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Car thief runs out of fuel on bridge Couple plead guilty to Pros show ’em how it’s done attacks

An Ashburton man felt the full wrath of karma late on Sunday, after breaking down in a stolen car on the Rakaia River bridge.

The man allegedly stole the car from Christchurch, just

before 11pm, but according to Ashburton police – he didn’t quite make it home.

Less than an hour after stealing the vehicle, it is understood the car ran out of fuel – clearly some-

thing the criminal mastermind didn’t bargain on.

Ashburton police later caught up with the local and arrested him for unlawfully taking a motor vehicle.

He was also found to be nearly twice the legal breath alcohol limit, processing 746 micrograms.

The man will appear in the Ashburton District Court next month to face both charges.

By Myles Hume Ashburton District Council boss Andrew Dalziel is counting his blessings as he moves into a “power-house” district.

Andrew Dalziel, 50, will leave his chief executive’s role at the Hurunui District Council to take the top job in Ashburton where he is planning to have his feet under the desk by the end of August.

When he moves into the district with his wife Lesley, Mr Dalziel will replace 12-year-servant Brian Lester.

Mr Dalziel said coming to Ashburton created a great opportunity but also a potential launching pad for the next step in his career.

He said he was pleased to come to Ashburton which “got through the economic recession reasonAndrew Dalziel ably well, it’s a heck of a lot better compared with some towns controversial Hurunui Water in the north where you have high Project, Mr Dalziel said he would unemployment and plants closing further investigate the water stock projects in Mid Canterbury and down”.

“But equally, I have got to find look to solve the road maintenance the staff to process building con- problems the district is facing.

He would also look to carry on sents and sign off subdivisions and to do the roading and these the second tier restructuring at council. people are in short “What do I have supply.” to offer was fairly Mr Dalziel said he extensively checked was welcoming the I’ve been out by council, I challenge to fill the in local have good project void the growing economy presented, say- government for management skills so I’m used to building the Christchurch earthquake pulled a over 20 years ing a lot of stuff and it done on lot of potential workso I know my getting time. ers away from the district. way round and I “I’ve been in local government for over Dunedin born-andbred, Mr Dalziel was know where it’s 20 years so I know way round and one of 57 applicants going and who my I know where it’s who applied for the to talk to going and who to highly sought after talk to if there are job, eventually makif there are issues. I’ve also got ing the 12 shortlista strong background ed candidates before issues with organisational landing an interview values and cultures as one of the council’s – and that extends “five preferred candito customer service.” dates”.

Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay Gaining valuable knowledge through his senior management said Mr Dalziel was “the stand out roles at the Wellington District candidate” for the top job.

Mr Dalziel has held several senior Council, North Shore City council and his current tenure in the management roles, most notably agricultural-rich Hurunui District, at the Wellington District Council Mr Dalziel felt he had a strong where he was director of properbacking in both urban and rural ties, consents and licensing, also holding management positions local government.

He said the CEO’s job present- at the North Shore City Council ed “a pretty comprehensive pack- and at the Institute of Chartered age” which included communi- Accountants of New Zealand.

He obtained a Masters in cating effectively with all members of council, keeping to project Commerce Degree at the University timelines and producing annual of Otago and was named the reports, with his first due about a MacAndrew Stout Post Graduate Scholar in economics for 1987. month after he takes office.

He took over as the Hurunui Mr Dalziel’s total salary package District Council CEO in October adds up to $266,000, Currently grappling with the 2007.

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Madd Gear scooter rider Darryl Steffensen, 18, took over Ashburton skate park yesterday as part of the professional team’s South Island tour.

A touring team of professional scooter riders urged their aspiring onlookers to think twice about wearing helmets during their whirlwind visit to the Ashburton skate park yesterday.

A bunch of young Ashburton scooter riders stepped aside, while their heroes from the Madd Gear pro sponsored scooter team dropped into the park to showcase their tricks and flips as part of a South Island tour.

The four-strong stunt scooter team of Matt De Vries, 17, George Searle, 16, Darryl Steffensen, 18, Jaydon McKenzie, 16, joined Australian scooter riding champion Jackson Bartlett, 16, at the park after the team’s manager connected with Cyclerama owner Paul Wylie.

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“That’s something we really want to tell these guys, is that you need to wear safety gear, one wrong slip and that could be the end of it,” Madd Gear team manager Ricky Malcolm said.

“We tell them even the professionals here fall off their scooters, just the other day I saw a pretty bad crash.”

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While the tour came with a strong message, they also left a telling impression on the youngsters who were in awe of the young paid professional riders.

“It’s just such a good change from having skateboarders here,” scooter rider Lucas Monaghan, 12, said.

“I know of a few of them and got them to sign my scooter.”

Fellow rider Jahrel Kururangi, also 12, said it was “sick as” to

see such quality scooter riders using the Ashburton park.

Mr Malcolm said it was a nobrainer to stop off in Ashburton.

“Why not come to Ashburton?

We have been focusing on the smaller centres rather than just the big cities because there are a lot of kids out there that love to scoot,” Mr Malcolm said.

Before their visit the team has just come off a stellar performance up against some of the top scooter riders in the country at the Wanaka Battle where De Vries, McKenzie and Steffensen took the top three spots, respectively.

Mr Malcolm said the young team of professionals had latched on to the growing popularity in the sport, and were scouted from online videos, national events and identified as having the right attitude.

The team headed to Timaru before returning to Christchurch today.

Restorative Justice has been recommended as the best form of resolution between a Methven couple and five people attacked by their dogs in February.

Yesterday in the Ashburton District Court, Sharon van Duinen, 39, and Graham Leslie van Duinen, 51, appeared before Judge Chris Somerfield. Both pleaded guilty to five charges related to the attacks, laid under the Dog Control Act. The dogs were already on the Ashburton District Council watch list following an earlier attack on a person, who entered the property despite a warning sign. As a result fencing was upgraded and additional signs, warning of menacing dogs, were posted.

On February 8, the couple’s two large dogs escaped the property and attacked five people.

Yesterday’s charges referred to a bull mastiff cross, which first attacked siblings, aged eight and 12, walking home from the nearby community swimming pool about 5.30pm. The children were knocked down and mauled before three local teenagers, who were driving past, came to their rescue. As they got the children to safety in the car, one of the rescuers was bitten on the back of the leg.

The dogs then turned their attention to a 67-year-old Canadian tourist, who was hanging washing behind a nearby guest lodge. In an earlier interview with the Guardian, she described the pair as “hunting” her as they came up the driveway; before one attacked. She was left with a tear injury on her elbow, puncture marks to her arm and hip, a large cut on the back of her neck and a puncture wound in her her foot. She required 25 stitches and her travel plans were disrupted.

Having dropped the injured children home, the teenage trio - all secondary school students, performed their second good deed, assisting the Canadian woman and her husband to obtain medical assistance.

They then used the vehicle to trap the dogs in their owners’ property, where one had a close shave when a dog lunged at her as they attempted to close the gate.

The fifth victim, a council dog control ranger, was bitten while impounding the animals soon after.

Both dogs were later destroyed with their owners’ consent.

Ms van Duinen was represented

by Michelle Barrell during yesterday’s appearance, and her husband

by Marilyn Gilchrist.

Ms Gilchrist offered guilty pleas on all charges on the proviso the case was referred to Restorative Justice. Ms Barrell followed suit, pleading guilty on all counts on behalf of her client.

Ms Barrell pointed to mitigating circumstances relating to the offending, particularly to reparation and compensation, but did not elaborate.

The police prosecutor agreed to proceed with this process, and Judge Somerville took heed, remanding all matters at large without conviction, until July 22 for the Restorative Justice process to take place.

Both offenders are required to be back in court on that date, where the judge will hear reports before sentencing is decided.

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By Sam Morton Ashburton Police are “stoked� following a successful Controlled Purchase Operation in Mid Canterbury last week.

In total, 17 licensed premises were targeted during the operation, but not one staff member served alcohol to the mystery minor.

The result is a vast improvement from the last sting, which revealed bar workers at the Tinwald Tavern and the Hinds Tavern served the same minor during the district-wide operation.

Following the sting, police moved quickly to make an example of the businesses and ordered both premises to close on arguably the busiest and most profitable day of the year – St Patrick’s Day. Despite the significant hit in the pocket, Ashburton Trust chief

executive Giles Beal is looking to the future and was impressed with his staff’s commitment, adding an increased focus on training had clearly paid off.

Mr Beal said the team had bounced back and more resources had been put into reinforcing the law and general expectations. “We always intend to pass the test, every time – that’s the law and we all know that,� Mr Beal said. “When we got stung last year, we stepped up our training and our security team did the same and the result moving forward has been positive. “For the amount of times police carry out these stings, which is quite often, the number of breaches are pretty minimal really,� he said.

Mr Beal wasn’t the only one singing the praises of his staff, since the sting on Friday.

Senior Sergeant Grant Russell, of

The Tinwald Tavern along with the Hinds Tavern were forced to close on St Patrick’s Day for breaching the liquor laws in the previous sting.

Ashburton, was thrilled with the result, pointing out the zero sales was encouraging. “It shows that these premises have good procedures and policies

in place, along with reliable staff ensuring that these are followed,� Mr Russell said. “I’m stoked about this. It’s the biggest one we’ve done with no sales,

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

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so the message is obviously getting through.�

Meanwhile, the battle to find staff to man the licensed premises is increasing.

It’s always been a struggle,� Mr Beal said. “We tend not to hold onto our staff for too long, because they either head to uni or move out of the district for other reasons. “It’s always been difficult recruiting staff and now with the Christchurch hospitality businesses coming back on board, the struggle is definitely getting harder,� he said.

Mr Beal urged school leavers to consider hospitality as a career, pointing out the opportunities were plentiful and rewarding. “It’s a great job to get into and if you have the right attitude, you can grab some great opportunities as you progress,� he said. “That’s how I started out.�

• Minor call-out The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade attended an incident yesterday on Grove Street, following reports of a house fire, about 1pm.

Neighbours and onlookers stopped to get a view of the action, but firefighters handled the minor situation in a prompt manner.

• Hedge fire The Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade was called out three times over the weekend, attending two hedge fires and a minor scrub fire, near Chertsey. Deputy chief fire officer Murray Smith said both hedge fires could have been avoided and reminded residents to appropriately dispose of ashes and douse farm pits. “In both cases, it appears the wind has got up just enough to restart the embers.

Both incidents were fairly minor, although in one of the incidents a decent amount of hedge was destroyed,� Mr Smith said.

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Miss Saigon ‘just falling into place’

By Sam Morton David Williams is confident the district’s flagship theatre production is going to be a big hit among locals and hopes outside visitors will flock to Ashburton too.

Mr Williams, who is a professional director based in the Sunshine Coast, has been in Ashburton for several weeks at the helm of Miss Saigon – the Ashburton Variety Theatre’s largest production of the year.

Having directed the same production in Brisbane recently, Mr Williams has lived and breathed the story plot and is excited about the skill of the 40 local cast involved.

He will have spent about two months in Ashburton when the curtain finally closes after the eighth and final show on May 31.

Rehearsals for Miss Saigon began earlier this month and cast have been busy familiarising themselves with the story and learning the songs. “I was amazed and so impressed with the talent we have here in Ashburton ... I knew being in Brisbane the talent pool would be huge, but Ashburton has blown me away for its size,� Mr Williams said.

He said he was particularly excited to be working with the leading lady, who happened to fit the role perfectly. “To get an Asian leading lady, who has an absolutely beautiful voice ... well, what can I say, it was just fantastic,� Mr Williams said. “It is her first big and major production, but she is very confident and we are thrilled to have her. And for the leading man to be already highly trained, it’s all just fallen into place perfectly,� he said.

As for Miss Saigon itself, Mr Williams summarises it as a romantic love story with added drama and conflict.

Set in the Vietnam War in the mid 1970s, a boy meets a girl, falls in love and dies, he says. “It’s quite dramatic with its content, but it’s held together brilliantly by the engineer who narrates throughout the production and breaks up each character as they go,� Mr Williams said. “We’re hoping for sell-out audiences and there is no reason for that not to happen. It’s got a great cast, a fantastic storyline and a very professional theatre set. “Christchurch is starved of theatre and it has never been done before in Timaru or Ashburton, so I’m really looking forward to this one,� he said.

Mr Williams has directed about 10 shows for the Ashburton group over the years.

The show costs have mounted to more than $100,000 including royalties, set hire and other costs.

Miss Saigon will be staged at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre from May 24 to 31 and tickets are now available.

The big drop in guest nights in the Ashburton District might make grim reading, but occupancy rates were still the second highest for any February on record.

Experience Mid Canterbury’s accommodation monitor shows that total guest nights in the district were down 12.43 per cent in February. Methven’s decline was significant, 20.22 per cent with Ashburton showing a 9.6 per cent drop.

February last year, however, showed a significant bounce in guest nights, up 22.76 per cent.

This year’s numbers are a return to situation normal, Experience Mid Canterbury chief executive Nigel Birt said.

Nationally guest nights were up 1.52 per cent in February and in Canterbury there was growth of 4.8 per cent.

The big improvers in Canterbury were Christchurch city, up 10.7 per cent, and Selwyn and McKenzie, up 11 per cent each.

Timaru and Kaikoura joined Ashburton in showing a drop in guest nights.

February was also a slow month at the district’s two i-SITE visitor centres, with Ashburton door counter figures down 11.4 per cent and Methven’s down 1.5 per cent.

DOC to get a $20m top-up ‘but budget will still fall short’

A pre-Budget announcement of a $20 million top-up for the Department of Conservation has been welcomed by Forest & Bird.

But the organisation said DOC’s annual budget would still fall millions of dollars short.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith has announced DOC would get an extra $20m over the next four years, meaning 80 job losses, rather than the 140 estimated in a restructure plan last month.

Forest & Bird Advocacy Manager Kevin Hackwell said the community, tourism industry and DOC staff had been telling the Government for weeks that the proposed cuts would severely undermine the department’s work. “It is a good thing that the Minister of Conservation has finally acknowledged that,� Mr Hackwell said. “But while Nick Smith has acknowledged how vital DOC is, his government’s refusal to

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resource the department properly will still result in future job cuts. “While today’s announcement is a step in the right direction, it still looks like 80 frontline staff will lose their jobs. “For the 60 who now won’t lose their jobs, they will be operating in an even less wellresourced department than they are now,� Mr Hackwell said.

Dr Smith said the extra funding was partly prompted by the concerns about the restructure, especially that area offices and field centres would be left understaffed.

He said $15m of the funding - about $3.8m a year - would boost the frontline workforce by about 60 staff, such as visitor information, support staff and rangers working on hut and track maintenance, and protecting threatened species.

That would offset about 140 mainly management roles which would go under the restructure.

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• Big team effort The Ashburton, Methven, Lauriston and Pendarves brigades assisted the Rakaia crews last night, providing back-up tankers at a large scrub fire, near Dromore. The fire, ignited by wind, sparked out of control and proved too large for firefighters to put out. Station officer Tyrone Burrowes, of Rakaia, said fire crews contained the scene, built a fire break and asked the property owner to monitor the situation overnight. The fire died down in due course and this morning everything had returned to normal, Mr Burrowes said. “It was a big team effort from everyone all round really, we didn’t get home until just after midnight,â€? he said.

• Ambulance calls The Ashburton St John team chalked up another busy week in the district attending more than 70 callouts. A total 19 incidents were deemed urgent, 37 nonurgent and 18 were classified as routine calls. Throughout the week, ambulance crews covered more than 2600 kilometres.

• Crashing the bank An elderly woman trapped herself and two office workers when her vehicle accidentally smashed through Katikati’s Westpac bank.

Katikati Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Brendan Gibbs said just before noon yesterday, the driver put the car into the wrong gear and crashed straight through the bank, pinning the car against a wall.

It took about 15 minutes to get the woman out of her car and to move the vehicle to free the trapped office workers. One person suffered cuts from broken glass.

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LEFT: Miss Saigon director David Williams is excited about next month’s Ashburton Variety Theatre’s production.

Oil spill scare over Canadian tramper safe, well The fishing vessel that struck rocks off Stewart Island over the weekend and sparked an oil spill scare is now berthed in Timaru and is being checked for damage.

Environment Southland on Sunday ended its oil spill response after checks found no sign of diesel in the area where the Sureste 700 struck rocks on Friday night.

It was sheltering off the area known as ‘The Neck’ in Paterson Inlet when it struck rocks and ruptured a fuel tank about 10.50pm.

Yesterday, the 58 metre-long fishing vessel arrived in Timaru under its own power. “Once the extent of damage is ascertained by operators of the Sureste 700 they plan to prepare the vessel for repair work in Lyttelton,� said regional harbourmaster Jim Dilley. “While it is berthed in Timaru, oil spill booms will be placed around the damaged area of the vessel in case of any discharge of diesel.�

To further reduce the chance of spills and leaks, approximately 20,000 litres of diesel and diesel/water mix were pumped from the damaged tank into another tank before the vessel’s arrival.

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A Canadian man tramping the length of the country has been found safe and well after it was feared he was missing.

The anxious family of 26-year-old Stephen Proctor contacted police on Sunday because his GPS tracking device had not mapped his movements since Thursday.

Mr Proctor, who is com-

pleting the 3000km Te Araroa Trail from Bluff to Cape Reinga, was found safe in the Royal Hut near Lake Tekapo in the South Island yesterday morning.

Inspector Dave Gaskin said a farmer from Mesopotamia Station at the northern end of the Rangitata Valley flew his helicopter to the hut yester-

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day morning and found Mr Proctor, whose GPS device is believed to have malfunctioned. “We’ve managed to get in touch [with his family in Canada] and they’re pretty happy right now,� Mr Gaskin said.

Mr Proctor would continue on his trek, he said.

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Asthma hospital admissions rise as heating cut

By Sam Morton Increased power prices will likely contribute to more hospital admissions this winter, according to a recent study.

The study, conducted by a specialist team at the University of Canterbury, highlighted a correlation between the lack of home heating and asthma hospital admissions.

But the report findings come as no surprise to respiratory specialist Kyle Perrin or Labour MP Ruth Dyson – who both believe power prices are too excessive.

“From our point of view, the study confirmed what we had suspected for many years,” Dr Perrin, of Wellington Hospital, said.

“Our respiratory community also tells us that in winter and when electricity prices increase, they find it harder to heat their homes.

“It’s a major issue and as a country we need to make power more affordable, because it simply is lives on the line, in this case.”

Mrs Dyson, who was in Ashburton yesterday visiting a raft of social agencies, agreed and described the issue as significant - insisting residents were paying too much for power.

She was concerned for the wellbeing of families and pointed out the Government should be ashamed to call New Zealand a “developed” country.

“You have people too scared to turn their heaters on because of the excessive power bills and the lack of insulation in the majority of our homes . . . for goodness sake, we’re a developed country.

“We’ve been paying too much for power for too long and it’s not because of the generation costs – in fact, generation is very cheap in this country . . . the problem lies with board members being paid too much and the power companies making excessive profits,” Mrs Dyson said.

Figures show New Zealand to have one of the highest asthma prevalence rates among developed countries, costing the nation more than $120 million every year.

Dr Perrin, who is also a medical advisor for the Asthma Foundation, believes improving access to primary health care and focusing on vital social factors is the key to reducing the number of hospital admissions.

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Concerns aired at plan meeting

By Susan Sandys Methven residents attending an annual plan meeting in the town last night aired concerns about broken footpaths and flooding, and the state of surrounding roads.

The meeting was the last in a series being held by the Ashburton District Council around the district to encourage feedback on its draft annual plan for the coming 2013/14 year.

Group manager business support Paul Brake was the bearer of good news when it came to rates. A 4.9 per cent average increase across the district was not being felt in Methven, with a nil increase proposed for residential properties in the town, and a drop of four per cent for commercial properties. Rural rates were proposed to rise 3.6 per cent.

“In all the places I have gone to hold public meetings the best

news is for Methven this year,” Mr Brake said.

There were other issues for the 10 members of the public attending to air, however.

Town centre resident George Currie said a council staff member told him two years ago that a problem with underground piping and a stormwater grate needed to be fixed in order to stop flooding in the Mackie Street, Barkers Road and Kilworth Street area.

However, nothing had been done.

Roading and street services manager Brian Fauth said the area had been surveyed at the time, and costing estimates given on a potential solution.

“And the money is quite staggering that will be required,” he said, but could not elaborate any further as he did not recall the figure exactly.

Mayor Angus McKay, who was also in attendance alongside councillor Alan Totty and Methven Community Board

member Hamish Gilpin, discussed the issue. It was deemed to put it in front of the Methven Communty Board’s next meeting.

A Cushmor Drive resident told the meeting he had tripped over a tree root through a footpath on the way to the meeting. It was representative of an ongoing issue with some Methven footpaths compromised by tree roots, with no action taken to fix them.

Mr Fauth said roading and street services had an “ongoing battle” with the council’s parks and reserves department on the issue, and even the footpath outside the council’s offices in Ashburton were compromised by tree roots.

An Accommodation Road resident said the school bus refused to use the shingle road due to its bad state. It was graded about a fortnight ago but was now returning to its former state.

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Mr Fauth said the council was going to trial using lime when grading roads to hold the shingle together.

Bus driver Dave Dynes said an area of Barkers Road that had recently been fixed had now reverted to a state worse than before it was repaired.

“If you go over in a heavy vehicle you will go through a fence,” Mr Dynes said.

Mr Fauth said in cases where a contractor had not completed a job satisfactorily they would be obliged to return and repair it at their own cost.

A Methven area farmer queried the council’s commitment to roading maintenance considering a rapid increase in dairying in the district.

Mr Fauth said while the council was struggling to get its fair share of national funding, the standard of rural roads in Mid Canterbury was high compared to New Zealand overall.

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Waiting to taste fruits of their labour

By Linda Clarke Charlie Hill was in heaven yesterday, tasting the fruits of his labour.

He was in Waipara delivering about three tonnes of pinot noir grapes to winemaker Ross Trowsdale.

The man with the magic touch will turn them into wine ready for drinking by Christmas 2014.

The grapes were harvested over the weekend from Mr Hill’s CharRees vineyard at Tinwald, and follow batches of pinot gris and reisling grapes already delivered to Mr Trowsdale at his

Floating Mountain and Dancing Water Vineyard.

Mr Hill said it was an exciting delivery to make. But just as exciting was the chance to taste his 2011 pinot noir wine, and 2012 riesling and pinot gris.

His vineyard has some 8000 vines and is run with a passion by the Hill family. Charlie’s paying job is a milkman, but the job he loves the most is on the vineyard they have owned since 2008.

“We are still very passionate.

We entered into it knowing it was a down time for winemakers and vineyard owners, but we are still very passionate and still enjoying it.

Archaelogical authority granted

By Susan Sandys Demolition of the shattered Methven Public Library is another step closer after archaelogical authority has been granted.

Library committee chairperson Eleanor Marr said an archaelogist had assessed the library and its history as part of the committee’s application to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust for the authority.

“It is such a relief now to have that authority and know we can go ahead and demolish the library,” Mrs Marr said yesterday.

The demolition would not be likely to proceed, however, until July, as the archaelogist would not be available until then.

Once demolition is under way an archaelogist will scale the site for items of interest.

The historic building was closed after the Canterbury earthquakes, and the library has since been operating from pottery rooms at its rear.

Late in 2011 a drunk driver damaged the building further by smashing into it.

The committee plans to rebuild on the same site, after considering other options.

Mrs Marr said it was working with the town’s historical society, which also lost its building in the earth-

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houses during the holidays, their respiratory illnesses increase and they are far more likely to end up in hospital,” Dr Perrin said.

“People need to continue lobbying the Government to ensure respiratory becomes a state priority and policies like the rental warrant of fitness and cheaper power will certainly make a large difference,” he said.

Dr Perrin drew on anecdotal evidence and cited some harrowing examples of families doing it tough through winter – due to high associated costs related to asthma.

“Overcrowding is another significant contributor to triggering asthma, but it’s extremely difficult to study that directly, so we can only have theories,” he said “It’s equally difficult in an individual case to prove that a certain hospital admission was due to the high cost of their power, but on a population basis, we know that to be the case and the study reflects that.

“Some of the less well-off families out there will be living in cold houses and that will inevitably cause some serious asthma difficulties this year,” Dr Perrin said.

Labour’s new policy to cut the average power bill by $300 and centralise power has been widely praised, but Mrs Dyson remains realistic about its overall effect.

“It (the policy) won’t be the sole answer, but it will be a major contributor to addressing the problem.

“I think going forward we really need to consider better insulation in homes,” she said.

“The question should always be are we paying too much for our power and the answer is yes,” she said.

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“When you are tasting the end product, it really gives you a buzz.”

Mr Hill said the past growing season had been an average one, but he was pleased with the fruit he had delivered to the winemaker.

As a boutique wine, his aim is quality over quantity.

Mr Trowsdale specialises in small parcels of grapes and will take the pinot noir grapes delivered yesterday, de-stem them and put them into open fermentation tanks for several weeks.

The grapes will then be gently pressed and put into barrels for up to 10 months. The wine will be bottled and available for

drinking by the following summer. Yesterday Mr Hill had a chance to taste his 2011 pinot noir before it is bottled.

“It is the pick of the pinot noirs to date; it is really smooth.”

He described the 2012 riesling as similar to the previous year’s vintage, with a nice lemon-lime crispness and ripe citrus fruits.

“Everyone is going on about apple tasting Rieslings this year and ours has a nice Granny Smith taste.”

The 2012 pinot gris was warm on the tongue at 14.4 per cent alcohol and the result of only a small volume of grapes picked.

All the Hills’ wines are available to buy at the cellar door.

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Business booming but families struggling I

t is difficult to match some of the current trends in the Ashburton District.

While our front page last week highlighted the fact that the district is booming, it was hard to put yesterday’s lead story about struggling families into the same context.

It seems bizarre that businesses are prospering in the district but an increasing number of people are finding it hard to make ends meet.

Every Kiwi knows that basic pay is far too low in New

OUR VIEW Zealand, but it is an historic development that is not easy to change overnight.

The opposition parties are keen to push the minimum wage up to $15 an hour as soon as they can, while the Nationalled Government has opted for a slow incremental increase of the hourly rate to $13.75.

The Government argues that many businesses are fighting hard to stay afloat and that a

sharp wage rise might prove to be the tipping point for some employers to close the doors or start making staff redundant.

The fact remains that wages have always been modest in New Zealand compared to other developed nations, including Australia, and that the slow pay increases have fallen behind the pace of inflation, putting more pressure on families.

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have enough to care for their families, also find it hard to pay the rent or maintain the mortgage.

As Ashburton budget advisory co-ordinator Carol Brown pointed out, many Kiwis simply do not have the budgeting skills to get the most out of their income.

What people do with their money is their own business, but when children go cold or go hungry, it must become an issue for the wider community to be concerned about.

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The issues and the solutions are complex and are not always about low incomes.

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assist hard-working, low-income families.

We all want to feel justifiably proud how this district has seemed recession-proof and how many of its citizens and businesses are getting huge plaudits and are enjoying considerable wealth.

These thriving individuals have earned and deserve every dollar of their success, but it is hard to truly celebrate Ashburton’s triumphs when we know that a very large group of its citizens is not sharing the benefits.

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Zealanders basic budgeting skills at school may be a good start but it will not help those who are in dire straits right now.

It is easy to dismiss or be judgemental about those who are living from pay cheque to pay cheque. Some do make poor choices but are not necessarily spending their money on gambling or booze.

If 44 per cent of people in New Zealand claim that they struggle to get by, authorities at national and local level need to take a closer look and see how we can

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Lucky escape from fire for mother, son

By Hamish McNeilly A 100-year-old woman managed to flee a burning house, while her Down syndrome son had to be dragged out and resuscitated by volunteer firefighters in Gore early yesterday.

Firefighters were called to the fire just after 5am, moments after Helen Rendall – a resident of the Toronto St home for the past 74 years – was alerted by smoke alarms and escaped the inferno.

Despite suffering smoke inhalation, she was able to provide instructions to firefighters as to the whereabouts of her 58-yearold son Geoffrey, Chief Fire Officer Steve Lee said.

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Screwdriver robbery A man demanding synthetic cannabis, cigarettes and cash has held a screwdriver to the throat of a female shop assistant in a robbery of a Christchurch dairy.

The man, who had a “youngsounding voice”, held up the Edgeware Dairy on Colombo St about 5.30pm on Friday.

He approached the female shop assistant, who was alone in the store, and held “a screwdriver or similar object” close to her throat, Detective Constable James Moyle said.

“The woman handed over a number of items but was then able to escape to the staff area in the rear of the store,” Mr Moyle said.

“She was not injured.”

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ing apparatus then entered the smoke-logged home and were able to locate her son.

Another member of the brigade, Richard Gutschlag, told the Otago Daily Times: “I went about a metre inside the door and had to turn back, it was just too thick”.

He then helped perform CPR on the victim who was not breathing due to smoke inhalation.

“He just came around a bit later on ... by the time we got oxygen on him and pumped his chest for a bit he came to.”

Mr Rendall was later taken by the Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition.

Last night he remained in a serious but stable condition in intensive care.

His mother was taken to Gore Hospital as a precaution, with Victim Support working with the family, Senior Sergeant Richard McPhail, of Gore, said.

The house was well alight when the brigade arrived and three appliances, as well as tankers from Pukerau and Tapanui, used to fight the fire, Mr Lee said.

The house was extensively damaged.

The brigade managed to stop the fire from spreading to a hedge and a neighbouring property, he said.

“It was only a matter of minutes before it flashed over,” he said.

“The members of the brigade performed extremely well.”

Last year on her 100th birthday, the fiercely independent Mrs

Rendall told the ODT she still mowed her lawns and “bring my own coal in too”.

New Zealand Fire Service fire risk management officer Paul Glanville had conducted an investigation at the scene yesterday morning and said hot ashes had set a wheelie bin on fire, which set the back of the house on fire.

“They had done the right thing, they had put the ashes into a metal bucket but there was not enough time to cool,” he said.

Hot ashes should be allowed to cool for five days in a metal container before being disposed of, he said.

The ashes had been tipped into the wheelie bin, on top of some dry leaves, on Saturday morning, he said.

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That’s it, I’ll rest now, Parekura Horomia told MP Shane Jones at the weekend.

Mr Jones, a close friend, was one of the last to visit Mr Horomia, who died at his home in Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay yesterday surrounded by his whanau.

“It was a time for final gestures, clasped hands with karakia and a hongi and then he said to me “Kaati, te whakataa ahau inaianei.

[That’s it, I’ll rest now],” Mr Jones said.

Mr Horomia, a Labour MP and former Maori Affairs Minister, had struggled with his weight and previously revealed he was a chronic asthmatic and had an enlarged heart. It is understood there were recent complications with his heart.

Not only was Mr Horomia well known in his own electorate, which stretches from the East Cape to Wellington, but every other iwi knew him intimately.

The 62-year-old could move among the everyday man as well as Maori royalty. He was descended from Ngati Porou’s Te Kani-aTakirau, who famously refused the offer of becoming the Maori king in the 19th century.

“He was an icon,” Mr Jones said.

“For a huge man he covered more miles than an athlete - that’s why he’s so widely adored throughout the tribes, from Spirits Bay in the north to Bluff in the south. There’s hardly a marae that he didn’t visit.”

While he might be remembered by some in the house during his time as minister, 2002-2008, as having a particular talent for indecipherable answers, Mr Jones said that was part of the theatre of Parliament.

On marae he was a much clearer communicator. “His oratory had no time for filigree.”

Labour leader David Shearer has cut short his United States visit to return to New Zealand to attend Mr Horomia’s tangi.

Mr Shearer said he and his colleagues were devastated at the loss.

“New Zealand has lost a truly great Maori leader.

“His wisdom, passion and humour were a guiding light for Labour, and I will miss him and his advice tremendously.

“We have lost a man of immense mana, a man of conviction and of compassion.

“The Labour whanau is heartbroken today,” Mr Shearer said.

Former Primer Minister and leader of the Labour Party, Helen Clark, said she was deeply saddened by the news that Mr Horomia had died.

“Parekura was a greatly val-

Parekura Horomia ued Minister in my Government - I relied on him enormously for his knowledge of Maoridom and Maoritanga.

Ms Clark said he was one of the kindest people she has known.

“For me Parekura was a very good friend and colleague. He will be greatly missed by me. My heart goes out to Parekura’s whanau and community at this sad time.”

Prime Minister John Key offered his condolences to Mr Horomia’s family: “Parekura has been a stalwart of the East Coast community for decades. He has championed their causes and supported those in need.

“I know my colleague, Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson, praised his advocacy for ensuring that, as the rate of Treaty settlements increased, the Crown’s commitments were actively honoured.

An emotional Tariana Turia, Maori Party co-leader, said she had known Mr Horomia for about 30 years. He was a strong man who had supported her during her split from the Labour Party.

“He’d been unwell for a little while, and he just kept going because that’s the kind of person he was. It was the people who always came first and no matter what, that was the kind of leader he was. He always gave 100 per cent of himself to the people.”

A spokesman for King Tuheitia, Rahui Papa, said the kingitanga movement had lost a dear friend who’d been coming to annual koroneihana celebrations for 39 years. He’d been a confidant of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Mr Papa said.

“He was one of those ones endearing. You could have a hard argument, have a shake of the hand and hongi and everything was all good.”

Mr Horomia’s death will result in a by-election in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate he has held since 1999 when he first came into Parliament.

That is likely to take place in about six weeks.

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Coroner’s comments quashed on appeal

By Matthew Theunissen The Piha couple blamed by a coroner for not contacting police after finding Iraena Asher distressed on the roadside feel “elated” that his comments have been quashed in court.

The High Court yesterday released its decision in favour of Bobbie Carroll, Julia Woodhouse and Ms Woodhouse’s son, Henry Woodhouse, after they challenged a coroner’s conclusion that their actions may have contributed to Ms Asher’s death.

At an inquest last year, Coroner Peter Ryan ruled that Ms Asher was dead, presumed drowned, and that her death was accidental.

He said contributing factors in her death were police failing to send a car after she made a distressed 111 call, and the decision by Ms Woodhouse and Ms Carroll not to call police later.

The criticism angered the couple, who requested a judicial review which has now cleared them of any wrongdoing.

“As far as Julia and I are concerned, we were wronged and justice has now been done,” Ms Carroll said.

“We are elated to say the least.”

She was “furious” by the way the case had been handled, by the police as well as the coroner.

“It was grossly unfair and it was full of speculation,” she said.

“The judicial review was about

what the coroner said about us but it was really important for the Kiwi way; that we’re able to help each other without the fear of someone going through with a fine toothcomb later on and saying someone should have turned left or right.”

Ms Woodhouse added: “If the police had done their job in the first place none of this would have happened. But I think some good will come of it because the coroners in New Zealand will need to get their act together.”

Ms Carroll believed the damage that the coroner’s comments had done to the couple’s reputation would be remedied by the latest decision, and would put an end to the questioning: “Why didn’t you call the police?”

“That question has been a constant source of annoyance to us because the moment Iraena left the safety of our home, Henry picked up the phone and dialled 111. So it’s not ‘why didn’t we call the police?’ – we did –it’s ‘why didn’t we call the police when the police thought we should call the police’.”

In her decision, released yesterday, Auckland High Court judge Justice Helen Winkelmann found that Coroner Ryan had failed in his determination on a number of grounds.

First, his finding that the couple’s decision not to call police was a contributing factor to Ms Asher’s death was based on speculation.

His finding was also in breach

of natural justice because he failed to notify the couple that their conduct was likely to be called into question during the inquest.

He had also failed to provide them with a reasonable opportunity to respond.

The couple had also sought costs, but Justice Winkelmann said if they wished to pursue this they would need to organise a further conference.

Ms Asher vanished at Piha in October 2004.

Hours earlier she had been taken in by the local couple, who found her wandering in her underwear. She spent about four hours with them before leaving the house and was never seen again.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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Suppression breach admitted

By Kurt Bayer A friend of the man who posted a video online of Jesse Ryder’s two alleged attackers in spite of a court’s suppression order yesterday clashed with media outside court.

Jordan Mason, 28, admitted the suppression breach at Christchurch District Court today, saying he did it out of “misguided loyalty” to the cricket star.

He was in the dock after going to court as a member of the public to see two men, aged 20 and 37, appear earlier this month on charges of assaulting Ryder outside a Merivale bar.

A judge granted a suppression order which protected their identities in a bid to secure them a fair trial.

But as they walked out of court, unemployed Mason filmed them on his mobile phone.

Christchurch District Court heard yesterday that a police officer spoke to Mason outside court, advising him of the suppression order and warned against doing anything with his footage.

But Mason ignored the advice and went ahead to upload the footage of the two men onto YouTube. The videos have since been taken down.

His lawyer, Andrew McKenzie, said yesterday Mason did so out of “a sense of misguided loyalty” to Ryder.

The charge carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail, but Mr McKenzie said it wasn’t the most serious breach of its kind.

He said the men’s names and identities were published in the media earlier that day, and his client had chosen not to name them when posting the video.

Mason was now “very aware” of Judge Gary MacAskill’s reasons for making the suppression order, and the “importance of them [orders] to ensure that the process of justice proceeds in a fair manner”.

After Mason was charged, Detective Sergeant Ash Millen said he hoped it would serve as a deterrent to any other people who may have downloaded, accessed or distributed the video in question, or are considering doing so.

Judge Jackie Moran said Mason could not be sentenced yesterday because it was important to have submissions from both the prosecution and his defence, given the “significance of this type of offending”.

He was remanded on bail until he’s sentenced on July 10.

Mason, a high-profile member of the Christchurch boy-racer community, wore his suit jacket over his head as he left court in a bid to conceal his identity.

He was bundled into a car by associates, keeping his face hidden in the back seat.

One friend got angry when media approached the car. He told a One News cameraman to keep away, before grabbing the camera and shouting obscenities in the cameraman’s face.

He then verbally threatened another journalist before getting into the car and driving off.

Mason refused to comment. He previously said he breached the suppression in a bid to “name and shame” the alleged attackers.

Ryder, 28, was allegedly punched and kicked outside Aikmans bar in Merivale, Christchurch, after a season’s-end night out with his Wellington Firebirds’ teammates on March 28.

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Three newborn cheetah cubs are fighting for their lives after being born at a Christchurch zoo. First time cheetah mother Mazza gave birth to a litter of five at Orana Wildlife Park on Saturday afternoon, but two have died. The three surviving cubs, two males and a female, are now in incubators at Christchurch’s After Hours Veterinary Hospital.

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• More daytime tests Police in Northland will increase daytime breath tests to nab the many motorists still drunk from the night before. Whangarei/ Kaipara area commander Inspector Tracy Phillips said alcohol and speed were the highest causal factors for Northland road crashes.

Several motorists have used the previous night’s drinking as mitigation when caught drink-driving the next day and Ms Philips said this was no excuse.

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Ashburton youngster Bailey Kingan, 5, was among more than 70 children who heightened their awareness in and around water yesterday.

Swimming New Zealand swim safe advisor Tracey Hickman visited a holiday programme at St David’s Church, looking to teach the youngsters about the importance of life jackets, how to get out of a rip and what to do when someone has hypothermia, among a host of other water safety aspects.

Ms Hickman said it was important Ashburton children learnt about water safety with its proximity to Lake Hood and the easy access to water on local farms.

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A 15-year-old male has been arrested after driving a car down Westport’s main street with the bonnet up. Police gave chase about 2.50am yesterday after the Toyota Corolla drove south down Palmerston Street with the teenager hanging out of the window. The driver failed to stop, then attempted to flee on foot when the vehicle broke down. He later assaulted a female officer and spat in a jailer’s face.

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COURT

Supervision for sentence breach Hard work and a change of attitude have paid off for Cori Rangi Tahiri Bates.

The 25-year-old Lismore farmworker made a sentencing appearance in the Ashburton District Court, for breaching the terms of his community work sentence.

Bates said he was not eligible for legal aid as he worked full-time, was remanded in custody to enable him to seek legal advice.

When he appeared later in the day, duty solicitor Roz Burnside said Bates worked long hours, at times from 4.30am until 8pm, and an earlier curfew had been amended to consider this.

As he doesn’t have a driver’s

licence, Bates relied on other people to take him to get groceries and attend meetings, and this had resulted in the breach.

“This man is working in a job he loves, his employer is happy with him and there is a good chance he will get to management level. It is the first time in life he has been in a job for this amount of time,” Ms Burnside said.

“If he goes away for this breach he would lose his job.”

She said Bates had refrained from alcohol since the drink driving charge which resulted in his community detention, attending support meetings and paying off fines at $200 a week.

“The real problem for me is the drinking,” Bates told the court.

Probation services suggested commuting the community detention sentence for one of supervision, given the inroads Bates had made.

However, Judge Chris Somerfield said the original sentence should stand but offered a supervision sentence on the breach charge, to which Ms Burnside entered a guilty plea on behalf of Bates.

“You owe Ms Burnside a vote of thanks,” Judge Chris Somerville said, in sentencing him to six months’ supervision with provision to undertake alcohol and drug counselling and therapy.

Teen on sex charges warned An Ashburton teenager, 18, received a stern warning when he appeared in the Ashburton District Court on two charges of grooming a 13-year-old for sex.

The two were acquainted through the complainant’s brother. The court was told the pair met on her request last month, in a supermarket car park. They

parted company and a volley of sexually explicit text messages followed. Later that day, he drove to the complainant’s home as arranged – but he was confronted by her family, and made a quick getaway.

Judge Somerfield said the community took such offending seriously, saying an 18-year-old

is facing sentencing for similar offending with a 14-year-old complainant in Christchurch.

“It’s a three-strike offence.

Fortunately nothing happened here – but only because the family intervened,” he said, before handing down a cumulative sentence of six months’ supervision, and 100 hours community work.

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Alcohol, theft, drink driving a bad mix The following people appeared before Judge Chris Somerfield in the Ashburton District Court yesterday.

Drink driving Natasha Louise Wroblenski had a row with the occupants of an address she was visiting, and she left in a huff – in someone else’s vehicle. But her troubles didn’t end there.

Just 30 or 40 metres down the road she crashed through a fence and was restrained by the occupants of the property, who called police.

She was found to have been driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 1066 micrograms per litre of breath (1066mg/l).

Wroblenski, 26, of Eiffelton, pleaded guilty to unlawfully taking a vehicle and drink driving.

She was sentenced to 12 months’ intensive supervision, and disqualified from driving for six months.

Reparations had already been met.

Jennifer Carol McKenzie, 57, a beneficiary of Ashburton, tried to avoid a police checkpoint by switching off the headlights on her vehicle and ignoring officers’ signals to pull over.

Police followed her and observed her crossing the centre line and almost colliding with another vehicle – all the while ignoring the flashing lights and sirens directing her to stop.

When she did pull over she was found to be drink driving (810mg/l). McKenzie said she

knew she was over the limit and didn’t want to stop.

Yesterday, she pleaded guilty to drink driving and failing to stop – and was sentenced to nine months’ supervision, to include assessments and treatment as directed, and disqualified from driving for nine months.

three months, and ordered to pay court costs.

On April 7, Bradley Michael Hurst, 20, a mechanic of Tinwald, did not pull over when signalled by police on South Street. Instead he accelerated into the riverbed, changed into 4WD and attempted to cross.

He was apprehended following the failed crossing, but refused to co-operate with police – and was charged with failing to provide blood for alcohol analysis, and failing to stop when signalled.

Yesterday he was convicted and fined $1000, disqualified for six months and, as it was Hurst’s second drink drive conviction within five years, ordered to obtain a zero alcohol licence at the completion of the disqualification. He was also ordered to pay court costs.

Shaquille Harmony Fa’atili, 19, of Netherby pleaded guilty and was convicted of drink driving (603mg/l), and disqualified driving. She was fined $600 and ordered to pay court costs on the former charge, $250 on the second, and disqualified from driving for six months.

Patrick Martin Evans, 21, dairy farm worker, of Ashburton Forks, pleaded guilty to drink driving (686mg/l). He was convicted, fined $700, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay court costs.

Rico Henry Richard Marshall, 19, a labourer of Allenton, was also caught drink driving (186m/l) in a police checkpoint on River Terrace on April 6. He was fined $250, disqualified from driving for

Richard Print, 25, of Orton, Temuka was convicted of drink driving (639m/l) on his guilty plea. He was fined $650, disqualified from driving for six months and ordered to pay court costs.

Other matters Monique Moffat, 25, a farm worker of Ashburton, was disqualified from driving for six months in January; but on March 28 she was caught behind the wheel – her car was seized and she was charged with driving while disqualified. Yesterday she was disqualified for a further six months, beginning on August 21, and her car confiscated.

Chloe Rose Romana, 22, a factory hand of Allenton, was convicted of driving while disqualified. Judge Somerville accepted the mitigating circumstances; that Romana had run an errand for her friend – a mother of seven – to buy margarine. She was sentenced to 60 hours’ community work.

Raymond Donald Todd, 37, of Ashburton was convicted of careless use, after falling asleep and

crashing into the Clarence River bridge while driving to Picton last month.

Judge Somerfield said fatigue, alcohol and speed were the three top killers on the road.

He fined Todd $1000 and ordered him to pay court costs. He held back from disqualifying Todd from driving, but noted the seriousness of the charge in the file.

The smell of cannabis gave Daniel Thomas Gundry, 39, of Hampstead, away, when the vehicle he was a passenger in was pulled up at a police checkpoint.

The resulting search revealed $40 worth of cannabis in his pocket, to which Gundry pleaded guilty to possessing when he appeared yesterday.

“I made a bad mistake but don’t see myself as a criminal,” he told Judge Chris Somerville, before asking for a diversion sentence.

However, he was fined $300 and ordered to pay court costs.

Andrew Jay Stephen, 23, of Ashburton, was also convicted on cannabis charges, after a checkpoint stop.

Stephen was fined $200 for possessing cannabis, $300 for possessing a pipe and ordered to pay court costs.

Rohan James Barham was fined $200 and ordered to pay court costs for breaching a community work sentence.

The court was told Barham only had three hours left to complete his sentence, but had failed to take Anzac Day into account.

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Gillard says budget will share burden Prime Minister mitted to its mediJulia Gillard says um-term strategy to the burden of the deliver budget surgovernment’s fispluses on average cal woes will be over the course of shared across the the economy cycle.

Australian com“However - and munity when the this is key - while budget is handed Australia is stable, down. resilient and close Ms Gillard says to centres of growth, while no one group the wider world will be singled out, economy is quite a cuts will be framed different story,” she around Labor valsaid. While this has ues and protecting helped push up the the government’s Australia dollar, the main schools fundstrong currency is Julia Gillard ing and disability exacting a toll by care programs. squeezing the profits The key challenge is huge, pro- of firms. Even though Australia is jected reductions in revenue growth creating more jobs and exporting over the next four years, with the more goods and services, prices are amount of tax revenue collected for growing at a slower rate and affect2012/13 now expected to decline ing gross domestic product (GDP) by $12 billion. growth in nominal terms.

“Therefore, I have expressly deter“We expect nominal GDP growth mined we need to have every rea- for future years to be revised down,” sonable option on the table to meet Ms Gillard said. the needs of the times, even options “For the budget bottom line, it’s previously taken off the table,” she a very meaningful fact - because, told a function in Canberra on naturally enough, companies don’t Monday. pay tax on volume, they pay tax on “The nation and the government value, which is driven by price.” must have maximum flexibility to In the future, new spending must deal with these complex - and rap- be matched with savings and Ms idly changing - events.”

Gillard says the government has Ms Gillard did not discuss spe- some serious decisions to make cific measures, but did confirm the and announce in the coming two government had no intention of weeks. making changes to the GST. “I find these decisions both urgent The budget will be handed down and grave,” she said.

by Treasurer Wayne Swan on May But Labor will not cut the budget 14. Mr Swan attended Ms Gillard’s to the bone and the burden of its speech to the Per Capita forum, decision will be shared across the telling reporters on his way into the community. venue: “We’ll do what’s right for the Asked if this will affect people country”. already financially disadvantaged, The budget could deliver a deficit Ms Gillard says the government of about $10 billion for 2012/13. will take a “Labor approach” to But Ms Gillard says Labor is com- burden-sharing.

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• 4 stabbed at church Police say a 24-year-old man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in New Mexico as a Sunday mass was nearing its end. Police spokesman Robert Gibbs says Lawrence Capener jumped over several pews at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church around noon Sunday and walked up to the choir area where he began his attack. The injuries to the four church-goers weren’t life-threatening. All four were being treated at hospitals. - AP

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Bangladeshi relatives of missing workers in a building that collapsed hold pictures of their family members. Rescuers on Sunday located nine people alive inside the rubble of the multi-storey building, as authorities announced they will now use heavy equipment to drill a central hole from the top to look for survivors and dead bodies.

Owner of collapsed building captured The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured by commandos as he tried to flee into India. At the disaster site, meanwhile, fire broke out in the rubble and forced authorities to suspend the search for survivors temporarily.

Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested Sunday in the western border town of Benapole, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak, junior minister for local government. Rana was brought back by helicopter to the capital of Dhaka where he faced charges of negligence.

Rana’s capture was announced by loudspeaker at the disaster site, drawing cheers and applause from those awaiting the outcome of a continuing search-and-rescue

operation for survivors of Wednesday’s collapse.

Many of those killed worked at clothing factories in the building, known as the Rana Plaza, and the collapse was the deadliest disaster to hit the garment industry in Bangladesh that is worth $20 billion annually, supplies global retailers and is a mainstay of the economy.

The fire that broke out yesterday night sent smoke pouring from the piles of shattered concrete and halted some of the rescue efforts — including a bid to free a woman who was found trapped in the rubble.

The blaze was caused by sparks as rescuers tried to cut through a steel rod to reach the woman, said a volunteer, Syed

Al-Amin Roman. At least three rescuers were injured in the fire, he said. It forced them to retreat while firefighters frantically hosed down the flames.

Officials believe the fire is likely to have killed the trapped woman, said army spokesman Shahinul Islam. Rescue workers had delayed the use of heavy equipment for several hours in the hope that she could be extricated from the rubble first. But with the woman presumed dead, they began using heavy equipment around midnight.

An exhausted and disheveled Rana was brought before reporters briefly at the Dhaka headquarters of the commando team. He had been on the run since the building collapsed Wednesday.

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DJ to tell all at nurse inquest Policemen shot at swearing-in In the very moments Italy’s new coalition government was being sworn in, ending months of political paralysis in a country hoping to revive a bleak economy, a middle-aged unemployed bricklayer opened fire yesterday in the square outside the premier’s office, seriously wounding two policemen, authorities said.

The alleged gunman from Calabria, a southern region plagued by joblessness and organised crime, told investigators he wanted to shoot politicians. But finding none in the square, he instead shot at Carabinieri paramilitary police.

A bullet pierced one of the policemen in the neck, passing through his spinal column, doctors said, adding it wasn’t yet known if the 50-year-old officer would have any paralysis. The other one was shot in the leg and suffered a fracture.

The newly sworn in interior minister, Angelino Alfano, said a preliminary investigation indicated the shooting, which also slightly injured a pregnant bystander, amounted to a “tragic criminal gesture of a 49-year-old unemployed” man.

But the shooting was also a violent expression of social tensions in Italy, where unemployment is soaring, an increasing number of businesses are shutting their doors permanently and new political corruption scandals make headlines nearly every day.

Politicians described the attack as a disturbing call to fix Italy’s economy.

“From what we understand, it’s mainly personal problems, work, personal debts” that fueled the gunman’s attack, said Guglielmo Epifani, a top official in Premier Enrico Letta’s center-left Democratic Party.

One of the radio DJs linked to the suicide of a British nurse after a prank call says she will address any questions about her role in the tragedy at the upcoming inquest.

Mel Greig’s statement, issued through her lawyers, comes after a note left by the nurse, Jacintha Saldanha, reportedly blamed her and fellow 2Day FM host Michael Christian for her death.

The DJ’s law firm Slater & Gordon says Ms Greig has been

granted permission to appear as an individual at an inquest into Ms Saldanha’s death, which is set to resume soon in the UK. The 46-year-old mother of two died in December after taking a prank phone call from Ms Greig and Mr Christian at the hospital where she worked, inquiring about the Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy.

The Sunday Times reports that the note left by Ms Saldanha blames the DJs for her death.

“Please accept my apologies.

I am truly sorry. Thank you for all your support. I hold the Radio Australians Mel Greig and Michael Christian responsible for this act. Please make them pay my mortgage. I am sorry.” Ms Saldanha reportedly wrote.

Slater & Gordon said Ms Greig’s thoughts had been with Ms Saldanha’s family ever since her death and understood their need for answers, which is why she would appear at the inquest.

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Unidentified aides give Italian President Giorgio Napolitano the news about a shooting outside Chigi Palace.

Epifani said in a state TV interview that while the financial crisis has caused some to commit suicide, “this is the first time someone shoots to kill” someone else “in a place filled with innocent people.”

“The symbolism is there,” he said. The political world “must highlight its responsibility during the crisis before the country,” he said.

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An exhausted Miranda Hebble put her sons - aged two years and 10 months - in the shower and closed the bathroom door.

She fell asleep and woke up about 10 hours later to find them in the steam-filled bathroom with water overflowing from the shower.

Both children were dead.

The West Australian coroner is examining the circumstances of the deaths of Lochlan James Stevens, 2, and Malachi Isaac Stevens, 10 months, who died in November 2008.

Ms Hebble was caring for her sons alone in Perth while the boys’ father Christopher Stevens

was working on a fly-in fly-out basis, the court heard yesterday.

The couple have since separated.

In her opening address, counsel assisting the coroner Kate Ellson said Ms Hebble had no history of mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse.

She was a quiet person and had been struggling with sleep because of Malachi’s restlessness.

Ms Ellson said evidence would be heard about an incident in which Malachi was left in a car, while Ms Hebble returned a DVD to a store.

He was hot, crying, sweaty and

red in the face when police pulled him from the car, she said.

The baby’s mother told police she had left him in the car because she was so tired she thought she might drop him if she tried to carry him, Ms Ellson said.

After Lochlan had smeared faeces from his nappy on floors, walls and Malachi’s cot, their mother took the boys into the shower.

She left to fetch something but passed out, the court heard.

When she woke up, she’d found Malachi floating in the shower on his side with bruises on his cheek.

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Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” emerged as best in show with seven trophies. Mirren, 67, was a popular and expected best actress choice for her regal yet vulnerable Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience, Peter Morgan’s behind-palace-doors drama about the relationship between Britain’s queen and its prime ministers. The actress, who won an Academy Award in 2007 for playing Britain’s monarch in The Queen, quipped that it was 87-year-old Elizabeth who deserved an award, “for the most consistent and committed performance of the 20th century, and probably the 21st century.”

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• Gunmen attack bar Authorities say gunmen have attacked a bar near the northern Mexico city of Monterrey, killing at least five people. A police official in Nuevo Leon state says at least seven people arrived by taxi at the Jhonny’s Place bar in the municipality of Guadalupe and opened fire late Saturday night. They then fled in the same taxis. The official says investigators suspect the motive may have been a settling of accounts among criminals or reprisal against a businessman who failed to pay a bribe. - AP

• Gas explosion kills 3 A possible gas explosion ripped off the side of a five-storey residential building in France’s Champagne country on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 14 others, officials said.

More than 100 rescue workers, firefighters, sniffer-dog squads and bomb and gas experts were deployed to the gutted building in a subsidised housing complex in the city of Reims, east of Paris, officials said. Heaps of debris spilled out of the building onto a grassy esplanade below.

“The explosion of a residential building in Reims is a terrible drama,” the office of French President Francois Hollande said in a statement, conveying his condolences to the victims’ relatives.

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• Wheat bag fire A heated wheat bag was the likely cause of a Sydney house fire that ended up killing an 80-year-old woman from smoke inhalation, an inquest has been told. Margaret Rae died in hospital the morning after a fire in the bedroom of her home at Caringbah, in south Sydney, on September 10, 2011. On the opening day of an inquest into her death on yesterday, Detective Sergeant David Glennan said it was “most likely” that Ms Rae, who lived alone, put a heated wheat bag into her bed. It is then believed that, like any other night, the former nurse had a couple of whiskies and began crocheting in the lounge room.

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How do we remember others’ sacrifices?

By Michael Hanrahan

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est we forget. They are words spoken every Anzac Day at services throughout New Zealand and Australia. They are an encouragement to remember, but just who and what is it we are asked to remember, and how do we go about that remembering?

The day itself originally commemorated the disastrous campaign that began on April 25, 1915 with the landing of soldiers on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the Aegean Sea. More recently it has become a time to remember all those who

have lost their lives in all New Zealand military involvements.

Every year we hear that the crowds attending Anzac commemorations are increasing, with many more young people being involved. Many are remembering and honouring people from earlier generations, others are perhaps not thinking of anyone in particular, but are simply honouring the memory of all those who went to war, any war.

There are others too who may receive a share of remembrance.

Perhaps those who helped the war effort on the home front by keeping farms and factories operating, or perhaps the families of those who went overseas,

in many cases never to see their loved ones return.

We have in the Ashburton Museum some of the many flags presented by philanthropist Frederick Ferriman to the families of the Ashburton men who had fought overseas in World War One. On May 13, 1915, more than 1000 people gathered in the Ashburton Arcade for the presentation of the first of those flags.

News of the Anzac landings had only filtered through to Ashburton that day, three weeks after the event, with a relatively small heading in the Guardian.

The significance of the event

was not immediately realised and the ceremony went ahead, with the Defence Minister presenting 100 flags.

One mother who received a flag had six sons overseas, two of whom were later killed.

Another lady’s husband was among those who landed at Gallipoli.

Frederic Ferriman himself had two sons serving overseas, one of whom was later killed in France, but in spite of that loss he kept giving flags to other families throughout the war.

He was remembering and honouring those who had left to fight for a cause he believed in, but he was also paying a tribute

to those families who had given sons, brothers or husbands. It was to be many years before Frederick himself was honoured when an Ashburton street was named after him.

This naming of roads, streets and natural features is one of the ways people are remembered throughout New Zealand, but it seems to be something Ashburton does a little differently.

Other places have their cenotaphs, their honours boards, their war memorials, and Ashburton has exactly the same ways of remembering people.

But those other places also have streets and roads named

after war heroes and significant campaigns and battles.

It is not hard to find, throughout New Zealand, streets with names such as Tobruk, Casino, Somme, Ypres, Crete, Kippenberger, Freyburg, Upham – the list goes on.

In the Ashburton area we certainly have a few military names, but they are of a much earlier era than campaigns New Zealanders fought in.

There are streets named after Wellington of Waterloo, Nelson of Trafalgar, Havelock of the Indian Mutiny and a creek after Governor General Jellicoe of the Battle of Jutland.

Near Rakaia is Ulundi Road,

named after a battle in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu war, and near Wakanui is Schipka Pass, which takes its name from the Battle of Schipka Pass in the 1877 RussoTurkish War. But then it stops – almost.

There is Anzac Lane in Methven, a relatively recent addition but, unlike other parts of the country, there is little to signify the involvement of people from this area in later conflicts.

It’s hard to explain why this might be, perhaps our roads were already named, or perhaps this district thinks differently than others do about the way it remembers those who have sacrificed a lot.

The tractor that made Mid Canterbury GUEST SPOT

By Gilmour Blee

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einrich Lanz, after whom the Lanz company was named, was born on March 9, 1838, and died on September 1, 1905. From small beginnings in 1860 with two employees, engineering and the production of farm machinery was his life’s work.

The Lanz company was formed in Mannheim, Germany, in 1912.

Franz Huber designed the Lanz tractor in 1921, but it was June 1929 before the first Lanz tractor appeared in New Zealand.

The model 15/30 in the photograph was imported by A. C. Harrison & Co. Christchurch and went to Kingsbury Bros, Dorie. With the Serial Number 5N 71,000 it was a 1927 model, but due to the restrictions existing at the time, it had to go through Great Britain first before coming to New Zealand.

It arrived at Kingsburys in a crate on a truck and to unload it a heavy rope was strung over a large bough of a bluegum tree and a traction engine at one end lifted the crate and then let it down to the ground. After its arrival it was worked 24 hours a day for several years. It is believed to have done in excess of 20,000 hours work.

This first Lanz in New Zealand was the first semi-diesel, low compression, crude-oil fuelled two-stroke tractor to come to New Zealand. With a horizontal cylinder, it had a hot bulb at the front which required heating with a blowlamp. When the bulb was hot enough, and, using the steering wheel to rock the piston back and forward, it caused the vaporised fuel to fire and start the motor which then created enough heat when working to keep running. The motor could run forward or backwards in starting and required some knowledge, having shut the fuel supply off and with the motor all but stopped, just when to open the throttle and cause the motor to fire and change rotation and continue to run in the right rotation. The crude oil came from Balikpapan in Borneo and was used as it came out of the well.

With a ‘dry’ sump, lubricating oil contained in a tank next to the fuel tank was pumped to the cylinder and to the various bearings on a non-return system.

This tractor has an 8.85-inch diameter cylinder with a 10.2in stroke producing 15 drawbar HP and 30 brake HP running at 500 rpm. Three forward gears gave it ground speeds of 2, 3 and 4 mp/h and a reverse gear of 2.1mp/h. For belt pulley work it was necessary to remove a cover on the right-hand side.

When the original piston cracked many years ago the

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Email museum@ashburton.co.nz, mail to PO Box 573 or phone 308-3167.

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ABOVE: A collection of Lanz advertising material.

LEFT: Lynn Kingsbury driving the first Lanz Bulldog tractor to be imported to New Zealand in 1929. new replacement wasn’t up to scratch, so the original was welded up by Walter Kingsbury and replaced in the tractor and is still there.

This Model 15/30 Lanz is now owned by Robin Kingsbury, the third generation of Kingsbury ownership.

A. C. Harrison & Co, Christchurch, were the importers of Lanz tractors, W. S. Kingsbury & Co were the local agents pre World War Two, and National Mortgage Agency, post war.

Carl Wilkie was a serviceman at Rakaia, Ian Lowe and Albert Morris at Hinds, along with W.S. Kingsbury & Co in Ashburton.

This tractor was the forerunner of many Lanz & Lanz Bulldog tractors, in a number of models, to come to Canterbury in particular, until the outbreak of

World War Two in 1939 when their importation to New Zealand stopped.

Although on steel wheels with spade lugs in 1929, they became a great success with farmers.

Costing about £500-0-0 new, running costs were about 25 per cent of other comparable makes.

Because they were cheap to run many, many, Lanz Bulldog tractors were in use by farmers in the break-up of much virgin land on the Canterbury plains and further south. Being able to pull a three- or four-furrow plough, any area of land could be turned over in a fraction of the time that it would take a six-horse team. Agriculture was revolutionised but this was only the start.

Models with greater horsepower, a greater gear range

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and on pneumatic tyres and with Bulldog incorporated in the name were produced later in the 1930s. These were the L, N and P models and also a T crawler were produced. The sale of a six-horse team at £50-0-0 each would go a long way towards meeting the cost of a Model L Lanz tractor on steel wheels in the early 1930s. A model N on rubber tyres, 3 speed £550-0-0 and a Model N 35 HP on rubber tyres in 1939 £600-0-0 and by now would have a high/ low gear range.

In the 1930s a farmer who purchased a new Lanz was given a free ton of oil, 6x44 gallon drums.

Pre-war, crude oil cost 4½ pence per gallon and the agents claimed that the average cost of agricultural work was under 6 pence per acre.

The older generation of farmers on the plains light land between the Hinds and the Rangitata rivers had a saying that three L’s made their land – Lime, Lupins and Lanz.

World War Two almost wiped out the Lanz factory in Mannheim, but Lanz tractors were back on the market by 1950.

They now had electric starting and other refinements.

Competition from other makes made trading difficult and the Lanz company was taken over by John Deere in 1956.

Under the John Deere Lanz badge the Models R and T were available until 1965, with one of the last being sold to R.W. Kingsbury at a cost of £15000-0, three times the cost of a Fordson and with a change

in livery colour to green. Post war, Australia was unable to import sufficient tractors to meet farmers’ demands and the Australian Federal Government gave encouragement to the Melbourne Company of Kelly & Lewis who had had an association with the German Lanz Company prewar, to produce an Australian equivalent.

This company produced the KL Bulldog from March 1949 until 1954.

Only 900 were produced.

They were identical to the model N Lanz, which was produced between 1936 and 1952.

With changes by Lanz at that time the KL was considered to be ‘old fashioned’. They are considered to be the most collectable of all Bulldogs.

In spite of their age, Lanz and Lanz Bulldog tractors have had a good survival rate judging from the numbers that appear on display at Vintage Machinery Rallies.

Enthusiasts are prepared to pay big money for them should any come on the market.

In 2000 there were four hundred recorded survivors in New Zealand with 92 in Mid Canterbury.

By the time production ceased in 1960 219,253 tractors bearing the Lanz name had been produced and sold worldwide and it also brought to an end the production of single cylinder farm tractors.

My thanks are due to Gilbert Donaldson, Lynn Kingsbury and Michael Hanrahan for information for this article.

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A helping hand from Rural Women Four young Mid Canterbury women studying to be doctors and other professionals were given a financial hand-up by Rural Women recently.

Two received $750 scholarships to put towards their big student loans, while the other two received $250 book scholarships.

Mid Canterbury Rural Women has been helping young women with their tertiary studies for 14 years and provincial president Bev Bagrie said the four to receive their cheques recently were high achievers and the district was proud of them.

The $750 scholarship winners were: Abby Andrews, 21, who is in her second year of a bachelor of medicine in surgery at Auckland. It is a postgraduate course, after completing a Degree in Bio-Medicine (majoring in genetics) at Otago University.

She has plans to become a rural doctor when she finishes her degree in four years’ time.

Abby’s younger sister Elyse, 19,

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also received a $750 scholarship.

She is into her second year of a speech and language therapy degree at Canterbury University.

She said her interest in the field started as a child, when she went to a speech therapist. She will use the scholarship money to pay for text books and equipment like a voice recorder, which she will need for practical work this year.

The book scholarship winners were: Kelsey Ashworth, who is at Lincoln University studying towards a bachelor of environmental management and planning.

The 20-year-old said it was a great degree to have as Christchurch set about its rebuild.

Well-known for her netball talent, she is playing for Halswell this season.

Laura Conway is at Otago University, studying towards a bachelor of applied science, majoring in human nutrition.

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29.55 48.24 65.20 63.56 55.63 75.39 81.13 80.65 88.78 89.19 97.02 29.55

34.65 54.02 71.40 70.46 57.91 82.60 88.95 89.39 97.41 98.85 97.78 29.55

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351 372 375 232 255 295

351 359 376 232 240 293

381 384 373 275 296 307

354 377 391 255 266 317

351 353 364 232 236 287

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LAMB Although it’s too early to guarantee it, a bounceback in farmgate lamb returns in New Zealand next season is looking increasingly likely.

The lamb supply chain was clogged up at the beginning of this season, with both exporters and overseas importers carrying much more inventory than they would like. However, as the 2011/12 season has progressed, the global market has digested New Zealand’s additional production as well as absorbing the build up of inventory, albeit at lower price levels.

Given that next season’s lamb production will be lower, and that the pipeline is flowing much more freely, exporters should be in a much better position to demand higher prices for their product.

This week though, farmgate lamb prices have remained steady in the South Island, but with lifts in the North Island schedules.

BEEF The North Island cow slaughter has now fallen well back from the extremely high levels prior to Easter, but throughput is still trending above year-ago levels, indicating the pressure that some farmers remain under.

On the other hand, bulls and prime cattle have been proving difficult to source. While in some cases farmers are holding out for improved prices, for others it’s simply a result of cattle being in poor condition and struggling to reach target weights.

Cow processing rates are also significantly up in the South Island, with 42 per cent more processed there this season compared to last year, while bull and prime cattle throughput is roughly in line with the norm.

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Synlait Milk will next month dispatch the first consignment of a2 Platinum infant formula destined for mothers and infants in China. A2 milk contains only the a2 version of the beta casein protein which is more comparable to protein that mothers naturally produce than other versions of the beta casein protein found in standard milk.

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Dairy commodity prices in Oceania moved higher this week, but in other markets prices have generally stalled at high levels.

Supplies out of New Zealand are very tight.

Agrifax estimates that April milk production will be 40 per cent down on last season. Butter and milk powder prices firmed again this week, but little volume is being traded at current prices.

The volumes of product to be offered by Fonterra at the next GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction are as forecast.

A total of 8250 tonnes of whole milk powder will be available which is up from the 5,000 tonnes offered at the previous auction, but well down on the 20,000 tonnes offered at the same auction last season.

In Europe prices have stabilised this week as the market takes a breather, and buyers hope for price to ease as milk supplies increase seasonally.

In the US market prices for butter and cheese have both softened a little this week.

373 400 400

Based on announced schedules with levies & charges deducted and published premiums included. For a valid comparison between the Islands, add $1.20 in Lamb and 7c/kg in Beef to the North Is values, because North Is Cos pay freight.

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6.38 6.48 6.08

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1500 1075 865 745 460 400 385 395 520

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NI demand for straw slows down Demand for feed in the droughtaffected North Island is dropping off with Federated Farmers winding down shipments of straw from the South Island.

Shipment organiser David Clark, of Mid Canterbury Federated Farmers, says some 220,000 small bale equivalents had been freighted north.

But with winter looming, he can’t understand why demand has dropped off.

“Unless we get uplift in demand and soon, this operation will finish within weeks. We still have shipments to complete, but this will be done by mid-May and all of that straw is already committed to farmers.”

Federated Farmers says some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery following recent rain.

Mr Clark, the organisation’s grain and seed vice-chairman, said shipping the feed had been “massive” and he was proud farmer members had been able to help their North Island colleagues.

“So if the need is there, we sure can carry on our operation for a bit longer, however, we need to hear from farmers within the next few days. If there are no more requests for feed then we will be pulling the pin on operation.

“And once we do that, that really is it until the new season.”

He said Federated Farmers was grateful to the transport and feed

companies also involved in the shipments.

He was concerned North Island farmers were being too optimistic about recent growth.

“Anything germinating now is for spring and there is still winter to come.

“We are genuinely worried that farmers in drought hit areas are over estimating pasture recovery and underestimating winter.”

The point was echoed by Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers dairy chairperson, who said farmers need to focus on winter and not the first shoots of green appearing in pasture.

“Farmers need to ask themselves this question. Have I seriously got enough feed to ensure optimum stock condition in spring,” Mr Leferink said.“If the answer is no, then you have a reasonable chance of facing disaster unless you can predict with 100 per cent accuracy it will be a benign winter. “The issues right now for all livestock farmers will be the condition of their pregnant stock. Pregnancy is a huge physiological drain and is why farmers need to have ample reserves of winter feed.”Mr Leferink said farmers needed to speak with farm advisors to ensure they have the right quantity and quality of feed on hand.

“This is about making next season a success and to avoid animal welfare issues.”

Wayne McNee, currently the director-general of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), has been appointed chief executive of dairy farmer co-operative Livestock Improvement (LIC).

LIC Chairman Murray King said Mr McNee had a comprehensive knowledge of agriculture, and his passion and expertise evident in the leadership of the Government department.

“This appointment is a huge accolade to the role LIC plays within the New Zealand agricultural sector and the economy generally. Wayne is moving from the

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Ashburton committee tables water issues The Ashburton Zone Committee will meet for its regular monthly meeting today to discuss local water management issues.

On the agenda is an update from the Ashburton District Council on stockwater takes in the zone.

The update will focus on a recent survey to determine how levels of service, and the efficiency of the stockwater network can be improved.

The committee will then consider funding a fencing and planting project to protect biodiversity values of a local waterway.

If the zone committee supports this project it would bring the total Immediate Steps spend in

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the Ashburton zone to $179,674.

Immediate Steps is a $10 million programme as part of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy to protect and enhance native biodiversity values. The committee is responsible for local implementation of the programme.

The committee will also receive an update from Environment Canterbury’s Resource Management Group.

The update will focus on the

Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley has disclosed her role at the failed Mainzeal Group to China Construction Bank, the world’s second-biggest lender by market value, where she is a director.

The Chinese lender said Shipley had notified it that she had served as chairman and independent director of the group which was put in receivership on Feb. 6 and liquidation on Feb. 28.

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the merger of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority and the Ministry of Fisheries to form the Ministry for Primary Industries.

He then went on to lead the development and implementation of MPI’s strategy with its vision of growing and protecting New Zealand. The primary focus of that strategy was to double the exports of New Zealand’s primary industries by 2025.

Current LIC CEO Mark Dewdney is due to retire from the co-operative at the end of May.

group’s recent work including; workshops with on-farm consultants, establishing water user groups, dairy effluent consent monitoring, and projects to enhance local biodiversity.

The project schedule implementing land use and water quality programmes in the zone will also be discussed.

The focus will be on the development of a sub-regional chapter for nutrient loss limits in the Hinds catchment, and work-

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ing with land holders in the Ashburton Lakes Zone.

The sub-regional planning process is a key focus for the committee this year. The committee began working with the community last year to look at environmental, social, cultural and economic outcomes for the Hinds Plains area.

The committee held two preliminary public meetings in November to get local feedback to help it develop water quality

and quantity limits for this area.

These will feed in to the Hinds Plains section of the Ashburton chapter in the proposed Land and Water Plan (LWRP), which is expected to be completed later this year.

The proposed LWRP provides the regulatory framework to facilitate delivery of the community’s aspirations for water management – as set out in the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS).

Six public workshops are scheduled for this year to get the views and opinions on different land use scenarios for the Hinds Plains Catchment and give the committee guidance on setting water quality limits.

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ministry to what’s often called the engine room of the dairy industry.

“We’re one of the country’s best kept secrets; three out of every four dairy cows grazing on New Zealand dairy farms are sired by our bulls and each year our genetics, information and R&D enable Kiwi dairy farmers to be amongst the most efficient and prosperous in the world.”

LIC has an annual revenue of around $170 million with plans to grow.

Mr McNee has been director-general for the MPI since November 2010. In 2011 he led

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of Mainzeal has not been finalised as at the date of this announcement, but likely to be $70 million or above,” China Construction said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange. As Mainzeal is still being liquidated she is “not in a position to indicate the possible outcome of liquidation proceedings.”

Shipley was appointed chairman and director of Mainzeal Property and Construction on April 1, 2004, and resigned on Dec. 31 last year, the same day she was appointed chair and director of Mainzeal

Group, before she resigned from that related entity on Feb. 5.

Former head of Brierley Investments Paul Collins and a Tauranga businessman, Clive Tilby, resigned from the board of Mainzeal at the same time, leaving Richard Yan, the ultimate shareholder in Mainzeal, as sole director.

Shipley will stand down as a director of China Construction at its annual shareholders’ meeting as one of three independent nonexecutive directors who are retiring by rotation from the board, the

newzealandinc.com website reported on April 17. Her place would be taken by former Treasury secretary Murray Horn.

Shipley was grilled about her suitability as chair for state-owned electricity company Genesis Energy when she appeared before the commerce select committee in early March and would not answer calls from Labour’s Clayton Cosgrove for assurances there was nothing relating to her Mainzeal role which could damage Genesis’s reputation.

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by Labour-Greens plan Investors in New Zealand power company bonds say they’re unfazed by a proposal from the Labour and Greens parties to restructure the electricity market, which may lift the risk premium they demand to hold the debt.

Infratil yesterday re-launched its sale of up to $100 million of June 2022 infrastructure bonds after tweaking its offer document to note the increased regulatory risk posed by the Labour and Green parties’ plan. The offer had been suspended last Wednesday pending the changes.

“It really depends what happens if we get a change of government,” said Grant Hassell, fixed interest manager at AMP Capital (New Zealand).

“Our initial thinking is we’re not too concerned. If there’s a change of government there will be an extended period of time to get

changes through. It gives you time to adjust your position.” “At the margin” investors may demand more risk premium to hold the debt of affected companies, he said.

BusinessDesk understands Contact Energy is currently in the market to sell some $300 million of debt offshore and has had questions about the opposition proposals.

“We are in the process of executing our refinancing strategy,” said spokesman Nicholas Robinson. “If Contact issues a prospectus as part of our refinancing activities, we would incorporate a description of all key risks, including regulatory, which would include the NZ Power proposal if it was current at the time.”

Contact, which has $705 million of debt coming due by May 2014, is rated BBB with a stable outlook by FitchRatings.

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Maori knockback on drilling The government is courting controversy with Northland iwi over deep-sea drilling in new acreage being offered for oil and gas explorers in the 2013 block offer announced at the AdvantageNZ petroleum conference in Auckland.

Energy Minister Simon Bridges announced a total of 1500 square kilometres of onshore exploration territory and 190,000 sq kms of offshore territory, much of it very lightly explored and including the Northland/Reinga Basin for the first time.

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The potential use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, to release oil and gas deposits in shale sands found onshore East Coast is controversial in an area with no previous experience of the oil and gas industry. While Taranaki is dubbed the “oil and gas province”, resistance to the industry has begun emerging.

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Dairy giant Fonterra last month launched a “world-first” triple layer Anchor bottle, which it says protects milk from light and keeps it fresher and tasting better for longer.

However, the change has prompted a backlash from recycling companies who say the bottles need more energy and resources to manufacture than the single-layer see-through bottle, making them a lower quality and less sought-after recycling product.

The new bottles are made from HDPE, the same plastic as the old bottles.

But recycling companies said the more complex packaging was having a number of detrimental effects on the industry.

“In terms of the value of the resource as a recyclable resource they’re less valuable. But they’re more expensive and more resource dependent to make, because they’re using three different types of HDPE plastic to make those layers, so [the bottles are] heavy on resources and quite inherently wasteful,” said a spokeswoman for Auckland recycling company Reclaim.

The company collects material including plastic milk bottles and on-sells them to be recycled.

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The triple-layer bottle could also have a “big impact” on recycling companies, who received a significantly lower profit for the product, said Miss Ward, who believed Fonterra should have taken the effect on the industry more into consideration.

Wastebusters received 40 per

cent of they price they got for the old bottles, she said. The triple-layer bottles have also frustrated customers who have nominated the product 17 times for the Unpackit Worst Packaging Award 2013.

Fonterra group mar keting manager Craig Irwin said there were ‘myths’ about the new packaging, including concerns that the threelayer design contained three times as much plastic.

In fact the new bottle had only about one gram more plastic per one-litre bottle, and took no more resources to produce because of improved manufacturing techniques, he said. “Its overall footprint is neutral for us compared to the previous bottle.”

Mr Irwin said recyclers would get less money because the plastic had to be separated into the colour waste stream, but it was just as easily made into new products.

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DAILY DIARY TODAY TUESDAY APRIL 30 9.30am. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Walking group meets outside church. 48 Allens Road.

9.30am - 12noon. ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Children’s holiday programme. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

12noon - 3pm. ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ASSOCIATION (INC). Signing centre. Community House, rear of Westpac Bank, 122 Tancred Street.

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TOMORROW WEDNESDAY MAY 1 9.00am-4.00pm. ASHBURTON BUDGET ADVISORY SERVICE INC. For free budget advice and workshop enquiries. Phone 307-0496. 60 Cass Street Consultancy House.

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SPORT

Baabaas christen new home

By Jonathan Leask

The Ashburton Barbarians battered the Marist Saints 44-20 to claim their first win of the season the first time they played on their new home ground in division one Canterbury rugby league on Saturday.

The first round of the competition was called off due to ground unavailability before the Barbarians suffered back-to-back

losses, going down to the Woolston Rams 32-13 and Linwood Keas 36-22.

But on Saturday at their new home at Collegiate South, John Nicholas and Rafael Talosaga both bagged hat-tricks, with Mateora Ngarua also scoring two tries in their 22-point victory over the Marist boys.

It was the ideal way to break in their new home ground as the club looks to move forward. “We moved because we felt it

was time for the club to stand on their own two feet,� Barbarians spokesman Graham MacDonald said. “We have our own set up now and the committee has a few more numbers organising things behind the scenes rather than two or three people, so it’s all positive stuff moving forward.�

Saturday’s maiden win for the season followed a special commemorative match as Ashburton women formed a team in memory

of Sina Solomona, who was found dead in her home in December.

However, for the local ladies, whom many were playing the game for the first time the “Christchurch club team� they expected to face was in fact the only women’s team out of Christchurch, and the Canterbury women’s side ran away with a comfortable 40-0 win.

For the home-side Macdonald said the “pocket rocket� Amber Kururangi was the standout.

Drysdale takes up Ironman challenge Five-time world rowing champion and Olympic gold medallist Mahe Drysdale will take on arguably his toughest test when he competes in Ironman Australia at Port Macquarie this weekend.

The 34-year-old has been busy during a sabbatical away from rowing over the summer, pursuing his quest of two iconic sporting endeavours.

In February he finished 39th overall in the Coast to Coast multisport event, and he will tick another box at Port Macquarie in northern New South Wales this Sunday, taking on the 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and 42.2km marathon run at Ironman Australia. “They are both things I have wanted to do for a while but obviously not been able to do to fit around rowing,�

Drysdale said. “This is my year off but I had to stay fit, take up some challenges which are tough and will encourage me to keep training.�

Drysdale expected the race may prove even tougher than his Coast to Coast challenge, especially the opening leg. “The biggest difference is that the disciplines on the Ironman are longer and of course there’s the swimming element, too. “I can stay afloat. It is not a strong discipline. “I can swim for an hour pretty comfortably. “For me it is getting through that one.�

Drysdale hopes his summer exploits will have a positive effect on his return

to rowing, with a long term goal of the 2016 Rio Olympics. “The Coast to Coast pushed to places I don’t go in training at rowing - going for 14 hours straight makes you think this is a long day out. “That endurance training is going to help me when I go back to rowing. “I won’t be too much off the pace and won’t have to do too much to get back to where I need to be to compete on the world stage again.�

He has enjoyed taking on a number of events in his training where he is just one of the weekend warriors, rather than out in front of the pack. “I’ve done a number of ocean swimming events and gone out and trained as much as I can. “I did the Queen St Mile run, too. “It is something that has surprised me, that I have really enjoyed just being involved in events that I am not competitive at, and not winning.�

Drysdale will be hoping for some family support this weekend, with his father and two sisters living in Australia, while he has also schooled up on some of the traditions of the Port Macquarie race. “I’ve heard it’s a pretty good atmosphere and celebration. “The crowds are apparently really supportive and I’ve been warned about the places the fans deem as no-walk zones.

I’ll have to keep running there.� - APNZ Right: Olympic champ Mahe Drysdale, doing things he’s wanted to do for a while

Benji out of Doggies clash

By Joe Barton Benji Marshall will not be rushed back from a toe injury to save the fading NRL hopes of the Wests Tigers, who also lost their centre pairing for six weeks.

Scans yesterday confirmed Blake Ayshford (syndesmosis, ankle) and Chris Lawrence (hamstring) will both miss six weeks due to injuries sustained in Saturday night’s costly loss to Brisbane.

As expected, fullback-cum-halfback Tim Moltzen’s ACL tear was confirmed and he will undergo season-ending surgery on his left knee today.

The injured trio leaves an enormous gap in the Tigers’ backline - and it’s one which will not be filled by star playmaker Marshall.

The New Zealand international has missed the past two games with a toe injury but will not be risked by coach Mick Potter in Friday night’s clash with Canterbury.

That news should please prop Aaron Woods, who doesn’t want Marshall to return if he is below his best, fearing it could lead to a season-ending injury for the Tigers’ most lethal attacking weapon. “We want him to be 100 per cent right,� Woods said yesterday. “Because if he comes back 80 per cent, he’ll come back and hurt himself and we’ll lose him for the rest of the year, which we don’t want.

Benji Marshall: Toe injury keeping him off the rugby league field “We’re giving Benji as much time as he wants. “I don’t know if he’ll play this week, or the next couple of weeks - it’s just up to the physio.�

The Tigers’ injury toll is reaching

crisis point, with Marshall joined by five-eighth Braith Anasta (groin), props Keith Galloway (pec), Matt Bell (finger) and James Gavet (knee) and outside backs Moltzen, Lawrence, Ayshford, David Nofoaluma (knee) and Lote Tuqiri (arm).

Potter’s selection headache received minor relief with livewire winger Marika Koroibete recovering from a foot injury, allowing Joel Reddy to switch from the wing to cover one of the centre spots.

However that still leaves the No.7 jersey and other centre role unfilled.

But Woods believes the likes of halfback Luke Brooks and centre Tim Simona would handle the step up in class with ease if called on. “It’s a massive hole, a massive dent,� he said. “But we’ve got our young blokes going well in the 20s and premier league, so they’ll step up come this week against the Dogs. “... No doubt they’d handle it. “I reckon it’s a lot easier coming up to first grade and playing with the guys we’ve got there. “It’s not too hard. They’ve just got to go into the game prepared 100 per cent. “All the boys have got all the faith in the world in them. “We’ll be ready when they come in.�

Bell is expected to miss two months after injuring a tendon in his right hand last week.

- AAP

Park confirms top ranking World number one Park In-Bee drained a birdie putt at the final hole yesterday to win the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout, holding off Spain’s Carlota Ciganda by one stroke.

Park claimed the sixth LPGA title of her career and her third this year, a run of success that saw her rise to number one in the world this month - one week after her major victory at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

The South Korean played steady golf, posting four birdies without a bogey, her four-under 67 at Las Colinas giving her a 13-under total of 271.

Ciganda, who kept the pressure on Park with her own birdie at 18, finished with a one-under 70 for 272.

Ciganda, the 2012 Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour, started the day with a two-stroke lead.

After a bogey at the second she settled down, posting birdies at the third, sixth, eighth and 10th to move to 14-under for the tournament - two strokes in front of Park as they duelled in the final group.

But the young Spaniard’s round came unstuck with a bogey at the 14th, followed by a double-bogey at 15 that let Park assume a one-shot lead.

At the par-five 18th, Park was in the fairway and Ciganda just off the fairway with a testing shot through the trees to the green.

Park opted to go for the green and finished up just short, while Ciganda

fired through the green. Ciganda’s pitch left her a tough birdie putt, but she rattled it in to pull level, leaving Park, who chipped to about four feet, with a birdie putt to win.

The South Korean calmly rolled hers in, giving a little fist pump as the ball dropped. “I had a lot of birdie chances out there, but I missed a lot of them, especially on the front nine,� Park said. “I was trying to be very patient and finally the last one dropped.�

Norway’s Suzann Pettersen carded a final-round 66 to claim third place on 274. South Koreans Park Hee-Young and Ryu So-Yeon shared fourth on 275, Park after a blazing seven-under 64.

- AFP

• NRL assessing tweet The NRL says it has no reason to doubt North Queensland’s explanation that a controversial tweet which appeared on Robert Lui’s Twitter account was inadvertently posted by a cousin who had opened the account for him. The Cowboys submitted a report to the NRL yesterday after it requested an explanation for the halfback’s controversial tweet as North Queensland star Johnathan Thurston lined up a second-half penalty goal attempt in their win over Canberra in Townsville on Saturday. Lui missed the game due to injury and watched from the bench. “Don’t go for 2. I need 13+,â€? the tweet read, in apparent reference to a margin bet. NRL players are banned from betting on matches and face sanctions if they do.

- AAP

• Test for Invercargill Invercargill will still host the first of five Silver Ferns’ netball Tests against Australia in mid-September, despite the completion date for Stadium Southland’s redevelopment being pushed back until the end of October. The delay prompted Netball New Zealand to assess whether a change was needed, but chief executive Raelene Castle says she’s confident the game can go ahead. It’s almost three years since the roof of the 10-year-old venue collapsed under the weight of snow during a wild Southland winter.

Completion has been pushed back by three months due to the need for earthquake strengthening of the core block.

- AAP

• Pitman out 5 weeks Australian Diamonds wing attack Chelsea Pitman has been ruled out of action for five weeks in a blow to the Queensland Firebirds’ trans-Tasman netball finals hopes. Pitman injured her ankle in the thrilling last quarter of the Firebirds’ one-goal loss to the Adelaide Thunderbirds on Sunday. A disappointed Pitman hopes to return to the ANZ Championship against the Melbourne Vixens on June 2. “While I am gutted by the injury, I have been in this situation before and I know what I need to do to be fit and ready to take on the Vixens,â€? she said.

- AAP

ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, April 30, 2013

RACING Today’s Otaki Maori fields, form, riders Otaki Maori RC Venue: Otaki Meeting Date: 30 Apr 2013 NZ Meeting number: 4 Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 5, 6 and 7 1 12.35pm (NZT) THE TUI BREWERY, LEADING THE WAY SINCE 1889 $7000, JMP HWT, 2100m 1 7x593 Regal Secret (7) 70....................... L Whelan 2 135x2 Sea King m (2) 69.5...........K Veenendaal (3) 3 349x4 Ishidanzin dm (4) 65............... G Walsh (1.5) 4 x657x Mali Juraj m (8) 65.......................... C Singer 5 7339x O’Connor dm (5) 65.................. H Curran (3) 6 614Fx Izzyosler dm (9) 65......................B Lammas 7 2x780 Mr Mor tdm (6) 65............................ I Lupton 8 3F7x0 Sea Eagle (1) 65.........................C Studd (3) 9 346x9 Ayatollah m (3) 65...........................C Perrett 2 1.10pm THE DOMINION POST MAIDEN $7000, 2100m 1 P4302 Coljoy h (3) 58.5........................... L Allpress 2 000 Dudehaka (5) 58.5..........................D Walker 3 00 Shoogold (4) 58.5........................B Lammas 4 0x The Painter (7) 58.5.............................T Bau 5 x77Px Waianakarua (6) 58.5.......... M Dravitzki (a2) 6 24x25 Aria Prince (9) 58............................ J Parkes 7 45772 Saki House (8) 56.5.........................R Myers 8 98683 Beguiling (2) 56.5 9 09406 Queen Of The Blues h (10) 56.5.L Whelan (a1) 10 44L6 Legless (1) 56.................................. K Myers 11 75700 Corsicana 56................................. Scratched 3 1.45pm THE SOUND 3YO MDN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1600m 1 023 Count Basie (5) 57.5.........................K Smith 2 554 Clapathunda (10) 57.5............. D Turner (a3) 3 378x0 Heard It All (11) 57.5..............L Whelan (a1) 4 00079 My Magician (7) 57.5.................... L Allpress 5 88x0 Obrahma (8) 57.5........................... J Riddell 6 Sampson h (2) 57.5........................ J Parkes 7 Standby (4) 57.5..........................B Lammas 8 424 Orinto (3) 55.5..................................R Myers 9 8x645 Attivaree (9) 55.5............................. K Myers 10 079x7 Anisette (1) 55.5.................. M Dravitzki (a2) 11 0990x Carinya (6) 55.5.......................... M Dee (a3) 12 0878 The Green Gherkin 55.5............... Scratched

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1 43558 Cold Hearted (17) 58.5..... J Shackleton (a3) 2 Buddy Broke (5) 58.5........................K Smith 3 00x He Kin Be Famous (4) 58.5.............R Myers 4 8x23 Written Command b (11) 58...........D Walker 5 737x5 Man Versus Wild b (6) 58............. L Allpress

Darryl Bradley has the ride on Spike Miligan in the Cavallo Agistment Maiden, fifth on the card at the Otaki Maori Racing Club’s meeting at Otaki today.

6 6x8 Brad Thorn (1) 58........................... J Riddell 7 0x Norbert (18) 58.................................S Doyle 8 67233 Luck At Last (2) 56.5...................... J Parkes 9 3460x La Bella Sands (10) 56.5..... M Dravitzki (a2) 10 538x4 Go Beauty (3) 56.5.......................... K Myers 11 09905 Madam Zenno (7) 56.5.................. H Tinsley 12 00 Maracay h (13) 56.5....................... T Russell 13 80 Honour Roll (9) 56....................B Grylls (a3) 14 60x Lady Go Lightly (16) 56.............. V Johnston 15 8x9 Party Girl (8) 56.............................D Bradley 16 Single Mission (14) 56............L Whelan (a1) 17 99897 Diamond Sutra h (12) 56.5 18 9876x Stormy River (15) 56.5 Emergencies: Diamond Sutra, Stormy River 5 2.55pm CAVALLO AGISTMENT MDN $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 4323x Fred Flinstone b (7) 58.5.............. L Allpress 2 953 Spike Miligan (1) 58.5....................D Bradley 3 x4390 Jack Zance h (12) 58.5.................. H Tinsley 4 x8870 My Guy (4) 58.5....................... D Turner (a3) 5 60007 Turkish Gold (11) 58.5..............B Grylls (a3) 6 73x62 Savabelle (5) 56.5........................... J Riddell 7 46470 Shining Pearl (17) 56.5.................... K Myers 8 50739 Last To Dance h (3) 56.5................ J Parkes 9 90737 Led The Way (9) 56.5.......................K Smith 10 45577 MacKenzie (6) 56.5......................R Hannam 11 7490 Recess (16) 56.5............................D Walker 12 806x5 Sunday’s News (15) 56.5..... M Dravitzki (a2) 13 86x68 Cool Reception (2) 56.5....................S Doyle 14 x878x Just Like No Other (14) 56.5...... V Johnston 15 80x08 Precede (10) 56.5....................... M Dee (a3) 16 070x8 Singstar h (13) 56.5 17 868x9 Fraggle Rock (8) 58.5 Emergencies: Singstar, Fraggle Rock 6 3.30pm HOROWHENUA SHELTER TRIMMERS R65 HCP $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 035x0 Canso td (10) 59............................. J Riddell 2 8212x Lustre (12) 59..............................B Lammas 3 55209 Palmers Pride (2) 59........................R Myers 4 x6517 Miss Lincoln db (11) 58.5.............. H Tinsley

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8.30 FILM: Final Encounter.

(2000, AO) Dean Cain, Justin Whalin. As the Planet Earth has descended into a state of constant war, two colonies of human beings are established on a world far from ours.

11.40 The Mentalist. (AO, R, T) 12.35 Embarrassing Bodies. (AO, R, T) 1.30 Infomercials. 2.30 Shameless. (AO, R, T) 3.25 Make It Or Break It. (G, R) 4.15 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR, R) 5.05 Erin Simpson Show. (R) 5.30 Infomercials.

11.10 The Good Wife. (AO, R, T) 12.10 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 Infomercials. (G)

6.00 One News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 RPA. (PGR, T) A teenager has a life threatening tumour, and Sharon is about to face her biggest challenge yet.

8.30 Galapagos With David Attenborough. (New, G, T) From the islands’ violent and fiery birth as undersea volcanoes, Sir David explores how Galapagos came to exist in its remote Pacific outpost.

9.40 Dangerous Roads.

(Final, AO, T) 10.55 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.25 The Closer. (AO, T)

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00

12.20 Supersize Ambulance. (PGR) 1.20 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.45 Infomercials. 5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 5.35 Te Karere. (T)

3.55

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3 News.

Infomercials. (G) The Shopping Channel.

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

Home And Away. (R, T) Dr Phil. (PGR, R) The Dr Oz Show. (PGR, R) Faith Healing: Real Deal or Fraud?

The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR) Plans for Heather’s London trip spin into motion, but Aviva grows concerned that Ramona will be excluded.

Rachael Ray. (G, R) Entertainment Tonight.

(G) Home And Away. (G, T) Xavier arrives back in the Bay, John tells Jett that he is going to fight for the adoption.

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7 58611 Primitive (c4) 18.58............................J Dunn 8 68225 Okuku Lilly 18.77............................ R Casey 9 32536 Home Truth nwtd............................ G Cleeve 10 34537 Marmalade Skies 18.92.....................J Dunn 8 2.13pm COLIN KEEN MEMORIAL TROPHY C3/4, 545m 1 55228 Finn McMissile 33.00.......................L Philips 2 4848x Waterview Lass 33.34 C &................. Fagan 3 68835 Homebush Iris 33.01..................J McInerney 4 8x858 Dyna Indigo nwtd C &...................D Roberts 5 63267 Flying Moe nwtd................................B Shaw 6 34784 No Undies Sundy 32.88.............J McInerney 7 33572 Wandy Pam nwtd.........................D Kingston 8 26638 Cawbourne Kim nwtd.................J McInerney 9 57712 Molly Paisley (c3) nwtd......................J Dunn 10 42317 Cawbourne Philip(c3) 33.02......J McInerney 9 2.30pm DUNEDIN CUP C5f, 545m 1 78317 Wodston Bobo 32.75...................... R Casey 2 12244 Unshaken 33.50 J &........................D Fahey 3 47377 Geoff The Ref 32.25 H &.....................Taylor 4 42645 Mamaja 33.28................................. R Casey 5 32124 Russell Hart nwtd......................J McInerney 6 46365 Another Breeze 34.32................J McInerney 7 15112 Raw Energy nwtd.......................J McInerney 8 21466 Jinjarango 32.41 J &........................D Fahey Emergencies: 9 52552 Magic Lass nwtd C &....................D Roberts 10 62367 Cawbourne Heidi (c4) 33.34 M &......Jopson 10 2.48pm BROCKLEBANKS DRY CLEANERS STAKES C2, 545m 1 85272 Calm Spirit 33.00............................... J Allen 2 75327 Botany Comet 33.22..................J McInerney 3 84763 Opawa Bomb nwtd L &....................... Wales 4 48726 Barnaby Bale 33.62 C &...............D Roberts 5 15635 Opawa Marg 33.24 L &....................... Wales 6 18114 Red Typhoon nwtd........................... M Grant 7 31518 Opawa Albie nwtd L &........................ Wales 8 22622 Mick and Paddy nwtd W &................. Nissen Emergencies: 9 87748 Thrilling Jonah 32.75....................... M Grant

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6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.25 Buzzy Bee And Friends. (T) 6.35 Tiki Tour. (G, R, T) 7.00 Flapjack. (G, R, T) 7.25 Kick Buttowski – Suburban Daredevil. (G, R, T) 7.50 Beyblades Metal Masters. (G, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.30 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.40 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.50 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials. 10.30 Neighbours.

(R, T) 11.00 Shortland Street.

(PGR, R, T) 11.30 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 Make It Or Break It. (G, R) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle. (PGR) 2.00 Anderson Live.

3.00 Mr Men. (G, R, T) 3.05 Jungle Junction. (R, T) 3.30 The Penguins Of Madagascar. (G, T) 4.00 Austin & Ally. (G) 4.30 The Erin Simpson Show.

5.01 Funniest Home Videos.

(G, R, T) 5.30 8 Simple Rules. (G, R, T)

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Good Morning.

Ellen. (G, R) Cowboy Builders. (G) One News. (T) Emmerdale. (PGR, T) Come Dine With Me. (G) Cookery School. (G, R, T) Dickinson’s Real Deal.

(G) Te Karere. (T) Te Karere brings you key events and stories of interest to Maori, as well as bringing a Maori perspective to the day’s news and current affairs.

Ellen. (G) Ellen DeGeneres brings her unique brand of hilarity to daytime talk with guests Adam Sandler and Cee Lo Green.

Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T)

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1 67387 Opawa Jake nwtd L &......................... Wales 2 66326 Poised Boy nwtd A &..........................Seque 3 47x84 Opawa Jen nwtd L &.......................... Wales 4 43773 Okuku Muppet nwtd C &..................... Fagan 5 74758 Massage Only nwtd.....................D Kingston 6 24x Celestrial Magic nwtd J &................D Fahey 7 3 Girl Pride nwtd A &.............................Seque 8 32563 Opawa Cassidy nwtd L &................... Wales 9 76477 Know Solution nwtd....................... G Cleeve 10 Cawbourne Polly nwtd..................... M Grant 5 1.19pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS STAKES C1, 545m 1 21222 Rocky Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 2 75642 Sha Char 33.96..................................J Dunn 3 76227 Mr. Dozer nwtd...................................J Dunn 4 54671 Chill Out Ralph nwtd L &.................... Wales 5 15313 Opawa Wally 32.87 J &....................D Fahey 6 33786 Miss Ozark nwtd.............................J Guthrie 7 64571 Pukeko Express 34.14...................... B Eade 8 23115 Gypsy Hunter nwtd W &.................... Nissen 9 55442 Moon And Sea 34.08......................... J Allen 10 25763 Opawa Bro nwtd L &........................... Wales 6 1.37pm ST KILDA VET CENTRE SPRINT C2, 310m 1 36543 Winston Who 18.83............................J Dunn 2 24856 Ray Dosh nwtd................................. B Eade 3 668x7 Cosmic Bolero nwtd P &................B Conner 4 27184 Dyna Brownlow 18.92 C &............D Roberts 5 32116 Know Fault 18.79........................... G Cleeve 6 16743 Okuku Bobo 19.01.......................... R Casey 7 51118 Sting Me 18.65................................. M Grant 8 75184 Wandy Feather 18.64...................... M Grant 9 5x675 Wunya nwtd W &............................... Nissen 10 78781 Make Your Point nwtd W &................. Nissen 7 1.54pm PRYDE ENGINEERING SPRINT C3, 310m 1 78631 Black Trigger 19.04 P &.................B Conner 2 75525 Ringa Ding nwtd........................J McInerney 3 x3F23 Elusive Deejay 18.50 A &...................Seque 4 11116 Dynamic Black 18.91 A &...................Seque 5 26327 Cawbourne Reeah 18.47...........J McInerney 6 28862 Homebush Coco 19.25..............J McInerney

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10.40 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 11.10 The Late Show With David Letterman. (G) 12.05 Home Shopping. (G) 1.35 The Crowd Goes Wild. (G, R) 2.05 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G) 8.35 Planet Sheen.

(G, R) 9.05 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.15 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.25 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.30 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.35 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 10.00 Tickety Toc. (G) 10.10 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R) 6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R)

7.30 Game Show In My Head. (G, R) The contestant must convince a guy to go home with him, get passersby to claim they were abducted by aliens, and do a bogus magic trick.

8.00 Game Show In My Head. (Final, PGR, R) The contestant must convince a guy to make her ex jealous, get somebody to give her a massage, and get somebody to dress like Tarzan and sing a duet with her.

8.30 FILM: Idiocracy. (2006, AO, R) Luke Wilson, Dax Shepard. An average guy wakes up in the year 2505 to find society so dumbed-down by commercialism and mindless TV that he’s the smartest guy on the planet.

10.25 The Real Housewives Of New York City. (PGR, R) Fiery feuds and catty conflicts erupt when the housewives try to work together to organise Jill’s charity event.

11.25 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 11.50 Infomercials. (G) 12.10 Entertainment Tonight. (G) 12.40 Infomercials. (G)

10 11161 Pindari (c3) 33.04 J &......................D Fahey 11 3.05pm ROOFING SOLUTIONS SPRINT C5, 310m 1 71424 Cawbourne Moff 18.37..............J McInerney 2 18216 Gitcha Easy nwtd W &....................... Nissen 3 28236 Homebush Mayhem 19.12.........J McInerney 4 23558 Heza Sensation 18.70 P &............B Conner 5 41215 Homebush Chopper 18.54.........J McInerney 6 34617 Oscar Tuivasa nwtd..........................L Philips 7 52646 Rosca 18.15...............................J McInerney 8 22828 Ramrada nwtd C &.......................D Roberts 9 31163 Ciri Rioli nwtd J &............................D Fahey 10 86173 Jumpin’ Julia nwtd......................J McInerney 12 3.23pm RACING AGAIN TUESDAY MAY 14TH C4, 310m 1 858x4 Nerd Corner nwtd............................ M Grant 2 35426 Know Jealousy nwtd...................... G Cleeve 3 41621 Wandy Boiler (c5) 18.73................ G Cleeve 4 12672 Benny’s Angel nwtd...................J McInerney 5 43816 Smash Amy 18.86........................... M Grant 6 22322 Dillmanstown 18.92............................J Dunn 7 44571 New York Affair nwtd J &.........................May 8 17271 Stirling Dann nwtd C &....................... Fagan Emergencies: 9 72136 Cawbourne Dusty 18.49.................. M Grant 10 65443 Nova’s Fortune nwtd..................J McInerney SELECTIONS Race 1: Gogo Rioli (c1), Opawa Rufus (c1), Master At Arms Race 2: Swapan (c1), Rob’s Mate, Bee Ostee, Flirt With Me Race 3: Opawa Legs, Know Pride, Iona Brightspark, Jet To Mars Race 4: Celestrial Magic, Girl Pride, Opawa Jen, Poised Boy Race 5: Opawa Wally, Rocky Baxter, Sha Char, Chill Out Ralph Race 6: Sting Me, Winston Who, Know Fault, Wandy Feather Race 7: Primitive (c4), Dynamic Black, Cawbourne Reeah Race 8: Finn McMissile, No Undies Sundy, Flying Moe Race 9: Jinjarango, Raw Energy, Unshaken, Russell Hart Race 10: Red Typhoon, Opawa Marg, Mick and Paddy, Opawa Albie Race 11: Cawbourne Moff, Rosca, Homebush Chopper, Gitcha Easy Race 12: Dillmanstown, Know Jealousy, Wandy Boiler (c5) LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

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The Amazing Spider-Man Sky Movies 1, 6.15pm (2012, M) A reboot of the Spider-Man series, this is the best Spidey movie since Sam Raimi’s 2002 original. British actor Andrew Garfield is instantly likeable as the web-slinging hero, but he’s perhaps a bit too cool to be playing the nerdy Peter Parker.

Emma Stone makes for a vivacious love interest and while the reptilian villain, played by Rhys Ifans, is a tad weak, the overall experience is solid and the end result is a satisfying superhero flick.

sky sPORt 1 6.00 Snooker. World Championship. Day 10.

Live.

10.00 Surfing. ASP Womens World Tour.

Taranaki Event. Highlights.

10.30 Netball. ANZ Championship. Southern Steel v Northern Mystics. From Stadium Southland Velodrome, Invercargill. Replay.

12.00 40/20.

1.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Storm v Warriors. From AAMI Park, Melbourne. Highlights.

2.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Cheetahs v Kings. From Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein. Replay.

4.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Reds v Blues.

From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

Highlights.

5.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Chiefs v Sharks.

From Waikato Stadium, Hamilton.

Highlights.

6.00 Rugby. Super Rugby. Hurricanes v Stormers. From Westpac Stadium, Wellington. Highlights.

7.00 Dumbest Stuff On Wheels.

7.30 The Netball Zone.

8.00 Surfing. ASP Womens World Tour.

Taranaki Event. Highlights.

8.30 Re:Union.

11.30 Fight Night On SKY. 1.30 SKY ARENA Access.

2.20 Cricket. Indian Premier League. Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings. Live.

ACROSS DOWN 1. Scholastic (8) 2. Dandy (7) 5. Chances (4) 3. Argument (7) 9. Spindle (4) 4. Unimportant (13) 10. A murderer (8) 6. Agitate (7) 11. Sham (5) 7. Genuine (7) 12. Gesticulation (7) 8. Fruit (6) 13. Unpleasant (13) 13. Visual (7) 18. Impale (8) 14. Envious (7) 19. Identical (4) 15. Box (6) 20. Disease (7) 16. Decamp (7) 21. Automaton (5) 17. Satire (7) 22. Mislay (4) 23. Harsh (8) SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,175

ACROSS 1. By night (11) 9. Independent (7) 10. Vex (5) 11. Washed (5) 12. Reckon (7) 13. Split (6) 15. Sagacity (6) 18. Baby outfit (7) 20. Father (5) 22. Heather (5) 23. Rack (7) 24. Unprotected (11)

Across: 1 Supine; 4 Closed; 9 Uninteresting; 10 Scandal; 11 Fluke; 12 Stoop; 14 Plate; 18 Terse; 19 Console; 21 Impracticable; 22 Exceed; 23 Defect.

Down: 1 Squash; 2 Philanthropic; 3 Noted; 5 Lustful; 6 Stir up trouble; 7 Digger; 8 Truly; 13 Operate; 15 Attire; 16 Acute; 17 Select; 20 Niche.

Across: 1 Academic; 5 Odds; 9 Axis; 10 Assassin; 1 Bogus; 12 Gesture; 13 Objectionable; 18 Transfix; 1 Same; 20 Cholera; 21 Robot; 22 Lose; 23 Strident.

Down: 2 Coxcomb; 3 Dispute; 4 Insignificant; 6 Distur 7 Sincere; 8 Damson; 13 Optical; 14 Jealous; 15 Caske 16 Abscond; 17 Lampoon.

DOWN 2. Declaim (5) 3. News (7) 4. Lessen (6) 5. Frighten (5) 6. Listless (7) 7. Mercury (11) 8. Huge store (11) 14. Disorganised (7) 16. Endanger (7) 17. Feverish (6) 19. Commerce (5) 21. Tie up (5)

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6.00 NYPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.40 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.50 Law & Order. (M) 10.40 NCIS. (PG) 11.35 CSI: New York. (M) 12.25 CSI: New York. (M) 1.15 NYPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 2.35 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

(PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (PG) 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

(M) 9.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NCIS. (PG) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

(PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.05 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) 3.55 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

6.45 What’s Your Number. (2011, M) Anna Faris, Chris Evans.

8.30 Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night.

(2010, M) Brandon Routh, Anita Briem.

10.20 Ironclad. (2011, 16) Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy.

12.20 50/50. (2011, 16) Joseph GordonLevitt, Seth Rogen.

2.00 Good Deeds. (2012, M) Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton.

3.50 The Help. (2011, M) Emma Stone, Viola Davis.

6.15 The Amazing Spider-Man. (2012, M) Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.

A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man. 8.30 Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011, M) Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling. A middle-aged husband’s life changes when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a new-found friend.

10.30 Gone. (2012, M) Amanda Seyfried.

12.05 Bridesmaids. (2011, 16) Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne.

2.10 Prom. (2011, PG) Aimee Teegarden, Thomas McDonell.

3.55 The Help. (2011, M) Emma Stone, Viola Davis.

6.20 Big. (1988, PG) Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia.

8.05 Courage Under Fire. (1996, M) Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon.

10.00 The Omen. (1976, 16) Gregory Peck, Lee Remick.

11.50 Kiss Of The Dragon. (2000, 18) Jet Li, Bridget Fonda.

1.25 Wedding Crashers. (2005, M) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn.

3.25 Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner. (2007, PG).

5.10 Closer. (2004, 16) Julia Roberts, Jude Law. 6.55 Austin Powers In Goldmember.

(2002, M) Mike Myers, Beyonce Knowles. Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the villain Goldmember.

8.30 Fantastic Four. (2005, PG) Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba. Four astronauts gain superpowers when they suffer cosmic radiation exposure on a mission, and must use them to defeat an evil doctor.

10.20 Seed Of Chucky. (2004, 16) 11.50 Seven. (1995, 18) Brad Pitt.

1.55 Closer. (2004, 16) Julia Roberts.

3.40 Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner. (2007, PG).

5.25 Austin Powers In Goldmember.

(2002, M) Mike Myers.

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6.00 Crowd Goes Wild.

6.53 Soccer. English Premier League. Aston Villa v Sunderland. Live.

9.00 A-League Highlights Show.

9.30 Premier League Review.

10.30 Motorsport. Superbike World Championship. Highlights.

11.30 Motorsport. NASCAR Nationwide Series. Toyotacare 250. Highlights.

12.30 Motorsport. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Toyota Owners 400. Highlights.

1.30 Soccer. English Premier League.

Manchester City v West Ham United.

2.30 Soccer. EPL. Southampton v West Bromwich Albion. Replay.

4.30 Sea Master Sailing.

5.00 Netball. College Series. Lower North Island Playoffs. Replay.

6.00 Netball. ANZ Championship. Southern Steel v Northern Mystics. Replay.

7.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

8.00 SKY ARENA Access.

8.30 Fight Night On SKY. 10.30 Crowd Goes Wild.

11.00 Golf Central.

12.00 Rugby League. Holden Cup. Cowboys U20 v Raiders U20.

2.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Nationwide Series. Toyotacare 250. Highlights.

3.00 Motorsport. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Toyota Owners 400. Highlights.

4.00 Rugby League. NRL Premiership.

Wests Tigers v Broncos. Replay.

6.00 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.00 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30

8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30

Auction Hunters. (PG) Dirty Jobs. (PG) Swamp Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) American Digger. (PG) Property Wars. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Most Evil. (M) Deadly Affairs. (M) Auction Kings. (PG) Auction Hunters. (PG) Swamp Loggers. (PG) Deadliest Catch. (PG) Mythbusters. (PG) Dirty Jobs Down Under. (PG) River Monsters. (PG) Killer Snakehead. Accused of homicide, and said to breathe air and crawl on land, Jeremy sets his sights on the aggressive Far Eastern predator that’s now invading America’s backyards.

Combat Countdown. (PG) Ultimate Warfare. (PG) Fallujah.

Nightmare Next Door. (M) True Crime With Aphrodite Jones.

(M) Swamp Loggers. (PG) River Monsters. (PG) Combat Countdown. (PG) Ultimate Warfare. (PG) Nightmare Next Door. (M) Auction Kings. (PG)

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

shINe 6.00 Days of Wonder: Jarrod Cooper 6.30 Precious Word of Truth 7.00 From Aardvark to Zucchini 7.30 Hermie and Friends 8.00 Carlos the Caterpillar 8.30 Word For You 9.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 10.00 The Family Series 10.30 Days of Wonder: Jarrod Cooper 11.00 Facing the Canon 11.30 The Way of the Master 12.00 Word For You 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 The Family Series 2.00 Precious Memories 2.30 The Truth Out There 3.00 From Aardvark to Zucchini 3.30 Hermie and Friends 4.00 Carlos the Caterpillar 4.30 Life FM presents 5.30 The Way of the Master 6.00 Wisdom For Difficult Times 6.30 Destined to Reign 7.00 The 700 Club 7.30 Little Film, Big Heart 8.00 Precious Memories 8.30 Christian World News 9.00 Nzone Now 9.15 Basic 9.30 Just Thinking 10.00 Word For You 10.30 The 700 Club 11.00 Days of Wonder: Jarrod Cooper 11.30 Little Film, Big Heart 12.00 Wisdom For Difficult Times 12.30 NZone Now 12.45 Basic 1.00 The Family Series 1.30 Precious Memories 2.00 Living Truth: Charles Price 3.00 Just Thinking 3.30 Christian World News 4.00 Wisdom For Difficult Times 4.30 The Family Series 5.00 Nzone Now 5.15 Basic 5.30 Word For You

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Yr 7s unbeaten

By Jonathan Leask The South Island primary basketball tournament turned into a Mid-versus-North Canterbury derby that North came out on top of 3-1.

Across the four finals Mid Canterbury lined up against hosts North Canterbury but only came out on top in the development girls’ grade with the Mid Canterbury Year 7 Girls’ coming out convincing 57-20 winners to be unbeaten at the tournament.

The year 7 and 8 boys’ and girls’ and year 7 boys all had to settle for second place.

Sam Ward said that her year 7 boys’ side performed “well above

expectations” and that they competed strongly in the tournament final despite being 16 goals down at the finish.

In the A grade the Year 8 girls were beaten 22-61and the boys’ went down 48-67 with both sides also putting up strong fights in the finals.

This Sunday the players will be back on the basketball court in the Mid Canterbury under 13 trials for the Junior Invitational Tournament (JIT) teams.

For the under 13s the JIT Tournament will be their opportunity to push for selection into the Canterbury Country side that will go to the nationals later in Dunedin in October. The under 15s also have trials on Sunday.

SCOREBOARD Golf Results Basketball NBA playoffs

Collated results from the National Basketball Association opening-round playoffs yesterday (all series best-of-seven): Eastern Conference at Boston Boston Celtics 97 New York Knicks 90(OT) (New York Knicks leads series 3-1) At Milwaukee Miami Heat 88 Milwaukee Bucks 77 (Miami Heat wins series 4-0) Western Conference at Los Angeles San Antonio Spurs 103 L.A. Lakers 82 (San Antonio Spurs wins series 4-0) At Oakland Golden State Warriors 115 Denver Nuggets 101 (Golden State Warriors leads series 3-1)

Bowls Bowls Mid Canterbury Sub Centre Sub Centre Triples – held at Allenton Bowling Club Saturday 27th April 2013 1st 4 wins, +43 points differential. Roger Gutberlet (S), Diane Gutberlet, Mike Quinn 2nd 3 wins, +23 points differential. Brent Mayson, Sandra Keith, Wendy Suttie 3rd 3 wins, +16 points differential. Graham Taylor, Russell Anstiss, Koa Congdon.

4th 3 wins, +12 points differential. Graham Bishop, Noeline Woods, Jill May 5th 3 wins, +1 points differential. Dion Kiddey, Bruce White, Pip Smith.

Football English Premier League English Premier League results and standings Arsenal 1 (Walcott 2) Manchester United 1 (van Persie 44 pen) Chelsea 2 (Oscar 43, Lampard 45+2 pen) Swansea 0 Reading 0 QPR 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts Manchester United 35 27 4 4 79 36 85 Manchester City 34 21 8 5 61 31 71 Chelsea

34 19 8 7 68 35 65 Arsenal

35 18 10 7 66 36 64 Tottenham Hotspur 34 18 8 8 60 43 62 Everton

35 15 14 6 52 38 59 Liverpool

35 14 12 9 67 42 54 West Brom Albion 34 14 6 14 46 44 48 Swansea 34 10 12 12 43 44 42 West Ham 35 11 9 15 41 49 42 Fulham

35 10 10 15 44 53 40 Stoke City

35 9 13 13 31 41 40 Southampton 35 9 12 14 47 57 39 Norwich City 35 8 14 13 33 54 38 Sunderland 34 9 10 15 38 45 37 Newcastle United 35 10 7 18 43 66 37 Aston Villa

34 8 10 16 36 63 34 Wigan Athletic 34 8 8 18 39 62 32 QPR

35 4 13 18 29 56 25 Reading

35 5 10 20 37 65 25 Leading goalscoreres: 25: Robin van Persie (Manchester United) 23: Luis Suarez (Liverpool) 20: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) 17: Michu (Swansea)16: Demba Ba (Chelsea) 15: Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 14: Rickie Lambert (Southampton), Romelu Lukaku (West Bromwich Albion) 13: Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 12: Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

Scottish Premier League Scottish Premier League results and standings Champions Group Motherwell 3 (Ojamaa 45, Higdon 50 pen, Forster 55 og) Glasgow Celtic 1 (Hooper 40) St. Johnstone 1 (MacLean 77) Inverness CT 0 Ross County 1 (Sproule 54) Dundee Utd 0 Relegation Group Aberdeen 1 (McGinn 4) Kilmarnock 0 Dundee 1 (Conroy 82) Hearts 0 Hibernian 3 (Griffiths 31, 86, Caldwell 67) St Mirren 3 (Goncalves 60, McAusland 78, 82) Standings P W D L F A Pts Champions Group Glasgow Celtic 35 22 6 7 83 34 72 Motherwell 35 17 9 9 62 45 60 Inverness CT 35 12 15 8 59 54 51 St. Johnstone 35 12 14 9 42 40 50 Ross County 35 12 13 10 45 45 49 Dundee Utd 35 10 14 11 49 56 44 Relegation Group Aberdeen 35 11 12 12 39 41 45 Kilmarnock 35 10 12 13 47 45 42 Hibernian 35 10 12 13 43 50 42 Hearts 35 10 10 15 35 46 40 St Mirren 35 8 13 14 44 56 37 Dundee 35 7 8 20 25 61 29

Ashburton County Veterans Golf Assn

Four Day Tournament April 15th - 19th Day 1 at Tinwald Golf Course.

1st 44 stableford points John McArthur.

2nd = 43 Bill Mason and Clarrie Whiting.

4th = o 42 Ben McOmish and Owen Everest.

Two’s: Alan T Smith and Bill Mason.

Day 2 at Methven Golf Course.

1st = 43 Peter Kiddey and Merv Green.

3rd = 41 Gavin Santy and Alan Dixon.

5th 40 John Harris.

Nearest the pin: #4 Brian Waller, # 6 Clarrie Whiting # 17 Ian Hoskin.

Day 3 at Rakaia Golf Club.

1st= 39 Kevin Galpin and Owen Everest.

3rd 38 Alan H Smith.

4th = 36 Doug Bruce, Mike Gray and Trevor Kerr.

Day 4 at Ashburton Golf Club.

1st 41 Dave Tilson.

2nd = 40 Alan Dixon, Malcolm Fechney and Brian Waller.

5th 39 Mike Holmes.

6th = 38 Earle Jackson and Mike Gray.

Twos: Peter Hughan, Doug Sheldon and Trevor Watson.

Nearest the Pin: #4 and # 8 Carl Sakofsky, #12 and #16 Peter Hughan.

Overall 4 Day Results 1st 154 Owen Everest.

2nd 150 Brian Waller.

3rd 146 Bill Mason.

4th= 144 Doug Bruce, Mike Gray and Peter Kiddey.

7th 140 Kevin Galpin.

8th =138 Riki Shearer and Alan T Smith.

10th = 136 Doug Sheldon, Malcolm Fechney and Earle Jackson.

Patron’s Prize: Moray Sutherland.

Ashburton Golf Club Baker Trophy 25 April Won by the men with an average score of 31.5 pts ahead of the women’s score of 28.6pts.

Individual Scores Women: Sharon Bradford 36, Jenny Mitchell 35, Catherine Bell 33.

Individual Scores Men: Robbie Bell 42, Pieter van Vollenhoven 37, John Fechney 37, Stewart Dunlop 36.

Nearest the Pins Women: Jenny Mitchell, Men: Brian Nuttall Twos: Brian Nuttall, Richard Leith, Stewart Dunlop and Robbie Bell (3).

Par Round 27April John Cockburn +3, Matt Davis +2, John Dudley +1 by c/b; Eric Weir and Hamish Niles +1; Sam Prince, Daniel Green, Cameron Grant and Greig Sparrow all square; Terry Molloy, Don McQuarters, Gerald O’Sullivan and Brent Clarke all -1 by c/b from a number of others.

Match Play winners were: Senior: Robbie Bell and Owen Miller.

Senior Plate: Greig Sparrow and Adrian Hopwood Intermediate: Ross Chatterton and Paul Greer.

Intermediate Plate: Matt Smith and David Fisher.

Junior A: John Davis and Gavin Douglas.

Junior A Plate: Kevin Turner and Murray Anderson.

Junior B: Ken Clucas and Mike Holmes.

Nearest The Pins: Robbies Bar & Bistro: Ross Chatterton, Braided Rivers: Cameron Grant, Rothburys Insurance: Chris Lovelock, Netherby Meats: Hamish Niles, Blue Pub (Longest Putt): Ron Carlson, Robilliards (Nearest pin #18): Matt Davis.

Twos: Don Houghton, Ken Clucas, Chris Thornhill, Cameron Grant, Tony Gimblett, John Dudley, Matt Chatterton and Andrew Tindall.

Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole division April 24 Handicap and Putting Ladies 1st Bernie Morrison 63:21:42 Men 1st Ray Thompson 50:15:35 Putting 1st Ray Thompson with 14, 2nd Barbara Inglis with 15 Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 – Tessa Gallagher, Mayfield Transport No. 5 – Bernie Morrison.

Mid week stableford April 24 Richard Spicer. 45 Stableford Points, Steve King.

41 Alan Dixon 38 Jack Allan 36 Wayne Blair 34 Alister McLoed 34 Nearest the Pin Jacob Peterson. Twos Richard Spicer 2 and Alan Dixon 1 Richard Spicer an Eagle on No.12

Methven Golf Club 24 April Women’s African Stablefords Katrina Glass Heather Santy 69 Nola Hydes Sandra Marr 68 Nett Scores Jenny Senior 85-14- 71 Raiona Isherwood 104-32- 72 Heather Middleton 102-30- 72 Sandra Marr 101-29- 72 Lynn Worsfold 97-25-72 Arabica Best Nett Jenny Senior 71 Nearest to Pin Silver No 17 Methven Resort Not Struck Bronze A No 4 Blue Pub Erna Smith Bronze

Laverty, Sykes victors After the first race at Assen, it didn’t look like anyone could touch Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes, but Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty found something extra for race two, hung tight with Sykes, passed him with four to go and then held off a great comeback

by Sykes in the final set of turns to win race two in the World Superbike race yesterday.

At the checkered flag the two were separated by just .089 seconds in a great two-way battle.

The skirmish for the final podium spot was nearly as intense.

Loris Baz, Jonathan Rea, Chaz Davies and Sylvain Guintoli had a wonderful four-way duel for the second half of the race and it was Baz finding a way to keep Rea at bay to secure the final podium, putting both factory Kawasakis on the box.

B 2nd Shot No 6 Methven Pharmacy Flora Lowe Open No 13 Lynn worsfold.

Twos and nett Eagles Lynn x2 Raiona Wendy W Alison M Pam April 27 Senior C J Middleton 77-11-66 by lot Intermediate Doug Sheldon 78-13-65 Junior A Mike Harris 89-24-65 Junior B Gary Kermode 92-27-65 Other Good scores, 66 Piers Rolton Dayle Lucas Micky Marr 67 Athol McAlpine Bernard Walsh 68 Mick Hodgson 69 Doug Hamilton 70 Keith Middleton Alister Maxwell Rob Watson 71 John Robinson Jim Park K J McCloy Bruce Dickson 72 Phil Johnson Marty Hickman Dave Callaghan Rodger Callaghan.

Twos, Rob Watson Bernard Walsh Alister Maxwell Doug Sheldon (2) Mark Scrienor Mark Gazzard Piers Rolton Rob Fensom Duncan Ibbotson Nearest the Pins #4 Arabica Doug Sheldon #6 Terrace Downs Doug Sheldon #13 Ski Time Marty Hickman # 17 Hunters Wines Mark Scrivenor The Blue & Brown Pubs 2nd shot # 14 Phil Elliott Top Notch 4 Square Supermarket best nett Gary Kermode 65 by lot Second nett Mike Harris 65 by loy Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross Dayle Lucas 70 Anzac Day Stone Salver Winners Heather & Gavin Santy 74 stablefords By lot Erna & Allan Smith Smith Trophy winners Angela Mowbray & Piers Rolton 65 By lot Jenny Senior & Graham Gunn Next Saturday 2nd round Duff, 1st round Middleton, Medal round Blue tees

Motor racing Superbike World Championship Results from the Superbike World Championship yesterday: Race 2: 1. Eugene Laverty (IRL/Aprilia) 35:60:814 2. Tom Sykes (GBR/Kawasaki) +0.089 3. Loris Baz (FRA/Kawasaki) 5.848 4. Jonathan Rea (GBR/Honda) 5.890 5. Chaz Davies (GBR/BMW) 7.359 6. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA/Aprilia) 7.404 7. Leon Camier (GBR/Suzuki) 21.095 8. Marco Melandri (ITA/BMW) 27.267 9. Michel Fabrizio (ITA/Aprilia) 30.233 10. Carlos Checa (ESP/Ducati) 32.401 Race 1: 1. Tom Sykes (GBR/Kawasaki) 35min35.042sec 2. Jonathan Rea (GBR/Honda) 8.786 3. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA/Aprilia) 8.792 4. Eugene Laverty (IRL/Aprilia) 9.225 5. Loris Baz (FRA/Kawasaki) 14.231 6. Davide Giugliano (ITA/Aprilia) 16.150 7. Chaz Davies (GBR/BMW) 22.570 8. Jules Cluzel (FRA/Suzuki) 24.751 9. Leon Camier (GBR/Suzuki) 30.311 10. Carlos Checa (ESP/Ducati) 35.277 Overall Standings 1. Sylvain Guintoli (FRA) 111 2. Eugene Laverty (IRL)

83 3. Chaz Davies (GBR)

83 4. Tom Sykes (GBR)

83 5. Jonathan Rea (GBR) 63 6. Loris Baz (FRA)

58 7. Michel Fabrizio (ITA) 53 8. Marco Melandri (ITA)

51 9. Jules Cluzel (FRA)

41 10. Davide Giugliano (ITA) 33

Tennis Barcelona Open Results from Barcelona Open yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Men, Final 2-Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt 4-Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 6-4 6-3.

Moroccan Grand Prix Collated results from Moroccan Grand Prix yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Women, Final 6-Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) 6-1 6-3.

Stuttgart Grand Prix Results from Stuttgart Grand Prix yesterday (prefix denotes seeding).

Women, Final 1-Maria Sharapova (RUS) bt 2-Li Na (CHN) 6-4 6-3.

Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby April 24 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Hampstead 17 v Methven 23, Collegiate 19 v Rakaia Murray Hood Baling 23, Southern Tinwald Tavern 25 v Tinwald Liquorland 3, Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café 5 v Mt Somers 16, April 27

Davies recovered from a morning crash to finish a solid fifth, just ahead of Guintoli, who finished off the rostrum for the first time this season.

The end result is an epic points battle with Guintoli still holding the series lead with 111. There’s a logjam in second with Laverty, Davies and Sykes all tied with 83 points.

From the start Laverty looked totally determined to stay with Sykes in the second leg. The two ran onetwo into the first turn, then gradually began to pull away from the rest of the field.

Out of the final turn Sykes went high entering and then dove tight inside on the exit, but Laverty’s Aprilia was a tad stronger out of the turn under acceleration and Laverty held on for his second win of the Eugene Laverty on the gas in the Superbike World Championship. Laverty took out race 2 at Assen yesterday. season, fifth of his career.

Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition SECTION A: Kaiapoi 16 v Southbridge 38, Oxford 31 v PWL Methven 22, West Melton 13 v Saracens 29, Burnham 40 v Duns/Irwell 20, BYE: REL Rakaia SECTION B: Lincoln 29 v Claas Harvest Centre Southern 8, Darfield 39 v Prebbleton 15, Devon Tavern Hampstead 27 v Glenmark 27, Waihora 10 v Ashley 26, Darryl Phillips Celtic 48 v Ohoka 0, SENIOR B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton 15 v Tinwald Liquorland 24, Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café 8 v Methven 20, Collegiate 25 v Hampstead 7, Rakaia Murray Hood Baling 31 v Mt Somers 8, BYE: Southern Tinwald Tavern COLTS – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Ross Bros Transport Southern 29 v Rolleston 24, UNDER 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Celtic 25 v Waihora/Springston 10, Oxford 23 v Methven/Rakaia 24, UNDER 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Malvern Combined 36 v Tinwald 5, Allenton/Celtic 42 v Methven/Rakaia 0, PRESS CUP Ashburton College 39 v Rangiora HS 20, No Jab Rugby Played Due To School Holidays

Shooting Fullbore rifle shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club Final club day for season at The Butts April 28 Seven shot matches at 300, 500 and 600 yards.

John Snowden 35.7, 35.4, 35.2, 105.13 John Miller 34.2, 35.4, 34.2, 103.8 John Fleming 32.0, 34.3, 32.2, 98.5 Coby Snowden 27.0, 34.2, 28.0, 89.2 Sandy Collett 2 at 600, 27.0, 28.0 Free rifle class Murray Cook 33.1, 33.1, 33.1, 99.3

Draws Golf

Ashburton Golf Club May 4 The first round of the Brandon Cup Stableford competition will be played.

Starting Time: Morning 8.00am Afternoon Report at 11.30 for a 12 noon Saturday Starters: Morning Gunter Puffe and Brian Edmondston Afternoon Bruce Day and Ivan Blain Results Greg Sparrow and Neville Trueman.

May 5 The Club Championship Finals will be played starting from 8.30am on Number 1 tee.

Thirty Six Hole Matches 8.30 Junior B Final Ken Clucas vs Mike Holmes 8.37 Bronze II Final Finalists not yet determined 8.44 Junior A Final John Davis vs Gavin Douglas 8.51 Bronze I Final Finalists not yet determined 8.58 Intermediate Final Paul Greer vs Ross Chatterton 9.05 Silver Final Catherine Bell vs Sharon Bradford 9.12 Senior Final Robbie Bell vs Owen Miller Eighteen Hole Matches 11.00 Junior B Plate Laurie Thomas vs Gerald O’Sullivan 11.07 Bronze II Plate Finalists not yet determined 11.14 Junior A Plate Kevin Turner vs Murray Anderson 11.21 Bronze I Plate Finalists not yet determined 11.28 Intermediate Plate Matt Smith vs David Fisher 11.35 Silver Plate Nicki Gill vs Shirley Elliott 11.42 Senior Plate Greig Sparrow vs Adrian Hopwood 11.49 Bronze III Final Jenny Kean vs Hazel Benke Nine Hole Matches 2.009 Hole Final Finalists not yet determined 2.07 9 Hole Plate Finalists not yet determined

Football Mid Canterbury Football May 4 14th grade (games start 9.15am: Methven v Eastern, Methven. Stingers v Westside Real, Domain S3 (put up nets). Westside a bye.

12th grade (games start 9.30am): Methven v Ash United, Methven 3. Westside a bye.

10th grade (games start 10am): Collegiate v Methven 1, Domain J3. Longbeach v Rakaia, Domain J4. Westside v Methven 2, Domain J2.

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

Netball Mid Canterbury Paper Plus Junior Netball May 4 Heartland Court: 9.00, New World Allenton A v Ashburton Borough A, L Muckle, A Elliott; 9.30, New World Allenton A v Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd; L Muckle, A Elliott; 10.00, Ashburton Borough A v Hampstead A, L Muckle, A Elliott; 10.30, Hampstead A v Southern Taylor Groundspreading Ltd, C Waddell, N Johnson; 11.00, Longbeach B v Southern Mayfield Services Centre, M Gilbert, N Johnson; 11.30, Tinwald School B v Southern Mayfield Services Centre, M Gilbert, A Lill.

Neumanns Tyre Court: 9.00, Methven Silver v Rakaia A, A Burrows, M Gilbert; 9.30, Methven Silver v Ashburton Borough C, I Roberts, K Bell; 10.00, Rakaia C v St Joseph’s Orange, Coaches; 10.30, Rakaia C v Tinwald School C, Coach, N Bateman; 11.00, St Joseph’s Orange v Laser Electrical Allenton, C Davidson, K Gray; 11.30, Laser Electrical Allenton v Tinwald School C, K Gray, coach.

Ashburton Guardian Blue: 9.00, Allenton Magic v Ashburton Borough C, M Read, A Osbourne; 9.30, Allenton Magic v Rakaia A, C Waddell, M Maslin; 10.00, Ashburton Borough Future Ferns v Wakanui School, T Thomas, D Watson; 10.30, Wakanui v Southern Agspread, D Watson, R Drake; 11.00, Ashburton Borough Future Ferns v Southern Agspread, T Thomas, R Drake.

Ashburton Guardian Red: 9.00, Southern Harrison Spraying Services Contracting Ltd v Hampstead Blue, C Waddell, E McDowell; 9.30, Southern Harrison Spraying Services Ltd v Hampstead School A, N Johnson, A Burrows; 10.00, Hampstead Blue v St Joseph’s Blue, C Waddell, V Pluck; 10.30, St Joseph’s Blue v Allenton C, S Beveridge, E Hurley; 11.00, Hampstead School B v St Joseph’s Purple, S Beveridge, E Hurley; 11.30, St Joseph’s Purple v Allenton Tactix, P Bradley-Doig, M Yeatman.

AMI Insurance Court: 9.00, Allenton Crusaders v Tinwald South A, C Olds, J Tupe; 9.30, Allenton Crusaders v Allenton C, C Olds, J Tupe; 10.00, Tinwald South A v Allenton Hurricanes, G Bracewell, T Johnson; 10.30, Allenton Hurricanes v Hampstead School A, S Stempa, M Maslin; 11.00, Allenton Tactix v Netherby Diamonds, S Stempa, N Johnson (TS); 11.30, Netherby Diamonds v Hampstead School B, S Wilson, C Morrice.

Port FM Local Court: 9.00, Methven B v Methven Professionals, B Digby, I Roberts; 9.30, Methven B v Tinwald School A, B Digby, I Roberts; 10.00, Methven Professionals v Netherby Magic, S Anderson, M Cameron; 10.30, Tinwald School A v Netherby Magic, M Milmine, S Anderson.

Stirling Sports Court: 9.00, St Joseph’s Red v Allenton Mystics, E Riordan, K Johansen; 9.30, Allenton Mystics v Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting Ltd, E Riordan, K Johansen; 10.00, St Joseph’s Red v St Joseph’s Green, L Alves, E Riordan; 10.30, Southern Hayden McKenzie Contracting Ltd v St Joseph’s Green, B Digby, C Griffith.

Colourplus Court: 9.00, Southern Hyde Brothers Spraying v Longbeach A, B Rayner, P Taere; 9.30, Longbeach A v Methven Trucking D, B Rayner, P Taere; 10.00, Southern Hyde Brothers Spraying v Ashburton Borough B, K Hunter Letham, A Moffatt; 10.30, Methven Trucking D v Ashburton Borough B, M Bremner, C Moore.

Ashburton Guardian White Court: 9.00, St Joseph’s Gold v Methven Shearmac A, B Surridge, E Ahearn; 9.30, Methven Shearmac A v Hampstead B, B Surridge, E Ahearn; 10.00, St Joseph’s Gold v New World Allenton B, L Reihana, E Ahearn; 10.30, New World Allenton B v Hampstead A, L Reihana, N Johnson (TS); 11.00, Rakaia B v Tinwald School B, M Milmine, M Edwards; 11.30, Rakaia B v Longbeach B, M Edwards, S Anderson.

Duty Club: Southern Duty Person: Melissa Wilson Canteen Duty: Debbie Kell Junior Committee Duty: Tania Rule

Mid Canterbury Heartland Senior Netball

May 4 Heartland Court: 12.30, Celtic B v College A, S Geddes, W Hopwood; 1.00, College A v Hotel Ashburton Hampstead B, S Geddes, W Hopwood; 1.30, College B v Methven EuroAgri B, V McArthur, R MacGregor; 2.00, United KFC A v Methven EuroAgri B, C Corbitt, J Lee; 2.30, United KFC A v Smith and Church Collegiate A, C Corbitt, S Hopwood; 3.00, Smith and Church Collegiate A v Rakaia Blue, W Hopwood, L Kennedy; 3.30, Celtic Riverside Vets A v Rakaia Blue, W Hopwood, J Lee. Neumanns Tyre Court: 1.00, Celtic B v College B, V McArthur, R MacGregor; 1.30, Hotel Ashburton Hampstead B v Methven Wareings A, A Bell, E Robertson; 2.00, Methven Wareings A v Hotel Ashburton A, L Kennedy, E Robertson; 2.30, Methven Mountain Gym U18C v Hotel Ashburton Hampstead Blue, N Kickhefer, E Strange; 3.00, Hotel Ashburton Hampstead A v Celtic Riverside Vets A, S Hopwood, J Lee. Ashburton Guardian Blue Court: 12.30, Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A v United KFC B, A Chudleigh,

I Anderson; 1.00, Wilson Bulk Transport Allenton A v Celtic D, A Chudleigh, I Anderson; 1.30, Celtic D v College Y10A, L Clough, K Bush; 2.00, Methven The Blue Pub Black v Rakaia White , K Bush, A Bell; 2.30, College Y10 B v Celtic C, A Bell, K Graham; 3.00, Hotel Ashburton Hampstead Gold v Methven R&R Haulage U18 A, C Wylie, C Heney; 3.30, Celtic C v Methven R&R Haulage U18 A, C Wylie, N Cavill.

Ashburton Guardian Red:1.00, United KFC B v College Y10 A, L Clough, J Steer; 1.30, College U18 v Methven The Blue Pub Black, J Carrodus, K Turton; 2.00, College U18 A v College Y10 B, N Kickhefer, K Graham; 2.30, Rakaia White v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Gold, A Markillie, S Paton.

AMI Insurance Court: 12.30, College Y9 A v Celtic E, J Steer, J Carrodus; 1.00, College Yr9 A v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton C, L Hutchinson, H Murphy; 1.30, Celtic Social Green v United Colonels Chicks, C Bassett, S Congdon; 2.00, Celtic U18 v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton C, C Bassett, S Congdon; 2.30, Celtic U18 v Methven South Pacific Seeds U15 A, C Heney, J Leonard; 3.00, Methven South Pacific Seeds U15 A v New World Allenton B, N Cavill, J Leonard; 3.30, Allenton B v Southern livestock Exchange 2002 Ltd, A Markillie, S Paton.

Port FM Local Court: 12.30, Celtic F v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17, N Hands, N Jemmett; 1.00, Hampstead Hotties v United Colonels Chicks, A Rollinson, E Dakers; 1.30, Celtic E v Smith and Church Collegiate B, D McNab, L Forbes; 2.30, Smith and Church Collegiate B v Methven The Brown Pub White, R Norman, J Bailie; 3.00, Southern Livestock Exchange 2002 Ltd v Methven The Brown Pub White, R Norman, J Bailie.

Stirling Sports Court: 12.30, United KFC C v Allenton C, EJ Farr, V Shaw; 1.00, College Combined A v United KFC C, EJ Farr, N Hands; 1.30, College Combined A v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U17, A Rollinson, E Dakers; 2.00, College Combined B v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18, D McNab, L Forbes; 2.30, College Combined B v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U15, T Barry, D Philip; 3.00, Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U18 v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton U15, T Barry, D Philip.

Colourplus Court: 12.30, Allenton Social v Celtic Social Green, J Cavill, C Adlam; 1.00, College Y9 B v Allenton C, J Cavill, N Jemmett; 1.30, Celtic F v College Y9 B, S Vidler, P Attenburg; 2.00, Methven The Lodge Restaurant and Bar U18B v College U15, A Rush, A Johnson; 2.30, Methven The Lodge Restaurant and Bar U18B v College U16, A Rush, B Davidson; 3.00, Methven Mountain Gym U18 C v Methven Panel and Paint U15B, T Morrison, K Lloyd; 3.30, College U16 v Hampstead Hotel Ashburton Blue, B Davidson, A Proudman.

Ashburton Guardian White: 12.30, Mt Somers Social v Hampstead Hotties, S Portman, S Bryant; 1.00, Mt Somers Social v Tinwald South Black, S Vidler, P Attenburg; 1.30, Tinwald South Black v Allenton Social, L Hutchinson, H Murphy; 2.30, College U15 v Methven Panel and Paint U15B, T Morrison, K Llyod.

Duty Club: Methven Duty Person: Jacqui Anderson Canteen Duty: Barry Marrett Umpire Duty: Susan Geddes Management Duty: Jan Whitehead

Rugby Mid Canterbury Rugby May 2 Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Southern Tinwald Tavern v Mt Somers, Hinds 1, 7pm, T Pearce May 4 Club Day- Allenton Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition SECTION A: Southbridge v Saracens, South 1, 2.45pm, K Opele REL Rakaia v West Melton, Rakaia 1, 2.45pm, S Laird (NC), C Kelland, J Greenslade Burnham v Oxford, Burn 1, 2.45pm, A Hotop, J Morrison, R Busch PWL Methven v Kaiapoi, Methven 1, 2.45pm M Gameson (Ellesmere), G Clement, M Gallagher BYE: Duns/Irwell SECTION B: Lincoln v Darfield, Linc 1, 2.45pm, K Lilley, J Shalfoon, G White Claas Harvest Centre Southern v Darryl Phillips Celtic (H), Hinds 1, 2.45pm (MAX GILBERT TROPHY) G Shaw, M Bell, P McKnight Ohoka v Waihora, Mand 1. 2.45pm, R Cox, A Stokes, L Jeffrey Ashley v Glenmark, Lwr Lob 1. 2.45pm, A McGirr (MC) D Brooker, B Egerton Prebbleton v Devon Tavern Hampstead, Preb 1, 2.45pm, J Fletcher, J Rogers, A Brosnahan Senior B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Allenton v Collegiate, Allenton 1, 2.30pm, A Chapman Methven v Tinwald Liquorland, Methven 1, 1pm, G Clement Rakaia Murray Hood Baling v Hampstead, Rakaia 1, 1pm, C Kelland

BYE: Celtic Kelly’s Bar & Café Press Cup Ashburton College v Marlborough Boys High, Ash Coll, 12pm, M Bell, P McKnight, B Frame Colts – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Springston v Southern Ross Bros Transport, Spring 2, 12.30pm, J Morrison Banks Peninsula v Kirwee, Little River1, J Currie Rolleston v Waihora, Roll 2, 2.15pm, M Hanson West Melton v Prebbleton, West Melt 1, 2.45pm, TBA Under 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Hurunui v Kaiapoi, Culverden 1, 2.45pm G Eder Oxford v Darfield, Oxf 1, 2.45pm, G Matthews Prebbleton v MDI, Prebb 1, 1pm, J Rogers Saracens v Celtic Harnett Contracting, Sthbrok 1, 2.45pm, K Hancox Waihora/Springston v Methven/Rakaia, TT1, 1pm, D Sullivan Under 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Ashley v Oxford, Lob 4, 2pm, P Bigwood Ohoka v Waihora, Man 3, 2pm, S Clark Prebbleton/Rolleston v Tinwald, Roll 1, 1pm, P Turnbull Springston v Malvern Combined, Sprin 1, 1pm, M Quinliven Allenton/Celtic EuroAgri v West Melton, Allenton 1, 1pm, K Pottinger Methven/Rakaia v Kaiapoi, Methven 2, 2.00pm, C Carter Under 14.5 (Jock Ross Centurion Shield) Allenton M v Allenton G, Allenton 2, 1.30pm, P Everest Methven v Celtic Lysaght Glass, Methven 2, 12.45pm, M Gallagher Under 13 (Murray Roulston Centurion Shield) Club Referee or Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Southern Cant Feed Assessment, Allen 2, 12.15pm Methven B vs. Hampstead D Jackson Painting, Meth 3, 12.15pm Methven W vs. Celtic Argyle Welsh Finnigan, Meth 3, 1.30pm Celtic W vs. Southern Hinds Cartage, Celt 1, 1pm BYE: Tinwald MSA Under 11 1/2 (John Smitheram Shield) Club Referee or Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Southern All Farm Engineering, Allen 3, 12.30pm Celtic Blacklows vs. Collegiate Drummond & Etheridge, Celt 2, 1pm Methven v Tinwald Smitheram/Frew, Meth 1, 12pm Rakaia Synlait Farms vs. Hampstead, Rak 2, 1.15pm Under 10 Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Southern HCT, Allen 5, 12.30pm Methven B vs. Tinwald B Whittaker Contracting, Meth 4, 2pm Rakaia Synlait Farms U10 vs. Hampstead Lifestyle Motorhomes, Rak 3, 1.30pm Celtic vs. Southern Cowcare Hooftrimming, Celt 3, 1pm BYE: Methven W Under 9 Associate Referee Required Allenton U9 vs. Southern Hyde Bros, Allen 6, 12.30pm Methven B vs. Tinwald Lizzies Dairy, Meth 4, 1pm Rakaia Synlait Farms U9 vs. Hampstead U9, Rak 3, 12.30pm Methven W vs. Collegiate Cranfield Glass, Meth 4, 12pm Celtic McCrea Painters & Decorators vs. Southern Riverlea, Celt 3, 12pm Under 8 Associate Referee Required Allenton G vs. Southern Agspread, Allen 5, 1.30pm Allenton M vs. Hampstead W J Kellett Builder, Allen 6, 1.30pm Celtic U8 vs. Southern BR Jones Contracting, Celt 4, 1pm Methven vs. Tinwald H&L Jones Contracting, Meth 5, 1.30pm BYE: Collegiate Ash Paint & Decorators Under 7 Associate Referee Required Allenton vs. Southern Coleman Ag, Allen 4, 1.15pm Celtic Summerfield Builders vs. Collegiate Countdown Foodmarkets, Celt 4, 12.15pm Methven B vs. Southern CRT, Meth 5, 12pm Methven W vs. Tinwald Skip-2-It Flooring, Meth 5, 12.45pm Rakaia Synlait Farms U7 vs. Hampstead Netherby 4 Square, Rak 2, 12.30pm BYE: Tinwald RD1 Under 6 Associate Referee Required Allenton G v Hampstead, Allen 4, 12.30pm Allenton M v Southern B, Allen 4, 12.30pm Celtic G v Celtic W, Celt 1, 12.15pm Rakaia B v Tinwald, Rak 1, 12.15pm Rakaia W v Collegiate R, Rak 1, 12.15pm Methven B v Southern W, Meth 2, 12pm Methven W v Collegiate B, Meth 2, 12pm

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Decline of Crusaders highlighted Moral victories don’t win championships but the Blues suggested in their narrow loss to the Reds in Brisbane that they could finish higher on the table than the Crusaders this season.

Yes, the Blues were that good in losing 12-11 at Suncorp Stadium, and yes, the Crusaders were that bad in beating the Melbourne-based Rebels 30-26 in Christchurch.

It is a remarkable turnaround for both teams.

Sir John Kirwan, who inherited a broken Blues franchise last year which he bolstered with youth and enthusiasm, not to mention a canny coach in Sir Graham Henry, promised a rollercoaster of highs and lows this season, but he is in charge of an outfit travelling a damn sight more consistently than Todd Blackadder’s men.

The Blues sit in fifth place on the table, two points and two places above the Crusaders, who haven’t yet had their second bye and the four points which go with it.

The Blues also have yet to travel to South Africa.

Blackadder’s men have the easier run-in.

They play four of their next seven matches at home, but apart from very good performances against the Bulls, Kings and Stormers on successive weekends, they have shown little that suggests they will win their first title since 2008.

They have made the slow start and aggressive backlash into something of an art form over recent years but not this season.

Having lost to the Blues and Hurricanes early on they had their three-game revival, but then dropped games to the Sharks and Force.

The expected statement of intent never really arrived at home against the Highlanders, although their for-

Piri Weepu: Blues veteran finding himself in a patch of superb form

• Equestrians go down The New Zealand trans-Tasman equestrian team was unsuccessful in Sydney over the weekend, beaten by a very good Australian team who defended the title they won last year at Kihikihi. After the hosts established a commanding lead in the dressage, the cross-country course proved to be a real challenge and only one of the 26 starters managed a clear run inside the time on the undulating terrain. Each team had three riders jump clear, but the Australians further extended their lead with fewer time penalties in total. The showjumping also proved to be a challenge, with only four clear rounds as the standings remained the same.

The Australian riders finished first, second and fourth, while the New Zealanders were fifth, seventh, eighth and 16th. - APNZ

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wards played very well in that game.

Against the Rebels it seemed like they simply expected to win and for the pieces to fall into place by themselves. The only highlights were the scrum performance and Tom Taylor’s goalkicking.

The Blues, on the other hand, seem to have enthusiasm as their default mode.

Their narrow defeat to the Reds gained them only one point but it would have won them many more admirers.

Their adherence to the possessionbased game plan was remarkable and is a lot harder to achieve than it looks - just ask the Crusaders, who had to dig extremely deep to overtake the Rebels in the final stages at AMI Stadium.

The Blues routinely recycled the ball through 20-plus phases, the Crusaders consistently gave up possession in a performance lacking in passion.

Kirwan’s men were outstanding in beating the Crusaders at Eden Park in early March and comfortably did the double against the Hurricanes.

The Crusaders have been accused of being flat-track bullies recently - capable of beating only weaker teams - but in reality the opposite probably applies.

It appears they are inspired only by the biggest of challenges - their efforts in reaching the final despite the earthquakes and constant travel of 2011 is a testament to that. They remain in touch of the leaders in seventh place, and, with Dan Carter back (although not Kieran Read), they have the personnel to trouble any opposition. Their biggest challenge, it seems, is themselves.

Meanwhile, the Blues, with veterans Piri Weepu and Ali Williams finding form and youngsters such as Charles Piutau and Steven Luatua shining, travel merrily on, each week a voyage of discovery, burdened by neither history nor the weight of expectation.

- APNZ

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Juniors hone their rugby skills

Kotiti Patea, 10, receives a pinpoint pass from Edwin Dargue as more than 100 local rugby players attended a holiday coaching clinic run by the Cantabrians Rugby Club, in conjunction with the Mid Canterbury Rugby Union at the Ashburton Showgrounds. Coach Development Staff of the Canterbury Rugby Football Union and local club coaches put the players, ranging from under 9 to under 13, through their paces before finishing with some live action full contact games to put their new skills to the test.

Maul clarity key for Kirwan

By Patrick McKendry Rene Ranger is in Middlemore Hospital with an infected finger and Sir John Kirwan was without Charles Piutau and Steven Luatua due to illness yesterday, but a more pressing matter for the Blues’ coach is an impending conversation with referees’ boss Lyndon Bray.

Kirwan was left perplexed by some of the rulings from Craig Joubert regarding the maul in the 12-11 loss to the Reds in Brisbane, a tactic sure to be used by the Stormers at North Harbour Stadium on Friday night.

“We have the possibility to talk and I’m talking most weeks to him,” Kirwan said of Sanzar referees’ boss Bray.

“I’ll talk to him this week getting feedback on how he thought the ref went and what we need to do better.

“I think the maul is a real interesting one this week.

“We need to make sure that we can legally stop their maul so that’s something I need some clarity about.

“We felt we stopped the Queensland maul on the weekend but we got penalised, so just a bit

of clarity [is needed]. We need that against all the African sides because they’re very good at it.

“I thought especially in the last 10 minutes some decisions didn’t go our way but the Reds will probably [think] the same.

“We just have to roll with it and make sure we stay clean.”

The Blues felt they travelled through the middle of the maul to disrupt the Reds, which is legal, only for Joubert to rule otherwise on a couple of occasions.

The Stormers scored a try with their rolling maul in their 18-16 victory over the Hurricanes at Palmerston North and are unlikely to deviate too much from a game plan which is based on lineout dominance, a driving maul, and suffocating defence.

In-form centre Ranger is likely to be available despite a finger injury which left him hospitalised and on a drip.

Fullback Piutau and flanker Luatua have the flu and are likely to be fine also, said Kirwan.

“It is week 11 for us so we knew people would be tired.

“Most of the guys that are hurt or are sick have played the biggest numbers.

“Charles has played every minute of every game and has done

every training run so we expected this.

“Everyone’s tired. It’s mid competition and we have to be careful about how much work we do on the training field.”

The news isn’t quite as positive for hooker James Parsons, who has a neck injury which will likely lead to Keven Mealamu starting his first game of the season.

Lock Anthony Boric, unavailable for the Reds defeat due to another neck issue, will see a specialist today. Boric was close to calling it quits last year due to the seriousness of his neck injury but decided on surgery and made a full recovery.

Kirwan could say only of the former All Black: “We’re looking for a positive outcome.”

Second-five Francis Saili and wing George Moala will be available for selection after being dropped from the starting line-up and squad respectively for breaching team protocols.

Kirwan believed the Reds defeat, in which his side scored the only try, could be a good launching pad for the rest of the season.

“We’ve matured,” he said. “The guys have realised they can compete with the best, so it’s great for Anthony Boric: Almost retired from rugby our confidence.”

- APNZ last year, but made a full recovery

Warburton likely to be Return of van Persie Gatland’s Lions skipper hurts Arsenal fans

By Jim Morton British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland is expected to overlook Irish legends Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell to name his Welsh favourite, Sam Warburton, as tour captain later tonight.

The dogs are barking that Warburton has already been told he’ll lead the Lions to Australia in June, in an appointment that would further underline Wales’ dominance of a squad of 36 to 38 players.

Wales, who smashed England 30-3 in last month’s Six Nations decider, are set to supply a full team of representatives Down Under, including half of the likely Test starting team, despite losing all eight of their eight Tests against Australia in the past two years.

Although Warburton did not captain the Welsh in their Cardiff triumph, he was instrumental in the rout after losing his starting berth earlier in the tournament and Gatland has long favoured the 24-year-old flanker.

Centre O’Driscoll captained the Lions to New Zealand in 2005 and lock O’Connell led them to South Africa in 2009 and both are seen as smart choices who would break up the Welsh power bloc.

Lions great Jeremy Guscott believes Warburton isn’t deserving of the honour because he doesn’t

Sam Warburton: Has the inside running for the Lions captaincy “nail down” a starting place in a strong contingent of flankers that should also include Justin Tipuric, Dan Lydiate, Sean O’Brien and Tom Croft.

Former Wallabies captain Michael Lynagh also feels Gatland, who guided Wales to the 2012 Six Nations title, needs to be careful overlooking veterans O’Driscoll and O’Connell.

“From a political point of view, you have Scottish, Welsh and English represented in the management and no Irish,” Lynagh said.

“Appointing O’Connell would balance things up.”

It’s an awkward decision for New Zealander Gatland, who admitted

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two months ago he didn’t want to pick too many Englishman due to the media circus they can generate.

In the end, he may only take eight - half as many as the Welsh.

Like Warburton, there’s no certainty O’Connell and O’Driscoll will start but both have finished the northern seasons strongly to be well placed. England skipper Chris Robshaw had been seen as the captaincy favourite before his team was demolished by the Welsh, and now he’s only an outside chance of making the trip.

Jonny Wilkinson has turned the clock back in his recent outings for Toulon but the 2003 World Cup winner will not return to Australia, where he debuted for the Lions in 2001. Another Jonny, Irishman Jon-athan Sexton, has the inside running to wear the No.10 jersey ahead of English young gun Owen Farrell, while Wilkinson expects to be left out to honour his French commitments.

Possible squad: Fullbacks - Leigh Halfpenny, Stuart Hogg, Rob Kearney; Wingers - George North, Alex Cuthbert, Sean Maitland, Tommy Bowe; Centres Brian O’Driscoll, Jonathan Davies, Manu Tuilagi, Jamie Roberts; Five-eighths - Owen Farrell, Jonathan Sexton, Dan Biggar; Halfbacks - Mike Phillips, Ben Youngs, Greig Laidlaw; No.8s - Toby Faletau, Jamie Heaslip; Flankers - Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric, Dan Lydiate, Sean O’Brien, Tom Croft; Locks - Paul O’Connell, Alun Wyn Jones, Ian Evans, Joe Launchbury, Geoff Parling; Hookers - Rory Best, Richard Hibbard, Tom Youngs; Props - Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Cian Healy, Dan Cole, Mako Vunipola, Paul James. - AAP

By Tom Williams Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said Robin van Persie’s equaliser for Manchester United on his return to the Emirates Stadium had left the fans of his former club nursing feelings of “disappointed love”.

Van Persie scored a 44th-minute penalty to earn United a 1-1 draw at Arsenal yesterday, jeopardising his old side’s chances of securing the top-four Premier League finish they need to qualify for the Champions League.

The Dutchman, who left Arsenal in a STG24m ($A36.38m) transfer last year, was roundly booed, but Wenger said it was only because he had brought so much joy to the club during his eight-year stay.

“They loved him, so today it was a bit of a disappointed love,” said the Frenchman, before jokingly trying to play down the significance of Van Persie’s goal.

“I don’t think he scored - he scored a penalty. It counts, but it’s not completely the same,” Wenger said.

“When you buy a goalscorer, you look always at how many goals he scored on penalties, how many goals in open play. But he took his penalty very well.

“I knew when he decided to take it, there was an 80 per cent chance Robin van Persie: Arsenal fans less he’d score. He was our penalty taker enthusiastic than they used to be and I know he does that very well.”

Van Persie’s goal took his tally for the season to 25 in the league and cancelled out Theo Walcott’s 2ndminute opener.

Wenger revealed that Van Persie had taken the opportunity to catch up with some of his former teammates, but said he was pleased by his side’s efforts to prevent him from enjoying his return to his old stomping ground.

“He’s in our dressing room at the moment, because our food is better than in their (United’s) dressing room!” Wenger told reporters.

“Our defenders didn’t make life easy for him at all. We played with great commitment. Our two centrebacks played very well.”

Wenger also rejected suggestions that the guard of honour with which Arsenal’s players welcomed newly crowned champions United onto the pitch had played a part in his side’s aggressive start to the game.

“I think our mental preparations contributed to that start more than the guard of honour,” he said. “If it helped us that much, we’d do it every week.”

United’s draw means they now cannot eclipse Chelsea’s Premier League points record of 95, set in the 2004-05 season.

With games against relegated Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic and Newcastle United to come, Wenger warned his players not to take their foot off the gas.

- AFP

Olympian Quentin Rew made a further advance in his short but impressive race-walking career, winning the German 20km race walking championships yesterday. Racing against an international field, Rew managed a time of 1 hour 22 minutes 16 seconds to take 40 seconds off his previous best, set six weeks ago in Switzerland. The performance also took edged Craig Barrett’s New Zealand record, set in Adelaide in 1998, by four seconds. Rew went through the first 5km mark in 20 minutes 44 seconds and then walked each subsequent 5km faster, recording 20:41, 20:27 and 20:24, to win the race by 21 seconds. Rew has already been named in the New Zealand team for the 2013 Moscow World Championships in August, where he will compete in the 50km race walk event.- APNZ

• Reversal on peptides Low-level importers of new generation performance-enhancing drugs are still unlikely to face prosecution despite the Government changing its view on the legal status of some substances. Medsafe, the Government’s regulatory body for medicines, has shelved plans to add some classes of peptides to the schedule of the Medicines Act and has instead introduced a new interpretation that substances such as growth hormone peptides are already covered by the act. This reversal comes after the Herald received documents under the Official Information Act showing Medsafe planned to recommend five classes of peptide be reclassified at the next meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee. - NZH

• Fa’aoso gets 10 wks Richie Fa’aoso’s NRL season hangs in the balance, with Manly yet to decide on whether to fight the prop’s 10-game ban for two dangerous throw tackles on South Sydney’s Greg Inglis.

Fa’aoso upended Inglis in two ugly incidents during Friday’s spiteful contest at Brookvale Oval, and was hit with grade-two and grade-three dangerous throw charges by the match review committee yesterday. Should he fight and lose on both counts, Fa’aoso would miss 10 games, ruling him out until Manly’s round-20 clash with Wests Tigers. With early guilty pleas, Fa’aoso would still spend eight weeks on the sidelines. The Sea Eagles have until midday today to decide whether to fight either charge, with the club understood to be considering challenging the grading of at least one of Fa’aoso’s tackles.

- AAP

• Beale back for Rebels Coach Damien Hill will consult the rest of the Melbourne Rebels playing group before deciding whether or not to rush Kurtley Beale back for Friday night’s Super Rugby showdown with the Chiefs. Beale yesterday returned from his disciplinary suspension and resumed training with the Rebels, having been on the outer since being sent home in disgrace from last month’s tour of South Africa. The 24-year-old has missed six matches since breaking his hand on March 1 and then being suspended indefinitely for punching teammates Cooper Vuna and Gareth Delve in Durban. The Wallabies star has been under the guidance of the Australian Rugby Union and is undergoing counselling for alcohol-related issues. - AAP

• Broncos on a roll Brisbane will use Friday night’s NRL blockbuster with premiership force South Sydney as a measuring stick to the club’s rapid improvement this month.

The Broncos recovered from a worrying 1-3 start to the 2013 season with a hat-trick over the Gold Coast, North Queensland and Wests Tigers. But they believe their showdown with a white hot Souths, who out-muscled Manly in a classic clash last weekend, will tell them much more about how far they’ve come and still need to go. Such a mouthwatering clash, featuring a galaxy of rep stars, has the pulling power to pack Suncorp Stadium. - AAP

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World champs ‘worth sacrifice’ for Emma the under 18 pair and bronze in the under 18 double, coxed four and the eight, and she already had success at the international level earlier this year.

In January she won a silver medal in the women’s pair at the Youth Olympics festival in Sydney but knows this will be a big step up with 600 top junior athletes from 50 nations at the championships.

“This will be a whole other level,” Dyke said.

“It’s much bigger and will be a lot tougher.”

To prepare for the big challenge and to represent her country has meant making a sacrifice that affects her final year at secondary school.

The team will assemble and train at Lake Karapiro at the Rowing New Zealand High Performance Centre for ten weeks from May 26 to train as a squad, meaning many

By Jonathan Leask Mayfield rower Emma Dyke has been named in the New Zealand squad to take part in the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai, Lithuania in August.

Dyke, who attends Craighead Diocesan in Timaru, earned a seat in the women’s coxless four after impressing at the national trials over the weekend.

Four crews have been selected to represent New Zealand at the Junior Championships, an event that top New Zealand rowers such as Chertsey’s Hamish Bond began their rowing careers, and now Dyke get her chance after an already impressive season.

At her final Maadi Cup National Secondary Schools Championship at Lake Karapiro she won silver in

Judiciary has last word to Southern to hand Allenton their first loss 24-15.

Collegiate also recovered from their first loss by beating Hampstead 25-7, after being upset in the Anzac mid-week round by Rakaia.

Rakaia then made it consecutive wins beating Mt Somers 31-8 and Methven followed suit making it back-to-back wins beating Celtic 20-8, after their first win over Hampstead on Wednesday night.

Last year Collegiate won the first round Michael Duff Memorial, the Centennial Mug second round and the Senior B championship but drew with Southern 10-all in the Beckley Cup, which had Southern deny Collegiate the clean sweep, but have started this season as the team to beat.

By Jonathan Leask Who leads the charge in Mid Canterbury Senior B will be determined at a judicial hearing tonight.

The unbeaten Southern had the bye on the weekend and still sit at the top of the table, but are still awaiting the decision on the result from their match with Hampstead which was called off after 20 minutes after a brawl broke out.

Depending on the outcome of tonight’s judicial hearing Southern, who had the bye at the weekend, would be outright leaders after five rounds but Tinwald, Allenton and Collegiate are hot on their heels.

Tinwald bounced back from their first loss of the season mid-week

of the athletes, including Dyke, are required to relocate.

“I move up to the North Island for eight weeks I’ll attend St Peter’s School in Cambridge while I’m there.

“I knew that was the case heading to the trial, but it didn’t really register until they read my name out.”

Dyke will stay with the rest of the squad in what sounds like a lavish holiday destination -the Rob Waddell Lodge on the shores of Lake Karapiro.

“There isn’t really a lot to see and do there other than rowing.

“So I guess when we get some free time we’ll go off exploring and take a look around.”

“We row twice a day most days with two weight sessions a week and I think we get Wednesday morning and Sunday off, so we’ll be pretty tired during the day.

“I’m up (north) for eight weeks

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before we head over to Lithuania for three weeks, and then it’s back down to Craighead for practice exams but I should be fine.”

With the chance to represent her country Dyke wasn’t fazed at missing school, and will gladly hit the books extra hard if it means coming home with a medal.

New Zealand sent a junior squad of 16 rowers in 2012, that came away with three medals – one gold and two bronze, and the expectation of all the New Zealand junior crews competing is a top six placing.

The crews depart on July 20 for Lithuania for pre-competition training prior to the World Junior Rowing Championships, which are held from August 7-10.

Who said it?

Right: Emma Dyke, who will be representing New Zealand on the water in Lithuania in August

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”

Nicholson eyes grand slam New Zealand equestrian Andrew Nicholson has won the Rolex Kentucky Three Day event aboard Quimbo after a stunning clear round in the showjumping in which he picked up just three time faults.

He was also third on Calico Joe, with Kiwi team-mate Jonelle Richards and The Deputy 18th.

Nicholson finished on a score of 41 penalty points, with arch-rival William Fox-Pitt (Great Britain) second on Seacookie TSF on 46.2 points, and Nicholson and Calico Joe on 52.8.

The $US80,000 win sets Nicholson up to become the first Kiwi to win the $US350,000 Rolex Grand Slam - encompassing the Burghley International Horse Trials, Mitsubishi Motors Badminton and Land Rover Burghley four star events in succession.

It also extends his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics which boasts a $US250,000 prize purse.

But yesterday was all about Kentucky.

Clear rounds were sparse in the showjumping phase, with just five riders leaving all the rails in place, Andrew Nicholson aboard Calico Joe and only four of those inside time.

Despite it being Quimbo’s first four star start, Nicholson picked the 10-year-old Spanish horse as a winner.

“This horse is exceptional,” he said.

“He is very easy to ride. A win like this is great for the future.

He’s a proper one!

“Nereo is my best horse at the moment because he is a very hardened, experienced campaigner, and Quimbo is the new kid on the block, but I can see in a year’s time he will be nudging Nereo a little.”

Equestrian Sports New Zealand high performance coach Erik Duvander also had plenty of good things to say about Quimbo.

“We knew he was a world-class horse but winning like this in his first four star is impressive,” he said.

Nicholson was chuffed too with the efforts of Calico Joe, on whom he finished third.

“He’s no superstar at showjumping, and it was a big stage out there - I am happy with him, he is still winning me money and doing a good job.”

Next weekend Nicholson will start

Today’s sports trivia question In his third one-day international Jeff Wilson scored 44 runs off just 28 balls in a nailbiting finish. Where was the match played?

Nereo and Avebury at Badminton - another event he has never won before.

“I had never won Kentucky before either, until today.

“I won’t be thinking about that, I will be out there trying my hardest and I know I have two classy horses to go into it.”

Richards and The Deputy went into the showjumping in seventh spot but 20 faults saw them slip to 18th, however Duvander was still encouraging about their future.

“They did a cracking cross country round and with a little fine tuning in the dressage and showjumping, they will have a lot more success in the future.”

ESNZ high performance director Sarah Harris said yesterday’s results fitted perfectly with the “big plan”.

“We want to be dominating the four star competitions, and this is a tremendous win.

“Aside from Badminton and Burghley, this is one of the biggest - it is an important stepping stone as we work towards next year’s World Equestrian Championships.”

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Spurs sweep Lakers out of playoffs first time the Lakers had been swept in a first-round series since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams in the 1983-84 season.

“It was just a weird feeling,” Parker admitted after the Spurs posted their fourth straight double-digit victory over the Lakers, who scraped into the playoffs but had to make do without superstar

Kobe Bryant, who tore an Achilles tendon in the final week of the regular season.

“Obviously, I’m happy we won, but it’s just weird,” Parker said of facing a Lakers team that was missing not only Bryant but also injured point guard Steve Nash, Steve Blake, Jodie Meeks and veteran Metta World Peace.

To make matters worse, big man Dwight Howard was ejected from the game after receiving a second technical foul shortly after halftime.

Pau Gasol, who battled knee tendinitis and a foot injury during the season, led the Lakers with 16 points, but LA never led and never really threatened. - AFP

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Bad

Bad fishing

Set 11:48 am Rise 9:39 pm

Last quarter

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Rise 7:25 am Set 5:34 pm

Bad

Bad fishing

Rise 7:26 am Set 5:33 pm

Good

Good fishing

Set 12:35 pm Rise 10:48 pm

Set 1:16 pm Rise 11:58 pm

10 May 12:30 pm

18 May 4:36 pm

New moon

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Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa