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A young train driver involved in a fatality in Hinds last year was left helpless again when he collided with a truck and trailer unit on a railway crossing near Ashburton yesterday.

The train driver slammed on the southbound train’s brakes and dropped to the floor only moments before the train smashed into an eastbound Verkerks truck and trailer unit, attempting to cross the uncontrolled Northpark Road railway crossing about 9.10am.

The young KiwiRail train operator, believed to have been driving on his own for six months, was left to jump out of a window, about 250 metres from the crash spot when the train eventually ground to a halt.

A KiwiRail spokesperson said he immediately ran to the truck to check on the driver. Both were not hurt.

It was the train driver’s second major incident. He was the driver of the train that killed 19-year-old Daniel Genet in Hinds last April.

It is also the second time the Northpark crossing has been the scene of a serious crash, after David Nigel Dunham died in 2002 while driving over the crossing in his westbound car.

The young train driver appeared to be calm, and waited for his superiors to arrive from out of town, while the “shaken” truck driver was attended to at the scene by St John ambulance staff.

KiwiRail said the driver would receive appropriate support.

“It is not uncommon for locomotive drivers to experience a collision – or several collisions in the course of their career. It can be a traumatic experience and drivers are offered counselling support and relieved of their duties for several days to recover,” a spokesperson said.

The force of the collision was so great, it snapped the 12m trailer in two, leaving it buckled on the west side of the tracks while the truck sat on the east side, part of the trailer still attached.

Hundreds of empty plastic crates were left strewn across the surrounding area, a refrigeration unit from the trailer lay on the side of the road with insulation foam blowing in the icy breeze.

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Check out our video Verkerks operations manager Dave Graham was at the scene and defended his colleague.

“He’s okay, just really shaken.

“He didn’t see the train because of the sun, he crossed the tracks and then had to slow down for a car that was in front of him. He was still on the tracks when the train hit.”

Mr Graham said his truck driver was heading to Ashburton Meat Processors with empty packaging and planned to replace that with a full cargo.

“The first thing you think is ‘is everyone all right?’, I just hoped no one was going to be dead . . . he’s an experienced driver, he’s been driving for years,” Mr Graham said.

The young train driver and Mr Graham initially cleared debris from the smash, while traffic was forced to find alternative routes down State Highway One, Bremners Road or JB Cullen Drive.

With the Ashburton Fire Brigade heading back to the station about 10am, Ashburton Police remained

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at the scene and spoke with the train driver.

Both made the long trek to the front of the train where there were still parts of the trailer plastered across the partially smashed windscreen of the cab. Metal on the nose of the locomotive was shredded and it had lost its cowcatcher.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell said inquiries were ongoing but he said sun strike appeared to have played “a major part” in the smash. “People need to be aware of the conditions, it’s no excuse and it won’t be used as an excuse,” he said.

“With the grace of God we didn’t have a fatal, as you saw most of the truck’s engine unit got across the track and the train hit quite a way behind the truck, he’s a lucky man, no doubt about that.”

KiwiRail said there was no damage to the tracks, and the signs that were damaged in the crash had already been repaired. The track was eventually cleared at 12.45pm with services returning to normal.

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ABOVE: Parts of the trailer remain plastered to the front of the damaged locomotive, which had a damaged cowcatcher.

TOP LEFT: The remains of a 12-metre trailer which a train ploughed into at the Northpark railway crossing near Ashburton yesterday morning. The truck towing the trailer ended up on the other side of the tracks.

LEFT: The driver of the train assesses damage from the smash.

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An Ashburton man who witnessed a train ploughing into a truck and trailer unit in Ashburton says it is time the crossing is made safer.

John McIntosh was turning left off Northpark Road on to Bremners Road on his way to a meeting yesterday morning when he saw the KiwiRail train smash into a trailer a Verkerks truck was towing at the Northpark railway crossing.

“I came round the corner and heard the train horn going, and remember thinking ‘is he going to make it?’ Stuff went flying everywhere and I had to slam on my brakes because a big chunk came flying towards me but that hit a power pole fortunately.”

Mr McIntosh, who moved his business into the business estate earlier this year, said he immediately checked on the driver who was unhurt.

The smash confirmed his concerns about the “dodgy intersection”, one he regularly avoided.

“It could definitely do with some barrier arms there especially with the business estate now,” he said.

Several residents arrived at the scene shortly after the smash and shared a similar view.

“This place has always been an accident waiting to happen,” one onlooker, who did not to be named, said.

“There needs to be barrier arms put in, when you look down the tracks in the morning you can’t see anything because of the sun.”

Another nearby resident, Rodger Withell, did not want to risk making a costly error at the crossing.

“We’ve just accepted the crossing really and we try to avoid it when we go to Christchurch by going up to Works Road.

“Once the business estate is up and running this will get even busier. We need barrier arms, we’ve needed them for years.”

Another man approached the Guardian and said he came down to the scene after hearing the horn tooting, followed by “two distinct bangs”.

“It’s about time we got barrier arms here mate,” he said, before banging one of the carriages with his hand and walking off.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS HORRELL, Philip James On May 25, 2013 at Auckland Hospital. Loved brother and brother in law of Ainslie and Pearl (both deceased, loved uncle of Roger (deceased) and Elaine Horrell, Jennette, Alison and Richard Smitheram, Nancy and Trevor McDowell and Graeme and Kerry.

LAY, Donald Henry (Don) – On May 26, 2013, Don peacefully passed away at Ashburton surrounded by family.

Dearly loved husband and friend to Muriel. Treasured respected father and father in law of Karen Read, Alison UndorfLay, Andrea and Neville Chalmers, and Roger and Vicki Lay. Cherished granddad of Greg, Emma and Gavin, Kylie, Britta, Leigh, Nicola, Jessica, Amelia, and Matthew and great granddad of Georgia, and Ollie. Remembered as a treasure chest of love, adventure and fun times. A special thanks to the nursing staff at Ashburton Hospital for the care and compassion they gave to Don in his final days. Messages to the Lay Family, 8 Williamson Place, Ashburton 7700. A memorial service to celebrate Don’s life will be held at St David’s Union Church, Allens Road, Ashburton on THURSDAY, May 30, commencing at 2.30pm.

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School breakfasts not the answer

By Myles Hume and APNZ Pouring millions of dollars into a scheme to make breakfast available to more children at school will not prompt much change in Mid Canterbury’s lower decile schools, the Guardian has found.

Three Mid Canterbury schools, Rakaia, Hampstead and Netherby, which all have a decile between one and four, are eligible for a school breakfast programme that was extended by the Government yesterday.

However, all say the bolstered programme will bring little short-

The programme currently provides a breakfast of Weetbix and milk twice a week to children at about 570 schools - half of all decile one to four schools. The extra funding is expected to help increase the number of schools to receive the programme and ensure it is offered every school day.

Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis said his decile four school already ran the Kickstart programme once a week at his school.

“But like I said it’s more for communicating and socialising and it does feed children from time to time.”

He said it was unlikely the school

would extend its programme.

Hampstead School principal Peter Melrose said he had conducted surveys in his school and found “kids were having breakfast”.

“It’s very rare for them not to, it’s more likely to be a mistake or the pace of life if they don’t have breakfast . . . in the short term things aren’t going to change, only unless it is called for, then we would reassess.”

He felt the programme only scratched the surface, and would not address the root cause of child poverty in New Zealand.

Other initiatives include an extra $500,000 a year for the next three

years for KidsCan to provide more clothes, and health and hygiene products to disadvantaged children.

Mr Key believed it was the parents’ responsibility to feed their children but the Government accepted it did need to step it.

Andrew Leverton, Netherby School’s principal, questioned where parents’ responsibility started and ended now and asked why schools should be lumped with the task.

He said he had talked with his staff and the school board informally about taking on the programme, but it threw up logistical challenges over who would manage it and where the crockery and cutlery come from.

Dole scraps stickers Dole has scrapped the “ethical choice” stickers on its bananas following a report which criticised conditions on its plantations.

The Oxfam New Zealand-commissioned report found the company used underage workers at its plantations in the Philippines, forced them to work up to 12 hours a day and paid them less than the minimum wage.

Green Party MP Mojo Mathers wrote to the Commerce Commission this morning to request an investigation into the ethical choice claim on Dole’s stickers.

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Infant’s ashes A Hastings man is devastated a statue made using the ashes of his stillborn granddaughter has been stolen from his front porch.

Karl O’Neale returned from a day trip to Taupo to discover the bulldog statue missing, after it had been shifted into a more visible position near the road during porch repairs.

ing from the companionship having a dog brought and from interacting with other owners while out on walks.

The “mobile method” of capturing data being used in the study gave more information than could be gleaned from traditional methods such as surveying or interviewing people.

A researcher going along with someone walking their dog could capture interactions between the owner and the dog and interactions with other dog owners.

“It can really capture that social aspect of dog walking,” she said.

It could also pick up on how stressful it was for owners when dogs were misbehaving.

• Domestic incident The Ashburton Police attended to three domestic incidents overnight Monday.

No arrests have yet been made, but police are continuing their enquiries.

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• Writers’ contest Aspiring young writers and poets have an opportunity to make a name for themselves in this year’s Ashburton Writers’ Group short story and poetry competition. The competition is run over two sections, 10 years and under and 11–13 years. The maximum length for a short story in the junior age group is 400 words with 500 words the limit for seniors. There is no maximum length for poems. All work must be original and writers can choose their own topic.

Entries close on July 12 and entry forms are available from the iSite, most schools and from Rae Magson from the writers’ group.

By Sam Morton A Rakaia resident repeatedly banged on his neighbour’s door, as smoke billowed from underneath her house while she slept yesterday.

The neighbour, who saw the smoke about 9am, immediately began knocking loudly on the doors and windows to wake the woman.

He succeeded and the Rakaia volunteer fire service weren’t too far behind.

The woman was fine and the smoke was quickly put out, but the incident left a sour taste for the brigade’s deputy fire chief.

Murray Smith told the Guardian he was astonished to find the house had no chimney and no smoke alarms, despite the resident stoking a coal fire inside the house.

“I just couldn’t believe it, none of us could,” Mr Smith said.

“Not having a chimney presents such a high fire risk, she’s lucky the neighbour woke her up before things got really bad.

“That was a real shocker for me,” he said.

Mr Smith said fire safety officers will now work with the woman to educate her on fire risks – and it is understood the fire service has since spoken to the property’s landlord.

“It was quite a good wake up call really, this should never have happened,” Mr Smith said.

“The smoke started pouring out of the eaves and she had no smoke alarms either, so she must be really glad her neighbour woke her up.

“It could have been far worse.”

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

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

The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade attended an alarm activation at Mitre10 Ashburton yesterday. Staff evacuated the building, but the alarm proved to be minor.

The appliances returned to the station within minutes of arriving.

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Man’s best friend good for health University of Otago researchers are pounding the pavement with dog-owners to discover how taking a walk with man’s best friend affects a person’s wellbeing.

The study, by honours student Carla Cameron and School of Physiotherapy associate dean Dr Cath Smith, aimed to find out whether using “mobile methods” - which in this case meant recording interviews and filming while participants were walking or running their dogs - was a feasible way of capturing data.

Dr Smith said the benefits of dog walking went beyond just getting exercise, with dog walkers also gain-

term change to the way their school is run, and question the viability of the model.

Yesterday Prime Minister John Key said the Government would put up $9.5 million over the next five years to allow Fonterra and Sanitarium to expand the schools’ breakfast programme to five days a week for all schools that need it but the companies will have to fund the rest of the estimated $19 million cost of that expansion themselves.

Mr Key announced the funding as part of the Government’s response to a report on child poverty by an expert advisory group set up by the Children’s Commissioner.

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Ashburton College English teacher Ryan Walsh is sold by Ken Pow at the college’s annual Slave Day auction yesterday.

Slaves prepare for day of devotion

By Myles Hume They are often the decision makers of the school, but today Ashburton College’s leaders will be in the hands of their fellow pupils.

As part of the college’s longrunning Slave Day, eight house captains, the head boy and head girl, along with five staff were auctioned off yesterday to be the servants of high-paying bidders

today. In the past the college has seen the slaves carry their superiors to class via horse sulky and hair waxing, with the money going towards the 40 Hour Famine, to raise money for those in poverty-stricken counties.

Pupil Jonathon Stevens joined some of his 10M classmates, all chipping in to try claim their English teacher Ryan Walsh.

They put forward a $115 for him, and were already devising their plan for today.

“We are thinking we will dress him up as Braveheart who wears a kilt, Mr Walsh is Irish and doesn’t like Scotland,” he said.

They were also thinking of waxing his legs and doing “a lot more”.

Last year, the college raised about $3500 in total from their 40 Hour Famine quest, and this year they will be looking to double that. Year 13 pupil Hannah Waters has been influential in organising Slave Day and said

yesterday’s auction had already raised $1390.

“It’s going really good, I’m quite surprised with the amount of money people are willing to spend, all the teachers went for more than $100,” she said.

The college will be holding several 40 Hour Famine events to raise more money than last year, with the student executive looking to live in card board boxes on East Street’s chessboard this weekend, Hannah said.

Rocky set to roll Hearings test council plan for spending rates

By Sue Newman Tinwald’s traffic lights, Ashburton’s second bridge and roading are the three big issues of concern for submitters on the Ashburton District Council’s annual plan.

Tomorrow the council begins two days of hearings on the plan, which spells out how it intends to spend ratepayers’ money in the coming year. Submissions cover a wide range of subjects with 34 individuals or group representatives choosing to speak to the council about a variety of concerns.

More than 20 submissions were made on the second bridge, most opposing the council’s chosen route – Bridge Street, Chalmers Avenue and a new road east of Grove Street in Tinwald.

Support for the council’s proposal has come from the Canterbury Automobile Association and Federated Farmers.

Fourteen individuals or organisations made a submission on Tinwald’s traffic lights, virtually all supporting council expenditure on the project to ensure it happened as quickly as possible.

Urban and rural roads attracted 20 submissions over a wide range of issues – cycleways, rural roads, footpaths and general road maintenance.

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There was one request for the council to remove fluoride from Methven’s water supply.

Several groups and organisations made a plea for new or increased funding.

Experience Mid Canterbury made a request, accompanied by more than 40 letters of support, for funding for an online marketing position. The position would be jointly funded by the council and tourism operators. Experience Mid Canterbury is seeking $30,000 from the council for this position.

Mid Canterbury Softball is seeking council support for the development of grounds and infrastructure for a softball venue in Ashburton.

This could be at its current venue, Argyle Park or at the EA Networks Centre.

Mid Canterbury Hockey is also looking for money to upgrade access tracks to its hockey turf and for additional lights along this track.

Continuing its battle to ensure the council spends its money locally, the Ashburton Business Association has requested the council to adopt a ‘buy local procurement’ policy.

It also asks that the council adopts an open tendering system for work where all interested parties are given equal opportunity to tender.

The two-day annual plan hearings will be held in the council chamber at the Ashburton District Council, starting at 9.30am tomorrow.

Rocky the famous earthquake boulder will be transported from his Port Hill lodging place to his new home on Mt Hutt this week, and we have a competition for our readers.

Guess the rock star’s weight and you will be in to win Rocky’s limited edition book and a tee shirt.

The rock is volcanic basalt, and is about 2.7m long, 1.7m high and 1.4m wide and has been estimated to weigh anything from 15 to 30 tonnes.

It’s been a rocky road for the rock star, whose life took a downhill tumble in the September 2010 earthquake.

Since then he has been imbedded in what was a family home.

He was auctioned on Trade Me as an earthquake fundraiser, and on Thursday he will be

Air New Zealand are offering $5 fares today to mark the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s conquest of Everest. The 500 fares to a variety of New Zealand destinations will be offered on the Grabaseat website from 9am.

Grabaseat manager Duane Perrott said May 29 is a big day in New Zealand’s history and it was fitting to offer the $5 airfares with Sir Ed gracing the $5 note. “Customers keen for a cheap fare will need to keep an eye on the Grabaseat website throughout the day as new routes are added,” he said. “Unlike Sir Edmond Hillary’s lengthy climb of Everest these fares will be snapped up within minutes,” Mr Perrott said. See www.grabaseat.co.nz. - APNZ

• Battle with sea Contractors continue to battle sea, sand and snow to shore up a gap under Dunedin’s St Clair sea wall. A relentless sea continued to suck out fill from under the Esplanade yesterday, creating new holes in the pavement and expanding cavities that appeared on Sunday.

A mound of large stones was placed in front of the bottom of the wall in the affected area late on Monday and early yesterday to try to prevent more fill being sucked out under the sea wall by continuing spring - APNZ tides.

• Arsonist on loose? lifted and transported to Mt Hutt ski field, and restored to the lofty views to which he was once accustomed. When this takes place Rocky’s majestic weight will be revealed.

Send your estimations of the boulder’s weight to entries to michelle.n@theguardian.co.nz before 10am on Thursday morning. If more than one person guesses the correct weight, the first entry received will scoop the prize.

Detectives appear to be on the trail of the arsonist who torched a police car in Lyttelton yesterday. Detective Sergeant Al Lester said security camera footage was being examined and police were very hopeful of catching the offender. The arson attack at the Lyttelton police resulted in a police car being badly damaged and another suffering heat damage. Sergeant Gary Manch said a neighbour reported hearing an explosion and seeing flames.

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Crossing upgrade not soon enough

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By Sue Newman The ill-fated Northpark Road rail crossing might be in for an upgrade next year but that’s not soon enough for its regular users.

Following yesterday’s early morning smash where a train ploughed into a truck on the crossing, there’s been a renewed call by businesses in the area for crossing controls to be installed.

Big employer EA Networks is based in the nearby Ashburton Business Estate and chief executive Gordon Guthrie said staff vehicles used the crossings dozens of times a day.

“We’re constantly reminding our staff of the risks there and only the day before we sent out an email with a warning to all of our staff,” he said.

Many EA Networks staff now avoided the crossing, using Bremners Road or the Works Road intersection, he said.

The company had asked KiwiRail for the crossing to be moved up the priority list for safety measures. It is currently sitting at 14 on KiwiRail’s list, with work planned for the 2014 financial year.

That’s not soon enough for Mr Guthrie and it’s not soon enough for the Ashburton District Council either, said roading engineer Brian Fauth.

“We can’t make this happen. It’s all up to KiwiRail and their priority list but they’ll be well and truly aware of the accident and this may give it a bit of a boost up the list. The quicker something can be done, the better,” he said.

The council had been in regular dialogue with KiwiRail over the crossing since it began planning the business estate and had been told that under the current priority system, flashing lights, bells or automatic arms would be installed in the first half of the next financial year.

KiwiRail says that only one fatality has occurred at the crossing, in 2002, and that no accidents have been recorded since then.

Data provided to the council in July 2012 showed that 900 vehicles a day used the crossing and that level of use justified the site’s ranking of 14th on its upgrade list.

It says it will upgrade eight level crossings in the next financial year, including the Northpark Road crossing.

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ABOVE: Verkerks operations manager Dave Graham stands in the debris after one of the company’s trucks was cut in half when it was hit by a train yesterday.

LEFT: A memorial cross dedicated to the memory of David Dunham, killed on the Northpark Road railway crossing in 2002. Barrier arms were called for then.

BELOW: The driver of the train (centre) speaks to an Ashburton police officer (right) at yesterday’s smash scene, while Verkerks operations manager Dave Graham (left) surveys the wreckage.

Ashburton carrier Rural Transport is relocating its business from South Street to a site adjacent to the Northpark Road rail crossing and safety issues are the number one concern for staff, says general manager Jim Crouchley.

Yesterday’s smash between a truck and train on the crossing highlighted those concerns even further, he said.

The company has already had to modify its building plans to meet KiwiRail’s crossing visibility requirements because the crossing is uncontrolled. The change

had only been requested in the past six weeks.

Mr Crouchley is the district’s representative on the New Zealand Road Transport Association’s region four committee. The organisation’s minutes showed that it had been pushing for more than 20 years to have controls installed at the intersection, he said.

“We’re advocating at the very least lights, if not barrier arms but it apparently doesn’t have the traffic volume to justify it. I recall us saying to them years ago that someone would have to get killed there before anything was done.

A few months later someone was and they still haven’t done anything.”

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David Nigel Dunham was killed at this crossing on March 22, 2002. At his inquest coroner, the late Laurence Cooney called for an urgent inquiry into the railway crossing.

He said safety measures needed to be urgently looked at.

In addition to the March 2002 fatality, crashes were recorded at the crossing in 1982 and 1990 and there are also believed to have been a number of close calls. In 2002 Mr Cooney requested barrier arms and warning bells be installed at the intersection but the crossing was described as not coming “within coo-ee” of qualifying for those safety measures.

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With yesterday’s collision involving the southbound train, a KiwiRail spokesperson said, the view of the approaching train would have been clear.

The Northpark Road crossing is one of 1268 public road level crossings around New Zealand, all of which have either stop or giveway signs, flashing lights and bells or half arm barriers. Currently about 55 per cent have flashing lights and bells or half arm barriers, the spokesperson said.

In the coming financial year KiwiRail expects to upgrade eight level crossings, including Northpark Road.

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mall schools in Mid Canterbury are under pressure.

The National-led Government has made it crystal clear that it is not averse to shutting or merging schools that it does not consider viable.

Like many rural areas, Mid Canterbury has a number of smaller schools, with numerous advantages, but also a host of challenges.

Some smaller schools are currently struggling to find the required five parent representatives for their board

OUR VIEW of trustees and a few may consider, or be pushed into merging their boards.

Several schools around the district have already been through this process and schools like Mt Hutt College and Lauriston School feel that merging their boards has created lots of positive outcomes.

On the downside though, merged boards do struggle to balance the needs of both

schools at all times, especially when there are primary and tertiary schools involved.

As we have seen in the dramatic school mergers in Christchurch, Education Minister Hekia Parata is all about efficiency.

Nearly 20 schools have been shut down or merged in the Christchurch overhaul, following a long queue of small rural schools that already have been closed or merged.

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Closing or merging a school can be a traumatic event for any community, especially when it is as fragile as those in Christchurch, but many rural

areas must feel they are on borrowed time.

Schools with 30 or less students only have a handful of families to turn to so finding parents to join a board of trustees, fundraising, coaching or any other parent involvement, can be tricky.

In more remote areas the schools play a vital role in their community, whatever the size of the role, so their survival affects more than just the education of the children. In some cases it can rip the heart out of some settlements.

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A Mayfield farmhand decided not to defend himself against a charge of careless use of a motor vehicle in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Benjamin Thomas Scott, 27, appeared before Justices of the Peace for a defended hearing over three charges, however police agreed to withdraw charges relating to vehicle distance miles and underpaid ACC levies.

Scott then pleaded guilty to the careless use charge, which arose from a two-vehicle smash on November 5 last year.

Scott was travelling along Thompsons Track in his ute at about 4.10pm, when he collided with a southbound vehicle on the intersection of Methven Highway.

No one was injured in the smash.

Police said regardless of the circumstances the second vehicle had right of way. Scott agreed in principle, but said it was more of an accident than a case of careless use.

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Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association chairman Neil Simons warns that sharing boards will dilute the community component on the board, but for some tiny schools there may be few alternatives.

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Be alert about older drivers, families urged Families of older drivers have been urged to look for signs they’re no longer safe behind the wheel, after a coroner found an elderly man who died on the roads had already been told to stop driving.

Ewen Donaldson, 86, and his wife Dulce, aged in her 60s, were killed when Mr Donaldson drove the wrong way down Auckland’s northwestern motorway off-ramp at Te Atatu on 24 July, 2010.

Four months earlier, a senior medical officer from the Counties Manukau District Health Board had written to police and the New Zealand Transport Agency to say Mr Donaldson continued to drive even though he did not hold a current driver’s licence and was putting himself and others at risk.

In spite of warnings from the DHB and the NZTA, he continued to drive.

Police told an inquest there was no record of the letter having been received.

NZTA spokesman Andy Knackstedt said the agency would carefully review the coroner’s findings.

“We note that Mr Donaldson did not pass the occupational therapist assessment undertaken as part of the older driver licence renewal process, and as a result his driver licence was not able to be renewed,” Mr Knackstedt said.

“The NZTA subsequently wrote to Mr Donaldson pointing out that he was not entitled to drive without a licence.”

Mr Knackstedt said the NZTA urged the families of older drivers to be aware of physical changes that could affect their safety on the

road, including changes in vision, reaction time, and flexibility.

“If there comes a time when it is no longer safe to drive, older people will need support to retire from driving while still maintaining their mobility and independence.”

A spokeswoman for the Counties Manukau DHB said the board did not want to comment any further.

On the night of the crash Mr Donaldson had stopped at a petrol station to ask for directions to south Auckland and appeared “not fully alert”, the attendant told the inquest.

After he drove off he hit another car while going through a roundabout, but failed to stop when the other car indicated for him to do so.

Soon after he drove past ‘No Entry’ signs and onto the motorway, into oncoming traffic, Coroner Katharine Greig’s finding said.

The car travelled about 100 metres against the flow of traffic before colliding with two oncoming cars, causing it to flip several times before landing on its roof.

Three other cars crashed as they swerved to avoid a head-on collision.

Mrs Donaldson died at the scene of the crash.

Mr Donaldson was taken to Auckland City Hospital with broken ribs, a fractured breast bone, and severe lung injuries which, in addition to his pre-existing chronic pulmonary disease and cognitive decline, were not considered survivable, according to doctors.

He died the following night from chest trauma, - APNZ Coroner Greig found.

Support floods in for pupil For EIT student Pagan Moon, looking after a mate is part of life. And life is literally what looking after her fellow Diploma of Visual Arts and Design student Michael Batista is all about.

She is preparing to offer up more than just friendship - she is about to give up one of her kidneys.

Life has been a tough road for Mr Batista.

When he was 10 years old he was seriously injured after he fell from a moving truck. The damage to his left leg was so severe it had to be amputated.

“Then the infections from the leg reached my kidneys - shut them down,” he said. “But I was only a child and you bounce back.”

He did, and received a kidney transplant, but late last year with little warning it began to fail and since then the 34-year-old has been undergoing dialysis five hours a day, three days a week.

Unsettling his EIT studies was only a minor issue compared to the long-term picture, and that prompted Ms Moon to step up with a

brave and determined plan to help her mate.

“To lose a mate - that’s not a very good alternative,” she said.

“It’s a bit scary but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t do it. A lot of people die waiting for donors.”

Her plans to donate a kidney quickly fired up the other Visual Arts and Design students who, after studying, creating and relaxing together over the past three years, had formed a strong bond of mateship.

Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design student Kaye McGarva stepped up to plot and plan and lead a fundraising campaign - recognising her classmate Ms Moon, who is looking after a six-year-old daughter, would need financial support in the wake of the crucial surgery.

They are aiming to raise $3000, and after Ms Moon’s financial needs have been looked after any remaining funds will go to a charity supporting live donors, and Ronald McDonald House.

Mr Batista said he was blown away by what had unfolded.

“When I said I needed help everyone put their hand up,” he said.

When his family learned his kidney was failing, and after he told his friends, nine people stepped forward to say “you can have one of mine”.

Seven were tested for compatibility and Ms Moon showed the closest match.

“It’s just amazing,” Mr Batista said.

Engaged to be married, he agreed it was like an early wedding present from Ms Moon.

While a firm date for the transplant operation had not been settled yet he hoped it would be within the next couple of months as that would coincide with the midwinter break.

“Then I won’t lose too much time - I can come back here and do my art.”

Ms McGarva said the students were putting together lots for a Trade Me auction which will take place between June 4 and 14.

It will include badges and T-shirts featuring a guardian angel logo - the wing is a cross section of a kidney and sculpted models of Ms - APNZ Moon’s hand.

lieu of a fine.

Police did not seek disqualification, and Scott was fined $400 and ordered to pay court costs of $132.

Meanwhile, Lance James Key, a part-time labourer of Fairton, was fined $200 and ordered to pay court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of driving while forbidden.

On March 16, Kepu Osai, 29, of Netherby, ignored limited speed signs and ploughed into road works on State Highway One near Chertsey. He also had his day in court yesterday, where he pleaded guilty to careless use of a motor vehicle.

Osai lost control of his vehicle and crossed into the path of a southbound bus. Despite evasive action the two vehicles collided and both were extensively damaged.

The defendant said he was going to work and did not notice the 30km speed signs.

He was fined $400 and ordered to pay court costs of $132.

Lack of engineers holds up rebuild

By Heather McCracken Engineering firms working in Canterbury said projects were being held up by a shortage of qualified engineers, with one company advertising the same vacancy for two and a half years.

Engineering firm Riley Consultants were looking for four or five staff, said director Paul Morgan.

He said there was a particular demand for engineers with more than four years’ experience - which was hampered by the fact many Kiwi workers left for their OE after a few years on the job.

“We do get a lot of CVs from people overseas, but they’re of variable quality and match to what we’re looking for.”

Mr Morgan said the firm, which specialised in geotechnical and geological work, was for the first time limiting its workload based on the staff available.

“We’re completely constrained by the people we can employ, and

we’ve never been in that position before,” he said.

“We have clients who want to speed things up and we’re saying ‘sorry, we can’t.’ As we employ people we’ll do more.”

Mr Morgan said the consultancy had been constantly advertising for staff for the past two years, and one vacancy for an engineer with more than 10 years experience had been advertised for twoand-a-half years.

Mark Harris, director of land surveyors and structural engineers Davis Ogilvie and Partners, said they were also finding it tough to find experienced engineers with local knowledge.

“We really need that middle tier of engineers who have some good local experience and are able to take on jobs and work more independently, and that only comes with experience,” he said.

“We’ve just got to keep working away to try to make ourselves more attractive all the time. It comes back to looking after your staff.”

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Texting driver pinged twice in police sting Talking on a cellphone while driving has cost a Christchurch motorist $160 and 40 demerit points after he was picked up twice in a police sting.

Police ticketed 46 drivers in just two hours on Monday in an operation aimed at checking seatbelt use and cracking down on drivers using cellphones.

The twice-stung driver, who declined to give his name to The Star, wasn’t too concerned about being hit with two instant fines of $80 each.

“It’s the demerit points (20 each time) and the fact (the police officer) said he could send me to court because I’ve got two fines in the same day for the same offence.”

He said he used his cellphone for work and found it difficult to understand people if he was using a bluetooth hands-free system.

Constable Chris McFarlin was astonished to see the driver again within an hour of his first offence.

“The infringement notice had absolutely no effect whatsoever,” he said.

“I spoke to him about the ramifications and the fact the police could put him in front of a Justice of the Peace and seek disqualification of his licence immediately for recidivist traffic offending.

“With 40 demerit points he’s

almost halfway to losing his licence for three months.”

Senior Sergeant Dean Harker said business people in the busy Straven Road, Riccarton Road and Clarence Street area alerted police after witnessing a number of near misses caused by drivers using cellphones.

“They were complaining about the number of people coming through on their cellphones texting and not watching what the traffic lights were doing,” he said.

Between 9am and 10am yesterday, police caught 28 motorists either not wearing seatbelts or using their cellphone at the wheel - “mainly cellphones”, he said.

A further 18, including the man picked up twice, were ticketed in the same area between 12.30pm and 1.30pm.

Senior Sergeant Harker said the tally was “disappointing”. “There were a lot we couldn’t get to.”

Using cellphones while driving was a “distraction likely to cause accidents”, he said.

“The majority of them were texting and it included people in heavy vehicles as well. Some were even checking their emails.”

A woman who declined to be named said she had been pulled over while checking her emails.

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Stranded meat ready to move New Zealand meat shipments stranded for weeks on Chinese wharves have received clearance from Chinese authorities, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says.

Mr Guy’s announcement was made as he came under pressure from the Opposition over his handling of the three-week Chinese meat blockade.

Mr Guy said the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing had told him Chinese biosecurity agency AQSIQ had now confirmed it had all the information it needed to authorise ports to start clearing the first 245 priority consignments of meat.

“Importers and agents will then be able to collect their shipments”, Mr Guy said.

“These consignments have been delayed the longest. New certificates for these were delivered to AQSIQ on Friday last week.

“The remaining 1355 certificates for delayed consignments will be delivered to AQSIQ today.”

“It will take some time to clear the backlog, but it’s positive we will have meat moving into the

• NZ First’s new office New Zealand First is opening new offices in Tauranga following former party MP Brendan Horan’s unceremonious departure last year. NZ First leader Winston Peters confirmed to the Bay of Plenty Times its new office on Cameron Road, by 17th Ave, would formally open this week. Mr Peters said reopening an electorate office in Tauranga was significant and “extremely important to me personally”. NZ First was created by Mr Peters when he was MP of Tauranga and it won the Tauranga seat in the 1993 general election. Up until December, its offices had been located at Rata St, Mount Maunganui.

hands of Chinese consumers again.”

Mr Guy said again that the problem was documentation issued by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) on new forms which had been rejected by AQSIQ. He said MPI officials responsible for the bungle had apologised to their Chinese counterparts, ministers and the meat industry.

Having known of the problem for the last two weeks, Mr Guy said neither he or the meat industry itself were sure how much meat was involved.

Compensation for affected exporters was “a discussion that the Director-General of MPI is having with the industry” but it hadn’t been raised with him.

But Labour Leader David Shearer said serious questions were emerging over Mr Guy’s handling of the problem.

“This is a fiasco. Nathan Guy’s been sitting on his hands, he’s blaming his officials, you’ve got ask whether the guy should still be in his job.”

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Teen tasered after wielding weapons Shooters blessed with big duck hauls

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Friends Trevor Smith and Peter McCormick have shared a maimai for more than 50 duckshooting seasons and were looking forward to success this season.

A wild teenager with bloodshot eyes and wielding a bayonet and knife was ordered to drop his weapons five times before he was tasered by a country cop, a court heard yesterday.

Mathew Wisdom, 18, had been trying to curb depression by drinking heavily, and had just had a row with his mother when a police officer stopped at his rural North Canterbury property near Culverden to inquire about a dog seen running loose on the road.

The “completely out of it” teen approached the terrified police officer wielding the weapons.

After failing to drop the blades, and ignoring the repeated warnings, the officer tasered him to end the stand-off. Wisdom was sen-

tenced at Christchurch District Court yesterday to 100 hours of community work, after pleading guilty to one charge of intimidation and one of possession of an offensive weapon.

He had originally been charged with assault with intent to injure, but it was later amended by police.

Defence counsel Kiran Paima said Wisdom had been battling depression when the incident occurred. He’d been trying to selfmedicate his illness by abusing alcohol, he said, and was in a “complete state of disarray” when the police officer approached his house. “He appeared to be on something, completely out of it, with bloodshot eyes,” the court heard.

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By Myles Hume Mid Canterbury duck shooters are among some of the most successful in the country and are blessed with an abundance of airborne targets this season, Fish and Game says.

The latest figures from Fish and Game Central South Island show the average bag size for hunters during opening weekend on May 4 was 18, rating as the fifth best season in 22 years.

Fish and Game Central South Island officer Hamish Stevens conducted a survey before the season and found there were 20.4 ducks per kilometre between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers, about six times more than last year’s rate of 3.1.

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and was one of the main contributors to the estimated 33,000 ducks shot in the central South Island during opening weekend, Mr Webb said.

“And normally 50 to 70 per cent of the ducks shot for the season are taken over opening weekend,” Mr Webb said.

“The Central South Island region is often recognised as one of the best in the country . . . we have the highest total number of birds shot and also have the highest harvest - that means our hunters spent less time in the field and had the biggest bags.”

Mr Webb said hunters had been wellbehaved, with two hunters caught breaking the rules.

He said Fish and Game officers would continue to monitor the region. The season ends on the last Sunday in July, which is July 28.

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With the Central South Island region continuing its rein as one of the best duck shooting areas in the country, Mr Stevens said the abundance of ducks was bolstered by an increase in irrigation ponds, leaving more areas for ducks to seek refuge.

“There were a lot of areas that weren’t hunted, we went to one pond where there were 2000 to 3000 birds that wasn’t shot on,” Mr Stevens said.

Fellow Central South Island officer Mark Webb said Mid Canterbury hunters had an “average to above average season”, with hunters along Greenstreet snaring the biggest hauls.

“There’s some people hiding a few secrets up there,” he said.

The surrounding areas in Timaru had been the best hunting ground in the region,

An insurance company has received claims that could exceed $1 million for damage caused by last month’s floods. Houses and streets flooded when a severe storm hit the region on April 20-22 with 433 incidents reported to city authorities. The AMI Tauranga branch received close to 500 claims for damage to residential properties, but those claims also cover loss of contents. Insurance Council of NZ chief executive Tim Grafton said the total number of insurance claims and exact losses for each region were not yet available.

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Former Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden has apologised to “China and its people and Government” for warning New Zealand businesses not to trust the Chinese.

Van der Heyden broke at lunchtime from his final board meeting as a Fonterra director to issue his public apology over comments made at a Tauranga business women’s conference.

“It was an ill-judged comment taken out of context,” he told the Business Herald. “I apologise to China, its people and its Government.

“China is where New Zealand’s future is.”

Van der Heyden was earlier reported as saying doing business in China was full of surprises.

“You’ve got to go and do business

with your eyes wide International Airport after open.” the company’s annuAsked by an export al meeting in October. manufacturer how small China is New Zealand’s New Zealand businesses fastest growing tourism could ensure they were market and the airport is not ripped off when tradworking hard with other ing in China, Sir Henry tourism operators to said bad experiences attract more visitors from should be used as opporthe country. tunities to learn.

Visitor arrivals from “That’s my point about China through Auckland China. You will be full Airport were 37.2 per of surprises. Don’t ever cent higher last month trust them ... never ...” than April 2012. The He later said the real 208,257 visitor arrivals Henry van der Heyden intent of his comment for the 12 month period was, “Be wary, be very ending April 30 this year careful.” was a record for annual Chinese visiVan der Heyden will head up the tor arrivals at the airport. board of national gateway Auckland The airport company spent months

courting China Southern Airlines to add Auckland to its international network.

Current airport chair Joan Withers said she had spoken to van der Heyden and was satisfied the remarks had been taken out of context and that he was aware of the importance of the relationship with China.

She said she was confident that relationships with Chinese airlines and tourist groups were strong enough for them to realise the remarks were part of a broader discussion about doing business in China.

Van der Heyden told conference delegates in Tauranga that Fonterra had learned the hard way after the Sanlu melamine scandal in 2008 and board members had discussed at length whether to continue producing milk in

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By Tamsyn Parker Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and Deutsche Bank/Craigs Investment Partners have been named as the joint lead managers for the Government’s sell down of Meridian Energy.

Treasury said the three firms were selected from a panel of six companies to advise the Government and help execute the share sale and stockmarket listing of up to 49 per cent of the power company.

Goldman Sachs and Macquarie were joint lead managers in the sale of Mighty River Power while Deutsche Bank was an advisor and Craigs Investment Partners was part of the retail syndicate.

UBS, which missed out on being involved in Mighty River Power, has also been confirmed as a joint lead manager for Genesis Energy although the Government has yet to put a timeframe on when that would be floated. A

statement from Treasury said the fees for joint lead managers would not be disclosed until the offer documents for Meridian and Genesis became available.

The three joint lead managers for Mighty River Power earned up to $12.9 million in total for its partial sell-down including a bonus which is worth up to $4 million if the company meets certain targets. Fees for the brokers and banks involved were on top of that.

If the same fee structure was used for Meridian the joint lead managers could be in line to be paid more than $20 million.

Prime Minister John Key has indicated that Meridian, which was last valued at $6.58 billion, could be sold down in two separate tranches.

A 49 per cent stake would potentially be worth $3.2 billion making it the largest initial public offering to be undertaken in New Zealand.

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China. “For us we made the decision, ‘Look, we’re here for the long run.’

China is a very, very difficult market, and China’s one of those places, I don’t think you can sit on this side of the world and say this is how you’re going to do business in China because you’ve actually got to be there, you’ve actually got to learn from your experiences as you evolve your business.”

His comments come as Zespri is appealing against charges of criminal smuggling made against its Chinese subsidiary, saying it had been assured

by Chinese officials the dual-invoicing method it was using was acceptable.

After the meeting, van der Heyden said he did not know enough of the details to comment on the Zespri court case but it reinforced his point.

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Insurance payouts on earthquake-damaged Christchurch homes are costing $3 million every day.

Insurance payouts on earthquake-damaged Christchurch homes are running at more than $3 million every day, new figures show.

The Insurance Council of New Zealand reports that insurers have now paid out $7.23 billion in postquake claims, comprising $4.87 billion in commercial claims and $2.36 billion in residential.

The latest data shows that of the 173,000 residential properties with a claim either with EQC or insurers, 23,000 have been confirmed as insurers’ responsibility – where the damage amounts to more than $100,000, excluding GST. Of those 23,000, a total of 6200 have had their claims resolved and 2600 are in the design or construction phase. Tim Grafton, chief executive of the Insurance Council, says

the remaining 14,000 comprise mainly of those who have yet to decide on the offer given to them by their insurer, those who live in multi-unit and cross-lease properties, those living in the most severely damaged land areas and some hill properties.

There were about 3000 properties, where damage was in excess of $80,000, still to be apportioned between EQC and insurers, he said.

These include multiunit dwellings, properties where EQC and insurers’ estimates are being jointly reviewed to determine apportionment and unassessed damage claims close to the $100,000 cap.

Insurers have also received 65,000 claims that fall out of scope of coverage by the EQC, relating not to damage to the home itself, but to other property.

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MetService said the last of the snow flurries would clear early this morning, making way for warmer, calmer weather.

Forecaster Mike O’Connor said inland Canterbury and Otago could expect a frosty start this morning, but the worst of the wintry snap was over.

Temperatures were rising for the bottom of the South Island so after this morning there would be no snow showers, he said.

“It’s still pretty chilly but starting to warm up as that cold air mass moves off.”

For Dunedin and Christchurch, strong southwesterlies and scattered showers were expected to clear by dawn, with highs today reaching 13C in Christchurch and 11C in Dunedin.

In Wellington, snow flurries were possible on the Rimutaka Hill Rd early this morning. Southerlies would remain strong through the morning, although the capital would be five degrees warmer than yesterday’s chilly high of just 8C. In Auckland, southwesterlies would remain gusty but would ease during the day, as would showers, Mr O’Connor said. The high was expected to be 15C. WeatherWatch said the short, cold snap could be a hint of things to come for winter. Head weather analyst Philip Duncan said current weather patterns around New Zealand were chaotic and messy, and didn’t conform to either El Nino or La Nina weather patterns.

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Yesterday’s polar blast saw roads and schools closed, flights and mail deliveries cancelled due to snowfalls and icy roads around the country.

Air New Zealand said thunder and lightning delayed services at Auckland airport, snow affected services to and from Dunedin, and heavy snow showers caused widespread cancellations at Queenstown.

Some Dunedin schools were closed and bus services cancelled due to snow, and mail deliveries were halted across most of Otago. An out-of-control Subaru station wagon jumped a kerb on an icy Dunedin street, crashed through a fence and dropped to stop vertically “on its nose”. The driver and passengers were - APNZ unharmed.

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Baghdad bombs kill 66 across the city ‘What crime have those innocent people committed? Who is responsible for these massacres?’

A co-ordinated wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite areas of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 66 people and maiming nearly 200 as insurgents step up the bloodshed roiling Iraq.

The attacks in markets and other areas frequented by civilians are the latest sign of a rapid deterioration in security as sectarian tensions are exacerbated by antigovernment protests and the war in neighbouring Syria grinds on.

More than 450 people have been killed across Iraq in May. Most of the killings came over the past two weeks in the most sustained wave of violence since US troops left in December 2011.

The surge in attacks is reminiscent of the sectarian carnage that pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war in 2006 and 2007. April was Iraq’s deadliest month since June 2008, according to a United Nations tally that put last month’s death toll at more than 700.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for yesterday’s bombings, but they bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida’s Iraqi arm. The group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, frequently uses car bombs and co-ordinated blasts against Shiites to undermine Iraqis’ confidence in the Shiite-led government.

The day’s deadliest attack happened when two bombs exploded in the eastern Habibiya area on the edge of the sprawling Shiite district of Sadr City. Those blasts killed 12 and wounded 35, police said.

Twin blasts also struck an openair market in the predominantly Shiite al-Maalif area, killing six and wounding 12.

Another car bomb exploded in the busy commercial Sadoun Street in downtown Baghdad. It killed five civilians and wounded 14, police said. Among the wounded were four policemen who were at a nearby checkpoint.

The central street is one of the

— A bomb in the southwestern neighbourhood of Bayaa killed six civilians and wounded 16.

— In Baghdad’s central Sadria area, a car bomb killed three civilians and wounded 11.

— In the east, a blast killed five and wounded 12 in the Jisr Diyala area. Car bombs also struck the Baladiyat neighbourhood, killing four and wounding 11.

— And in Madain, about 20km south of central Baghdad, a car bomb killed three and wounded nine.

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Iraqis gather at the scene of a car bomb attack at a used cars dealers parking lot in Habibiya neighbourhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. capital’s main commercial areas and is lined with clinics, pharmacies and shops. Firefighters were seen struggling to extinguish flames as police sealed off the area. Several shops were partially damaged or burned.

“What crime have those inno-

cent people committed?” asked witness Zein al-Abidin. “Who is responsible for these massacres?”

Elsewhere across the bloodied capital city, police reported: — A car bomb went off in the eastern New Baghdad area as officers were waiting for

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explosives experts to dismantle it. A civilian was killed and nine others wounded.

In the north, a blast in the Sabi al-Boor neighbourhood killed eight civilians and wounded 26. In the Kazimiyah district, a car

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bomb blew up near a bus and taxi stop, killing four and wounding 11.

Another blast killed four and wounded nine in the Shaab area. And an attack in the Hurriyah neighbourhood left five dead and 14 wounded.

Medical officials confirmed the causality figures.

The day’s bloodshed was the deadliest since last Monday, when a wave of attacks killed 113 people in Shiite and Sunni areas. That was the deadliest single day in Iraq since July 23, when attacks aimed largely at security forces killed 115.

The US Embassy issued a statement condemning the latest attacks.

Although violence has decreased sharply since the height of the insurgency that followed the 2003 US-led invasion, militants are still capable of carrying out lethal attacks nationwide. The recent wave of attacks has raised tensions between the country’s Sunni minority and Shiite-led government.

Since late December, members of Iraq’s Sunni community have been protesting against the government. They cite a range of grievances, including poor services, discrimination and the application of tough anti-terrorism policies they believe unfairly target their sect.

The unrest is fuelling long-simmering sectarian rifts in the country that only grew more divisive after an April 23 crackdown by security forces on a Sunni protest camp.

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He stressed that Britain has “no immediate” plans to supply weapons to rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

“The European Union has agreed to bring to an end the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition and to maintain other sanctions on Syria, all the other existing sanctions on the Syrian regime,” Hague said.

“This is the outcome that the United Kingdom wanted,” he said,

adding that the decision had been “difficult” for those EU nations staunchly opposed to delivering arms they believed would serve only to fuel the conflict.

“I think it is the right decision,” he added.

“It will support political progress on Syria and our attempts to bring together a Geneva conference.

Hague says Britain saw only a political solution and a diplomatically supported solution for

Syria but that yesterday’s groundbreaking decision “sends a very strong message from Europe to the Assad regime of what we think of the continued brutality and murder and criminality of this regime”.

“While we have no immediate plans to send arms to Syria it gives us the flexibility to respond in the future if the situation continues to deteriorate and worsen,” – AFP he added.

ference in Sydney. He says the level of bullying reflects a school’s culture and some principals work hard to manage the problem.

But others do not take bullying seriously and in some cases there is even a tendency to blame the victim.

“One in ten children are bullied in their teenage years. We are not talking about once-off scraps. We are talking about deliberate, repetitive negative actions.

“This is a direct cause of mental illness, both at the time of bullying and in the future.

“From a population perspective, it is as dangerous to adolescent mental health as smoking canna-

bis during the formative teenage years.”

He says the My School scores could be based on a simple survey that asks students if they have been bullied in the past 90 days.

“Some principals would be shocked by the results. But a bullying problem at a school can be solved with a concerted effort.”

He says parents should know that a bullied child is a distressed child.

“Don’t ignore it and don’t merely tell your child to toughen up.

“Go to the school and discuss the problem. If you are not happy with the response, the worst-case scenario is to change schools.

“I have seen examples where children are being appallingly bullied at one school and it has ceased completely at a new school. The child’s health and educational outcomes have improved dramatically.

“No child deserves to be bullied.”

He says anti-bullying measures a school can take include ensuring more teachers are visible during breaks and that there are structured activities to engage marginalised kids.

Assertive intervention is important, says Black Dog mental health charity executive director Professor Helen Christensen.

“Bullying is a terrible thing and – AAP very distressing.”

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Milla Jovovich has a saucy way of cheering up her husband when they are thousands of kilometres apart. The model-turned-actress recently sent her man a nude picture of herself via mobile phone. Jovovich is married to British moviemaker Paul WS Anderson but their busy careers often keep the couple apart for weeks at a time. However, Jovovich ensures her man is never too lonely by reminding him what he is missing. “Paul sent me the funniest text the other day from the set,” Jovovich tells British magazine Hello! “He said: ‘In a field in the pouring rain, standing in mud’. “And my answer was: ‘In Cannes, drinking Champagne and standing in caviar’! I sent him a nude picture, too, to make – WENN him feel better!”

• Pertwee dies Dad’s Army star Bill Pertwee died peacefully yesterday with his family around him, his agent said. The British actor, who was 86, was known for his role as the air raid warden Hodges in the classic 1970s’ comedy. Agent Meg Poole said: “He was a really, really nice man. Very bright, very intelligent. He came from a big theatrical family, a big show business family, and like all of them it was his life and it was very important to him and he was a hugely professional, very clever man.”

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• Cher upset

Schools ‘should be ranked on bullying’ Teenage bullies do major mental damage to their victims, says a psychiatrist who wants schools to be ranked on their bullying statistics alongside numeracy and literacy.

Adolescent victims are at significantly increased risk of longterm anxiety and depression and are almost four times more likely than their peers to attempt suicide, Queensland child and adolescent psychiatrist James Scott says.

The level of bullying should be ranked on the My School website so parents can make informed choices, says Dr Scott, who is presenting a research project at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists annual con-

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Two people are dead and five injured after a gunman in Texas shot at several vehicles, apparently at random.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the gunman was among the dead.

His identity was not released, but authorities said he was 23. DPS said the shootings began on Monday when the gunman shot a motorist. Over the next 90 minutes, he was suspected of shooting two people who were sitting in a car at a convenience store and then another motorist. Then a 41-year-old woman, Alicia Torres, was found dead in her – AP car.

EU agrees to lift arms embargo to Syria European Union foreign ministers have agreed to lift an arms embargo in order to be able to supply weapons to Syrian rebels, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says.

Announcing the agreement after more than 12 hours of tough talks, Hague said yesterday the EU will maintain the remainder of a farreaching package of sanctions against the Assad regime that was to expire on Friday at midnight.

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Lindiwe Mngomezulu (left) with her daughter Nolwandle Duma, lift up Simba a Burmese python outside their home in Soweto, South Africa.

Soweto resident shows off her serpents Tourists have long flocked to the home-turned-museum of former President Nelson Mandela on Vilakazi Street, a lively strip of restaurants, curio sellers and street performers in the South African township of Soweto. Now the area has a growing attraction: big snakes, and lots of them.

Resident Lindiwe Mngomezulu allows curiosityseekers to get a close-up look at the non-venomous snakes she keeps in her home, and she drapes them over tourists’ shoulders for a small fee. She and her 19-year-old daughter, Nolwandle Duma, started raising snakes three years ago after going to see a snake show and coming away impressed.

Mngomezulu, 55, has two albino pythons, a Burmese python, a boa constrictor, an anaconda and a corn snake.

It costs about $30 a week to feed them. She and Duma also own a bearded dragon lizard and two spiders.

They show off their snakes

in their Vilakazi Street home, where tourists and local schoolchildren have become regulars. Mngomezulu said many have since overcome their fear of reptiles, which she described as harmless if handled with care. She urged people not to think of snakes as a menace.

“People are killing snakes every day,” Mngomezulu said.

“That’s not right.”

Her smallest snake, the corn snake, measures 1.2 metres. The Burmese python is 3m long and, at 30kg, is her heaviest snake.

Mngomezulu said her goal is to expand her snake show beyond Soweto. She is awaiting a permit that would allow her to take her snakes to nonresidential areas and hopes money raised can help her to buy more snakes and get formal training from a recognised association. She is registered with the West Rand Herpetological Association, a local club for reptile lovers.

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Cher was left baffled and upset when her Twitter page was hacked at the weekend.

The singer/actress fell victim to internet fraudsters who accessed her account on the social networking website and posted a message about a diet brand. Cher was alerted to the security breach by her followers and revealed she was baffled by the hack. “You guys I’m really upset about this hacking thing! What diet are you all talking about?!?!” Cher is the latest star to be targeted by a similar scam – Alec Baldwin, Australian model Miranda Kerr and Donald Trump have all had their Twitter pages compromised in recent months.

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• Psy booed South Korean pop sensation Psy experienced a Gangnam Style backlash at an Italian soccer game when fans booed him throughout the half-time show. The rapper/singer performed his 2012 mega-hit at the Italian Cup Final between Roma and Lazio. However, organisers of the show had to turn the volume up just to drown out the boos. Just last week, a Frenchman pretending to be Psy fooled fans and celebrities for several days at the Cannes Film Festival. A man also showed up at the Monaco Grand Prix and conducted interviews and photo sessions as his chart-topping look-alike.

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• Tunstall homeless Singer KT Tunstall has been left homeless – sort of – after selling her mansion following the collapse of her marriage. The Scottish star split from husband Luke Bullen last year, four years after their wedding, and her divorce was approved by a court judge in London last week. She vowed to make huge changes in her life following the marriage breakdown and the death of her adoptive father just weeks earlier – so she sold her luxury home and her car, and now has nowhere to live. – WENN

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Warm up for winter with pumpkin soup W

minutes. Uncover. Set aside to cool slightly.

• Blend mixture until smooth.

Transfer into clean saucepan.

• Reheat and serve with a dollop of natural yoghurt.

ith pumpkin plentiful and cheap, soup will be on the menu in many

homes.

No matter how much you welcome that first bowl of steaming, rich pumpkin soup, by the time you’re on your second or third batch for the winter, plain pumpkin soup becomes a bit passé.

But the beauty of pumpkin is that it blends well with so many other vegetables, meats and flavourings. Pumpkin soup in its most simple form can be turned into a range of soups that will lift the core ingredient out of the ordinary.

Roasting pumpkin or any vegetable before turning it into a soup adds great depth of flavour to the finished product.

Pumpkin and roasted pepper soup 1 onion, finely chopped 1.2kg pumpkin, peeled, seeded and diced 750ml chicken stock Salt Black pepper, freshly ground 1 avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced Coriander leaves for garnish 140g sour cream 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 4T olive oil 2 roasted red capsicum scored, seeded and finely diced

Roast pumpkin soup

• Preheat oven to 180°C. • Put cut pumpkin, onion and garlic into a deep roasting dish.

• Sprinkle with thyme then cover with a little olive oil and golden syrup.

• Shake pan until veggies are slightly covered in oil and syrup.

• Cook for around 40-45min or until pumpkin is tender.

• Tip everything into deep saucepan and season with a little salt and pepper.

• Pour in chicken stock and enough water to cover the pumpkin and onion.

• Simmer for around an hour topping up with water so it doesn’t reduce too much.

• Once the soup mixture starts to darken it is ready.

• Puree in blender and thin with a little cream.

Pumpkin and kumara soup

• Heat the oil over moderate heat and add the onion and garlic.

• Fry gently without browning until the onion is soft.

• Add the pumpkin and stock, bring to the boil and simmer 10 minutes until the pumpkin is soft.

• Remove from the heat, cool then puree in a blender or food processor or mash well.

• Pour back into a clean saucepan and bring to the boil.

• Add the roasted red capsicum, mix well, taste and season with salt and pepper.

• Serve garnished with sour cream, some sliced avocado and some coriander leaves

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Curried pumpkin soup

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• Preheat oven to 200°C. • Cook potato and pumpkin until browning on the edges.

• The browner they are, the more flavour they will have but it isn’t necessary to completely cook them.

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• Add curry powder and cook for a minute or two.

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• Add chicken stock and bring to boil.

• Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are cooked (approx 20 to 25 minutes).

• Cool slightly and then blend or puree soup.

• Return soup to pot.

• Add coconut cream and season to taste with salt and pepper.

• Reheat until desired temperature is reached.

• Top with sour cream or yoghurt if desired and serve with roll.

• Place pumpkin and carrot in lined roasting pan.

• Drizzle over 2T oil and toss to coat. Roast 30-35 minutes or until golden and tender.

• Heat remaining oil in large saucepan over medium heat.

• Add onion and salt. Cook on low, stiring often for 20 minutes or until soft.

• Add garlic, mustard seeds, coriander, cumin, tumeric, caradmon and chilli powder.

• Cook, stiring, for 2 minutes until mustard seeds start to pop.

• Add pumpkin, carrot, stock and 2 cups water.

• Cover and bring to boil over medium heat.

• Cook, covered, on low for 15

Roast pumpkin and carrot soup

1kg pumpkin, cut into 1cm pieces 800g carrots, cut into 1cm pieces ¼ cup olive oil 2 brown onions, thinly sliced salt 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1T mustard seeds 2t coriander 1t ground cumin 1t ground tumeric ½ t ground cardamon ½ t chilli powder (optional) 4c vegetable stock natural yoghurt to serve • Preheat oven to 210°C.

2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp butter 1 onion, chopped 1T curry powder 2T tomato paste 1kg pumpkin, coarsely chopped with skin and seeds removed 6c liquid vegetable or chicken stock Juice of 1 lemon ½ c cream Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2T chopped fresh coriander, to serve

• Heat oil and butter in a large, heavy-based saucepan.

• Add onion and cook over a low heat for 5 minutes to soften.

• Add curry powder and cook for 1 minute more.

• Add tomato paste, pumpkin and stock and bring to the boil.

• Turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until vegetables are very soft.

• Purée the mixture in a blender, then return to the pan to reheat.

• Stir in lemon juice, then stir in the cream and season with salt and pepper to taste.

• Serve in bowls scattered with coriander.

Creamy pumpkin soup

1 butternut pumpkin 4 slices of bacon 1 onion 1 small bottle of cream 1/2 c of milk 1/4 c water 1/4 T of curry powder 1/4 t of onion stock 1/4 t of green herb stock 1/4 T of nutmeg salt and pepper

• Cut the skin from the pumpkin and cut into small pieces.

• Place in a pot filled with water and boil.

• Saute onions, cut very finally.

• Brown bacon, cut into small pieces.

• Drain the water off the cooked pumpkin and mash.

• Add the cooked bacon and onions.

• Now add milk, cream and water.

• Stir in the onion stock, green herb stock, nutmeg and salt and pepper.

• Garnish with a spoonful of sour cream and a sprig of parsley.

Pumpkin and corn soup

1 pumpkin, peeled and chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 potato, peeled and chopped 1/2 t curry powder 1/2 t mustard powder 450g can creamed corn

• Place pumpkin, onion, garlic, potato, curry and mustard powders in a saucepan.

• Cover with water and cook until pumpkin is tender.

• Add corn to the saucepan.

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Phone 308-6497 View at www.ashburton.harcourts.co.nz

Cle an He at libR aRy SeSSion

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The Ashburton District Council would like to invite Ashburton Residents to a public information session about the Clean Heat Ashburton Programme. This will be held at the Ashburton Public Library between 11.00am and 1pm on the following dates: • Thursday 30 May

The Ashburton Public Library is reviewing our opening hours so we can improve our services to the community. It is important to us that any changes in opening hours are on the right days and times. It is always a challenge balancing staffing resources and hours but we want to get it right. You can help us by telling us when you make best use of the library.

A representative will be available on site to offer advice, provide guidance and answer any questions that you have relating to Clean Heat Ashburton and the funding that is available to home owners who live within the Ashburton Clean Air Zone.

If you would like to provide feedback please : • complete the questionnaire on the Ashburton District Council website www.ashburtondc.govt.nz; or • print a copy of the questionnaire from the Ashburton District Council website and either post or hand deliver to the Ashburton Public Library, 180 Havelock Street, Ashburton 7700; or • collect and complete the questionnaire at the Ashburton Public Library

For further information visit www.cleanheatashburton.org.nz or call (03) 307 7700.

Together – Let’s clean up our air

WANTED

J DonalDson, Environmental services Manager

Reward $500 Briford 8 x 4 Trailer.

Stolen from Mobil Creyke Road Christchurch about 1 am, Wednesday 22 May. Dropped off in Ashburton area before 2.30am that morning.

Reg Q896S. May have been changed. Trailer is about three years old, in good condition and has unique identifying features. Reward paid for information leading to its recovery.

J watSon, district librarian

dR af t ReSeRVe manaGement pl an foR tHe a SHbURton domain and G aRdenS

StoCk wateR R aCe pollUtion

Ashburton District Council advises that the draft Reserve Management Plan for the Ashburton Domain and Gardens is available for community consultation from Saturday 6 April 2013.

Council wishes to remind stockwater customers that races are to be kept clean and free of pollution at all times.

The draft Reserve Management Plan has been prepared in accordance with section 41 of the Reserves Act 1977. The purpose of the Plan, as outlined in the Act, is to provide for and ensure the use, enjoyment, maintenance, protection, preservation and appropriate development of the Domain.

Pollution of water races can result from • the activities of stock in and around water races in particular cattle and deer. In these cases, it is recommended that the races are fenced off and defined “drinking baysâ€? are established to allow access for drinking only and prevent damage to the race and the associated pollution;

Council invites any people or organisations with an interest in the Plan to provide suggestions or objections by 7 June 2013.

• discharges (accidental or otherwise) from other activities on farm i.e. irrigation runoff, ploughing, spraying, well drilling etc. These activities may require special management to ensure that contaminated water does not enter the race network.

Copies of the draft Reserve Management Plan for the Ashburton Domain and Gardens and a submission form are available from the Council website www.ashburtondc.govt or from the Council offices at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton.

Contact Barry Jack 027 224 4111 or

Police, quote event number PO13731852 FOR SALE

HIRE

for sale or hire, ex shipping: general and insulated. Sidelifter available for delivery. – Wilson Bulk Transport, Phone 308-7772.

FIREWOOD, dry hot burning Macrocarpa / Old Main Pine, hot mix 6cu m $450, 50/50 mix. Ph/text 027 958 0053.

DO YOU LOVE CORONATION STREET? Now you can have your cuppa in a Coronation Street mug or your favourite ale in a Coro St pint glass or head to the supermarket with Vera!! See The China Shop Burnett Street window!

KWILA DECKING Available in 90x19 and 140x19 with large choice of lengths available. Stocking all your timber requirements for under your deck as well Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road, Ph 308 3595 - Eftpos/credit card.

GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more.

All your DIY / contracting work, Call and see U-Hire Ashburton. 588 East Street.

Open Mon-Fri 7.30 - 5.30pm; Sat 7.30am - 5.00pm; Sunday 8am - 12.30pm. – Ph: 308 8061 A/h: 308 7460 www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

Council regards race pollution as an urgent issue and will respond quickly to any reports received. By-law Enforcement Notices will be issued to property owners or occupiers where the cause of the pollution has been identified. In some cases a $500 instant fine may be issued.

Submissions should be addressed to ‘Reserve Management Plan – Submission’ and posted to Ashburton District Council, PO Box 94, Ashburton 774 0, or may be delivered to the Council’s offices at 5 Baring Square West, or emailed to communityplanning@adc.govt.nz b leSteR, Chief executive

Please consider your property now and attend to any activities that have the potential to cause pollution. If you are asked by Ranger staff to address a pollution issue on your property, please attend to the request as soon as possible (within 2 hours). If not done so, this may result in an instant fine of $500 being issued.

CONTAINERS

TODAY - WEDNESDAY MAY 29

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

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

10.00am. ST STEPHENS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion, Park Street.

10.00am - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC 3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

10.00am - 4.00pm. ASHBURTON DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research, non members welcome. Upstairs in the Old Polytech Building, 254 Cameron Street.

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

10.45am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock St. 12.30pm. RAKAIA ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. “Pink Ribbon� desserts, fashion parade. St Andrews Church, Main Road, Rakaia.

1.00pm. M.S.A. PETANQUE SECTION. Housie, everyone welcome. M.S.A. Social Hall, Havelock St. 1.15pm. TINWALD 500 CLUB CARDS. Come join in and play cards, all welcome. Tinwald Hall, Graham Street.

1.30pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Euchre, all welcome, Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St 7.00pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Sequence dancing.

Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

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

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

7.30pm. ASHBURTON SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB. Dancing, music, fitness and fun. Buffalo Hall, Cox Street.

7.30pm. ALLENTON INDOOR BOWLING CLUB. New members welcome. Allenton Hall, Harrison Street.

TOMORROW - THURSDAY - MAY 30 9.00am-4.00pm.

ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

9.30am. M.S.A. TAI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, newcomers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Balmoral Hall, Cameron Street.

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

1.15pm. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Mahjong - beginners welcome. Waireka Croquet Club, the Domain, Philip St. 7.30pm. GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time/sequence dancing. learn to dance. All welcome. Pipe band hall, Creek Road.

Roa d Safet y C alendaR Competition

If you would like to report a polluted water race or require guidance on how to prevent the likelihood of polluting a water race on your property then contact Council Customer Services on 307 7700.

LIVESTOCK, PETS

FREE demolition firewood - PINE and gum for sale.

BUYER of unwanted Rimu. Pick-up or deliver. Phone 027 480 2554. animals.

Cattle, bobby Phone 027-405-2391. calves, horse and all farm animals. We also sell pet food. Call Nick’s Pet Food 0272-101-621 A/H 03-3227626.

DAILY DIARY

29 may 2013

CALF SHED BEDDING Premium woodmulch chipped from our slabwood.

Guaranteed 100% untreated wood/bark NO CONTAMINATION OR DEMOLITION MATERIALS. Sawdust also available - Adams Sawmill, Malcolm McDowell Road. Ph 308 3595.

MEETINGS, EVENTS ASHBURTON Society of Arts Autumn Show, Now until Sat, June 1. Short Street Studio. Mon, Wed, Sat, 10am - 2pm or by appointment. Ph 308-4533.

Rosco's Ashburton Wheels Week

Petrol Vouchers No 1834 Graeme J Winner notified Drawn under police supervision

Save the Rivers

Mid-Canterbury Inc.

AGM Monday, June 10 7.30pm Aoraki Polytechnic All Welcome

MOTORING

We want your artwork in our road safety calendar!

Design a picture with a “safe speed� safety message and you have a chance of being in the road safety calendar for 2014!

Visit the Road Safety page of the Ashburton District Council website for more details or contact Rachael Chapman, Road Safety Coordinator at rachael. chapman@adc.govt.nz

tendeR foR bUildinG ConStRUC tion The Ashburton District Council seek tenders for the construction of changing sheds at 184 Middle Road, Ashburton.

TRADES, SERVICES HOME handyman available.

Minor repairs, painting etc.

Ph 027-677-1952.

SUN CONTROL WINDOW TINTING, UV, heat, privacy etc. Vehicles - Homes Commercial. Phone your only local applicator Craig Rogers 307-6347, member of Master Tinters NZ.

Guardian Classifieds

Phone 307 7900

The Ashburton District Council is still accepting rates rebate applications for the rating year 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

The Rates Rebate Scheme provides a subsidy to low-income homeowners on the cost of their rates. Persons may be eligible if their income is low (up to about $30,000 per annum), they pay the rates on the address that they live at, they were living at that address as at 1 July 2012, and the property is in their name. The rebate can contribute up to $590 towards the cost of the rates.

If you have not applied for a rates rebate this financial year (since 1 July 2012) please phone the council on 307 7700 and ask for a Rates Rebate application form to be sent to you.

Applications must be received before 30 June 2013.

The work involves the construction of a single storey concrete block building with steel roof cladding, comprising two changing rooms and a briefing room. The floor area is approximate 80 sqm. The construction has already received Building Consent & Resource Consent.

For those who have already received a rates rebate since 1 July 2012 applications for the 2013/2014 rating year will be posted in August 2013.

Conditions of tender, contract for service, working drawings and specifications can be obtained from the Receptionist, Ground Floor, Council Administration Building, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton or by phoning Council’s Property Department on either 03 307 7863 or 03 307 7840.

J Van nooRd, Customer Services manager

loC al eleC tionS C andidateS’ e VeninG

Tenders are to be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Argyle Park Changing Sheds� and are to be either posted or placed in the Council tender box at the administration building before the closing time of 4:00pm Tuesday, 25 June 2013.

Thinking of standing for Council in the upcoming elections - this is your chance to find out more about what is involved.

Tenders for the property close with –

Ashburton District Council is holding a workshop for prospective candidates in this year’s local government elections. The workshop will provide you with information on the election process and give you an insight into what councillors do.

The Chief Executive Officer Ashburton District Council P O BOX 94 ASHBURTON

When: Friday 7 June 2013 Where: Council Chamber, Administration Office, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton

Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Time:

J Rooney, property manager

5.30pm until 7.30pm

Election Day is Saturday 12 October 2013, and nominations for candidates open on 19 July 2013 (or 26 July if the proposed legislation isn’t enacted).

QUeen’S biRtHday RefUSe ColleC tion

For further information about the candidates’ evening, please visit the Council web site www. ashburtondc.govt.nz or contact the Council office by phone 307 7700.

The Ashburton and Rakaia resource recovery parks will be closed on Monday 3 June 2013.

b leSteR , Chief executive

Kerbside refuse and recyclables programmed for collection on a Monday in Tinwald East, Methven, Mayfield, Hinds and Mt Somers will be collected on Tuesday 4th June 2013.

There are no changes to any other collections.

Please ensure all rubbish and recycling is placed at kerbside by 7.30am on collection day.

5 Baring Square West, ashburton 7700 PO Box 94, ashburton 7740 p (03) 307 7700 e info@adc.govt.nz www.ashburtondc.govt.nz

NISSAN Pulsar 1999, one owner from new, 160,000kms, reg and W.O.F. Reliable and very tidy. $5,000 ono. Phone 308-4750.

WHEEL Alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. – Phone 308-6737.

R ateS Rebate SCHeme

It sure pays to use the best electrician in town....

ElectraServe, for everything electrical . . .

Heat Pump checks

great people great service

Have your filters cleaned + receive a 14 point maintenance check.

URBAN RURAL

79 $89

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+GST

Dairy Farm Commercial Industrial Residential Irrigation Home Appliance Repairs Heating Satellie-TV-Audio Home automation

+GST

Phone 308 9008 to have a professional at your doorstep to tend to all your electrical requirements. See us for your Heatpump sales, service and installation. a 166 moore street ashburton p 03 308 9008 e service@electraserve.co.nz w www.electraserve.co.nz

Unichem Ashburton Pharmacy Will be closed Saturday June 1 2013

For all subscriber enquiries, missed delivery, new subscriptions, temporary stops, call our subscriber hotline 0800 274 287 0800 ASHBURTON

WANTED

SITUATIONS WANTED

RESIDENTIAL Painter wanted. Reliable, honest and trustworthy.

Immediate start.

Apply to: jpeac4@yahoo.co.nz or phone 022 039 8354.

26 YEAR old male looking for part time employment.

Anything considered. Phone Charles on 027 756 7427.

Guardian Classifieds Phone 307 7900

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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JOBS

To advertise here call 307-7900 or email classifieds@theguardian.co.nz

Applicants should possess: * Must be a team player * Hold a current drivers licence * Be reliable * Don’t mind early starts

• Excellent computer literacy especially in Excel and accounting software • Numerically minded with high attention for accuracy • Capacity to learn and understand new software and internal processes • Great communication skills on phone and email etc • Ability to prioritise varying work demands • Highly organised with ability to multi task • Previous experience in an accounting administration role preferred

Contact Graham Rotch P O Box 592 Ashburton 7740 Phone 027 433 9969 Email: rotchy@xtra.co.nz

Full Time Picker / Packer We are seeking a physically fit, strong and reliable person to fill a position picking and packing orders.

E V I R D

This role will stretch your organisation skills as you will be managing email and phone call queries alongside daily and monthly accounting tasks such as bank reconciliation and processing of creditors, therefore we are looking for someone with the following attributes:

We need a hand . . .

To Organise To Assist To Support To Improve To Grow . . .

An additional Circulation Cover role (as also advertised) could be combined with this position which would add additional hours to the role.

You will be required to pick and pack orders on a daily basis, assist with the processing of incoming shipments, package/assemble and label products as required along with general warehouse duties.

In the first instance please email your CV, cover letter and relevant work references, stating clearly which position/s you are interested in, to: kirstin.c@theguardian.co.nz

We are looking for someone who is a self starter and enjoys challenging themselves.

We require you to have excellent work ethics, good maths & written skills, and a desire to work in a team environment! To be considered for this position you will need to be able to communicate clearly and have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

Applications close June 9, 2013

with nerves of steel and super hero powers.

proud of our people. progressive setting a new standard. partnership working hard together.

Apply in writing by June 7, to: Cindy Meadows Unique Solutions cindy@uniquesolutions.co.nz 021 850 443

FARM WORKER • Mid Canterbury location • Stock management opportunity We have an opportunity at our Fairton plant, located near Ashburton, for a highly motivated and energetic person with excellent stock and pasture management skills. Reporting to the Farm Manager, this position is critical in ensuring the sound operation of our winter cattle programme and general farm duties.

Bar Manager Applications are invited for the position of Bar Manager for the Ashburton RSA.

Circulation Cover

The successful applicant will have the following skills: • Farming and stock handling knowledge • Understanding of Animal Welfare compliance requirements • Computer literate • Some understanding of environmental sustainability • Punctual and conscientious person with a “can do” attitude.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following: • Be experienced in all aspects of Liquor and Gaming operations.

• Be able to manage staff effectively and prepare rosters.

• Be experienced in Stock control.

• Possess a “Hands on Leadership” style.

• Maintain a friendly and Professional image at all times.

• Be holder a Managers certificate or be willing to acquire one.

Key Support Role...

On-call as and when required.

The Farm Worker will also assist with general farm work such as fencing, groundwork and planting, spraying and completing some wastewater duties.

This role entails providing cover for the circulation department, supervising delivery of the Ashburton Guardian to all subscribers and agents in the Ashburton District.

• Great communication skills on phone and email etc • Capacity to learn and understand new software and internal processes • Highly organised with ability to multi task • Previous administration experience preferred • Flexibility around increased hours for short periods to cover circulation • Ability to work some public holidays

This position is ideal for someone looking for the challenge of working for a large company which supports career development.

Applications close: 10 June 2013.

Apply to The Plant Manager, Silver Fern Farms Fairton, PO Box 30, Ashburton 7740 or apply online at careers.silverfernfarms.co.nz

Please send your CV to the Honorary / Treasurer Ashburton R.S.A. P.O. Box 341 or email to rsaoffice@xtra.co.nz

www.silverfernfarms.co.nz

Applications close Friday, June 7, 2013

Storeman / Dispatch We are a small, but busy light engineering and fabrication company, priding ourselves in providing quality ATV bullbars, trailers and accessories to our local and export market.

about the role: Based in Christchurch this role offers a great opportunity to join New Zealand’s newest Bank as it embarks on an exciting journey of growth and expansion across the country. This is a replacement position taking on an existing portfolio of clients but with a strong focus on attracting new clients to the organisation through the promotion of our products and services.

Smith Attachments Ltd PO Box 292 Ashburton 7740 sales@smithattachments.com

you will be responsible for: • Actively managing a portfolio of clients • Seeking out new business opportunities • Adding value to customers by promoting Heartland’s Products and Services

Applications close June 11, 2013

• Actively managing a sales pipeline

Full Time Sales Assistants

to be successful in this role you will have: • Commercial Banking experience

1. Experienced knife hands, for processing lamb and calf.

2. Persons for rendering plant, experience preferred.

Contact Clive on 021 288 9316

• Strong attention to detail • A passion for sales and numbers heartland Bank as an employer: Heartland Bank is a financial service provider who are looking to grow the business substantially over the coming years. We offer a full banking proposition across Business, Rural, Consumer and Retail.

If you are interested in becoming part of the Heartland story please submit a covering letter and your CV to Edward Wotherspoon, Recruitment Consultant for Heartland Bank, at edward. wotherspoon@heartland.co.nz

BUsiness | RURal | faMilies 5019R

Applications close June 9, 2013

• The ability to think critically and analytically

Investments – LendIng – WorkIng CapItaL LIvestoCk & seasonaL FInanCe – Home & veHICLe Loans – InsuranCe

Intensive Mixed Cropping Farmworker Location: Ashburton, Canterbury Type: Full time, Permanent We are seeking a motivated person to work on our irrigated, intensive mixed cropping farm at Barrhill. Approximately 20kms from Rakaia, 16kms from Methven and 36km from Ashburton.

We grow a variety of crops, including process carrots, and also fatten lambs during the winter.

• Are you a motivated self starter who can work independently and be part of a team?

• Do you have good tractor skills, stock experience and show an attention to detail?

• Are you keen to keep learning and upskilling?

Having a garage sale? Call the Guardian 307 7900 for all your classified requirements.

In the first instance please email your CV, cover letter and relevant work references, stating clearly which position/s you are interested in, to: kirstin.c@theguardian.co.nz

highly CoMpetitive ReMUneRation and Benefits paCkage

If this sounds like you, please send your CV and cover letter to:

Aztan NZ Limited July to October

With the nature of this role, providing cover for sick and annual leave and therefore irregular hours, it could be combined with the Financial Administrator role (as also advertised)

Relationship ManageR – ChRistChURCh

We require a person to clean down, pack and dispatch our ATV bullbars and accessories. This also includes our ATV trailers. We are looking for a person who takes pride in our product, has great communication skills, inwards and outwards goods experience, forklift experience and skills in organising your own department. You will need to be; reliable, able to work under pressure, physically fit, flexible as at times overtime will be required and able to work alone.

Workers Wanted

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Personal Assistant

Picker/Packer Position CM Trailer Parts PO Box 124 ASHBURTON 7740

Please send a current CV with job history details to info@kiwicorp.co.nz by Friday 7 June 2013.

N O I SS FE

Really, we need a part time

If this sounds like you, please email your CV, including reference to alasdair@cm.net.nz or post to

To be successful, the applicant should have a Bachelors Degree, at least one year sales experience, preferably dealing with overseas sales or e-commerce, as well as excellent computer and communication skills.

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. . . our business through a sound administrative and client contact support base.

We offer a stable and interesting work environment plus long term career prospects for quality staff.

We require two full time Sales Assistants, one Thai speaking and one Chinese speaking to look after our B2C sales. The ability to speak and write Thai or Chinese is a must, as you will be expected to expand our business in Thailand and China.

RITY

We do a variety of concrete jobs around the Canterbury area.

INTEG

A part-time position is available in our team. This role provides support in our accounting department three days per week primarily in accounts payable, as well as managing customer account enquiries and other regular responsibilities.

N O I T I INTU

Strengthen your accounting & administration skills....

Experience an advantage, but not essential as full training will be given to the successful applicant.

DISCRETION

Financial Administrator

Concrete Placer / Concrete Worker

If this sounds like a position you would be interested in, please phone Alastair for further information on 03 302 1732.

Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa.

GUARDIAN CLASSIFIEDS PHONE 307 7900

DRIVER

Mainfreight Ashburton

An opportunity has arisen for a full time enthusiastic driver to join our hard working team here at Mainfreight Ashburton.

Duties include local deliveries and some shorthaul work.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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Today’s Feilding JC fields, form, riders Central Press Features Ltd Feilding JC Venue: Awapuni Meeting Date: 29 May 2013 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8 Trebles: 2, 3 and 4; 6, 7 and 8.

1 12.00pm F J C STEWARDS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 Corbyn h (1) 58.5............................ J Riddell 2 97x0 Golden Gloves (7) 58.5............... M Dee (a3) 3 59x0x Kontiki (4) 58.5................................D Walker 4 206x7 Milanion (5) 58.5...............................K Smith 5 0 Raya Tikus (3) 58.5........................ H Tinsley 6 58x9x Danced All Night (9) 56.5........ D Turner (a3) 7 00x Liamaria 56.5................................ Scratched 8 0x Lil Mer (2) 56.5..............................D Bradley 9 000 Maracay (10) 56.5.......................... T Russell 10 North And South h (11) 56.5.......R Hannam 11 976x0 Russian Haze (8) 56.5.................... J Parkes 12 47000 Shining Pearl h (6) 56.5...................R Myers 2 12.33pm S I ATKINS & ASSOCIATES 3YO MAIDEN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 557x5 Talk The Torque h (10) 57.5............ J Riddell 2 Foxcub (2) 57.5................................R Myers 3 Wilfred (7) 57.5..............................D Bradley 4 0 Dal Cayambe (5) 57.5...................... C Grylls 5 Golden Penny (4) 57.5................... H Tinsley 6 Handsome Harvey (9) 57.5.......... B Lammas 7 96350 Platinum Provence h (11) 55.5........ K Myers 8 30946 Ali Gator (8) 55.5...........................M Tanaka 9 070x Dance In The Park h (6) 55.5....... L Allpress 10 00x Liamaria 55.5................................ Scratched

11 00 Mer Noire (3) 55.5............... M Dravitzki (a2) 12 North And South h (1) 55.5.........R Hannam 3 1.08pm TUI BREWING LEGENDS SINCE 1889 R65 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1200m 1 7623x McRae m (2) 59................... M Dravitzki (a2) 2 60x74 Sir Cosworth tdmh (7) 59...............D Bradley 3 3266x Fastfoot (5) 58.5............................. H Tinsley 4 x1x73 Ropa Lane d (1) 58......................... J Riddell 5 12x6x Sports Coat dmh (6) 58.................. J Parkes 6 689x7 The Great White tmh (3) 55.5........ T Russell 7 9709x Bolt Action m (4) 55.........................R Myers 8 0589x Hey Bruce d (8) 54.5....................... C Grylls 4 1.43pm CARTERS R75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 2100m 1 223x5 Waitaha Toa tdmh (2) 59.5.............. J Riddell 2 x6080 Miss Danni (6) 57.5......................... C Grylls 3 06736 Ngario (5) 56.5................................ J Parkes 4 89x14 Hilton James m (3) 56.....................R Myers 5 12Px0 Cracka Crown tmh (8) 54.................D Walsh 6 x6680 Le Brun th (4) 54......................... V Johnston 7 7x023 Birchino tmh (1) 54......................R Hannam 8 9x056 No Excuses mh (7) 54.................B Lammas 5 2.18pm COLSPEC CONSTRUCTION F&M MAIDEN $12,000, MDN F&M, 1400m 1 284x4 Tartlet (5) 57.5.................................D Walsh 2 783x2 Shezastunna 57.5......................... Scratched 3 32739 Disco Inferno h (4) 57.5.................. J Riddell 4 60x36 La Bella Sands h (7) 57.5.... M Dravitzki (a2)

5 2 La Stupenda 57.5......................... Scratched 6 42 Lauren Tate (9) 57.5........................R Myers 7 040x Flat White h (3) 57.5....................... J Parkes 8 5x0x0 Inazuma h (2) 57.5.......................... K Myers 9 08x0 Posing Gem h (6) 57.5..............B Grylls (a2) 10 0 Rosa Heights (1) 57.5.............. D Turner (a3) 11 80 Single Mission (8) 57.5................. L Allpress 6 2.53pm BENCHTOP SURFACES R75 HANDICAP $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1400m 1 52x99 Barstorm tmb (1) 59............. M Dravitzki (a2) 2 x4101 Footloose (2) 59............................... K Myers 3 35666 Glaizem d (3) 59..........................R Hannam 4 155x0 Aston Martin tdm (8) 58.................D Bradley 5 54644 Don’tlikemonday dm (6) 58..............R Myers 6 117x8 Jojo dm (5) 58................................. J Parkes 7 8682x Kennys Chance tmh (4) 57.5......... H Tinsley 8 22013 Polly Flinders tdmbh (7) 57.......... B Lammas 9 99x35 Royal Haze 55.5........................... Scratched 7 3.28pm GARY DYER PAINTERS & DECORATORS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 7x246 Maccool 58.5................................ Scratched 2 55430 Clapathunda (15) 58.5.................... J Parkes 3 07974 My Magician h (2) 58.5....................S Collett 4 3x70. Zedeedudadeeko (13) 58.5............D Walker 5 5975 Scarred 58.5................................. Scratched 6 6 Mountbatten h (11) 58.5..............B Lammas 7 x6866 Authentic Rascal h (6) 58.5........... H Tinsley 8 9086x Beau Zed (16) 58.5.......................... C Grylls

9 0 Golly I’m Handsome (5) 58.5...........D Walsh 10 08 Guarantor h (7) 58.5......................D Bradley 11 6068x Mr Mike (1) 58.5....................... D Turner (a3) 12 308x0 Mwaadan (10) 58.5......................R Hannam 13 36798 Paddy Jo (4) 58.5....................... M Dee (a3) 14 556x2 Red Ruby (8) 56.5........................ L Allpress 15 0x277 Missteeflying h (9) 56.5................... K Myers 16 70949 Miss Professional (14) 56.5.............R Myers 17 5x475 Raivac (12) 58.5 18 052x0 Huarwee 58.5............................... Scratched 19 Dual Agent h (3) 58.5 8 4.03pm NOEL’S BUILDINGS R65 HANDICAP $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1600m 1 427x0 Riverman Jack (12) 59.5..................R Myers 2 x5643 Slah tdmh (4) 59..........................R Hannam 3 x5312 Wiggle t (2) 58.5...................... D Turner (a3) 4 9x227 St Ransom dh (10) 57 5 5x587 Galaxy Road (5) 56......................... C Grylls 6 08579 Seducer th (11) 55.5...............L Whelan (a1) 7 8x044 Drift h (9) 55...................................M Tanaka 8 46x64 Andre Joubert m (1) 54.5............B Lammas 9 05x00 Astucious (6) 54............................ L Allpress 10 72025 La Danseur 54.............................. Scratched 11 04603 Ashalini (3) 54............................. M Dee (a3) 12 67x00 Palraf m (8) 54................................D Walker 13 766x0 The Last Al dh (7) 54.................. V Johnston Blinkers on : Kontiki (R1), The Great White (R3), Rosa Heights (R5), Palraf (R8) Blinkers off : Beau Zed (R7)

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Wanganui greyhound fields, form Wanganui Greyhound Racing Club Venue: Hatrick Raceway Date: 29 May 2013 NZ Meeting number : 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12; 14, 15 and 16 1 12.20pm (NZT) ABSOLUTELY ELECTRICAL C0 C0, 305m 1 T48 Genia Haka nwtd................J McInerney 2 Zippit Sweetie nwtd...........................L Ahern 3 Snuffalopogas nwtd..........................L Ahern 4 74562 Where’s Rican nwtd...................J McInerney 5 6756 Hold Up Harry nwtd.....................B Goodwin 6 46575 Charlie’s Pal nwtd......................J McInerney 7 3x872 Ello Elle nwtd....................................P Taylor 8 557 Fantastic Anna nwtd.....................P Blanche 9 67675 Go Russel Go nwtd.....................J McArthur 10 33858 Go Max nwtd............................... B Johnston 2 12.42pm HARRISON HIRE MASTER C0 C0, 305m 1 27572 Another Stone nwtd...................J McInerney 2 8246T I’m A Catch nwtd L &.......................... Morris 3 6543F Ruthless nwtd..............................J McArthur 4 37386 Homebush Sting nwtd................J McInerney 5 Stunt Double nwtd............................L Ahern 6 44 Boot The Cash nwtd................... M Goodwin 7 56568 Looptastic nwtd..........................J McInerney 8 86538 Homebush Smoke nwtd............ S Gommans 9 65677 Sedgebrook Glory nwtd.......................F Kite 10 57748 Intense Zoom nwtd......................J McArthur 3 1.00pm J P PRINT, PETONE C0 C0, 520m 1 87724 Tarryn’s Pride nwtd F &..................Turnwald 2 2 Sue Sews Socks nwtd.............. T Mischefski 3 24545 Gucci Rush nwtd L &.......................... Morris 4 633 Pretty Sneaky nwtd.............................W Kite 5 74553 King’s Legacy nwtd............................J Black 6 43546 Mighty Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 7 76433 Tepirita Tuiteka nwtd......................B Mitchell 8 43727 Black Hennessy nwtd F &...............Turnwald 9 78536 Hunted nwtd............................... K B Benson 10 86481 Chase Ostee (c1) nwtd................A Turnwald 4 1.17pm GUTHRIE BOWRON C0 C0, 305m 1 73886 Tepirita Jazil nwtd........................ C D Brider 2 x4257 Sheza What What..................................nwtd 3 76637 Coyote Caught Ya nwtd......... E S Duganzich 4 86731 Uno Charm (c1) nwtd.......................L Ahern 5 77387 One Ear Poised nwtd................ S Gommans 6 33575 Another Drink nwtd....................J McInerney 7 48454 Sectioned nwtd........................... M Goodwin

8 x4484 All For One nwtd........................J McInerney 9 67675 Go Russel Go nwtd.....................J McArthur 10 66866 Homebush Julian nwtd..............J McInerney 5 1.35pm GARY ROSS DECORATOR C1 C1, 305m 1 68552 Fly Canary Fly nwtd...................J McInerney 2 673P3 Alamein Rip 18.17 K &......................Phillips 3 18 Swiss Alps 17.71 U &................. McCracken 4 36642 Azure Dreams 18.07...................G M Clarke 5 21857 Miss Foxy Minx 18.08 G &..................Denby 6 56856 Sedgebrook Lad 18.06........................F Kite 7 42616 Homebush Rick 17.91...............J McInerney 8 x1435 Thrilling Might nwtd..................... T M Furner 9 44485 Opawa Prince 17.91................... B Johnston 10 4F486 Flayosc nwtd F &............................Turnwald 6 1.52pm RENOWN BAKERY C1 C1, 520m 1 27447 Inner Beauty nwtd....................... B Johnston 2 23813 Alamein Jah 30.35 K &......................Phillips 3 48235 Uno Green nwtd...............................S Maher 4 41127 Bigtime Tip 30.32..............................L Ahern 5 27712 Homebush Lestat 30.47.............J McInerney 6 54453 Excited Royale.......................................nwtd 7 1113 Speedy Kazza 30.51..................J McInerney 8 54853 Time For What nwtd.......................M Gowan 9 46647 Big Girl Welshy 30.23................J McInerney 10 56675 Summer Tension 30.58......... E S Duganzich 7 2.10pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION C1 C1, 305m 1 73885 Kurohara nwtd G &.............................Denby 2 84234 Jimmy Jurante 17.80..................J McInerney 3 73643 Black Mercedes 18.04.............. S Gommans 4 75568 Exact Master 17.90............................ B Hunt 5 45178 Blue Rush 18.24 L &........................... Morris 6 22138 Homebush Awesome nwtd........J McInerney 7 21438 Go With It 17.77................................G Quirk 8 8x178 Piri 17.83.............................. J Woolston-Bell 9 4458x Red Herring 17.90.......................J McArthur 10 75646 Ghost Chips 17.76...................... T M Furner 8 2.28pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR C1 C1, 305m 1 54566 Homebush Limbo 17.90.............J McInerney 2 3157x Opawa Miata 17.96......................A Turnwald 3 84447 Another Pizza nwtd....................J McInerney 4 53176 King’s Mistress 18.14.........................J Black 5 34488 Dolly Wind 18.08 6 76585 Marjanshar nwtd.................... R M Bannister 7 41564 Kate Rose 17.96.......................... C D Brider 8 411 Little Rascal 17.54............................L Ahern

9 55382 Double Tapp nwtd..........................M Gowan 10 76545 White Legs nwtd........................J McInerney 10 37376 Ya Laughin’ nwtd............................B Mitchell 13 3.55pm BOX 9 CATERING C1 C1, 520m 9 2.45pm NZRS NOVICE FINAL C0-1 NZRSf, 520m 1 P8633 Opehu Tiger nwtd.............................R Waite 1 64226 Armistice Day (c1) 30.45..................L Ahern 2 55535 Darby Lane nwtd L &.......................... Morris 2 15842 Alamein Gus (c1) 30.50 K &..............Phillips 3 5674F Clinton Baxter nwtd....................J McInerney 3 33413 Raveon (c2) 30.42.........................M Gowan 4 26213 Uno Heidi 30.41................................L Ahern 4 121 Thrilling Butcha(c1) 30.22................ K Walsh 5 58474 Jag You Are nwtd........................ B Johnston 6 77753 Pandemonium Paws 31.29 K &.........Phillips 5 11361 Another Fantasy (c2) 30.26.......J McInerney 7 77464 Kiwi Ranger nwtd.................................F Kite 6 71226 Botany Kevin (c1) 30.65.............J McInerney 8 83474 Rich List 30.77 7 1111 Bumpa Sticker (c2) 30.40.................L Ahern 9 75648 Calm Brooke 30.86............................ B Hunt 8 23113 Tepirita Desire (c2) 30.45.................B Shaw 10 68861 Opawa Patch nwtd.....................J McInerney 9 35222 Fastback King (c1) 30.79.................. A Clark 10 14123 Chill Out Ralph (c1) nwtd L &............. Wales 14 4.13pm WANGANUI SECURITY C1 FINAL C1f, 305m 10 3.03pm BROAD ROOFING C1 C1, 305m 1 55517 Kezz 17.56...............................T McCracken 1 17663 Runs Like Al nwtd........................ACROSS C D Brider 2 68435 CawbourneDOWN Anna nwtd..............J McInerney 2 63812 Bee Ostee nwtd................................B Shaw 3 178x1 Jager 17.94.................................G M Clarke 1.

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Sharp (4) 3 1 Hat Trick Chaos 18.07......................L Ahern 4 75564 Cawbourne Tina 17.86.(8) ........................ L Bell 4 754x7 Homebush Anabel 18.12..................

C Clark (8) 5 52762 Cawbourne Tobes 17.65............J McInerney 2.

Esteem (7) 3.

Recommend 5 12288 Techno Tacho 18.04 F &.................Turnwald 6 86526 Scarilicious 18.03 L &......................... Morris 4.

Erase (6) 8.

Conceal (4) 6 64833 Liquorice Whip 18.05.................J McInerney 7 x8453 Jolokia 17.89................................R J Murray 7 27533 Working Waikato 17.75..................

D Donlon(8) 8 47854 Working ...........B Goodwin 5. Camarade Hopeful17.86.

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Shines 8 46276 Another Street 17.67..................J McInerney 9 73885 Kurohara nwtd G &.............................Denby 6.

Avoid (5) 11.

Rate too highly (12) 9 4458x Red Herring 17.90.......................J McArthur 10 73775 Red Hot Dutch 18.26.................. S Drysdale 10 63776 Nicki Haka 17.84........................J McInerney 15 4.33pm KEENAN CONCRETE 7. Simple (4)C1 C1, 520m 13. Array (6) 11 3.20pm NZRS NOVICE FINAL C0-1 NZRSf, 520m 1 17682 Thirsty Kelvin nwtd.....................J McInerney 10.

Tyrannical (10) Gowan 14.

Get away (6) 1 3121 Thrilling Zoom (c1) 30.06................. K Walsh 2 46762 Rijeka nwtd....................................M 2 44521 Asher (c2) 30.32...............................R Waite 3 37132 Smile12.

For Uneasy Daddy 30.35....................H S Kite (8) 17. Premonition (12) 3 22321 Rocky Baxter (c2) 30.19............J McInerney 4 73675 That’s King 30.61........................ B Hodgson 15.

Mean (7) 20.

First (8) 4 33481 Cover To Cover (c1) 30.64 S &.........Bonnett 5 154 Mariah nwtd......................................P Taylor 5 61241 Queen Rowdy (c1) 30.67..21. ................P 6 61657 Amy16.

Wineglass Madnwtd.

(6)................A Duganzich CookTaylor (4) 6 32211 What’s Up Gee (c2) 30.30................L Ahern 7 x5164 Kotumba nwtd L &.............................. Morris 18.

Breed (5) 22.

Leads (8) 7 33822 Sheza Terror (c1) 30.82 McCracken 8 73718 Matisse nwtd U &........................ &............D Fahey 8 44412 Opawa Wally (c2) 30.48 J23.

9 73777 Uno 19.

Orange nwtd.............................S Maher Band (4) Not as much (4) 9 35222 Fastback King (c1) 30.79.................. A Clark 10 56765 Botany Molly nwtd......................J McInerney 10 37132 Smile For Daddy (c1) 30.35.............H S Kite 16 4.50pm THE ROCK 95.2FM C2 FINAL C2f, 305m SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,195 12 3.38pm CROMBIE LOCKWOOD (NZ) LTD C1 C1, 305m 1 11121 Cosmic Fury (c3) 17.52....................L Ahern 1 871 Botany Jessie 18.06..................J McInerney 2 13123 Eureka 17.59 F &.11 ..................Turnwald Across: 1 Instability; 9 Pervade;Izmir 10 Nurse; Clean; 12 2 62266 Nuts For Sure 17.83...................

B Johnston 3 67353 Pin Up18 Puppy 17.60....................G Clarke Disdain; 13 Assure; 15 Spleen; Unaware; 20 Local;M 22 3 12562 Tepirita Charger nwtd........................B Shaw 4 x2241 Roxy Rascal (c3) 17.99 M &..............Jopson Aided; 23 Process; Preparatory.

4 54423 Yeah Nah 17.89...................................L Udy 24 5 56224 Kango Klink 17.69..........................B Mitchell Down: 2 Nerve; 3 Trainer; 4 Blends; Links; 6 Terrace; 5 25757 Armour 17.83....................................G Quirk 6 23411 Tawny Port (c3)517.37 F &..............Turnwald 6 73682 Regina Haka 18.02.......................P Blanche 8 Meaningless; 7 35812 Shanghai (c3) 17.79.16 ................L Ahern 7 Spectacular; 14Sam Slander; Pull out; 7 16526 Supreme Shelleen 17.95...........J McInerney On Fire 17.89...................... B Johnston up; 8 32846 Your 17 Keeper; 19 Add 21 Clear.

8 5352x Run Mischief Run 18.13 F &..........Turnwald 9 22751 Where’s Chicken (c3) 17.67 F &.....Turnwald 9 55382 Double Tapp nwtd..........................M Gowan 10 74255 Okuku Wee Man nwtd U &......... McCracken

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Ellen. (G, R) Coach Trip. (G, T) House Guest. (G, R) ONE News. (T) Emmerdale. (T) Marlon’s angry; Amy and Victoria discuss Pollard.

Come Dine With Me. (G) Four Weddings USA. (G, R) Four brides agree to be guests at one another’s weddings and judge which is best with one bride walking away with a honeymoon prize.

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here has to be many lasting memories from the recent two week celebration of the wheel.

The memories of those who took part in or visited various events will include racing against the clock at the street sprints, or going on the classic car run, or getting up close and personal with some fabulous motorbikes.

Seeing stock cars race - or racing them - or ambling along the green and looking at static displays will also be on many people’s minds.

Morag Cullimore has the memory of being allowed to hug the Classic Car Run judges, hopefully one she prefers to remember!

Perhaps there is the memory and the pleasure of a bargain had at the swap meet, or maybe the swap meet provided the opportunity to dispose of some treasures.

For many people a lasting memory will be one from the very last day of Wheels Week Plus.

Those who attended the service in St Andrews Church heard Rev. David Brown and his assistant Dellwyn Moylan relate the teachings and beliefs of their church to the wheel, referring to the to things which go around like the circle of life.

The congregation and visitors especially were welcomed to the service and it was rather special to see the altar decorated to suit the occasion, and to commemorate the feast of Pentecost which was also being celebrated that day.

Many in attendance displayed vehicles which are their pride and joy in the car park and parked

outside the church was a rather big pride and joy - a grader owned by the Butterick family.

It was a wonderful way to celebrate Wheels Week Plus, and to acknowledge the many people who made it happen.

After the service in a fitting and symbolic gesture Dellwyn Moylan who is a member of the Wheels week committee, full of beans as ever, hopped on a bike which was part of the display and rode it along the aisle and out of the church.

And that will, not only for Dellwyn, but for others in attendance be a lasting reminder of the fun of Wheels Week Plus.

The display in Saint Andrews church included two prints taken from paintings by Terence Cuneo, a famous and very prolific English artist.

The scenes depicted in the prints both involve Bentleys.

One is a scene from the 1929 running of the 24 hours of Le Mans and the other records a famous race between a Bentley and a train.

In his Le Mans painting Terence Cuneo captures the frantic activity in the pits during the heat of the race.

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Legend has it that the race between the Bentley and the train arose out of a wager of one hundred pounds, but although he won the bet the driver of the car was fined one hundred and fifty pounds for speeding!

After a distinguished career as a painter Terence Cuneo died aged 89 in 1996.

His paintings of a variety of subjects allowed him to indulge his fascination with the military, trains, boats and other machinery.

Terence Cuneo was also an accomplished portrait painter and he was the official artist for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953.

From 1956 onwards he often included a mouse in his work – almost like his trademark.

One story, which may or may not be true but never

the less is fun to recount, has it that he was once commissioned to paint a portrait of a member of the aristocracy posing in the subject’s stately home.

As usual Terence Cuneo included his little friend the mouse, but was asked to remove it because the aristocrat didn’t want people to think he had a mouse in his house.

The Bentley prints include the artist’s notes which are quite fascinating, especially his notation ‘if only I could paint sound” on the Le Man’s picture.

Those who watched the street sprints could relate to that.

Wheels Week Plus has yet again created memories and it is set to do so again next year when it takes place for the 25th time.

Right: Dellwyn Moylan chooses a unique form of transport to exit the church service.

Right and far right: Terence Cuneo’s impressive paintings of the 24-hour Le Mans race in 1929, and the famous race between a Bentley and a train.

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Wheels Week Plus committee members with Rev David Brown

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ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) A friendly Moon location, and helpful link to the Sun, may see you want to set up a sociable interlude to your week. With Venus and Jupiter forging a rare alliance, use this unusual skyscape to best affect.

You are often an initiator in situations, so do what you can today to draw people together, especially those you love most.

TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) This may be a day, or even a week, when you are finding it very hard to resist treats. And whilst that old saying of ‘everything in moderation’ may be in the back of your mind conforming to this may be a lot more difficult!

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GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) Don’t hold back your feelings today.

You can have a real knack for attracting good things to you at this time. People may seem easier to get along with too.

And if you are hoping for some positive developments in your love life, today’s planetary aspects can be a great help to you.

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CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) The material side of life; possessions and all things shiny are a part of life many of us can dip into here and there and thoroughly enjoy. But something can happen today which can bring benefits which are a whole lot less tangible, but that won’t make them any less worthwhile.

Certainly a time to count your blessings!

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Your gregarious side can shine today, and even if you personally are one of life’s less outgoing Lion’s, people can still be drawn to your extra radiance and sparkle. All sorts of good things can happen in group gatherings, so if you get an invite, it may be a very good idea to go along and really enjoy yourself.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) The quality of your professional relationships is highlighted.

This may mean that you enjoy spending time with those you work with outside of work in social situations. You may also meet someone who is from a different age group, but whom you click with, or you can make a positive impression on the family of a new partner.

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) The desire to expand your interests, be this through the arts, travel or even friendships, can be a strong pull today. In fact, everyday chores could seem very dull today, as you yearn to have your senses enhanced by fresh horizons. Cultures different to yours can also take on an added dimension. You may click with someone very different.

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SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) You can have a shrewd eye for a bargain today. In fact, anything to do with money looks remarkably positive. This doesn’t mean that every Scorpio will hit the jackpot, but in even small ways, something can happen which leaves you feeling buoyed up. You can also be fortunate enough to benefit from someone else’s generosity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) A positive change in your relationship sector can be a chance to create goodwill in even the most strained of existing ties. More positively, if you are out socialising, one person could really take your fancy. In an existing partnership, this is a good day to create more co-operation.

Try to do something sweet for someone you care for.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) You can be one of THE most disciplined of the zodiac signs, at least when you put your mind to something. But today, you may find it harder to do what you know you should be doing. A very sociable outlook may see you want to down the proverbial tools and look for more entertaining possibilities. Mix virtue with pleasure!

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) If you are a tad cynical about love and life, something may happen today which restores your faith. This could be someone’s friendly gesture or a flirty exchange. What’s definite is that people can have a more upbeat impression of you today and whether you meet anyone new or that you already know, you can mesmerise.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) Your home and family life can bring a lot of benefits to you today. If these are areas which have not been so blessed in recent times, a change of fortune is possible.

There may even be good news on its way from within your clan. If you enjoy hosting, you may decide to have an impromptu celebration at home.

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Ssaallt does it with a smash Smashing their way into the third week of the Ashburton indoor volleyball competition on Monday night at the Ashburton College gym, Ssaallt’s Paul Mareko (centre left) spikes the ball over the net while opponent Nadia van Vliet from the Misfits attempts to block it.

One of three new teams to this year’s competition, Ssaallt beat Misfits in the first set winning 27-25, however Misfits came back taking out set two 26-24 in another two-point win tie breaker.

In the final deciding set, Ssaallt took out the game winning convincingly by 25-15.

Standout player TJ Mareko of Ssaallt was the Robbies Bar & Bistro player of the night.

Round robin play continues next week.

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Taylor Black Caps’ only shining light innings at 245), West Indies (four innings at 69.25) and Zimbabwe (three innings at 53.33).

The cricketer of the year will likely be forced to concentrate on limited overs for the immediate future with a fit BJ Watling worthy of retention and Brendon McCullum moving back up the order.

Fulton’s assessment might seem harsh after his golden return over summer with two centuries at Eden Park.

However, he will be charged with only being able to bat on home wickets.

His tour record of 67 runs at 9.57 reads ominously. Still, he has been the best opening candidate domestically.

There are few alternatives other than returning to Aaron Redmond, Michael Papps, Daniel Flynn or perhaps experimenting with Jeet Raval.

Brownlie showed resolve during the second innings at Headingley only to get a brute from Steve Finn which he gloved to gully. He lasted 96 minutes for 25 in a fourth wicket partnership of 79 with Taylor. However, he is still under the microscope for a lack of runs outside the hard and fast wickets of Australia and South Africa.

Going into the final day’s play last night New Zealand had limped to 158 for six when bad light stopped play.

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Halfback Shaun Johnson made a gesture to Matt Elliott in the coach’s box immediately after Elijah Taylor crossed to seal the Warriors’ 28-12 win over Newcastle on Sunday, Some immediately interpreted it as a ‘take that’ after Johnson was dragged after just 49 minutes in the previous weekend’s humiliating 62-6 defeat to Penrith - and Elliott admitted he noticed it - but Johnson revealed his motives were less angular.

“It was just to say, ‘thank you’,” he said.

“He stuck by me during the week when he could easily have put me down to reserve grade. I thought at that time in the game we needed something to nudge us ahead and I was happy I could step up and put on that try for Elijah.

“It was nothing by thanks, really.”

Johnson used different words like “humiliated” and “embarrassed” a week previously and felt he was unfairly singled out for the Warriors’ capitulation against the Panthers. After he had softened his stance later in the week, he spoke about his genuine fear of being dropped.

He still produced a mixed bag, with four missed tackles, three errors and a generally poor kicking game, and he also seemed reluctant to take the line on.

But he grew in confidence as the game wore on and produced two superb try assists - one a spiral bomb which led to Simon Mannering’s try and the other a clever short pass to Taylor - and three tackle breaks and he also kicked four goals from five attempts.

Johnson is a key figure if the Warriors are to drag themselves out of their dreadful position on the table and remains convinced they can achieve something this season.

Warriors side to play the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, on Monday (9pm NZT): Kevin Locke, Glen Fisiiahi, Dane Nielsen, Konrad Hurrell, Manu Vatuvei, Thomas Leuluai, Shaun Johnson, Sam Rapira, Nathan Friend, Russell Packer, Feleti Mateo, Simon Mannering (c), Elijah Taylor. Interchange: Ben Matulino, Jacob Lillyman, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Pita Godinet, Dominique Peyroux (one to be omitted).

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• Henry issues an apology Blues assistant coach Sir Graham Henry has issued a public apology after he heavily criticised match officials following his side’s loss to the Crusaders in Christchurch last weekend. At the time the former All Blacks coach suggested, among other things, that the television match official was “blind” and prop Wyatt Crockett “got away with murder”. Yesterday Henry released a statement, which was part of his sanction handed down by Sanzar, accepting that his comments were unacceptable under Sanzar’s - APNZ code of conduct.

• Athletes added to team Three athletes have been added to the Athletics New Zealand team for the World Championships in Moscow in August. Brent Newdick (Decathlon), Jake Robertson (10,000m) and Kim Smith (10,000m) were named today (tues) by the Athletics New Zealand selectors. All have reached the Athletics New Zealand B performance standard. Newdick is currently in Europe preparing for a decathlon in Kladno, Czech Republic. Robertson is training in Canada and Smith continues her preparations from her base in Providence, Rhode Island. - APNZ

• Cotter gets Scottish job New Zealand rugby coaches continue to dominate the landscape in the Northern Hemisphere with Vern Cotter named as Scotland’s head coach from next year. The Scottish Rugby Union announced yesterday that the former Bay of Plenty coach would take the reins from June next year when his contract with French club Clermont Auvergne ends. His hiring means three of the Six Nations sides could be coached

by New Zealanders in 2015 with Warren Gatland at Wales and Joe Schmidt recently named as Ireland’s new coach. Gatland will also coach the British and Irish Lions for next month’s tour of Australia. As many as seven New Zealanders could lead teams at the next World Cup with Robbie Deans (Australia), Kieran Crowley (Canada) and Milton Haig (Georgia) also holding head coaching roles.

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• Kewell ‘still a drawcard’ A-League boss Damien de Bohun says there’s no reason Harry Kewell can’t create as big a splash second time round in the competition and revive his World Cup ambitions. The 34-year-old is in talks with Melbourne Heart about signing for the coming season, with a deal potentially set to be finalised in the coming days. Kewell missed selection in Australia’s squad for the decisive upcoming World Cup qualifiers, with his dearth of recent club football a major factor, although coach Holger Osieck said the door was not closed for the future. Kewell was a major crowd-puller and made a strong on-field contribution in his previous A-League season, in 2011-12 with Melbourne Victory, scoring eight goals in 25 matches.

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• Gidley out for six weeks Newcastle skipper Kurt Gidley will be sidelined for at least six weeks after doctors confirmed a ligament tear in the NRL player’s foot. Gidley was yesterday ruled out of next week’s opening State of Origin game because of the injury, less than 24 hours after NSW coach Laurie Daley named him on the bench. But the seriousness of the injury means he will now almost certainly miss game two in Brisbane on June 26. NSW has called in South Sydney’s John Sutton and Canterbury’s Josh Reynolds as possible replacements for the injured utility.

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“[The Knights result] will reiterate, not that we ever lost it, we can still do it,” he said.

“We have the roster to do good things. It doesn’t matter who we come up against but, if we are playing the type of footy we want to keep playing, I don’t think there are many teams who can beat us.”

Most have done that over the past 12 months with Sunday’s win just their third in 19 games and they will need a very good run of results to get into playoffs contention.

That’s a tall order given they come up against Brisbane (A), Manly (H), the Roosters (A), Brisbane (H) and Souths (A) over the next six weeks - they also have a bye.

Helping their cause on Monday is the fact the Broncos will be without four players - Justin Hodges, Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker and Matt Gillett - through State of Origin duty, but Brisbane have won three of the last four games between the two sides and sit on the cusp of the top eight.

Elliott has made only one change to the starting side, with Konrad Hurrell returning at centre for the injured Carlos Tuimavave (neck). Hurrell has spent the last month playing for the Vulcans and centre continues to be a problem position for the Warriors because of form and injuries.

Dominique Peyroux, who has yet to debut for the Warriors after his move from the Titans, has been called onto an extended five-man bench and could be an option at centre. He returned recently from a broken jaw.

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Ross Taylor is the only batsman to come away from the away test series against England with some semblance of respectability.

In four innings he produced two half centuries of 66 at Lord’s and 70 at Headingley in batting performances which otherwise concertinaed.

His 70 in 159 minutes, before Graeme Swann’s flight deceived him 2.3 overs before stumps on the fourth day of the second test, at least offered the prospect of saving the test.

As gloom enveloped the ground, he played in a positive fashion, disciplining himself to working the ball predominantly between cover and backward point.

He had an lbw escape on review at 47 and a reversed caught behind decision off Swann at 60.

He also has multiple bruising to his right bicep which he described as “like a little tattoo, three next to each other, 1cm apart” but at least he resisted.

“It comes down to individual application and being able to say you gave yourself the best chance,” Taylor said.

“Cricket’s a tough game.

“You nick off every now and then but as a batting unit we’ve got to be a lot tougher on ourselves.

“We’ve let ourselves down in the last three innings.

“My approach was to try to get to the end of the day to give ourselves a chance.

“That’s all I did, go out, play straight with

some instinct and I felt pretty comfortable.

“I was disappointed to get out after doing the hard graft.”

Questions over New Zealand’s inability to bat more than a couple of sessions away against England will endure.

After a decent home series, the visitors suddenly lack the skills to cope with either Graeme Swann when he gets near the left-arm footmarks or England’s pace trio whether they are swinging, seaming or generating steepling bounce at the body.

Eyes will be trained on how the batting department, led by Bob Carter, counters such regular implosions.

The test futures of Martin Guptill, Peter Fulton and Dean Brownlie will come in for scrutiny ahead of the next test series against Bangladesh in October and the home summer against the West Indies and India.

Guptill only played in the second test to average two but, with at least one of his 31 matches against every test-playing nation, he averages less than 30 against all but Bangladesh (two

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Conrad takes a break

By Patrick McKendry When Conrad Smith sat down to renegotiate his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union last year he felt there was no way he could continue to the next World Cup. Playing 10 months a year seemed mentally and physically impossible to him then.

And, while there are no guarantees in terms of selection or future injuries, the sabbatical clause he inserted into his four-year deal at least makes helping the All Blacks defend their title in England and Wales in 2015 a possibility.

“It’s mainly to prolong my career,” he said at the All Blacks training camp at Mt Maunganui yesterday when confirming his sabbatical for the first time.

“When I sat down with the NZRU, they were keen for me to hang around for a bit longer; to get two or three more years out of me and to even look towards the next World Cup. “I felt I needed a longer break and not to be playing 10 months of every year for the next four years as it was then when I sat down with them.”

He said one of the options put

• Canes still a chance Brumbies five-eighth Matt Toomua believes the fact the Hurricanes still have a faint sniff of making the Super Rugby finals will make them all the more dangerous at Canberra Stadium on Friday night. The ninth-placed Hurricanes can still make the top six if they win every one of their remaining four matches. And the Wellington-based side has a sterling history of late-season form. The Hurricanes won their last four games in 2012, four from their last five in 2010 and five from their last six round - AAP games in 2009..

• Lions ‘must win’ Rugby great Brian O’Driscoll has warned British and Irish Lions team-mates that a series victory in Australia is crucial for the Lions’ future. It has been 16 years since a Lions tour returned home victorious following near misses against Australia in 2001 and South Africa 2009 and a series whitewash in New Zealand in 2005. While the Springboks prevailed 2-1 four years ago, it was an epic series that reached its high point with a titanic second Test that proved there is plenty of mileage left in the Lions.

But O’Driscoll - who was also on those last three tours - insists they can not afford to lose again when they face the Wallabies in - PA June and July.

• Origin refs named Shayne Hayne and Ashley Klein have been appointed to referee game one of the 2013 State of Origin series at ANZ Stadium on June 5. It will be the ninth occasion that Hayne has officiated an Origin match with Klein making his debut just four seasons after moving to the NRL from the UK Super League. It caps a remarkable rise for Klein who returned to Australia having started officiating in the Super League in 2003.

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• Braid injured training Workaholic flanker Luke Braid has several dates with the Blues medicos before he can confirm his place for the decisive return Super 15 clash with the Highlanders. Braid injured his groin when he was pinned in a tackle yesterday as the Blues trained in slushy conditions and frequent showers. “I hope some rest and a bit of physio will have it sorted,” he said. Braid has been one of the Blues’ most consistent this year in a strong looseforward combination with Peter Saili and All Black training group pick Steven Luatua.- NZH

forward by the NZRU was for him to miss the Rugby Championship against Argentina, Australia and South Africa which starts in August.

“There were times in the middle of last year that I genuinely thought that that could be a better option, but over time I felt I still wanted to be involved for the majority of this year and that’s the way it’s turned out.”

He said he would travel with his partner during his time off.

“Just to enjoy things other than rugby which isn’t always the case at the moment.

“You just play that long and it’s that busy a schedule that you can’t do much else.”

With All Blacks captain Richie McCaw still on a break, and Dan Carter tipped to announce one of his own soon, player sabbaticals are once again in the spotlight.

Yet, while All Blacks coach Steve Hansen suggested yesterday there might be more to come, they are likely to become less common as the sport gets to grips with a “global” season.

Smith reckoned the seachange of a co-ordinated playing window wouldn’t happen during his playing career, but there are suggestions

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He felt playing eight months of the year, rather than the current 10, was more realistic.

He said he could handle playing between 20-25 games during that time, which allowed for two months off and two months of pre-season training, a schedule which got the nod from Hansen.

As a comparison, last year Liam Messam, an All Black with one of

the highest workloads, played 28.

“If you could have a couple of months off and a couple of months genuine pre-season training where you’re not worried about preparing for games, where you’re actually getting your body right, would be an ideal situation,” Smith said.

Hansen said of Smith’s break: “We can only support that. I’d rather he went on a sabbatical than retire.

“There’s still a lot of rugby left in him, it’s just an indicator that players need to step out and get that decent break to get their bodies right.”

As the All Blacks prepared to leave Mt Maunganui, Hansen said the camp ahead of the France tests had given his squad a good head start.

Highlanders Hosea Gear, Andrew Hore, Ma’a Nonu, Aaron Smith, Ben Smith and Tony Woodcock attended this one following their overseas campaign and Hansen acknowledged the change of environment would probably do them good.

“They’re a team that are struggling for various reasons,” Hansen said of a side with a one-win, 11-loss record this season.

“When your team’s not playing well, it’s hard for individuals to play well.”

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Who’s next for the ‘Ali shuffle’?

By Patrick McKendry Ali Williams went on the front foot last week to announce his retirement from the international game, a move that saved him and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen from having a difficult conversation.

By recording a video and publishing it on his Twitter account, it showed 32-year-old Williams was not only tech savvy, but also media savvy - and the latter is something he hasn’t always got right during what could be described as a “colourful” career.

It could be the way of the future for the game’s ageing players.

But who else in the All Blacks should seriously consider doing the ‘Ali shuffle’?

Unlike Williams, Highlanders hooker Andrew Hore doesn’t appear to have a Twitter account.

He is also unlikely to shed tears at his press conference when he does finally call it quits.

But, just as Williams suddenly felt the time was right to move on, surely Hore must be starting to think the same way.

Hore will be 35 in September and was dropped to the reserves bench by coach Jamie Joseph for the Highlanders’ 11th and latest defeat of the season - a particularly galling one against the Force in Perth in which they were leading with two minutes to play.

A key reason for Williams’ departure would have been the young talent in his position.

Andrew Hore: Next cab off the rank?

He has clearly been overtaken

by Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano and Brodie Retallick, with 22-yearold Dominic Bird, set for a role against France next month due to Whitelock’s finger injury, also probably ranked higher than Williams.

The All Blacks don’t have that same depth at hooker.

Hansen has only another veteran in Keven Mealamu (a 34-year-old for whom the clock is also ticking) and newcomer Dane Coles as his options.

Beyond Coles there is no one obvious coming through.

Corey Flynn and Hika Elliot have been overlooked and the next tier of Rhys Marshall, Codie Taylor, Ben

Funnell and Liam Coltman are still probably a year or so away.

If Highlanders coach Joseph keeps picking Coltman ahead of his captain, though - and his team selection for Friday’s match against the Blues in Dunedin will be interesting - it will be another reminder to Hore that he is past his best.

If nothing else, Hore could call it quits after the France series to focus on the Highlanders next year, just as Williams intends to do at the Blues.

Tony Woodcock is in a similar position at the Highlanders.

The All Blacks prop has had a wretched season since moving south from the Blues in a bid to rejuvenate his career.

Instead it could have hastened its end.

The loosehead has been in and out of Joseph’s team due to injury but even when playing he has been underwhelming.

His experience against France could be considered valuable, and, at 32 he is still relatively young for a prop, but he must only be an outside chance to make the All Blacks’ end of year tour tour.

Ben Franks and Wyatt Crockett are playing far better, though of course Super Rugby form isn’t necessarily the most important factor for Hansen.

Hore and Woodcock, two good mates nearing the end of their careers.

Will they leave on their own terms or will they wait for the dreaded tap on the shoulder?

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Rakaia puts down the Rebels

TCR Rebels player Debbie Summerfield fends off Andre Bennett for Salmon Tales Rakaia during Monday nights’ A-grade basketball competition at the Mid Canterbury Basketball stadium. Rakaia took the game by 58 to the Rebels 52.

Mal making up for lost time

By Laine Clark Long suffering NSW fans haven’t seen anything yet if Queensland coach Mal Meninga has his way.

Seven straight State of Origin series wins should bring some satisfaction to the Maroons mentor.

But Meninga revealed he was still trying to make up for decades of lost time ahead of next week’s Origin

opener against NSW in Sydney.

Allowing the 1959 Maroons team - the last Queensland outfit to win a pre-Origin interstate series - to present jerseys to the current squad on Monday night was supposed to ensure there was no complacency in the camp.

However, Meninga sounded like the man who had been fired up the most as he reflected on years of anguish for Queensland fans at the team fan

day held in Bundaberg yesterday.

NSW’s dominance of the interstate series from 1959 before the Origin concept came alive in 1980, when a young Meninga ran out at Lang Park, still seemed to cut deep for the Maroons mentor.

“We won’t be complacent,” Meninga said. “We will go down to ANZ Stadium and make sure we start on a positive note and do our damndest to make it eight in a row.” - AAP

Nadal survives French Open scare

By Dave James Rafael Nadal’s bid for an historic eighth French Open title was almost spectacularly derailed yesterday by the big-hitting German Daniel Brands.

Nadal dropped the opening set of a grand slam for the first time in his career before he prevailed 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, 6-3 against a player who had lost all four of his previous matches in Paris.

The Spaniard, who before this year had only lost once in 53 outings at Roland Garros, came into the tournament having won six titles in eight finals since he returned from a seventh-month injury lay-off.

But the 26-year-old was caught cold by the world No.59, who unleashed a fearless barrage of

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It was almost a carbon copy of the tactics employed by Robin Soderling, the only man to beat Nadal in Paris four years ago, and Lukas Rosol, who dumped the Spaniard out of Wimbledon last year.

Brands even led 3-0 in the secondset tiebreaker as he appeared poised to deliver the first defeat of a men’s champion in the opening round in tournament history.

But Nadal eventually found his rhythm to steady the ship as the 25-year-old German eventually ran out of firepower.

“He was playing unbelievable.

I tried to find my game and tried to resist his fantastic shots,” said Nadal, who will be facing Martin Klizan of Slovakia for a place in the last 32.

“He played a great match and put me in a tricky situation.”

Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych was the biggest casualty of the day when the 2010 semi-finalist fell to French wildcard Gael Monfils.

Monfils, whose career has been plagued recently by a knee injury, triumphed 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 in a shade over four hours.

“There was the adrenaline and the match and the crowd, but I didn’t think I would do this well,” said Monfils, who was fresh from a runners-up place in Nice at the weekend. “It was a match up there in my top five.”

The flamboyant 26-year-old Frenchman, a semi-finalist in 2008, will next tackle in-form Ernests Gulbis.

Elsewhere in the men’s event,

French sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who is looking to become the first home player to win the men’s title since Yannick Noah in 1983, started confidently enough with a 6-2 6-2 6-3 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia.

“My groundstrokes pretty solid from the baseline. I played pretty well, but my service was really low quality,” said Tsonga.

Meanwhile defending champion Maria Sharapova dropped just eight points on serve to ease into the French Open second round with a 6-2 6-1 win over Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei. The Russian second seed was in a hurry after having her match shifted to Court Suzanne Lenglen while Monfils and Berdych slugged it out on Court Philippe Chatrier for more than four hours.

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Ashburton’s Mark Jackman has lost his race against time to be considered for the Sevens Rugby World Cup in Russia next month.

Jackman has failed to recover from a second broken thumb in time to make coach Gordon Tietjens trial squad of 19 that was announced yesterday.

He initially broke the thumb in New Zealand’s opening match of the World Series on the Gold Coast in October and made a return to the side for the Las Vegas leg, only to realise he had broken the thumb again and has been out of action since.

He had the key date with his specialist yesterday but the verdict wasn’t what he hoped for being deemed “not quite” ready, he said.

It was disappointing news but Jackman was philosophical, saying “it is what it is”.

Tietjens squad will assemble in Mount Maunganui on June 4 for a three day trial and features 14 players who took part in the successful World Series title defence.

“We’ve called on a core group of players who excelled during the recent series as well as others who have played in previous seasons,” Tietjens said. ”We have also been able to include three players from Super Rugby wider training groups, two of whom have played well for the All Blacks Sevens before.”

Tietjens has

Sevens trial squad: Pita Ahki (North Harbour), Toby Arnold (Bay of Plenty), Kurt Baker (Taranaki), Tomasi Cama (Manawatu), Scott Curry (Manawatu), Sam Dickson (Canterbury), DJ Forbes (Counties Manukau), Bryce Heem (Tasman), Gillies Kaka (Hawke’s Bay), Rocky Khan (Auckland), Fritz Lee (Counties Manukau), Tim Mikkelson (Waikato), Waisake Naholo (Taranaki), Patrick Osborne (Canterbury), Lote Raikabula (Wellington), David Raikuna (North Harbour), Trinity SpoonerNeera (Hawke’s Bay), Sherwin Stowers (Counties Manukau), Belgium Tuatagaloa (Canterbury).

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Talking race tactics, Methven trainer Carl Middleton and Trips on Me, a hot contender in the four-year-old ruby trot on day one of this weekend’s Harness Jewels carnival.

No raceday nerves on this trip

By Sue Newman Trainer Carl Middleton is no stranger to the Harness Jewels, but this year he won’t be calling the shots in a sulky.

When one of his star trotters, four-year-old Trips on Me, lines up, vying for a share of the $100,000 purse in race six, Leo O’Reilly will be in the sulky and Middleton will be sitting in comfort in the stand.

With just three weeks between Jewels day and two bouts of surgery, Middleton thought better of pushing his body, in spite of having received the health all-clear from his surgeon.

This is the Methven trainer’s third Jewels outing.

He missed out in 2009 when he was knocked out of the top 12 by I Can Doosit.

Given the success that horse went on to achieve, Middleton says he doesn’t feel too bad missing the cut.

And Trips on Me is no stranger to Jewels either.

She lined up as a two year old against the country’s best, but brought her B game to the race on that occasion.

“She galloped behind the barrier.

That’s her achilles heel, but she’s working extra well at the moment and if Leo can get her away she’ll run well.

“Knowing the level of the competition I could see her in fourth or fifth place.”

The mare qualified seventh in a field of 10 and was on track all season to make the cut, Middleton said.

“We always knew she was a good mare, a real good mare but she was a handful to start with,

an absolute terror to do anything with.

“The first set of shoes took two and a half hours to get on her.

“We were playing dodge the kick.

“She’s still got that streak, but not with me.

“We’ve learned to respect one another.”

The mare might have rated the title ‘absolute bitch’ when she was young, but through repetition and cajoling she’s come round and is now generally well mannered.

“But you still have to watch her, she’ll still bite and she’ll still kick.

“She just fires up too much.

She’s very, very competitive. I know her so well, I’d love to be driving.

“It’s not whether I’m good or bad, it’s knowing the horse that’s 90 per cent of it.”

The mare has a barrier draw of seven on Saturday, no man’s

land, where Middleton says you’re damned if you go forward and damned if you go back While he’s accustomed to enjoying his race day from a sulky, he’s looking forward to spending most of the time watching other people do the hard work.

Being the supervisor, he won’t be nervous when Trips on Me lines up and he won’t be hassling O’Reilly pre-race with too many instructions.

“We do have a race plan, and we have a race plan B too.”

That race plan doesn’t include breaking records, but it does include having an honest crack at the winner’s purse.

The Dream Vacation-Focus on Me mare is owned by Ashburton couple Ray and Carol Greer, bought as a yearling with their cash and Middleton’s discerning eye.

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had an injury hit World Series campaign but used his well-renowned eye for talent to keep the side performing consistently, making six of the nine tournament finals, winning two.

For the trial camp, long serving captain DJ Forbes makes a return from injury as does Scott Curry, Sam Dickson, David Raikuna and Toby Arnold, who comes back from a long stint on the sidelines, while Ben Lam joined Jackman on the injured list.

“Competition for the final 12 places will be tough and it won’t be an easy decision.

“The World Cup only comes around once every four years so it’s one tournament every sevens player really wants to play in.

“We haven’t won since 2001 so we certainly have our sights on doing well in Moscow.

“It’s also a really important step in our journey to Rio in 2016, so we will be working hard to make sure our preparation is right and that our players have the physical and mental toughness to do well in a pinnacle event.”

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SATURDAY Fine with high cloud. Northerlies developing.

SUNDAY Mostly fine. Blustery northwesterlies.

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Wind at 2000m: W rising to gale 70 km/h in the afternoon.

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