

Emergency services were called to the suspicious blaze at Ranui about 11.40am.

There were no injuries and the fire was extinguished quickly, Mr Philips said.

Fire crews were also at a bush fire at Whangarei Falls, in Tikipunga, Whangarei, yesterday.

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about 1.30pm.

It was not yet known how large the blaze was.

The fires follow eight callouts around Auckland overnight as well as a callout to people letting off Chinese lanterns, despite the fire ban, Mr Philips said.

“It’s a case of some people just continuing to light fires regardless of the ban and others are just not aware of the ban, so just innocently going ahead.

“In the last 24 hours there were 17 vegetation fires just in Auckland that we responded to.”

In one case a brazier, which was illegal to use under the ban, fell over and set fire to tree clippings.

Mr Phillips said the fine weather in Auckland yesterday would probably mean it would “heat up some more this afternoon”.

The fire ban, which was imposed by the Auckland Council, is open-ended.

Meanwhile, fire crews will spend all week monitoring Great Barrier Island to pre-

vent any flare-ups of the blaze which tore through more than 100 hectares of bush last week.

The fire was now “very well contained” but firefighters were not letting the pressure off just yet, Auckland principal rural fire officer Bryan Cartelle said.

Up to 42 firefighting personnel, including Department of Conservation staff, local firefighters and crews from Auckland, Rotorua and Nelson, were patrolling and dampening any hot spots which showed up on a thermal imagining camera.

“It’s just matter of going round and round in circles methodically, backwards and forwards just trying to tighten those edges up.”

The number of people on the ground would be reduced over the next couple of days, he said.

Mr Cartelle said it had been a testing time for the fire crews since the fire flared up last Tuesday.

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A man has drowned in rough conditions at an unpatrolled beach in the Coromandel, prompting a warning from Surf Life Saving New Zealand.

The man, in his 40s, died at Opito Bay, north-east of Whitianga, about 2.45pm yesterday, the second of two beach deaths over the Auckland Anniversary long weekend.

The location was so remote beachgoers who noticed the man in trouble had to leave the scene to alert emergency services because of poor cellphone coverage.

The man was alive but unconscious when medics arrived, police said.

He could not be revived and died at the scene.

Strong south-easterly winds and swells forced surf lifesavers to close nearby Hot Water Beach after they were unable to find a safe area to patrol.

“There is no place we could deem safe to swim, due to the size of the swell and the rips coming through,” said Surf Life Saving New Zealand club development officer Matthew Williams.

He urged people to check the weather before heading to the beach, check for rips before swimming, swim with others and never swim on an unpatrolled beach unless they wee extremely confident swimmers.

“We can’t patrol every beach but we can educate every New Zealander. Know your limits.”

The incident came about 15 hours after the discovery of the body of a 26-year-old Te Puke man long-line fishing at Otamarakau beach in the Western Bay of Plenty Meanwhile a diver was in a moderate condition after being pulled from the water at Goat Island, on the east coast, north of Auckland, about 3.30pm.

Three people suffering from hypothermia were pulled from the water at Piha about 7.45pm last night and were to be flown to hospital by the Westpac emergency helicopter.

Last year, 93 New Zealanders drowned, the second lowest total on record.

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Govt urged Shearer revises $300,000 house price to lower exchange rate

By Claire Trevett

By Audrey Young It is time the Government did its bit to help get the exchange rate down, the managing director of Hamilton Jets, Keith Whiteley, told a cross-party committee on manufacturing at Parliament yesterday.

Mr Whiteley was one of five company leaders who fronted up to the committee to plead the case for Government action to make manufacturing more competitive.

Labour, the Greens, New Zealand First and Mana are running their own inquiry into manufacturing and today is the first of several hearings.

The Hamilton jet company employs 360 staff, of whom 320 are in New Zealand.

It has weathered the latest fluctuations through its hedging contracts and budgeted net profit before tax this financial year is 9 per cent of sales. Once the hedging contracts round the same profit on the current exchange rate would reduce to a marginal 2 per cent of sales.

“We are not looking for a massive downward adjustment in the currency.”

But a New Zealand dollar below 75c US and 55c for the Euro would enable the business to remain competitive.

The company had halved its labour per production unit in the past 20 years, and if it reduced labour costs by 30 per cent and invested a further $20 million in the business, that would be equivalent to five per cent of sales.

“But in other words it would only take a five per cent rise in the currency to completely offset this productivity gain.”

But with the upward pressure on the NZ dollar, that was not a good proposition.

“We think it’s time that the Government did it’s bit,” he said.

The single monetary policy goal of targeting inflation alone while relevant in the 1980s when inflation was out of control, in our view is now past its use-by date.

“An exchange rate considerations must become part of the mix,” he said.

Among the others making submissions yesterday were David bennett of pacific helmets, John Holm of the Holm Group, Stewart Hyde of Wyma Engineering, and Gordon Sutherland of AW Fraser. - APNZ

homes built in Auckland would be two-bedroom apartments or terraced housing.

He said those larger homes would still be under the $550,000 average price of a four-bedroom home. Construction companies had advised that the costs would be dramatically lower than the usual home because of the scale of the project.

The policy has proved popular in a recent Herald-DigiPoll survey there was more than 70 per cent support for it.

Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said Labour’s policy was heading the same way as its last building project: state houses. “They’ll be the wrong size in the wrong places and the price is going up already.

It was $300,000 two months ago,

and now they’re talking about $550,000, which will be a revelation to the public.”

In his speech, Mr Shearer said Labour was determined to start building houses under the scheme as soon it got into office - it will set up a conference of experts on housing, including architects, builders and draftsmen to ensure the policy was ready to go from the first day if Labour wins the election next year.

Mr Shearer’s speech was delivered in Labour’s blue-collar heartland of Wainuiomata at the local rugby club where Young Labour had gathered over the weekend.

Prime Minister John Key this morning told Radio New Zealand that new Housing Minister Nick Smith would produce a housing plan which kept “that kiwi dream

alive of buying their own home”.

Mr Key said National’s housing plan, which has yet to be announced, would try to work with local councils, but if they stood in the way of speeding up the process he was not ruling out the Government having a greater say.

Dr Smith would look right across the sector to see where improvements could be made.

There was two key factors in making housing affordable, he said.

“It’s fundamentally keeping interest rates low, that’s one thing that stops consumers being able to afford their mortgages who buy houses, and the second thing is really around land supply in my view.”

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Labour leader David Shearer has conceded his party’s affordable housing policy will only be able to deliver small apartments or terraced housing in Auckland for the $300,000 price tag - while standalone family homes are more likely to cost up to $550,000.

Labour’s policy to deliver 100,000 affordable homes over 10 years was the centrepiece of Mr Shearer’s recent State of the Nation address, aimed at setting out his new “hands-on” approach and priorities for the year.

When he announced the KiwiBuild policy last year, Mr Shearer said the aim was to put “Kiwi families” into their first homes at a cost of less than

$300,000. Labour has repeatedly defended that figure despite National’s attempts to say it was dishonest because it promised the impossible.

After his speech Mr Shearer said the $300,000 figure Labour had quoted was the average price of KiwiBuild homes nationwide rather than applying to every house under the scheme. “In some places it will be more.”

He said it was possible to build small homes for $300,000 in Auckland, including in Massey, Papakura and Manurewa.

“They are apartments, they are terraced houses. For a three- or four-bedroom standalone house it will be more.”

He said three- and four-bedroom standalone homes were “of a different ilk” and a lot of the

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Doctor breaches several standards A doctor breached several professional standards in relation to a patient’s care, including not wearing gloves during an intimate examination, the authority has found.

Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill found the doctor breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights in several respects.

The incident related to a female patient who went to an after-hours clinic with a history of body aches and burning while urinating.

The doctor did not inform her she could have a chaperone present before carrying out an exami-

nation without gloves, including an examination of her upper and lower body during which she was part and fully naked.

Details identifying the patient and doctor are suppressed in the commission’s report.

The patient’s clinical notes were altered several times following the completion of the examination.

Mr Hill said the doctor’s “overall manner in conducting the examination lacked respect” and breached professional standards.

The doctor has been referred to the commission’s director of proceedings to consider whether further proceedings will take place.

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Having a ball at the holiday programme Ashburton youngsters Jessie Pitney and Poppie Bush-Ward, 5, play ball tag as part of holiday programme antics at St Paul’s Church yesterday. The children took part in the programme that runs for the week before most Mid Canterbury schools start back on Monday.

Disposal unit not being used

By Susan Sandys Methven campervan travellers are bypassing the town’s new caravan waste disposal unit, instead using the town’s public toilets.

But the Methven Community Board plans to put a stop to that.

At its first meeting of the year yesterday, board members talked about an official opening for the new facility, which would help raise awareness.

They also talked about installing signs in the town to inform of the facility’s location.

The Ashburton District Council recently installed the disposal unit at the Methven recycling drop-off area on Methven Chertsey Road, to replace an old facility near the Mount Hutt Memorial Hall.

Board chairperson Liz McMillan said an ACL contractor had recently seen a couple of people tipping their caravan waste into the town’s public toilets, and they had “apparently made quite a mess”, she said.

Mayor Angus McKay earlier in the discussion suggested an official opening for the facility, despite the fact it was a small project.

“It’s the little things that make the community go around,” Mr McKay said.

He suggested Ms McMillan officially open the unit, and a keen caravan owner in the town could empty their disposal tank to symbolise being among the first users.

Ashburton District Councillor and board member Martin Nordqvist agreed that while the facility was a small project it was important for the town. At one time the sum of money for its installation had slipped “off the balance sheet”, delaying the project, but now it had finally been installed.

He said people were using other facilities rather than the new disposal unit.

The board considered a new sign at the Methven Railway Reserve near the town’s public toilets should be installed to redirect people to the facility. The signage could also point those wanting to dispose of recyclables in the right direction.

The board deemed to decide on a date for the official opening.

Chch quake kids still traumatised Christchurch children are still suffering from anxiety two years after the earthquakes, a new study concludes.

Now, researchers at the University of Canterbury are looking at how vitamins and minerals can help treat psychological and psychiatric symptoms, including stress, mood and ADHD. It’s believed to be the first study in the world looking at micronutrients and anxiety in children.

While some children remain anxious or worried about earthquakes in particular, for others the events triggered worries about other things, says researcher Ellen Sole.

“The issue for a number of children experiencing anxiety is that the range of symptoms of anxiety can widely interfere with their development.

“This includes affecting friendships, school performance and a child’s happiness,” she said.

“Many anxious children will have difficulties sleeping. Combining this with worries and the other difficulties anxiety can have puts a large strain on the family, sometimes negatively affecting family life.”

The masters student and trainee clinical psychologist’s study is looking at whether micronutrients can help Canterbury children aged eight to 11 years who are struggling with anxiety.

Common symptoms of anxiety in children include sweating, feelings of choking or dizziness, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, being easily startled, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, headaches, stomach aches, body aches and tiredness as well as

behavioural symptoms including clinginess, tantrums, withdrawing from friends and family, avoidance of places or objects, not wanting to go to school, shyness and perfectionism.

Now, Ms Sole is appealing for “a small number” of children who would be willing to try the vitamins and minerals for approximately two months.

“Certainly Christchurch children have had to cope with much more than a lot of children do, so we would expect that some of these children will struggle,” she said.

“While there are good psychological treatments for anxiety, it is always good to have more options available for treatment.

This research hopes to provide more evidence to assist with clinical decisions.”

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Dotcom in emergency landing

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Plans to cut the ribbon on Methven’s new caravan waste disposal unit are in the pipeline.

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s helicopter made an emergency landing as he flew to Hawke’s Bay yesterday to meet ailing broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes.

Dotcom tweeted a photo of himself posing with Sir Paul with the chopper in the background, accompanied by the words “almost died to meet the knight”.

The image attracted more than 150 likes and several comments, including one from someone who didn’t know what a knight was.

The helicopter landed on a forestry road after the pilot identified a problem with the fuel gauge.

Dotcom tweeted about his predicament throughout the afternoon.

His first tweet invited followers

to see the Mega chopper at the New Zealand airshow. He also posted a picture of him smiling in the flying chopper.

Shortly afterwards, however Dotcom wrote about an emergency landing.

“No kidding. Emergency landing in the middle of nowhere. #BumpyRide :-/.

“Pilot trying to identify the fault.

I have 1 bar of reception. Start rationing water.”

He said the fuel had dropped to zero and a rotor warning was given.

The pilot found a disconnected wire and was able to get the fuel gauge working again, Dotcom wrote.

After a test flight, the group con-

tinued their flight, about 2.45pm, he said.

He posted a picture of the pilot and wrote “Hero!!!”

Sir Paul - who has survived a fatal chopper crash - is at his Hawke’s Bay lodge after spending time in hospital last week.

His wife Lady Deborah and his brother Ken Holmes said in a statement that members of the veteran broadcaster’s family remained by his side.

They requested privacy so they could “focus their energy” on supporting him.

Sir Paul was knighted at his home earlier this month in a ceremony brought forward at his family’s request because of his failing health.

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Three dead as Queensland flood crisis continues Three people have died in Queensland’s continuing flood disaster as dramatic situations unfold in communities across the state.

In Bundaberg, where 1200 properties have flooded, rescuers are desperately trying to reach people trapped on roofs in the city’s north.

And in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, where 19 people died in the 2011 floods, an extremely serious flood crisis is developing.

There are reports of people trapped on a car roof in the valley community of Gatton, and the mayor says he has no idea yet how many people might be stranded in dangerous conditions.

Helicopters are being sent in.

The city of Ipswich was braced for minor flooding from last night.

Brisbane was also expected to experience flooding last night and into today and tomorrow, with about 5000 properties at risk of inundation.

A third flood death was confirmed yesterday, a man whose body was pulled from the Oxley Creek, south of Brisbane.

It’s understood he was the motorcyclist who was seen being swept from his bike at Greenbank at Logan late on Sunday night.

The other confirmed deaths are an 81-year-old man whose body was pulled from the water near Bundaberg and a 27-year-old man who tried to cross a flooded creek near Gympie.

In Brisbane’s north yesterday, a three-year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman suffered head injuries when a tree fell on them at Kedron Brook, authorities said. Their conditions are not known.

There were dozens of rescues across the state overnight as the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Oswald hurled torrential rain and cyclonic winds at communities in the south-east and into northern NSW. Bundaberg remains in the grip of its worst flood on record, and there are fears the number of flooded properties could rise from 1200 to 2000.

The situation in the city’s north was so bad yesterday morning that police told stranded residents to climb on to their roofs.

Choppers managed to rescue 18 of 30 people who had already clambered on to corrugated roofs to escape the water.

In the Lockyer Valley, Mayor Steve Jones says the situation is very serious but the scale of the crisis remains unclear with

choppers only just mobilised to check on towns devastated two years ago.

“We’ve got a situation that’s developed ... it’s probably far worse than we thought,” Mr Jones told ABC radio, saying he was grateful many people had headed to evacuation centres.

More than 600mm of rain has fallen in the Lockyer Valley catchment in the past 24 hours, and some creeks are two metres above what was seen in 2011.

The communities of Gympie and Maryborough are also flooding, and Rockhampton is expected to flood by this weekend.

There’s also a risk of flooding on the Darling Downs, including the town of Warwick.

Ipswich was expected to flood from tonight, with the Bremer River now predicted to peak earlier than expected at 6pm.

But only minor flooding is expected.

In Brisbane, there are fears that about 5000 properties could be hit by some flooding, but it will be nothing like 2011.

“It is a significant event. This is a big challenge for our community but we are up to it. We did it in 2011 and we will do it again,” Premier Campbell Newman said.

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The fragile state of the world economy, along with the relentless turmoil in Syria and the rocky fall-out from the Arab Spring, dominated discussions during this year’s annual gathering of the global elite at Davos, leaving many participants uneasy about what lies ahead as they left for home yesterday.

Even broad agreement that there are some positive signs on the economic front, at least in emerging markets, was coupled with a warning from the head of the International Monetary Fund. “Do not relax,” Christine Lagarde said. There’s still a “risk of relapse”.

More than 2500 of the best and brightest in business, government, academia and civic life gathered for the five-day World Economic Forum at this Alpine resort. But much of the overt glitz and glamour that is a usual feature was toned down or absent this year, a decision founder Klaus Schwab said reflected the serious issues facing the world.

Political and economic issues vie for top billing each year at Davos, and this time, the economy had the edge, with a special focus on how to promote economic growth and jobs, especially for the youth among the world’s 220 million jobless.

The IMF said that China, Africa, and other emerging markets could see significant growth, but Japan, eurozone nations and the US are likely to struggle with negative to low growth. Ahead of the 43rd forum, the IMF downgraded its forecast for global economic growth this year by one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.5 per cent.

While the US avoided the so-called “fiscal cliff” of automatic tax increases and spending cuts, and fears have abated that the euro currency union will break up, there is growing concern that governments may ease up on measures to improve growth and reduce debt that the IMF and many other institutions are calling for.

IMF chief Lagarde said the “very fragile and timid recovery” depends on leaders in the 17-nation eurozone, the United States and Japan making “the right decisions”. The eurozone in particular “is fragile because it is prone to political crisis” and slow decision-making, she said.

Davos participants’ uneasiness about the world economy was matched by growing concern over the political turmoil in the Arab world, terrorism in North Africa, a spate of natural disasters that have highlighted the failure to tackle climate change, and the growing inequality between the world’s “haves” and “have nots”.

“Two years ago, gloom around the stalled economic recovery was leavened by euphoria at the outbreak of the Arab spring,” Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, told The Associated Press at the weekend’s

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Firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, yesterday.

233 killed in Brazilian blaze At least 233 people have died in a fire which gutted a Brazilian nightclub packed with students.

Shocked survivors, mostly young adults in the southern college town of Santa Maria, described a frantic rush to the exits as flames swept through the club, with scores of people getting trampled and passing out from smoke inhalation.

“It was sheer horror. I lost a very dear friend.

“The emergency exits did not work, and then I lost my friend in the confusion,” young dentist Mattheus Bortolotto told local television Band News.

“Then a girl died in my arms.

I felt when her heart stopped beating. I had only ever seen something like that in the movies.”

He said the metal barriers they used to keep people in line on their way into the club ended up blocking people from getting out.

“And the people who were at the back of the club were simply trapped.”

Brazil quickly postponed an event dubbed “500 Days until World Cup-2014” set for today in the federal capital Brasilia.

Another 131 people were injured, and the death toll from

the inferno climbed rapidly as firefighters pulled bodies from the charred remains of the Kiss Club, believed to have been packed with hundreds of revellers.

The tragedy appeared to be the deadliest such blaze in more than a decade, since a fire at a shopping centre and discotheque in the central Chinese city of Luoyang killed more than 300 people in 2000.

Reports said the fire broke out when the nightclub was hosting a university party featuring a rock band using pyrotechnics, but authorities have yet to offer an official explanation. – AFP

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• Egypt rioting President Mohamed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in three provinces hit by rioting which has left dozens dead, warning he was ready to take further steps to confront threats to Egypt’s security. Emergency measures will come into effect in the provinces of Port Said, Suez and Ismailia “for 30 days starting at midnight”, Morsi said in an address on state television yesterday.

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Participants listen a panel session in the Congress Hall the last day of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. low-key final reception. “This year, relief at the improved economic outlook is tempered by despair at the unimpeded slaughter in Syria, uncertainty about the outlook in Egypt, and frustration over the Arab monarchies’ resistance to reform.”

The Arab Spring uprisings have ousted dictators in Tunisia, Yemen, Libya and Egypt over the past two years. But now Islamists and liberals are wrangling over power, with Islamists mainly gaining the upper hand. Democracy is far from certain, and economic woes have left hundreds of thousands of young people jobless and frustrated that their “revolutions” haven’t produced any dividends.

Former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, a losing candidate in Egypt’s presidential election last year, said there have been achievements, but warned that democracy isn’t only about casting a vote.

“It is the respect of human rights, for rights of women, separation of powers, independence of the judiciary. This meaning of democracy we have not yet achieved,” Moussa said.

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Elsewhere in the Middle East, IsraeliPalestinian peace talks remain stalled, Arab monarchs remain entrenched, and the death toll from the escalating civil war in Syria has topped 60,000 with no end in sight.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II, whose country is hosting almost 300,000 Syrian refugees, predicted that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime will last at least another six months. He called for a transition plan involving all Syrians and the Syrian army.

He also urged stepped up international support to end the Syrian crisis, saying, “The weakest refugees are struggling now just to survive this year’s harsh winter.”

Abdullah told the forum that “unprecedented threats to regional and global stability and security” need international action now, not the “wait and see” response by some countries – which he did not identify – especially in helping governments emerge politically and financially from the Arab uprisings.

The king, considered one of the region’s moderate leaders, also warned Israel to

stop playing the “waiting game”, and said President Barack Obama’s second term offered the last opportunity to create two states – Palestine and Israel – that can live side-by-side in peace.

Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said the focus on resolving the world’s economic crisis has distracted leaders from many other important issues, including education, the social consequences of unemployment and promoting ways to deal with climate change.

Nonetheless, Gurria said, the world should be “very worried” because there aren’t many “tools” left to fix the economy if things get worse.

Trevor Manuel, South Africa’s National Planning Commission minister, told AP that the key message from Davos for him was a positive one – that “many of the decisions that have been taken bring us closer to where we need to be.” He warned that “a sense of an all-pervasive gloom ... frequently becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

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A new organisation has been set up to promote trade between this country and the African continent – home to many of the world’s fastest growing economies.

Chris Jones, chairman of the newly-formed New Zealand Africa Business Council, said one of the group’s main aims was to highlight the opportunities that exist for Kiwi businesses from Cape Town to Cairo.

The council, which already has 15 members, plans to hold events that will give Kiwi and African business people the chance to network together.

“Certain countries in Africa are challenging, but it’s certainly one of the growth areas that presents a massive opportunity,” said Jones. “The whole goal of the council is to encourage trade.”

He said New Zealand companies in the IT, energy – especially geothermal – and primary sectors were particularly wellplaced to do business in Africa.

Jones is the chief executive of Auckland-based Mobilis Networks, which has supplied software for mobile networks across more than a dozen African countries including Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania and Kenya.

While the rise of Asia’s economic giants gets a lot of press these days, the International Monetary Fund has predicted that seven of the world’s 10 fastest growing economies between 2011 and 2015 will be African nations.

They include Ethiopia, Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana.

Dairy co-op Fonterra is one of the biggest Kiwi players on the continent, operating offices in Algeria and Egypt.

New Zealand exports to Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria are now worth close to $1 billion.

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Stay within law and Need help getting your pasture up to scratch? enjoy homekill feast Budget-conscious Kiwis looking at homekill as a cost-effective way to fill the freezer this symmer are urged to ensure they are doing so within the law.

The law clearly states that homekill can be undertaken by the animal’s owner only, says Ministry for Primary Industries animal products manager Judy Barker.

An owner can kill the animal themselves on their own property, or they can hire a listed service provider to slaughter and butcher the animal on their property or the service provider’s premises.

“To use a service provider, the owner must have been actively involved in looking after the animal – or animals of the same kind – daily for at least 28 days prior to its slaughter,” Barker says.

Homekill can be eaten by the animal’s owner and their direct family (grandparents, parents, children) or household. It is illegal to trade or sell homekill meat.

“Because homekill is not subject to the same rigorous regulatory controls that apply to meat you buy from a supermarket or butcher, people eat it at their own risk.

“There is often an increase in the people seeking homekill from farmers in the lead-up to Christmas, but the rules don’t allow people to select an animal from a farmer and then immediately have it slaughtered before taking the meat away.

“The farmer cannot let you slaughter the animal at their property either,” Barker says.

Wairarapa farmer and MPI employee Naya Brangenberg, who runs a small free-range pork business, says she’s had many requests over the years from people asking to buy one of her animals to kill at her place.

“It’s easy to explain that what they’re asking for is illegal – and what’s more, I neither have the facilities to do the kill humanely on our property nor the proper food-safety protocols in place,” Naya says.

“In fact, most people know what they’re asking is technically illegal so once they realise you’re not interested they pretty quickly move on.”

Although Naya doesn’t sell her animals for people to take home and slaughter either, she thinks homekill is wonderful.

“When done properly, homekill is very humane.”

People who want to shave some cost off their Christmas food bill, but realise they’re not able to meet the requirements for legally carrying out homekill, can opt to buy an animal from a farmer and immediately have it sent to a registered abattoir for slaughter.

For more about homekill or for abattoir contacts go to: www. foodsmart.govt.nz/food-safety/ hunting-collecting-fishing/homekill

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New needle grass site found The Chilean needle grass (CNG) search programme by Environment Canterbury Biosecurity has discovered a new site on a property in the Spotswood area.

Chilean needle grass (nassella neesiana) infests about 280 hectares of land in North Canterbury and the new find brings the total number of properties with CNG to 10.

Capable of invading much of Canterbury’s dry hill country, Chilean needle grass threatens sheep farming viability with its sharp needle-like seed head causing wool, meat and pelt damage as well as animal welfare issues.

Environment Canterbury’s principal biosecurity adviser Laurence Smith says that the on-going awareness campaign has created a good response from the public.

“With more than a dozen potential sightings, the new find highlights the importance of Environment Canterbury’s surveillance programme. Nine of Canterbury’s 10 known CNG sites have been found by our biosecurity staff”.

“The latest discovery of a small number of Chilean needle grass plants is important and the ability for early intervention is critical,” Mr Smith said.

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LAMB The generally stable trend has continued in most overseas lamb markets. China is reported to be buying huge volumes at the moment, while a current focus on chilled production has helped reduce the pressure on frozen leg values into the UK. Middle cut prices have continued to decline, however, as companies work through a buildup of inventory.

At the farmgate, store market lamb prices have held steady in the South, but slipped back in the North below the $2/kg LW mark owing to the persisting dry weather. Results from recent ewe fairs are somewhat indicative of the reduced confidence currently in NZ’s sheep industry, with replacement ewe prices down at around $120 for very good 2-tooths compared to at least $230 a year ago. Meanwhile lamb schedules are holding firm, propped up by the Easter chilled trade, but it’s looking increasingly likely that prices will fall further once that ends in mid-February.

BEEF The mood in beef markets has taken a turn in the past week and prices have slipped back by another few cents.

Large volumes of beef were imported into the US late last year and good money was paid for it in anticipation of higher prices to come. But demand for beef is reported to have been poor so far in January. This has been linked to reduced consumer spending power due to tax changes, as well as stiff competition from cheaper proteins.

The weaker demand means US importers are generally adequately stocked, while offerings out of NZ exporters remain strong.

The Japanese beef market is also set to get tougher from the beginning of February. The easing of decade-long post-BSE trade restrictions on US beef means competition there is likely to rise.

WOOL Wool prices eased back last week after a large uplift the previous week. Urgent shipping pressure was reduced which brought prices down at the latest auction.

Early demand for first lambs wool was very high two weeks ago which saw prices up by 5-9 per cent, but prices were back around 5 per cent again last week. Low supply of finer micron wools had seen good prices from China. Buyers jumped at the chance when lambs wool came on offer, but were slightly more reserved at the latest auction where more was on offer.

There was some seller resistance to the price slide with pass in rates going from 1 per cent two weeks ago to 13 per cent last week. The auction this week will have good supply again, at around 18,000 bales, very close to the previous two weeks.

Prices have held up well so far in 2013 with high volumes not deterring demand. Currently the Agrifax Wool Price Indicator is 4 per cent higher than this time last month and 8 per cent above the bottom of last year’s price dip, having trended slowly but consistently up since August.

Got a paddock of pasture performing poorly?

The Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust’s “win a free paddock” competition could be just the answer.

The competition is open until February 28 and all farmers who enter are eligible for three chances to win $8000 worth of products and technical advice used in the pasture renewal process.

Federated Farmers board member and New Zealand Grassland Association executive member Anders Crofoot said the trust’s mission was important.

“Federated Farmers is proud to sup-

port their work in this area because pasture renewal is a core farming activity.

Improving pasture quality in turn brings greater productivity, increased returns, improved animal health and more farm management options.

“This competition will mean three lucky farmers could turn some of their worst-performing pasture into their best performing paddock for free. That is a prize worth much more than the $8000 product value.

“Even for those farmers who do not win one of the three prizes, investing in renewing the pasture in one or more of

their paddocks this season will be one of the best decisions they make in 2013.”

He said keeping ahead of the game and ensuring pasture was healthy meant stock got all the nutrients they needed to produce the best results for milk, meat or wool.

“Pasture renewal is a great way to increase your on-farm returns and make your farming business more efficient and sustainable.”

Go to www.pasturerenewal.org.nz to enter or for more information, look for entry forms at rural retailers or ask their representatives. The competition will be drawn on March 5.

Plant flammability ‘important research’ Throw another lancewood through the effects of global on the barbie ... warming.

The current spate of bushWhile factors such as fires across the Tasman and recent rainfall, prevailing the destructive grass fires winds and topography play a notable part in the severity in Canterbury once again of these fires, the flammabilhighlight the very real risks posed by uncontrollable fires ity of plants (essentially the in rural and semi-rural envifuel for the fires) is a major ronments. contributor.

These dangers are all the While there has been little more poignant when considresearch on the flammability ering that the phenomenon of New Zealand plant species, is essentially an annual Lincoln University lecturer Tim Curran occurrence. in ecology, Tim Curran, is working toward bridging In fact, studies from Niwa scientists conclude that every year in this knowledge gap through a series of New Zealand an average of 3000 wildfires projects funded by the university. burn a total of 7000 hectares of rural Although the research is still in its land, with the prospect of worse to come early stages, Dr Curran is using a spe-

cially designed “plant BBQ” to measure the flammability of shoots for a range of native and exotic plant species. Thus far, the research has focused primarily on commonly-used plant material such as gorse, macrocarpa or pine to assess flammability relative to its volume or moisture content.

“It’s important research,” Dr Curran says.

“Future flammability studies of native and exotic species will provide valuable information for fire managers, land managers and the rural community in general.

“The hope is to use this research to help control fires through, among other things, such techniques as the planting of low flammability plants as a kind of fire break.”

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The Methven Flax Mill during World War Two – single men’s quarters to the right, stacks of flax waiting to be processed in the foreground.

Wartime needs brought a new industry

By Michael Hanrahan

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flax industry existed in New Zealand from the earliest years of settlement – one authority says flax fibre for cordage was New Zealand’s original export – but that industry dealt with New Zealand’s native flax, phormium tenax.

It was not until the 1930s that attention changed to the type of flax used in other countries to make linen, originating from a small field-grown plant with a bright blue flower.

The Government’s attention

turned towards this industry at the start of World War Two, when it became apparent that throughout the British Empire there was a shortage of fibre for such uses as aeroplane covering, camouflage netting, fire-fighting hoses, webbing and rope.

In June 1940 the Government announced it planned to build 11 factories in various parts of the South Island from Marlborough to Southland. Eventually 17 were built.

The method of operation was dependant on the climate of the place they were to be built. Part of the process of extracting the

fibre from the plant was called ‘retting’, removing the outer covering to expose the fibres. Five of the original 11 factories were to have tank retting mills, the other six were to be ‘natural’ mills in which the flax plants could be spread outdoors for a process called ‘dew retting’.

Each factory was capable of handling the output from 1000 to 1500 acres within a radius of 15 miles of the factory. The crops were grown under contract to the Government. One hundred Belgian-made flax pulling machines were made available for the South Island harvest.

The first crops were sown in the spring of 1940 when 500 ton of seed arrived from Britain to be sown across 13,000 acres in the South Island, 10 per cent of it in Mid Canterbury, from Winchmore to Mount Somers centred on a factory built on Carr Street, on the outskirts of Methven.

The following season the Mid Canterbury area increased to 2000 acres.

The Methven factory, built in November 1939, ahead of the others to allow early experiments to be carried out, was a large affair with quarters for married workers and huts for single men.

The factory itself was built by the Christchurch firm of Peter Graham and Son. The plants were pulled from the ground roots and all and tied into sheaves which were carted to the factory grounds and stacked in 20-ton stacks to await processing.

The first stage of the process was to open the sheaves and feed the plants into a machine that removed the seed from the straw.

The seed was saved for re-sowing or for oil extraction, the husks were ground for adding to animal feed and the straw was rebound for the retting process. Some dew

retting was carried out in open fields behind the Methven factory, but most was retted in hot water tanks. Once retted the straw went to the scutching machines on the first floor of the mill where the fibre was removed. This was twisted into hanks, tied into bundles and compressed into bales for shipment overseas.

At times the factory employed up to 100 people, some travelling from Ashburton and Rakaia.

Production continued after the war’s end in 1946 until the autumn 1948 harvest was processed. The factory was destroyed by fire on September 29, 1948.

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Memories of childhood fun

By Kathleen Stringer

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icycles and tricycles have been around for a long time. While in the beginning it was a male-only activity, soon women and even children were riding wheeled objects. This tricycle (right) probably dates from the 1950s.

It is similar in shape to one I had when I was a child, but much larger. Mine was the ubiquitous blue metal ‘trike’. My cousin and I each had one (being very similar in age our parents soon realised that to stop constant fights and hair pulling if one got something the other must get one EXACTLY the same). The best thing about these trikes, apart from the little trailer that came with it, was that it had an area between the two back wheels that would allow you to ‘double’ someone. It provided exercise, adventure (even if we weren’t allowed to take them out of the gate) and hours of fun.

Later versions were plastic and although they looked very similar they weren’t as robust or cool. My trike was given to a much younger child and I believe it is still being used by his children. My cousin, being a boy, destroyed his by using it to hurtle down hills.

Later, I obtained a tricycle which was more like a bicycle but with training wheels. Oh the sense of ‘grown-upness’ when they were taken off!

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From the Ashburton Museum’s collection, an example of a special tin used for mailing a piece of cake after a wedding.

Rats changed the way we did things

By Michael Hanrahan

removed I had the skill and sense to go out on to the road – so it was indeed an educational toy.

The robust tricycle shown here is very much like a bicycle – right down to the sprung seat and spoked wheels. It has much more craftsmanship than my little runabout and probably would have served a child a lot longer as many of the parts could be extended.

With busy roads the little trike isn’t as popular as it once was. Plastic push-alongs aren’t really quite the same and don’t have as long a life as the metal

examples. They also don’t have that same sentimental value as a scuffed and somewhat buckled first bike. I am sure there are still some well-loved bikes and trikes tucked away in garages out there and if not you will all remember your first bike. It’s a symbol of changing from a toddler to someone who can get around more independently. For some modern children this old thing may just be a museum piece, but for lots of us it will rekindle memories of exploration, having fun with friends and knee scrapes.

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) Career-wise you seem to be on a roll. The cosmos is encouraging you to think out of the box with your ideas. You do best when you work at any job that has a cuttingedge approach. The more you put in, the more you get out.

Romance may be on your mind but unless you do something to make it happen, it may just stay that way, so do be proactive.

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) You may need to focus on a problem associated with your home or family. Nothing major perhaps, but if you get on with it, it can be resolved. Still, you may feel put out, especially if you have a lot on already that is far more interesting.

You may be intrigued to explore ideas that could make your world a brighter, happier, more interesting place.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) You may be feeling edgy concerning financial matters, especially debts, taxes, the mortgage or other similar issues.

There’s still time to sort things out and to find a way to resolve any ongoing issues.

The sooner the better! The Moon in Virgo may encourage you to research an idea that seems very appealing. See if it’s as good as it seems.

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hose of a certain age will recall the small tin boxes that were used to mail pieces of wedding cake to invited guests who had been unable to attend the wedding.

Made of steel, plated on the outside but painted, sometimes with decorations on the inside, they measured about 8cm by 5cm and were about 2.5cm deep – just big enough to hold what some considered to be a sufficient slice of cake for a couple of people, others thought it was barely enough for one.

They had a push on lid, a little card saying who the cake was from and the whole fitted inside a slip-on cardboard wrapper that could be addressed.

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LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) There are still plenty of fun and good times to be had if you want them. You may be so busy teaming up with others, pooling resources and sharing ideas, as well as chipping in to other people’s schemes and projects, that you may have lost track of your own needs.

Spend a little time today reflecting on your priorities, then adjust accordingly.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) The Moon in your sign today gives you an extra opportunity for good vibes. You can ask for what you want with a greater chance of getting it.

There’s the potential for a romantic date with a rather passionate twist if this appeals. There is also an opportunity to take your partner on a special night out.

Go for it and make it one to remember.

The custom was to mail a piece of cake to all those who had been invited to a wedding but were unable to attend – proof to Aunt Mildred the wedding had actually happened.

This continued into the 1970s when increased postage prices and a move away from traditional fruit cake combined to suppress it.

As recently as 10 years ago it was still possible to buy, at a great price, a plastic version of the same tin. Today they are made of cardboard and are more likely to be delivered personally than mailed.

The tins were a very practical and hygienic way of mailing a special food item, but that was not always the way it was done.

As the 19th Century became the 20th New Zealand Health

authorities became concerned about the possibility of bubonic plague arriving on these shores.

A case was isolated in Sydney in January 1900. It was said to be spread by fleas that had been on rats, and men who removed dead rats found on the Sydney wharves died.

Ships arriving in New Zealand were quarantined, but the plague was identified in an Auckland patient and evidence of it was found in rats in Wanganui, Balclutha and Dunedin.

New Zealand’s war on rats began. Within five months the Christchurch City Council had destroyed 2000 and 2216 were burnt at the Dunedin gasworks.

Other councils paid a bounty for rats’ heads or tails brought into depots.

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LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Good friends and people you know in general may contribute to a special social event. You’re ready to have a good time, especially as fun is essential to keeping you feeling happy and nurtured. Things improve on the job front when you are focused and combine your efforts with those of others. Keep a daily to-do list to stay bang on target.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) The Moon in your social zone suggests that someone may have a suggestion that brings a social opportunity. There may also be romantic potential within this. If so, why not go with it and see what unfolds? The continuing focus on your home zone suggests that it may be time for a spring clean or some DIY. Clearing out some clutter can be cathartic.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) You may want to make plans for a getaway soon, and you may feel you deserve it. Better still, book a break with a friend and enjoy some rest and relaxation together.

The focus can also be on promoting yourself and getting your message out to others. It could be a busy day, especially if you have trips to make and people to see, but all this can be enjoyable.

How did this affect the postage of wedding cake? The Member of Parliament responsible for the postal system reacted to the news there were numbers of rats in post offices throughout the country.

In future the customary slice of bridal cake must be mailed in a tin box, he decreed.

This was only one of a number of public health measures that came about because of the plague threat.

From the provision of wipeable celluloid covers on courthouse Bibles to a new Public Health Act, the country began to think seriously about its health system.

The plague threat was the catalyst that commenced the centralisation of public health in New Zealand.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) The money comes in and the money goes out - at least that’s how it must seem right now. You can be coming up with some super-hot ideas on how to make your resources go further, or best of all, how to earn more. The Moon in your travel and study zone suggests that you may benefit financially from taking a course or upgrading your skills.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You’re in an ideal position to clear up any unresolved issues, sort out problems and get a move on with your latest projects and plans. It’s the perfect time to reflect on your priorities and to follow your heart’s desire. The Moon in Virgo may encourage you to reflect on debts and other joint financial issues. Being clear about what you want is essential.

PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) You are a zodiac sign that tends to overlook a multitude of sins, especially when someone pulls at your heartstrings.

But today you may risk overlooking something that you really shouldn’t. You may want to forgive when it would be better to stand up for yourself. If you had done the same thing to them, would they be quite so forgiving?

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By Darren Walton Tennis ironman Novak Djokovic has etched his name in the history books with a bruising four-set Australian Open final triumph over Andy Murray early on Monday morning.

The world No.1 wore down Murray 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-2 in a three-hour, 40-minute war of attrition to become the first man to complete an Australian Open hat-trick in the 45-year professional era.

Only two other men, American Jack Crawford (1931-33) and Australian Roy Emerson (1963-67), have won three or more consecutive Australian championships.

Djokovic’s victory avenged his five-set final loss to Murray at last year’s US Open, and drew the Serb level on the all-time grand slam leaderboard with modern-day greats Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg with six career majors.

The 25-year-old’s fourth Open crown also matched the record of Roger Federer and Andre Agassi, who fittingly was on hand to present the trophies to the two final combatants at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night. “What a joy.

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“I love this court� “It’s an incredible feeling winning this trophy once more,� Djokovic said. “It’s definitely my favourite grand slam. “I love this court.�

Murray had been eyeing his own slice of history as the first man ever to hold the Olympic, US Open and Australian Open titles simultaneously - but instead suffered his fifth defeat in six grand slam finals.

But he was gracious in defeat. “Novak, his record here is incredible. “Very few people have been able to do what he’s done here and he’s a well-deserved champion,� said Murray, runner-up in Melbourne in 2010, 2011 and now again.

After missing a real chance to claim a two-sets-to-love advantage, the Scot appeared to suffer a hamstring injury - possibly scar tissue from his sapping five-set semi-final win over Federer 48 hours earlier - and was unable to match the supreme physical conditioning of his great rival.

Last year’s famous final between Djokovic and Rafael Nadal was the longest in grand slam history, an epic stretching five hours, 53 minutes and finishing at almost two o’clock Monday morning.

And with the past two major

Better luck next time son - Andre Agassi consoles Andy Murray meetings between Djokovic and Murray both lasting almost five hours as well, a repeat of the 2012 title marathon looked a possibility for more than two sets as the baseline gladiators slugged it out relentlessly from the back court.

Djokovic had five break-point chances in the opening set, includ-

ing four after having Murray at love-40 in the seventh game, but his inability to convert proved costly.

Murray forced a tiebreaker and Djokovic handed it to the Scot with six unforced errors.

On a roll, Murray won 10 straight points - and 17 of 19 - to surge

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For all the talk around tactical changes at the Wellington Phoenix, one man hasn’t noticed anything different about the way they play football.

The under-fire Phoenix have attempted to employ a possessionbased focus during the past six weeks, but the supposed change in approach hasn’t yielded success because they haven’t won in their past five outings.

Playing pretty football is one thing but substance will trump style if it results in putting three points on the board, and considering the Phoenix are last on the A-League ladder after 18 rounds their fanbase would take any kind of win at the moment.

On Sunday the Phoenix were held to a boring 1-1 draw against the Newcastle Jets at Westpac Stadium after a 73rd minute goal from Emile Heskey rubbed out the advantage the home side earned through

Louis Fenton in the first spell.

It was a throwback performance to the days of when the Phoenix knew what they were about.

They had a stern focus on stout defence, coupled with a crossheavy approach and played with the sort of heart that hadn’t been seen in a couple of months.

Newcastle coach Gary van Egmond was asked after the game if he thought the Phoenix were a changed outfit of late. “From a perspective of maybe, like you said, confidence, but that also comes with getting results and what have you,� van Egmond said. “I think they’re a different team but I don’t think they’re a different team in regards to how they look to play.�

It was a fair assessment too.

Wellington’s goal came on the back of a Ben Sigmund long ball and they should’ve opened the scoring only minutes earlier from the same provider, but Jeremy Brockie failed to find the back of the net with the goal at his mercy.

Louis Fenton: find of the season Fenton’s goal was his third of the season and a nice return for a good performance from the 19-year-old from Tawa who has been the find of the summer for the Phoenix.

The Phoenix have been guilty of spurning chances in front of goal in recent weeks and even though they were beaten 7-1 against Sydney FC in round 17 they could have been three or four goals to the good in the early stages of the game.

Wellington assistant coach Chris Greenacre, who spent 17 years as a striker in the professional ranks, said the goals were on the horizon for his men they just needed to be more clinical. “We had a couple of chances [on Sunday] and in fairness we’ve created a lot of opportunities of late and we are just waiting to stick it in the back of the net,� he said. “But from a personal point of view I think when you’re creating opportunities that’s always a positive. “Having been there myself where we haven’t created much and strikers aren’t getting chances is a real sore point. “But we’ll keep continuing to train hard, work hard, keep getting those balls in the right areas and I’m sure the tide will turn at some point, we’ve just got to keep putting those chances in for the strikers.�

Wellington’s next chance to get back in the winner’s circle comes on Saturday night when they host the Perth Glory in a “home� game at Auckland’s Eden Park. - APNZ

Aussies feature in FA Cup fairy tales

By Liam FitzGibbon Usually outshone by their star compatriots in the Premier League, a host of lesser-known Australians are enjoying their moment in the sun in English Cup football.

Oldham Athletic duo Dean Bouzanis and James Wesolowski became the latest Australians

to feature in a cup fairy tale, as the third-tier League One outfit shocked Liverpool 3-2 to reach the FA Cup fifth round. It was a particularly sweet victory for promising goalkeeper Bouzanis, who left Liverpool in 2011. “Wow wow wow what a feeling!

You can’t beat days like these,� the 22-year-old tweeted.

It continued a feel-good run for

Australians in cup competitions, with defenders James Meredith and Curtis Good featuring in Bradford City’s remarkable journey to next month’s League Cup final.

Bouzanis and Wesolowski will be joined by a host of other Australians in the FA Cup fifth round.

Millwall’s Shane Lowry, Reading’s Adam Federici and Middlesbrough’s Rhys Williams and Scott McDonald

are also set to figure after their sides had fourth-round wins.

Bouzanis spent four years coming through the ranks at Liverpool and at 16 was declared by former coach Rafa Benitez as the best ‘keeper in the world of his age.

Ironically, it was a fellow Australian that helped seal Oldham’s fate with Liverpool keeper Brad Jones conceding three goals. - AAP

ahead 1-0 in the second set and suddenly have Djokovic under extreme pressure at love-40.

But the Serb dug deep to save and the service hold proved critical as the second set almost inevitably was decided almost an hour later in another tiebreaker.

On this occasion, it was Murray who lost his nerve, the third seed double-faulting after a feather blew onto the court to gift Djokovic the vital mini-break.

The top seed needed no second invitation back into the match and was on level terms after two hours, 13 minutes, and then delivered a hammer blow in the eighth game of the third set.

After the pair shared 31 straight service holds, Djokovic pressed to break Murray for 5-3 and closed out the set to be in front for the first time all match after two hours and 54 minutes.

Djokovic could smell blood when he broke Murray for a 2-1 lead in the fourth set and moved in for the kill.

All hope was lost for Murray when he double-faulted to hand Djovokic the decisive double break for 4-1 and the Serb triumphed on his first match point when a weary Murray netted a tired backhand.

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• Schleck ready for Tour Despite his disastrous start to the cycling season in Adelaide, Andy Schleck has declared he will be 100 per cent ready for the Tour de France. Schleck was already nearly 40 minutes off the pace in the Tour Down Under when he suffered a mechanical problem in the final stage. The 2010 Tour winner, one of the biggest names at the Tour, was the only rider missing when Radioshack were presented on stage as the top team in the race. It capped a horror week for the Luxembourg star, who struggled in the Adelaide heat. Asked if he can be back in top shape by the start of the Tour de France in July, he replied: “I truly believe that, it’s what keeps me out there working hard. I have no doubt I have the engine to - AAP come back.â€?

• Man City moving up Having trailed English Premier League leaders Manchester United by seven points as recently as January 18, Manchester City can cut the gap to just two points with victory at Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday. United could restore their advantage by beating Southampton, but City’s trip to the league’s bottom club gives them an opportunity to inject tension into the title race. City won 1-0 at Stoke City on Saturday to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup, but lost captain Vincent Kompany with a calf injury. QPR’s season became more embarrassing when they lost 4-2 at home to Milton Keynes Dons of third-tier League One to go out of the FA Cup. The London club are five points adrift of safety with 15 games - AFP remaining.

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6 61069 Mimi Surarti (5) fr......................... I Cameron 7 08575 Black Ice (6) fr.......................... C D Thornley 8 9x0P0 The Black (7) fr................................... B Kerr 9 17 Speedy Jack (8) fr............................ G Smith 10 19030 Infrequently (9) fr............................T Chmiel 11 18750 Fat Prophet (10) fr.............................J Dunn 12 98879 Gritty Girl (11) fr................................ M Pash 13 71537 Junkyard Beau (1) 10................... G O’Reilly 14 00049 Giannis Bromac 10....................... Scratched 7 2.55pm GOTTA GO CULLEN MOBILE PACE $5000, 4yo+ non winners mob. pace, mobile, 2600m 1 068x6 Tuscaloosa (1) fr......................... S Ottley (J) 2 34395 Chargedownking (2) fr.....................R Curtin 3 0053 Knight Action (3) fr............................P Davis 4 9x077 DJ Hanover fr................................ Scratched 5 860 Royal City (4) fr........................ S Stewart (J) 6 30xP0 Empire State (5) fr..................... T Bagrie (J) 7 4x483 McArdles Smooth (6) fr...................T Chmiel 8 x5847 Deadly Dylan (7) fr..............................R May 9 6709 Truly The One (8) fr...........................D Dunn 10 00x00 Double Vision (21) fr................ C D Thornley 11 46064 Master Lachlan (22) fr..................... G Smith 12 80080 Scotty Is Flyin fr............................ Scratched 13 32774 Tom Grainger (23) fr......................B Orange 14 50875 Wood Fire (24) fr.........................C Markham 15 08 Grufello Bromac (25) fr 16 42687 Harvest Boy fr............................... Scratched Emergencies: Scotty Is Flyin, Harvest Boy 8 3.30pm MONKEY BONES HANDICAP TROT $5000, 3yo+ up to 1 win spechcp trot, stand, 2600m 1 0P000 Last Love (1) fr.................................M Jones 2 80859 Sunrise Invasion (2) fr.................. I Cameron 3 Elle Galleon (3) fr...............................J Dunn 4 62205 Mantorp (4) fr...............................C DeFilippi 5 47000 Waihemo Angus (U1) fr................... G Smith

6 68600 Renegade Fighter (U2) fr............... R Rennie 7 04594 Clifden Clowers (1) 30......................D Dunn 8 13000 Whata Gamble (2) 30............... S Smolenski 9 07409 Major Domus (3) 30........................K Barron 10 1776x Kowhai Whiz (4) 30..................... S Ottley (J) 11 1 Astrapi (5) 30...................................... A Butt 12 019 Doctor Bones (6) 30...........................B Ford 13 77005 Dutchess (U1) 30...................J Anderson (J) 9 3.55pm CHRISTIAN CULLEN MOBILE PACE $5000, 1 to 5 wins mob. pace, mobile, 2000m 1 66190 Living Memory (1) fr..................... I Cameron 2 18750 Fat Prophet (2) fr...............................J Dunn 3 27725 Beckinsale (3) fr.............................B Orange 4 00049 Giannis Bromac (4) fr.......................D Dunn 5 92811 Sachin Arden (5) fr.............................R May 6 5378x Lets Talk Art (6) fr............................M Jones 7 34018 Desire Mhe (7) fr.............................. G Smith 8 11145 Ashley Cullen (8) fr............................. D Butt Pacifiers off : Pinot Gris (R2), Kowhai Whiz (R8)

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LEGEND: X - Spell from racing of at least 3 months P - Retired (or pulled up) from race L - Driver unseated U1 - Unruly beginner {C} Concession driver {C.cl} - Claiming concession driver which allows horse to start one class down SELECTIONS Race 1: Not About The Money, Daenerys Targaren, Trouble Rieu Race 2: Lifesofine, Bedtime, Here’s Shifty, Escape The Fate Race 3: Royal Aspirations, Sundons Comet, Sunoflindenny Race 4: Caesar’s Flame, Shamrocks Boy, Bianca, Private Jones Race 5: Te Amo Bromac, Goodness Gracious Me, Irish Kath Race 6: Sixonenine, Speedy Jack, Suzali Queen, Drum Major Race 7: McArdles Smooth, Knight Action, Chargedownking Race 8: Whata Gamble, Doctor Bones, Astrapi, Waihemo Angus Race 9: Ashley Cullen, Beckinsale, Sachin Arden, Desire Mh

Southland greyhound fields, form Southland Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Ascot Park Raceway Meeting Date: 29 Jan 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 12.03pm (NZT) CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS C0, 390m 1 Iona Brightspark nwtd...................... M Grant 2 824 Sam’s Flyin Norm nwtd S &..............Bonnett 3 4 Homebush Churro nwtd.............J McInerney 4 Fx Surf Girl nwtd A &...............................Seque 5 6 Cawbourne Ranga nwtd.................. M Grant 6 Red Typhoon nwtd........................... M Grant 7 Black Tank nwtd............................... M Grant 8 36 Looptastic nwtd S &..........................Bonnett 9 x667x Jumpin’ Joseph nwtd.................J McInerney 10 4578 Leah Belle nwtd...............................R Breen 2 12.23pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS.CO.NZ C1, 390m 1 83787 Miss Ozark nwtd.............................J Guthrie 2 75435 Merely A Dream 23.34 S &...............Bonnett 3 76772 Cawbourne Heidi 22.77 M &..............Jopson 4 76721 Homebush Cruden 23.18...........J McInerney 5 51153 Hazza’s Got Swag 23.59 S &...........Bonnett 6 26176 Pukeko Express nwtd....................... B Eade 7 26257 Salvador Bale nwtd S &...................B Evans 8 65874 Randy Outside nwtd.................... M Roberts 9 73878 Wandy Matt 23.28............................ M Grant 10 26848 Uno Flash nwtd L &............................ Wales 3 12.42pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C0, 457m 1 86584 Dallas Haka nwtd.......................J McInerney 2 Shyanne Jade nwtd......................... M Grant 3 Cawbourne Chief nwtd.................... M Grant 4 55455 Secret Nicole nwtd P &..................B Conner 5 54354 Uno Shyla nwtd................................R Breen 6 824 Max’s Lad nwtd S &..........................Bonnett 7 6557F Uno Nosey nwtd L &........................... Wales 8 36237 Opawa Niko nwtd.............................R Breen 9 85666 Wagon Wheel nwtd M &....................Jopson 10 4578 Leah Belle nwtd...............................R Breen

4 12.59pm WILLY’S FLOORING LIMITED C1, 390m

1 71777 Ya Laughin’ 23.36 M &.......................Jopson 2 57326 Hazza’s Lad 22.96 S &.....................Bonnett 3 25283 Ruby’s Girl 23.30........................ R Hamilton 4 54668 New Ingilltab 23.42 P &.................B Conner 5 63686 Maggie Dee nwtd.............................. B Eade 6 74737 Tekoa nwtd S &.................................Bonnett 7 51852 Opawa Leighton nwtd......................R Breen 8 47x65 Bake Bean Betty nwtd....................... J Allen 9 88557 Miss Fit nwtd................................ M Roberts 10 38858 Real Slim Shady 22.49 J &.....................May 5 1.18pm BRENDON BURKE@FIRST NATIONAL C1, 390m 1 65447 Wandy Jewel nwtd.......................D Kingston 2 166 Little Midnight nwtd S &....................Bonnett 3 838F6 Moreport Shannon nwtd P &.........B Conner 4 8x363 Jet Even nwtd...............................A Williams 5 45526 Foggy Storm 23.41 J &...........................May 6 86644 Wyndham 23.07 M &.........................Jopson 7 781 Homebush Nos nwtd.................J McInerney 8 84x43 Hares Hoping 22.96.......................... B Eade 9 87586 Archie’s Doll 23.32 S &....................B Evans 10 87777 Naevia nwtd S &...............................Bonnett 6 1.37pm COLORMARK SYSTEMS C1, 457m 1 78281 Starburst Clemmy nwtd................... M Grant 2 31267 Bone Nerd nwtd........................... M Roberts 3 42757 Time For What nwtd..................... M Roberts 4 16651 Coalpit Mick nwtd..........................A Williams 5 23532 Thrilling Jonah 26.71....................... M Grant 6 18366 Wandy On In nwtd.......................D Kingston 7 65643 Shadow Wolf nwtd..........................J Guthrie 8 24728 Rumball and Ice nwtd P &.............B Conner 9 44666 Secret Nadia nwtd L &........................ Wales 10 88557 Miss Fit nwtd................................ M Roberts 7 1.54pm ASCOT PARK HOTEL C2, 390m 1 22344 Wandy Feather 23.18...................... M Grant 2 81338 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd............J McInerney 3 55561 Another Star nwtd......................J McInerney 4 44138 Ray Dosh 22.92................................ B Eade

5 42366 Fulla Torque 23.17 C &.................D Roberts 10 84565 Smash Dora 23.11........................... M Grant 6 45531 Slightly Amazing 22.69 J &.....................May 11 3.07pm SOUTHLAND OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C5, 457m 7 61126 Smash Amy 23.31........................... M Grant 1 78217 Dyna Groll 25.92 C &....................D Roberts 8 62255 No Lane nwtd............................... M Roberts 2 73516 King Of Clubs 26.08....................... H Cairns 9 85535 Fulla Pride 23.15 M &........................Jopson 3 25824 Sam I Am 26.06 J &........................D Fahey 10 55734 Another Jewel 23.07..................J McInerney 4 42333 Attire 26.20 A &..................................Seque 8 2.13pm SGRC $50 LEATHER LEADS C2/3, 457m 5 45166 Shunt Appeal 26.18.......................... B Eade 1 47776 Magic You 26.19 C &....................D Roberts 6 44112 Finn McMissile 26.34.......................L Philips ACROSS DOWN 2 45267 Opawa Midnight 26.17 L &................. Wales 7 64443 Geoff The Ref 26.22 A &....................Seque 1. Impartial 2.Hart Taboo (3) 3 64488 Miss Iron Fist nwtd.....................J McInerney (9) 8 35228 Russell nwtd......................J McInerney 4 22466 Cawbourne Kim nwtd.................J McInerney 9 37763 Wot Price Curly nwtd.................J McInerney 8.

Flee (3) 3.

Dogma (5) 5 17617 Another Colt 27.03.....................J McInerney 10 16766 Homebush Edith (c4) 26.40.......J McInerney 9. Derange 4. Disregard (6) 6 33123 Pukeko Flyer 26.35...........................

B Eade (5,6) 12 3.24pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C5, 390m 7 17281 New York Affair 26.32 J &.......................May (7) 1 28422 Rosca5.

22.47. ..............................J McInerney 11.

Unscrambler Specimen (7) 8 34774 Big Token (c2) 26.84..................J McInerney 2 61858 Just A Mate nwtd.......................J McInerney 9 71516 Threat (c2) 26.14 J &.......................D Fahey 12. Earlier (5) 3 56681 Sorry 6.

Fear 22.45 (11)J &....................May Vanderford 10 78435 Smash Amego (c2) nwtd................. M Grant 4 (6) 36358 Jumpin’ Julia nwtd......................J 13.

Buccaneering 7.

Experienced (9)McInerney 9 2.32pm SGRC $25 YARD MUZZLE STAKES C3, 390m 5 47147 Sosan 22.71 C &..........................D Roberts 15. Nullify (6) 6 37356 Cawbourne 10. Doubt (11)..........J McInerney 1 11676 Life With Dexter 22.58 J &......................May Reeah 22.83.

2 66136 Turbo Tundra nwtd...........................

M Grant 7 71687 Heza11.

Sensation 22.80 (9) P &............B Conner 17.

Rule (5) Leaving 3 67714 Cawbourne Spear 23.21............J McInerney 8 34424 Oscar Tuivasa 22.90........................L Philips 18. Designate (7) McInerney 4 28F18 Salute To Radar nwtd...................A Williams (7) 9 37763 Wot 14.

Price Satisfied Curly 22.42................J 5 31486 Out By Five nwtd M &........................Jopson 10 21211 Zebidiah nwtd J &............................D Fahey 20.

Impassive (11) 16.

Renowned (6) 6 21774 Wandy Paul nwtd............................. M Grant SELECTIONS 22. Baton (3) Race 1: Sam’s Flyin19.

Cost (5)Red Typhoon, Iona Brightspark 7 83751 Thrilling Sadie nwtd.........................

M Grant Norm, Surf Girl, 8 52511 Miss Sweet 22.86 P &...................B Conner Race 2: Homebush Cruden, Cawbourne 23.

Insipid (9) 21.

Donkey (3)Heidi, Hazza’s Got Swag 9 15385 Opawa Blaze 22.88 S &...................B Evans Race 3: Cawbourne Chief, Max’s Lad, Opawa Niko, Uno Shyla 10 48454 Shiraz Rose 23.28...................... R Hamilton Race 4: Opawa Leighton, Ya Laughin’, Hazza’s Lad, Ruby’s Girl TO PUZZLE No 12,109 Race 5: Little Midnight, Jet Even, Hares Hoping, Wandy Jewel 10 2.49pm 100% SELECTRIX C4, 390m SOLUTIONS Race 6: Bone Nerd, Mick, Thrilling Starburst 1 56631 Dyna Diego nwtd C &...................D Roberts Across: 7 Grotto; 8 Colour; 10Coalpit Operate; 11Jonah, Force; 12Clemmy Race 7: No Lane, Another Star, Wandy Feather, Fulla Torque 2 65626 Waterhouse 22.75 J &............................May Laud; 13 Guard; 17 Topic; 18 Roar; 22 First; 23 Ruinous; Race 8: New York Affair, Opawa Midnight, Big Token, Pukeko Flyer 3 31636 Starburst Hannah 22.78................... M Grant 24 Inform; 25 Patron.

Race 9: Miss Sweet, Thrilling Sadie, Turbo Tundra, Cawbourne Spear 4 48136 Wandy Devil 22.56...........................

M Grant 10: Dyna 3 Diego, Decado, Waterhouse, 5 Homebush 5 41618 Tie My Tie 23.00 J &...............................May Down: 1 Ignoble; 2Race Hopeful; Steal; 4 Comfort; Board;Craig Race14 11:Contort; Finn McMissile, I Am, Russell Geoff The Ref 6 65562 Blickling Bridge nwtd J &........................May 6 Brief; 9 Pecuniary; 15 Sam Sojourn; 16 Hart, Present; Race 12: Rosca, Oscar Tuivasa, Sorry Vanderford, Jumpin’ Julia 7 78841 Homebush Craig 23.13..............J McInerney 19 Affix; 20 Craft; 21 Final.

8 22434 Decado 22.93 C &........................D Roberts LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd 9 86816 Dyna Frier 22.47 C &....................D Roberts - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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2.45 Directors: Edward Zwick. (2011, PG).

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Horsepower aplenty for Rio The 2016 Rio Olympics are on the minds of Equestrian Sports New Zealand, who yesterday announce their new high performance eventing squads.

On the back of the bronze medal-winning team effort at the London Olympics, the discipline has received increased funding from Sport New Zealand, and a renewed confidence that the high performance programme is on the right track.

ESNZ high performance director Sarah Harris says there is no time for complacency and the stringently-selected squads include only those combinations with the potential to produce an individual podium result at the Rio Olympics.

Leading the way is the world’s No 1 ranked rider Andrew Nicholson who has six horses on the squad, along with the fourth-ranked Jonathan Paget with three horses and sixth seed Sir Mark Todd who is also on with three horses.

Rounding out the squad are London Olympic team-mates Caroline Powell and Jonelle Richards, along with world champs team-member Clarke

Johnstone and London Olympic reserve Lucy Jackson.

Powell’s double Olympic horse Lenamore is not on the squad.

The selectors are not considering him for Rio, but the 20-year-old will be likely to be competing at Badminton this year.

Four up-and-coming riders have been named in the high performance eventing accelerator squad, Jesse Campbell, Joe Waldron, Lizzie Brown and Tim Price.

“The squads reflect a realignment of our programme through to Rio,” Harris said.

“We want to be continually pushing to be better with a world-leading programme. We are recognised as such, but we are always looking to improve anything that leads to better results.”

She saw the accelerator programme as vital to future of eventing.

“People will be added to that to ensure sustainability over time.

“We need to be identifying young talent - whether that be rider or horse - and working with them to accelerate their performances so

they have the ability to impact at Rio.” Both squads have an open door policy and can be changed at any time.

“It’s great to have such depth of good horsepower,” Harris said.

“Lining up for London this year, we were really a bit thin on the ground for second and third horses, but by Rio we are going to be really well placed.

“This is an exciting time for New Zealand equestrian.”

The international eventing season kicks off with the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event in April, followed by the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials.

The world championships in France in 2014 will be the first pinnacle event, ESNZ High Performance Eventing Squad: Andrew Nicholson with Nereo (owned by Deborah Sellar), Avebury (owned by Rosemary and Mark Barlow), Mr Cruise Control (owned

by Nicky and Robin Salmon), Quimbo (owned by Deborah Sellar), Calico Joe (owned by In Mind

Syndicate), Qwanza (owned by Rosemary and Mark Barlow).

Jonathan Paget with Clifton Promise (owned by Frances Stead and Russell Hall), Clifton Lush (owned by Frances Stead and Lucy Allison), Bullet Proof (owned by Joe and Alex Giannamore).

Mark Todd with NZB Campino (owned by Peter and Pam Vela), Leonidas (owned by Peter and Di Brunsden), NZB Land Vision (owned

by Peter and Pam Vela).

Caroline Powell with Boston Two Tip (owned by Alan Bell), Onwards and Upwards (owned by Mary and Cameron Crawford).

Jonelle Richards with Mere Oak (owned by Lucy Sangster).

Clarke Johnstone with Orient Express (owned by Johstone Family), Incognito (owned by Johnstone Family).

Lucy Jackson with Kilcoltrim Ambassador (owned by Sprout Syndicate), Willy Do (owned by Mark, Gillian and Charlotte Greenlees).

High Performance Eventing Accelerator Squad: Jesse Campbell, Joe Waldron, Lizzie Brown and Tim Price.

- APNZ

The struggling Boston Celtics came away with a gutsy NBA win yesterday after finding out injured All-Star guard Rajon Rondo would be lost for the remainder of the season.

Paul Pierce hit the go-ahead jumper with 31 seconds left in the second overtime, carrying the

Celtics to a 100-98 victory over the visiting Miami Heat.

The Celtics stopped a season-high six-game slide and snapped the four-game success of the defending NBA Champions after learning Rondo will undergo season-ending surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, although no date has been announced yet.

The injury was originally diagnosed as a hyper-extended knee

SCOREBOARD Results Basketball NBA results Collated NBA results from yesterday (home team in CAPS) L.A. LAKERS 105 Oklahoma City Thunder 96 BOSTON CELTICS 100 Miami Heat 98 OT MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 83 New Orleans Hornets 91 ORLANDO MAGIC 102 Detroit Pistons 104 NEW YORK KNICKS 106 Atlanta Hawks 104 DALLAS MAVERICKS 110 Phoenix Suns 95 L.A. CLIPPERS 96 Portland Trail Blazers 83

Bowls Championship Triples Finals of the Championship Triples have been completed.

R Gutberlet, Mike Quinn and H Kemp defeated M Anderson, J Ryk and D Kinvig.

This gives Roger 4 titles this season in Club Championship events.

Well done Roger from all members.

Milson Cup played Jan 26 2013 on Ashburton Club Greens.

Sponsored by Paterson Funerals.

1st B Mason, B Harper, H Weir and S Goodwin; Methven 3 wins 1 draw 28 ends 58 points 2nd C Bird, D McKinnon,I Blackwood and M Jones; Ashburton 3 wins 30 ends 50 points 3rd T Inwood, B Neilson, G Laird and J Slater; MSA 3 wins 26 ends 46 points 4th M Smallridge, P Collins, A McDonald and G Sparkes; Hampstead 3 wins 25 ends 50 points 5th B Marsh, W Kellett, T Gibson and W Watts; Hampstead 3 wins 25 ends 45 points Novelty Non winners. D Isherwood, A Smith, J Martin and J McCrory; Methven

Allenton Bowling Club Results of evening pairs played 22nd Jan:- 1st John Drayton & Maurice Reid 3 wins 16 ends 29 points, 2nd John Cartwright & Annette Sargisson 3 wins 15 ends 28 points, 3rd Murray Smallridge & Gordon Sparks 3 wins 13 ends 28 points, 4th Athol MacDonald & Shirley Doig 2 wins 1 draw 13 ends 25 points.

Friday Triples played 25th Jan:- 1st Bruce White, Pete Whinham, Bob Holdom 3 wins 16 ends 42 points. 2nd Murray Smallridge, Athol MacDonald, Gordon Sparks 3 wins 16 ends 34 points. 3rd Alan McIntosh, Des Thomas, Marius Cabout 2 wins 1 draw 13 ends 24 points.

Progressive Pairs played 26th Jan:- (Leads) 1st Bruce Hopwood 3 wins. 2nd John Vanderheide 2 wins 1 draw. (Skips) 1st John Bruce 2 wins 1 draw.

2nd Bruce Boothroyd 2 wins 1 loss +8.

Ashburton Men’s Probus Club The Ashburton Men’s Probus Club conducted their Annual Probus Inter-Club Bowling Tournament on Thursday 24 January in fine albeit cool conditions at the Ashburton Bowling Club’s greens in the domain.

Thirty two teams from as far afield as Amberly to

Fairlie participated which resulted in the renewal of old friendships and the continuation of friendly rivalry between the clubs.

The Ackerley Inter-Club Trophy was won by a team from Amberly Combined Probus, B. Reid, B. Purchas, H. Purchas and M. Reid, 4 wins 25 ends 57 points.

Second place went to a team from Fairlie, who sadly did not enter their names on the score card, 4 wins, 25 ends, 40 points.

Third place to Ferrymead/Sumner’s team of, C. Philips, D. Kennedy, D. McKendry and M. Hanifin, 4 wins 18 ends 30 points.

Fourth place to the Mountain View Probus team of B. Roger, J. Simmons, J. Youngman and L. O’Sullivan, 4 wins 15 ends 39 points.

Cycling Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Well the sky was blue and bright and the wind was back to greet us, nevertheless 19 riders turned out for the 14km out and home Fords Road ride.

Seems these days the finishes are very close each week and today Brian Ellis and Janette Hooper did just that and by the tiniest of margins, Janette managed to get the nod.

Results 1st. Janette Hooper (4.30m) 26m 31s. 2nd.

Brian Ellis (4.30m) 26m 31s. 3rd. Alan Cox (2m) 30m 07s. 4th. Harry Chatterton (Go) 32m 32s. 5th.

Sonya Hyde (30s) 32m 02s. 6th. Don Sutton (7m) 25m 54s. 7th. Ethan Titheridge (2m) 31m 56s. 8th.

Drew Titheridge (2m) 31m 57s. 9th. Bruce Paterson (7m) 24m 38s. 10th. Shona Proctor (11.20m) 23m 38s. 11th. Nigel Chatterton (11.20m) 23m 38s. 12th.

Steve Tocher (11.20m) 23m 39s. 13th. Scott Albon (13.20m) F/T. 21m 41s. 14th. Andrew Shepherd (13.20m) 2f/t. 21m 42s. 15th. Rob Hooper (13.20m) 3f/t. 21m 42s. 16th. Geoff Skerten (11.20m) 23m 43s. 17th.Tonee Hurley (11.20m) 23m 50s. 18th.

Catlin Titheridge (3m) 33m 34s. 19th. John Broom (7m) 29m 46s.

A very good ride by all in trying conditions.

Hope to see you all out on Fords Road next week, Reg 1pm -1-15pm race start 1.30pm, bye for now.

Friday Night Velodrome 25th January 2013, another good night for the Calder Stewart, McDonalds & Tinwald Supervalue Valodrome racing.

Over the evening 24 races were held with 25 Wizz Wheelers and 15 Open & U17 cadets in attendance.

Many thanks to all the helpers, starter Ross Proctor, judges Don Sutton, & Jane Tarbotton, Neil Wylie Open & U17 race controller, Michelle Davidson Wizz Wheeler race controller.

Also many thanks to all the people who helped with the packing up of gear and things after the races, also thanks to Wendy Skinner on chip duty.

The races over the evening were very close and great competition was being shown in all races.

In the W.W. races these are run over one turn of the track (400mtres) Open and U17s can have any distance, the little W.W. on Trainers race up the home straight about 50 metres in a straight line, although some of the little ones do travel further nevertheless they keep trying, these are the highlight races of the evening.

A very big thanks to all the parents who each

suffered in the Celtics’ 123-112 double overtime loss to Atlanta on Friday, but tests yesterday showed the tear.

“It’s just like you want to celebrate the win, but you feel for your teammate or leader - a guy who, pretty much, as he goes, we go and he’s going to be out for the year,” said Pierce, who posted a triple-double with 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.

“It’s a tough pill to swallow.”

The Celtics received the devastating news from Rondo, who came into the locker room during the game.

“It’s tough on everybody,” said Celtics All-Star forward Kevin Garnett, who finished with a teamhigh 24 points and 10 rebounds.

“He’s become the heart and soul of this team. Now we want to be there for our young brother in his time of need.”

Friday night find time to come along thank you all.

Since the start of this track season there have been close to 90 Wizz Wheelers registered, this is great to see.

Results points over all three races: Trainer Wheels Group 1.1st. Oliva Brooker 13pts.

2nd. Emma Wood 11pts. A & B Grade W/W. 1st.

Maddie Lowry 13pts. 2nd. Layton Carr 10pts. 3rd.

Zac Evans 6pts. 4th.Jessica Windhorst 4pts.

C. Grade W/W. 1st. Callum Kingsbury 11pts.

2nd.= Riley Brooker & Emmett Rowlands 8pts. 3rd.

Abbey Williams 6pts.

D. Grade W/W. 1st. Lily Williams 10pts. 2nd= Jesse Nieman, Luke Rhodes, & Josh Bellow 5pts.

3rd. Joel Moffett 4pts. 4th.= Lily Davidson & Penny Marriott 2pts.

E. Grade W/W. 1st. Cody Etheridge 10pts. 2nd.= Isla Moffett & James Wood 5pts. 3rd=. Maxton Rowlands, & Oliver Williams 4pts. 4th. Tegan Marriott 3pts. 5th. Samantha Neiman 2pts. other starter Jacob Carr.

Open and U17, 1st Kristine Marriott 13pts. 2nd.

Sam Cullimore 10pts. 3rd.Jessie Banks 8pts.

4th. Julia Tarbotton 4pts. 5th= Kees Donaldson & Navarh Brotherston (Chch) 3pts. 6th.Michelle Davidson 1pt.

B. Grade U17. 1st. Cole Beeman 8pts. 2nd= Catlin Titheridge, Ethan Titheridge, & Luke Skinner 7pts.

3rd.Connie Davidson 4th= Oliver Davidson & Ryan Jackson 3pts. 5th James Skinner 1pt.

Well a great night of racing by all the riders.

Bye for now and see you all next Friday for more great racing.

Middlesbrough 2 (Jutkiewicz 83, 90+6) Aldershot Town 1 (Hylton 89) Stoke City 0 Manchester City 1 (Zabaleta 85) Millwall 2 (Shittu 27, Marquis 89) Aston Villa 1 (D Bent 22) (Winners advance to last 16)

Football FA Cup 4th round results Oldham Athletic 3 (Smith 3, 45+4, Wabara 48) Liverpool 2 (Suarez 17, Allen 80) Leeds United 2 (Varney 15, McCormack 50) Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Dempsey 58) Brentford 2 (Trotta 42, Forrester 73 pen) Chelsea 2 (Oscar 55, Torres 83) Manchester United 4 (Giggs 3 pen, Rooney 50, Hernandez 52, 66) Fulham 1 (Hughes 77) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Sordell 27) Everton 2 (Pienaar 18, Heitinga 90+1) Reading 4 (NHunt 6, 50, Leigertwood 40, McCleary 54) Sheffield Utd 0 Huddersfield Town Javier Hernandez 1 (Novak 74 pen) Leicester City 1 (Wood 82) Brighton and Hove Albion2 (Barnes 33, Ulloa 62) Arsenal 3 (Giroud 16, 56, Walcott 85) Norwich City 0 Luton Town 1 (Rendell 80) QPR 2 (Bothroyd 83, Fabio 90+2) Milton Keynes Dons FC4 (Traore 4 og, Lowe 39, Harley 50, Potter 56) Macclesfield Town 0 Wigan Athletic 1 (Gomez 7 pen) Derby County 0 Blackburn Rovers 3 (KazimRichards 43, Dann 66, Rhodes 71) Hull City 0 Barnsley 1 (Dagnall 70)

Golf Ashburton Golf Club Inc. ANZ Friday Teams Results 25 January 2013 Top Team: 4W’s 94.5 (Mary-Anne Urquhart, Bev Watkins, Kath Shaw, Rona Evans); Top Man: Rex Turnbull 36; Top Lady: Bev Gregory 32 from 2 others; Men: Europe 90, The Big Test Isicles 88.5, Four Putters 88, Pakeke Pros 87½, Total Package 87½; Mixed: Roaring Pride 89, Hoppy’s Hopefuls 88½, Just the Hounds 88; Ladies: Brady Slice 86½, New World Fairies 85 by lot.

Nearest Pins: Templeton Motors: R. Broker; Paul May Motors: A Van Oudtshoorn; Mac Maggies: A. Pawsey; BP Ashburton: Rex Turnbull Gabites Lucky Player: Robyn Nicol; BP Lucky Player: Bruce Leighton Two’s: R. Broker, Rex Turnbull, Pete Mornson, Andy Mornson, A. Pawsey; Eagles; Josh Smith.

• Crusaders stop over The Crusaders are making a pre-season stopover in Ashburton today. Some members of the squad will be in Ashburton this morning for a skills session with some local junior’s players, as well as a meet and greet with fans at the Ashburton Domain.

The players are due to arrive after 10am at the paddling pool end of the domain on Walnut Avenue and are scheduled to depart around 11am.

• Indians get Wright Former New Zealand cricket coach John Wright is set for another stint in India. The Mumbai Indians announced yesterday that Wright will coach their side during this year’s Indian Premier League, which begins on April 3. Wright enjoyed a successful stint with the Indian national side where he took them to second at the 2003 World Cup. Wright returned home where he eventually took over at the helm of the Black Caps in December, 2010. He resigned in the middle of last year and has been out of the spotlight since. The Mumbai Indians include Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Herschelle Gibbs on their books. - APNZ Andrew Nicholson: currently the world’s number one rider.

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Celtics burn the Heat, Rondo out for the year

By Paul Levine

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Rondo averaged 13.7 points, 11.1 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game in 38 contests this season. He was also voted an Eastern Conference starter for next month’s All-Star Game.

LeBron James led Miami with 34 points with 16 rebounds and seven assists. Dwyane Wade scored 17, while Chris Bosh finished with 16.

“You never want to see anyone go down with any kind of injury,

Shooting Rifle shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club 27th January was hot with a fishtail wind from the rear.

Scores at 700 yards, John Snowden 48.5, 48.3, 96.8, John Miller 47.1, 46.3, 93.4, Darian Miller 44.2, 47.2, 91.5, Brian Hawksby 45.0, 43.0, 88.0, Murray Cook 43.2, 44.2, 87.4, John Fleming 41.2, 43.2, 84.4, Sandy Collett 37.0, 45.3, 82.3. Next week 3 February is two by ten shots at 300 yards at 1 pm.

Softball Hampstead Softball Club Nosh Café Slow-Pitch 25th January 2013 Nosh Café Marines & Angels 15 – 5 Muz’s Tigers; Hawks 17 - 8 Muz’s Tigers; S & Giggles 30 – 18 As Good As It Gets.

Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis

especially a season-ending injury.

So it’s very unfortunate and it sucks,” Wade said of Rondo’s loss.

“He’s a great player and he really is the leader of this team and, obviously, guys are going to have to step up.”

Ray Allen netted 21 points in his first return to Boston since signing with Miami in the off-season following five seasons on the famed parquet floor.

- AAP

& I. Reid 6-1, 6-1; P. McCaw beat B. Looij 7-5, 6-1; P. Leslie beat R. McRae 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9); S. Crequer lost to A. Reid 2-6, 4-6; A. Cuthbertson beat I. Reid 6-2, 6-2.

Methven Purple beat Tinwald 7 sets to 6 C. Kuyf & J. Early lost to J. Burrows & H. Hood 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 0-1 (9-11); S. Stratton & J. Marr beat J. Pye & R. Feutz 6-4, 6-2; C. Kuyf lost to J. Burrows 1-6, 3-6; J. Early beat H. Hood 7-6 (8-6) 6-2; S Stratton beat J. P ye 6-0, 7-6 (8-6); J. Marr lost to R. Feutz 1-6, 1-6.

Hampstead Blue beat Allenton Maroon 6 matches to 0 C. Brosnahan & M. Young beat B. Muir & H. Lloyd 6-1, 6-0; N. Purdom & E. Connelly-Whyte beat K. Wild & P. Young 6-3, 6-3; C. Brosnahan beat B. Muir 6-2, 6-0; M. Young beat H. Lloyd 6-1, 6-2; N. Purdom beat K. Wild 6-3, 6-2; E. Connelly-Whyte beat P. Young 6-0, 6-0.

Hinds/Longbeach beat Hinds/Mayfield 4 matches to 2 D. Rollinson & A. Rollinson lost to H. McNulty & H. Rollinson 1-6, 5-6; C. Stock & H. Schmack beat C. Murdoch & P. Murdoch 6-4, 6-0; D. Rollinson beat H. Rollinson 6-3, 6-2; A. Rollinson lost to H. McNulty 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 0-1 (8-10); C. Stock beat C. Murdoch 7-6, (7-4), 6-3; H. Schmack beat P. Murdoch 6-1, 6-2.

• Ellice going it alone Clark Ellice has been cut adrift

by Triathlon New Zealand but is determined to go it alone in order to pursue his dream of competing at next year’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Only five days after his third place at the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Auckland in front of some of the biggest names in the sport, it was announced that Ellice had failed to make the high performance squad of 14 athletes, meaning he will no longer be funded by the organisation. Only three athletes were selected for the high performance “podium” category - Andrea Hewitt, Kate McIlroy and Ryan Sissons.

- APNZ

A. Waddle, J. Ryker, G. Taylor, B. Williams T. Watson, B. Harrison, A. MacKenzie, B. Brasell Whites to be worn; start time 12.30pm Any enquiries to R. Cockburn phone 307 2224 or 027 2543904

Netball Mid Canterbury Netball Mitre 10 Mega Twilight Netball Draw Week 2 Tuesday 29th January 2013 Heartland Court: 6.00pm, Mixed Up v Croys Crushers; 7.00pm, Ashburton Ligers v Dragons; Neumanns Tyre Services Court: 6.00pm, The Geez Team v Ding Dings; 7.00pm, Doggies v Semi Pros; Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 6.00pm, Hoops I Did It Again v Childs Play; 7.00pm, Megz Team v One Direction; Ashburton Guardian White Court: 6.00pm, High Raters v Seeds R Us; 7pm, S & Giggles v Legal Gansatz;

Softball

Results Saturday 26 January 2013 Hampstead Softball Club Mixed Masters Nosh Café Slow-Pitch Green drew with Gold 3 matches all 46 games all Mayfield Golf Club 1st February 2013 M. Reid & P. Yates beat D. Taylor & B. Riseley 9-3; 6.00pm: Australian Open Twilight 9 Hole Competition Wednesday 23rd J. Doig & I. Taylor lost to B. Danielson & R. Wilson D.2 TGIF Sluggers v Nosh Café Marines & Angels 7-9; M. Reid & I. Taylor beat D. Taylor & R. Wilson January 2013.

Collated results from the Australian Open (prefix advertising feature D.3 Hawks v As Good As It Gets 9-8 (9-3); P. Yates & J. Doig beat B. Riseley & B. denotes seeding).

Ladies: Sharon Duthie 16 Stableford Points.

6.30pm: Men: Ian Beach 20 Stableford Points; Arnold Danielson 9-8 M. Reid & J. Doig lost to D. Taylor Men, Final D.1 S & Giggles v Muz’s Tigers & B. Danielson 6-9; P. Yates & I. Taylor lost to B. Rushton 19; Gordon Duthie 17; Mat Bird 16 1-Novak Djokovic (SRB) bt 3-Andy Murray (GBR) 7.10pm: Two’s Wayne Vessey on No 5; Jack Allan on No Riseley & R. Wilson 6-9.

6-7(2) 7-6(3) 6-3 6-2.

D.2 TGIF Sluggers v Hawks Orange lost to Blue 5 matches to 1 18 an Eagle.

Mixed Doubles, Final D. Fisher & B. Sivier beat G. Wilson & M. Early 9-2; WC-Jarmila Gajdosova/Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Tinwald Golf Club P. Scott & P. Huggins lost to J. Johns & A. Hodson Lucie Hradecka/Frantisek Cermak (CZE) 6-3 7-5.

7-9; D. Fisher & P. Huggins lost to G. Wilson & A. Twilight Results from January 24

advertising feature Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis The field was back to normal on Thursday with Hodson 4-9; B. Sivier & P. Scott lost to M. Early & Draw 109 players turning out to play a twilight stableford J. Johns 8-9; D. Fisher & P. Scott lost to G. Wislon & J. Johns 7-9; B. Sivier & P. Huggins lost to M. round.

Saturday 2nd February 2013B Grade: All games Early & A. Hodson 7-9.

Leading scores: played at ATTC 9am sharp start.

A Grade Senior; Ryan Ford 24, Duncan Lye 23,Bill Mason Duty Team: Allenton. Allenton v Hampstead; Dorie beat Tinwald 49 games to 45 22, Johnny Moore 22, Pete Trembath 21, Cameron Tinwald Orange v Methven Black; Lon/May/Rak R. Cromie & D. Lake beat L. Glendining & M. Miller 21, Adam Marshall 21, Nigel Heney 20, Chris Picknmix v Tinwald White; Methven Jade v Rakaia.

Mid Canterbury Bowling Greens Hart 20. Junior; Jason McLaren 22, Brent Kirdy 22, Donaldson 6-0, 6-2; T. Boag & J. McCloy lost to Junior A- Pool A: 9am start: Hinds v Longbeach A. Mitchell & I. Langley 2-6, 2-6; R. Cromie beat Association Lyndon Moore 21, Roger Bruce 21, Craig Paulin at Hinds; Wakanui v Carol Allenton Green at ATTC; Moore L. Glendining 6-1, 6-0; D. Lake beat M. Donaldson 21, Clarrie Whiting 20 b/l.

Methven Blue v Tinwald Trojans at ATTC.Junior Draw for the Greenkeepers Triples General Manager 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (10-7); T. Boag lost to A. Mitchell 2-6, Women; Barb Harris 24, Marg Pawsey 24, A –Pool B: 9am start: Hampstead Crusaders v Sunday 3 February, Headquarters – Allenton 1-6; J. McCloy lost to I. Langley 7-5, 4-6, 0-1 (3-10).

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Last-gasp charge gives Hooper notable victory From the sideline

Rob Hooper produced one last desperate lunge at the line to claim the win in the Tinwald Cycling Club’s 45km handicap event around the Christys Road block on Sunday.

Up for grabs was the Alan Wylie Memorial Cup, commemorating the long association the Wylie family has with the club.

The race was a closely fought affair with the break mark only finding the front inside the last kilometre, which had 30 of the 50 strong field finish within 15 seconds of each other and featured a grandstand finish.

With the big bunch surging on a sprint finish, Hooper took the honours with a last second lunge to win by the barest of margins from runner-up Michael Gallagher and Neil Wylie charged home to claim third.

Simon White and Andrew Shepherd picked up fourth and fifth respectively.

Scratch rider Craig Domigan covered the course in 64.20 minutes to claim fastest time from co-markers Nathan Tew and Tony Ward.

Earlier the juniors competed over 18km.

Connie Davidson pulled out all the stops to take the win after a great sprint to the line with Chase Domigan who had to settle for second.

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John Uden, Richard Kirwan, Scott Albon, Marty Cuttle and Brendan Davidson make their way around the Christys Road block in the Tinwald Cycling Club race on Sunday.

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Thumbs down for Jackman Mid Canterbury’s Mark Jackman will watch the New Zealand Sevens team look to defend their title in Wellington from home in Christchurch this weekend.

All Blacks Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens named his team of 12 players for Wellington’s fourth round of the Sevens World Series yesterday, with Jackman ruled out after re-injuring his thumb.

“I re-injured my thumb at training on Saturday,” Jackman said.

“It took a knock and was a bit tender.

“I got through the five practice games on Sunday but was basically playing one-handed.

“The X-rays all came back clear but there’s a lot of bone bruising.”

Left: Mark Jackman: will miss the tournament where his sevens career began, at the Caketin in Wellington

Jackman injured the thumb in the opening match of the opening round on the Gold Coast.

The fractured and dislocated thumb required surgery, which made him miss the Dubai and South African legs of the sevens series before Christmas.

He made his return to sevens playing for Canterbury at the Mount Maunganui Sevens, but suffered a concussion that saw him miss the national tournament in Queenstown two weeks ago.

On the eve of making a return to Wellington, where he made his national debut last year, he was back on the injury list.

Tietjens said the team was a particularly challenging selection with strong competition coming from some of the young up and coming talent that are in the contracted squad for the season.

“The squad has worked really hard coming into Wellington and it’s always a pretty special tournament for the players, but as is always the case we have had to make some hard decisions,” Tietjens said.

“We have got a lot to build on given

our good start to the season and I know the guys are really excited about playing in front of a home crowd.

“We won last year in Wellington so it would be fantastic to back up last year’s victory.

“But we will have to work hard.

“The competition is getting tougher every year and our competitors will be looking to make up ground on us here so it will be a challenging two days.”

In Jackman’s absence Tietjens named two debutants, Gillies Kaka and Rocky Khan, while the three wise men, Tomasi Cama, Lote Raikabula and captain DJ Forbes, will lead the way with fellow veteran Tim Mikkelson.

Kurt Baker makes his return to Wellington after missing last year’s tournament but was unwanted at Super 15 level this year however is the favourite to replace the troubled Zac Guildford at the Crusaders, which could play into Jackman’s hands.

“They will be re-picking the squad for Las Vegas after the weekend, which will depend on how my thumb

Sevens team New Zealand Sevens team for Wellington: Kurt Baker, Tomasi Cama, Sam Dickson, DJ Forbes (C), Gillies Kaka, Rocky Khan, Ben Lam, Luke Masirewa, Tim Mikkelson, Lote Raikabula, David Raikuna, Belgium Tuatagaloa.

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is, how everyone else pulls up and what KB (Baker) is doing.

“But my focus is just on getting my thumb right and if I miss Vegas it’s okay because there are bigger things to come this season.”

After Las Vegas are the remaining series stopovers in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Glasgow and London, a before the Sevens World Cup in Russia in June, which is likely to be the last world cup with sevens now in the Olympics.

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Guardian Weather

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

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© Meteorological Service of NZ Limited 2013

Waimate

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

TODAY

Fine, apart from areas of low cloud morning and evening. Light winds inland, northeasterlies near the coast.

Fine weather.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Mainly light, northwest wind developing at night.

NZ Today

25 OVERNIGHT MIN 12

MAX

29 OVERNIGHT MIN 13

MAX

27 OVERNIGHT MIN 13

MAX

27 OVERNIGHT MIN 12

FRIDAY: Fine apart from cloud morning and evening. Light winds.

Midnight Tonight

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Wind less than km/h 30

MAX

THURSDAY: Fine apart from cloud morning and evening. Light winds.

24

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TODAY

LYTTELTON

AKAROA

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Canterbury High Country

TOMORROW: Fine apart from cloud morning and evening. Light winds.

24

LINCOLN

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine, apart from cloud morning and evening. Northeast.

27

CHRISTCHURCH

26

METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

Auckland Hamilton Napier Palmerston North Wellington Nelson Blenheim Greymouth Christchurch Timaru Queenstown Dunedin Invercargill

60 plus

17 13 14 12 14 15 12 14 13 12 13 15 12

26 29 23 28 25 25 29 23 27 26 30 22 24

Fine, apart from areas of cloud morning and evening. Light winds inland, easterlies near the coast.

THURSDAY Fine, apart from areas of cloud morning and evening. Light winds inland, easterlies near the coast.

morning min max

fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine fine

TOMORROW

FRIDAY

NZ Situation

The large slow moving high is expected to remain across much of New Zealand throughout the forecast period, while easterlies affect the north of the country.

Fine, apart from areas of cloud morning and evening. Light winds inland, easterlies near the coast.

SATURDAY Cloudy periods, mainly morning and evening. Light winds inland, easterlies near the coast.

TOMORROW

FZL: Above 4000m

FZL: Above 3500m

Fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: Northwest, 30 km/h at times.

THURSDAY Fine. Light winds, northwest about the tops.

FRIDAY Fine apart from areas of evening cloud about the foothills. Light winds.

SATURDAY Mainly fine. Light winds at low levels, northwest breezes about the tops.

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fine 14 rain 2 rain 23 rain 0 showers 22 cloudy 26 fine 9 fine 10 fine 14 fine 23 thunder 26 cloudy 17 rain 3 rain 3 rain 0 rain -2 showers 12 showers 17 showers 20 fine 6 rain 24 rain 16 fine 23 rain 4 showers 8 fine 1 showers 16 snow -16 showers 23 fine 7 showers -1 rain 3 fine 19 rain 24 showers 2 fine 6 showers -5 showers 24 showers -1 rain 21 showers 12 rain 9 fine 3 cloudy 0 rain -1

25 12 29 10 29 36 19 24 28 32 33 29 13 12 10 7 20 19 25 21 31 23 34 14 16 12 20 -5 29 20 12 13 34 29 13 13 8 31 1 28 21 16 10 18 9

River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 10:00 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 9:00 am, yesterday

170.8 6.78 8.91 103.3

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Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

23.2 10.7

7.7

0.0

71.8 71.8

SE 30

Christchurch Airport 22.3 12.3

8.8

0.0

37.2 37.2

E 37

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55.6 55.6

E 20

Temperatures °C

Average Average

Timaru Airport

23.5

11.1

22.6

11.9

21.1

10.2

22.4

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Rainfall mm

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9.6

7.9

55

55

40

40

43

43

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6

Tuesday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

Wednesday

6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

Wind km/h

max gust

6

9 pm

2 1 0

6:08 12:18 6:24 12:36 6:49 1:00 7:09 1:21 7:33 1:46 7:56 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 6:28 am Set 9:04 pm

Good

Good fishing Set 8:23 am Rise 9:38 pm

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