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Council $9.7m in the black

BY SUE NEWMAN

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The Ashburton District Council recorded a surplus of $9.7 million last financial year, posting a balance sheet that showed it had net assets of $616 million.

The council’s annual report was presented yesterday at its first meeting for the new term, with Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay saying it showed council was on track to achieve the goals set out in its long-term plan.

“We are in good shape financially, delivering quality infrastructure and services and we’re performing financially,” he said.

The annual report details the council’s performance over the past year and shows whether it has met the targets in its long-term plan. During the year it earned itself $54.7 million in income, with $25.5 million of this coming from rates. Its expenditure for the year totalled $45 million.

During the year the council stayed within its limits on external debt (no higher than 10 per cent of the council’s total revenue) and paid $2.275 million in interest. The council’s average debt per rateable property is $2466 ($2446 in 2012). Its public debt as a percentage of total assets is 5.68 per cent (6.15 per cent in 2012).

The council had focused strongly during the year on providing quality core services that delivered value for

money for residents, Mr McKay said.

The council has two cornerstone projects under way, the EA Networks Centre and the Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre. It is also planning for a second bridge across the Ashburton River.

“These will provide significant new opportunities for our community and the bridge will be important for managing future traffic flows,” he said.

The largest area of the council’s budget is transportation, with the district having one of the longest roading networks in New Zealand. During the year it had more than $11 million roading capital expenditure, $3 million over budget.

A growing district meant there was ongoing pressure on roads from heavy transport and that meant increased expenditure for surface and structure upgrading on top of general maintenance, Mr McKay said.

A reduction in the New Zealand Transport Agency subsidy assistance level simply added to the pressure, he said. “We’re continuing to lobby NZTA for increases in funding that recognise the size of our roading network in relation to our population and the contribution of our district’s export–focused industries to the national economy.”

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Teenagers ‘tagged’

A group of four teenagers chose the wrong spot to carry out some tagging overnight, police say. A police staff member was taking a break from answering 111 calls outside the police northern communication centre in Auckland. She was surprised to see the group tagging the bonnet of an expensive Audi opposite the centre, and then move on to tag an adjacent building. When they realised they had been spotted they ran off but were soon rounded up by police patrols.

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Jonas Brothers announce split Heart-throb boy band the Jonas Brothers have announced they are breaking up, at least for now. The announcement was made yesterday, a few weeks after cancelling their comeback tour due to “deep rifts” between the trio. The group, whose career took off five years ago with Disney films and TV shows, said they decided “unanimously” to split after a meeting earlier this month. “It’s over for now,” Kevin Jonas told People magazine.

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Stolen ring returned 25 years later NFL Hall of Famer Lance Alworth (above) gets his Super Bowl championship ring, 25 years after it was stolen. The San Diego County Sheriff ’s Department said yesterday the 1971 ring was scheduled to be sold November 20 at an auction house in Laguna Niguel with an opening bid of $44,000. The ring was reported stolen in 1988 from a San Diego bar that displayed sports memorabilia.

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West’s fashion queen US rapper Kanye West says when it comes to fashion, Kim Kardashian reigns supreme over every woman, including Michelle Obama. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest on this week, the rapper said he and his fiancee are “the most influential with clothing”. He added: “Michelle Obama cannot Instagram a pic like what my girl Instagrammed the other day,” referring to Kardashian’s selfie that revealed most of her backside. West also said “no-one is looking at what (Barack) is wearing.” The music star was defending Kardashian in the radio interview, saying the TV reality star deserves more attention from mainstream fashion magazines.

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Bloom squirms on talk show Orlando Bloom was left squirming in his seat when a US TV talk show host offered dating advice following his split from Australian model Miranda Kerr. “All I’m going to say is there are a lot of fish in the sea,” Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, told Bloom. “You are a good-looking guy.” The squirming Bloom, fearing more questions about last week’s announcement he and Kerr had separated after three years of marriage, put his left hand across his face. “By the way, let’s talk about the elephant in the room,” Colbert said at the top of the interview. “You’ve got something going on with you right now. We don’t have to talk about it.”

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Ashburton Indoor Bowls – A Thursday afternoon bowls session organised by Ashburton Indoor Bowls Association where anyone can come along and play the game. All you need to do is turn up and you’ll be put in a team. Sessions are weekly starting from today and run from 2pm until 4pm. For details, call Kevin Smith on 308-6070.

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Out of town – The Skint Halloween Party, Pierside Cafe and Bar, Cnr Brighton Mall and Marine Parade, Christchurch. Time to sort your costume, round up your gools and goblins and head for the beach for the famous, “Skint Halloween Party”. Pierside Cafe transforms into a den of Halloween creatures. Stars: 8.30pm. Free admission.

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At the movies – Captain Phillips, Regent Cinema, Ashburton. Tom Hanks plays Richard Phillips, a real-life cargo ship captain whose ship was taken hostage by Somali pirates during the Maersk Alabama hijacking in 2009. Show times: 12noon, 8pm.

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■ THE PRINT ROOM VANDALISED

New bar broken into, trashed

By Myles HuMe

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Ashburton’s newest bar has suffered a setback just days before it is set to open after it was broken into and trashed overnight Tuesday.

However, The Print Room owner Emma Jackson says the bar is still on track for its grand opening tomorrow night, despite her Burnett Street bar being at the centre of a police investigation all day yesterday.

Sergeant Bryan Ennis, of Ashburton, said police are now in search of information after the offender/s broke into the building and trashed its interior between 5pm Tuesday and 8am yesterday.

Ms Jackson said it was a shame, considering the hard work that has been put in to

get the bar so close to opening, with its sign being painted yesterday afternoon.

“It’s just a bit disappointing because we had the day all planned out and then we found this. It does throw a spanner into the works,” she said.

Although Ms Jackson was not keen to reveal what was vandalised and how it had been done, she said it was “minor damage”.

She said it was not known how the offenders broke into the premises, and Mr Ennis said it was too early for police to determine.

Mr Ennis said police were now pleading for information from the public, wanting to hear from people who may have seen or heard people in the area overnight Tuesday.

Ashburton police can be contacted on 307-8400.

Mayor Angus McKay and the three Ashburton District councillors who will head the council’s standing committees for the new council term (from left) Alan Totty, chair environmental services, Stuart Wilson, chair service delivery and Neil Brown, chair finance and business support.

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Deputy, committees decided By sue NewMaN

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Ashburton Mayor Angus McKay has opted for the tried and true in the line-up of district councillors who will lead his standing committees for the new council term.

Neil Brown, who had been tipped as a likely deputy mayoral contender will continue to head the council’s finance and business support community with second term and highest polling councillor Donna Favel, as his deputy.

With the retirement of long serving councillor John Leadley, Mr McKay was left in search of a new chair for the committee now renamed Service Delivery.

Rather than opt for last term deputy chair Alan Totty, he promoted a second term councillor who regularly flew the flag

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improving the condition of the district’s roads, Stuart Wilson, as the new chair. His deputy will be long serving councillor Darryl Nelson.

In by-passing Mr Totty as chair of the service delivery committee, he had other things in mind for this councillor, appointing him as chair of environmental services.

For several terms of council this committee has been chaired by long serving councillor Robin Kilworth, who did not seek re-election. Mr Totty’s deputy is Don McLeod who sought both the mayoralty and an urban council seat at the election.

Mr McKay stayed with the familiar rather than trying out new blood with his appointment of a deputy mayor, with incumbent Darryl Nelson retaining this position.

Mr Nelson is also deputy chair of the service delivery committee.

The council’s executive committee will be made up of Mr McKay, Mr Nelson and the three committee chairs.

Councillors were appointed to the three standing committees and a range of sub-committees, advisory and working and reference groups.

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■ TWENTY-FIVE NEW CITIZENS

Twenty-five new citizens were sworn in yesterday. Back row (from left) Mohamed Abdelaziz Mahmoud Diab, David Howatson Miller, Alexandru Ladislau Farkas, Fele ‘A Fe‘ofa‘aki Hala‘ufia, Afemui Hala‘ufia, Martin Nordquist, Richard Eukimeni Sooaemalelagi, Emerson Francis Sooaemalelagi, Siaa Pereseti Sooaemalelagi, Ioelu Leo Leo, Mauailegalu Savaiinaea, Robert Ziyambi, Jessican Megan Dry; Front row: Marwa Mahmoud Fouad Mohamed, Miar Mohamed Abdelaziz Mahmoud Diab, Mairi MacKinnon Miller, Sonia Garcia Dandin, Donna Dandin, Patricio Lorenzo Dandin, Angus McKay, Volipolo Poa, Uini Poa, Solomona Savaiinaea, Anjali Leua Savaiinaea, Jasem Sooaemalelagi.

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Egyptian family become citizens By anna Sedlackova She wears a head scarf called hijab and her religion is Islam.

Together with her three children and husband, Marwa Mohamed has found a new home in Ashburton.

“Sometimes people are surprised about the scarf and ask about the tradition, but we never faced any problems,” her husband Mr Diab said.

New Zealand is the first for-

eign country the Diab family has ever travelled to, and after seven years spent here it seems they’ll never leave again.

Yesterday they were the only representatives of the continent of Africa that were formally welcomed as New Zealand citizens after swearing allegiance to the Queen at the Ashburton District Council. Joining the ceremony were 25 candidates from countries such as Samoa, Philippines, Romania or United

Kingdom. The Diabs family still visit Egypt, the last time they went there was in 2012.

Admittedly, they miss their Egyptian friends and family, but they have no difficulties shopping for their favourite Middle East food in Kiwi stores. In Christchurch they can find the fava beans as well as okra vegetable.

What the family certainly does not miss is the buzz of their former hometown, the

country’s capital city Cairo with its 7.7 million residents.

“Life in Ashburton is much quieter, not so stressful, and there is much less traffic,” compared Mr Diab.

What they also like about life in Mid Cantebury is how friendly and helpful the locals are.

“Two weeks ago my wife got stuck in her car that stopped moving. And people would come and offer help,” he said.

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■ METHVEN RODEO AFTERMATH

Bad behaviour upsets rodeo organisers

By SuSan SandyS

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Young Methven Rodeo visitors who get drunk and cause damage to accommodation premises have received a telling off from organisers.

Spokesperson Craig Wiggins said he was disappointed to hear about some accommodation premises thinking of banning rodeo visitors after some had partied in their rooms, leaving behind vomit and minor damage.

He believed rodeo competitors themselves treated accommodation premises with respect, and he would like to see those who travelled from throughout the South Island to see the event and party with their friends do the same.

“The rodeo is held in a really good spirit, just like cowboys have a heap of respect for each town that they travel to, have a great time but be respectful.”

Recompense was available to accommodation premises for any damage caused by com-

petitors themselves, because the New Zealand Rodeo Cowboys’ Association had strict rules on the issue.

Any cowboys causing damage could not compete until they had made recompense for that damage.

With 7000 at the event at the weekend, it had been a big party weekend for many, although those causing such damage were a minority.

He said rodeo organisers had strived to maintain a family friendly atmosphere at the event

over the years. They operated a licensed bar on the grounds, so could not serve intoxicated patrons.

They did not allow spectators to bring their own alcohol, and provided food and a family area.

Organisers had increased security in recent years and made sure behaviour was kept in check during the event.

Funds raised were distributed to community groups, and next year’s event would see the Canterbury branch of a major national charity benefit.

Deaker blows whistle on broadcasting career By chriS rattue Sportscaster Murray Deaker, an undisputed giant of New Zealand broadcasting, has blown the final whistle on his career of over 20 years.

The 68-year-old Aucklander informed viewers of last night’s Deaker on Sport show on Sky it was his last. He will host his final Newstalk ZB/Radio Sport show on December 22 after a break following hip replacement

surgery today. Hours before the surprise television announcement, Deaker informed his TV show sponsors at a gathering, where he choked up.

Deaker told the Herald: “I wanted to go out on top of my game ... I was sports broadcaster of the year last year and in the final three this year.

“I’ve been ruthless on sports people who go on too long. I’ll miss it though - it has been all consuming. My passions are

worked a number of jobs, among others he was an IT teacher.

In Ashburton he makes his living as a Muslim butcher in Canterbury Meatpackers.

Together with his colleagues they make sure that meat can be certified as “halal”, that is permissible according to Islamic law.

Such meat is then exported overseas, including to Mr Diab’s North African homeland.

sport and people and it has combined them. I have lived my dream.”

“Timing is everything in sport and life. I want to get out while I’m still at the top of my game.

There are fresh challenges that I am keen to have a crack at.”

Murray Deaker won the Best Sports Presenter at the Radio Awards seven times and was a finalist on 10 other occasions. In 2009 he received the award Officer of the New Zealand Order

of Merit (ONZM) for Services to Broadcasting.

The Radio Network’s Dallas Gurney said after 27 years as a host it was the end of an era.

“Murray is an iconic sports broadcaster in New Zealand and his name and voice are synonymous with sport in this country.

Whether celebrating our wins or lamenting our losses, Murray has been a constant presence on New Zealand’s sporting landscape,” says Gurney. - APNZ

Preying on schoolgirls A Kaitaia tutor accused of preying on schoolgirls appeared in court yesterday facing additional charges.

James Brian Sanders, 65, appeared in the Kaitaia District Court on a raft of sexual offence charges. Police said the charges included 12 of indecent assault on a female aged under 12 years, another charge of sexual violation of a female aged under 12 years, three charges of indecent assault on a female aged between 12 and 16 years and one charge of assault on a child aged under 14 years.

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Gas leak evacuations Residents were allowed to return home yesterday afternoon after a gas leak caused evacuations in Richmond Heights, Taupo.

Police said cordons were put in place on Kensington Place. Some homes were evacuated and other residents were advised not to light any fires downwind of the incident.

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Breach admitted Tasman Tanning Company has admitted it failed to ensure employees’ safety after a hydrogen sulphide leak from its plant.

The leak on November 2, 2012 resulted in 21 workers being exposed to hydrogen sulphide after a mix-up of chemicals. Two were in hospital for a week. The company will be sentenced on January 29.

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■ TERRACE VIEW RESTHOME

Manager fills staff quota and she’s rapt

BY SUE NEWMAN

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With a new retirement village to staff and low unemployment in Ashburton, Terrace View manager Karen Harris thought she would be in for a tough job finding the people she needed.

She was wrong and she couldn’t be happier. With the Carters Terrace retirement village due to open on Monday, Mrs Harris has a full complement of staff, fully trained and ready to work.

Securing the number of carers needed was anticipated to be the biggest hurdle, Mrs Harris said, but the Ashburton workforce proved her wrong.

“We trained 22 and almost all were of the calibre I wanted. They’re a fantastic group of women – and one man. I’ve been rapt, really. I anticipated I’d retain 50 per cent of those I trained but I’ve got 98 per cent and that’s great.”

When Terrace View opens on Monday it will have almost a full house of residents over its villas, apartments, studio units

and resthome and hospital beds.

If Mrs Harris is delighted with her new staff, the staff are equally delighted with their new jobs and their new workplace.

For many, those jobs have provided an opportunity to return to the workforce after a long break or to move off a benefit.

Katherine Wilson has been out of the workforce for about 15 years and said with her three children now at school the chance to retrain for a new job had come at the perfect time.

“This is great because it works in so well with families,” she said.

Melissa Salmons is also returning to work after a long break. She is raising her two daughters on her own and said her return to work was about helping them to understand the importance of having good work ethics.

“I wanted to show them that they can do anything. My sixyear-old has a terminal illness and she has been my job but now she’s at school.

“The training here has been really good, it’s got me so excit-

New staff members at Terrace View Retirement Village (from left) Katherine Wilson, Simone Swanepoel, Melissa Salmons and Steve Murray.

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ed. This is a great opportunity because it is so family friendly,” she said.

Eighteen-year-old Simone Swanepoel is the youngest of the new team. It’s her second job and she said it ticks all of her boxes, particularly her desire to work with people.”

Steve Murray is the only male on the care team but that’s not fazing the 60-year-old.

He’s been on a mix of benefits for more than two years after an unsuccessful knee operation.

He’d been working part-time as a pastoral carer for his church and said he was delighted to

have the chance to retrain.

“The atmosphere here is really fantastic. I suppose I’m a bit nervous about it all, but I’m also pretty excited. The whole emphasis through our training has been on looking after staff and looking after residents,” Steve said.

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■ DIAMOND WEDDING

In brief

You reach a hurdle and get over it

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

It was a beautiful day in October, 1953.

For young Owen Shaw it was the morning of his wedding and he was looking fine; done up in his suit, with a posy in his buttonhole and not a hair out of place – the works, as he put it.

That was when he got news – the cattle had got out, and were roaming on the road.

“We thought we’d set right off to go get the cattle in, but my mum wouldn’t let me. There wasn’t anyone else that could do it, I told her, because the boys could sit on a horse but they sure couldn’t ride. But she straight refused.”

Owen and Ngaio Shaw are practical people, and 60 years on that’s part of the glue that has held them together: As Mrs Shaw put it, you reach a hurdle and you get over it.

And, she said, they were always compatible.

They met as teenagers when she was working at the tearooms in Rakaia, where she made amazing scones but he just came in for cigarettes – every young footballer smoked in those days.

He offered to walk her home, and she liked his smile.

And it was the simple things that attracted Mr Shaw to the girl who would become his wife.

“A lot of it was music. I never learnt the piano, but my dad had one passed on to him that none of us could play. Ngaio would come around and sit down at the piano and she would play beautifully. That was something that joined us.”

Sixty years, two children, three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren later, their shared love of music is something that has lasted, Mrs Shaw said.

“Music has been a big part of

Caleb and Alice Pearson have been announced as the winners of hit TV series The Block, selling their house for $1,126,000, giving them a profit of $181,000.

The couple beat three other teams by selling the property they renovated for the biggest profit.

All the contestants will keep the difference between what the house they renovated sold for at auction and what the property’s reserve price was set at.

The Pearsons also scoop an additional $80,000 in prizemoney.

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Construction on the Transmission Gully alternative route to the capital will begin in the second half of next year - just before the next general election - Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday. He expected the 27 km long project to be ready for use by 2020. It is estimated to cost $2.5 billion. He said morning peak traffic times from Levin to Wellington were expected to improve by 40 minutes, and the new corridor was projected to reduce the number of fatal and serious traffic crashes from 140 over five years after its completion to 100.

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Ill-treatment sentence The second man convicted for his part in beating 23 fur seals to death on the Kaikoura Coast has been sentenced to eight months’ home detention. Jemaal Peter Roy Large, 38, was sentenced in Blenheim District Court yesterday on two charges of wilful illtreatment of animals. He will also serve 200 hours’ community service. The seals were beaten to death with a galvanised steel pipe at the Ohau Point seal colony in 2010.

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Owen and Ngaio Shaw will celebrate 60 years of marriage today.

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Pair safe - police

Right: Owen and Ngaio Shaw on their wedding day.

Police believe the two people reported missing over the weekend are both alive and well. West Coast police area commander Inspector John Canning said 15-year-old Liam Stirling, who was last seen getting off a bus from Haast to Greymouth a week ago at Paringa, was “alive and well” in Queenstown. Yohan Simon, the French tramper who was overdue from a trek, was also safe “was heading towards Karamea in the company of a woman”.

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our lives. Music lifts the soul. If I put on a CD while I’m doing my housework, suddenly I’m in a little wee world of my own and the time disappears.

“I’m still called up before gatherings sometimes, they’ll say ‘Come on, Ngaio, bring the accordion and we’ll have a knees-up.”

Their love of Mid Canterbury is another thing they share, and something they have passed down through the generations, who won’t have to travel far to celebrate the anniversary with the pair today.

“Every one of our grandchildren is still living in Ashburton.

This is home for them, and no matter where they go they always come back to base.”

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an Stuart said estate agents indicated there was plenty of interest from serious buyers.

The four teams spent 10 weeks and many hard, long hours to get their once rundown homes on the corner of Lake and Eversleigh Rds, on Auckland’s North Shore, into pristine condition and ready for auction.

The show’s second season racked up an average of 452,200 viewers per episode, and its contestants had a huge following.

Ms Stuart described the viewer feedback as “phenomenal”.

This year’s teams were made up of two married couples - the Pearsons from Auckland, Loz and Tom Heaphy from Nelson,

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House 1 (Caleb and Alice): $945,000 reserve, sold for $1,126,000 (profit $181,000) House 2 (Alisa and Koan): $948,000 reserve, sold for $1,014,000 (profit $66,000) House 3 (Pete and Andy): $925,000 reserve, sold for $952,500 (profit $27,500) House 4 (Loz and Tom): $922,000 reserve, sold for $947,000 (profit $25,000)

young Auckland couple Alisa Keall-Grant and Koan Vette, and brothers Pete, 26, and Andy Walker, 23, from Rangitikei.

The brothers were pitched as the ultimate do-it-yourself Kiwi blokes and probably had the biggest following among the teams.

The pair’s down-to-earth nature and comedic ways quickly made them viewer favourites, Ms Stuart said.

“The brothers’ sense of humour became a real feature this year. But what we learned at the open homes is that each of the four teams has a big fanbase.”

Earlier this month fans began queuing at 5.30am for a sneak peek of the four renovated homes, causing havoc for local traffic.

Pete and Andy won the People’s Choice Award, earning them a Mazda6 to take home.

New transport plans for Christchurch reveal the inner city will have a reduced speed limit and a “people-focused environment” once rebuilt.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee released the plan yesterday, which specified a new 30km/h speed limit in the heart of the city.

Key changes in the plan include converting Kilmore and Salisbury Streets from one-way into twoway, while retaining the other one-way streets of Montreal, Durham and St Asaph with the replacement of Oxford/Lichfield onto Tuam Street.

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Star-gazing deadly A 50-year-old Korean tourist who died after being hit by a car in Queenstown on Tuesday night had gone outside to look at the stars, police say. Daegeun Yun was struck by a car on Arthur’s Point Rd near the former Coronet Peak Hotel at 10.15pm. Mr Yun was travelling as part of a tour group which included his wife and he had told his wife he was going outside to look at the stars. He was wearing dark clothing and “initial indications are that he was standing on the roadway near the fog line, [the painted line of the side of the road]” police said.

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BY CHRISTINA MCDONALD AND TRACEY ROXBURGH The controversial monorail proposal linking Queenstown to Te Anau Downs and subsequently Milford Sound could soon be approved.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith yesterday visited the proposed terminus site at Te Anau Downs and made public the official advice from the Department of Conservation and the Hearing Commissioner, which recommends he approve the Fiordland Link Experience.

The $200 million proposal from Riverstone Holdings Ltd includes 43km of monorail (which Dr Smith said was the world’s longest monorail), a catamaran trip across Lake Wakatipu and an all-terrain vehicle journey to the terminus at Kiwi Burn.

News the hearings commissioner recommended Dr Smith approve the proposal, subject to extensive conditions, left former Southland District Council

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Mayor Frana Cardno “extremely, extremely disappointed”.

Ms Cardno said the proposal would be “an obnoxious eyesore” which should not be allowed on the “world heritage land in our backyard”.

She is part of Save Fiordland, which has been vocal in protesting the proposal, and when asked whether the group would appeal against the decision if the monorail was granted, she said “we will be looking at it”.

Yesterday Dr Smith insisted “the decision is mine” and the commissioner’s recommendation that the monorail be given a tick “does not prejudge my decision”, which he hoped to make before Christmas.

There was no question, Dr Smith said, about the area’s beauty and while he said he had a protective view of national parks, what was significant about the project “is that it is outside the Fiordland National Park except for a small area that is already leased out to the hotel at Te Anau Downs”. - APNZ

Four-year-old Childs Play Preschool pupils Toby Brook, Alex Wilson and Kate McIntosh with some of the collage pieces they have created for the Ashburton A&P Show.

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After a term that has featured visits from a menagerie of animals, children at Childs Play Preschool had plenty of inspiration to draw on as they designed animal collages for

the Ashburton A&P Show. Although the subjects varied from pretty ponies to dead possums, the supplies they used were the same, and featured a range of fur, seeds, feathers and other natural materials.

Childs Play Preschool teacher Alisha Todd said that the chil-

dren had a lot of fun creating their pieces for the show, and had come up with some unique ideas.

The art pieces will be on display at the A&P show this weekend, where they will feature in the Home Industries collage section.

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also incorporates what was Lagmhor Rural School.

Board of trustees chairman David Harford and principal Sam Winterbourn were both pleased after ERO assessors visited earlier this year and published the report online last week.

“I think one of the things that really came through was the systems we have in place, we focus a lot on inquiry learning and that approach Borough has adopted seems to be working really well, and the children

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Ashburton Borough School’s innovative touch shone through in its latest report by education’s watchdogs.

The initiation of an international students’ programme, plans for pupils to bring their own electronic devices to school and an environmental focus are all part of the “well-designed curriculum” the Education Review Office (ERO) found in its latest report of the school that

are thriving off it,” Mr Harford said.

Mr Winterbourn said it was positive to see the changes the school made in recent years finally being recognised.

The report also acknowledged the school’s performance in National Standards, with the majority of pupils sitting at or above the national expectations in reading, writing and maths.

Teaching initiatives have played a major role in lifting achievement and “challenging targets have been set” to lift

those rated below the National Standard.

“Most Maori students are achieving at or above National Standards,” the report also found.

The ERO assessors said the school allowed pupils to assess their own progress and were also open to a raft of leadership opportunities and “are fully involved in all aspects of school life”.

“An in-depth and well-considered inquiry approach is helping student develop the skills

and understanding needed to be successful learners.

“Students are becoming more aware of their place in the world and taking greater responsibility for their learning.”

The report highlighted areas the school needed to improve on before ERO’s next visit in 2016.

That included lifting Pacific Island pupil achievement and developing stronger relationships with Pacific Island families and improving reporting to the board of trustees on achievement.

■ ASHBURTON MAN’S CHARITY BID Fire victim unidentified George, 84, takes on

gruelling five-day ride

By MattHew tHeunissen Police will use dental records to identify a man’s body found in a farm house south of Auckland which was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night.

Nothing was left of the single-storey dwelling on Koheroa Rd, Mangatawhiri, except twisted metal, broken glass and blackened timber.

Investigators were at the scene yesterday morning, where the body remained while they tried to establish what happened.

“It’s been an extremely hot fire which has levelled the building, essentially,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Darrell Harpur.

Firefighters were called to the blaze at one of the three buildings on the 140ha dairy farm about 10pm on Tuesday.

They found the man’s body in the sleeping area two hours later.

The farm’s owners were not home at the time and found out about the tragedy only yesterday morning.

Mr Harpur said police were yet to establish the man’s identity, or how the fire started.

Counties Manukau police spokeswoman Kimberley Mathews said the man was thought to be in his 20s and was the only person there at the time.

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Covering 270 kilometres of mountainous terrain, the five day ride from Mount Cook to Oamaru is a gruelling one – but try doing it at the age of 84, in a tweed coat, waistcoat and hat.

Retired Ashburton man George Crack has ridden thousands of miles on his trusty 1960s Raleigh bike, so he knows exactly what to expect when he sets off next week on the ride for charity.

But although he has made longer charity rides, including one the length of New Zealand, he expects this to be his last.

“It’s quite a tough one, there are a lot of hills in it. Of course, if I get knocked off that will be it for me.

“I still feel good when I’m riding, and I always thought I may as well keep doing it as long as I enjoy it – but I am getting on now.”

He will make the ride on his trusty Raleigh 3-speed bike, which was donated in 1971 for one of his first charity rides.

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a modern bike with all those gears up the hills, but it can still pick up the speed down the other side.”

He said he had reached speeds of over 70km/h downhill, and had earnt the title of “The Speeding Geriatric”.

And his bike will be far from the oldest on the trail, as he makes the ride alongside the Oamaru Ordinary Cycle Club, many of whom will ride in Victorian garb on vintage penny farthings as part of Oamaru Victorian Heritage celebrations.

But this ride is a personal one for Mr Crack, who is fundraising for prostate cancer research, something he has seen friends battle and experienced firsthand himself.

He said the funds would go to the Christchurch research unit, a team he had met himself.

“They’re a terrific crowd, and everything they do is on a shoestring budget.”

He said there would be a fundraising box outside McGregor Real Estate in Ashburton this week, with all the funds raised going to prostate cancer research.

Eighty-four year-old George Crack is about to embark on what could be his last charity ride: A 270km trip from Mount Cook to Oamaru next week.

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The Teachers’ Council is proposing rule changes that would make disciplinary tribunal proceedings open to the public, however the council said careful safeguards were needed to protect children and young people who gave evidence.

“This requires that appropriate suppression powers are provided to the tribunal,” Teachers’ Council director Peter Lind said.

The tribunal needed sup-

pression powers, and the same penalties for suppression breaches as apply under the Health Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal, he said. “Such penalties need to be included in any amendments to the Education Act currently being proposed by the Minister of Education.

“So while the proposed rule changes are in accordance with the principle of open justice, the Teachers’ Council is seeking strong legislative

protection from anyone who breaches any orders of the disciplinary tribunal.”

The tribunal’s practice of automatically suppressing names of teachers who are under complaint has been called into question.

In August, Parliament’s regulations review committee held that the practice was not in line with the Education Act, which clearly intended proceedings to be generally open to the public.

This month the disciplinary tribunal broke with practice to name some teachers who were deregistered after being involved in high profile criminal cases.

It followed criticism from Education Minister Hekia Parata that the tribunal was too slow to act in cases where teachers had been convicted of serious offences.

Anyone can make a submission on the proposed rule changes.

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In brief Balloon report due A report to be released today into the Carterton hot air balloon crash will help put the matter to rest, a witness says. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is to release its final report into the January 2012 tragedy.

Eleven people were killed when the balloon caught fire and crashed to the ground after colliding with powerlines near Carterton. The horror scene was witnessed by Geoff Walker, who had photographed all the passengers before take-off, and was a close friend of pilot Lance Hopping. He said the release of the report, which was expected to be closely followed by the coroner’s report, would help those involved to move on.

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Correction In one of our recent rural pages we referred to Chris Lindsay as the Carr Group’s general manager and auctioneer in a photo caption.

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Reunion attracts 100 descendants The Hutt family reunion attracted about 100 descendants, young and old, of Joseph Thomas Hutt, who farmed at Mt Alford (background), over Labour weekend.

Mr Hutt was one of 12 children of Thomas Joseph Hutt, who came to New Zealand from

Britain 150 years ago with his wife and his first six children.

His mother died in childbirth and his father remarried.

He did not get on with his stepmother and ran away from home.

He ended up in Burnham Industrial School where he

learned carpentry.

He mustered in the high country and leased the Mt Alford run along with his brother-in-law, using his carpentry skills to mill trees and build his own house.

His grandson, Jim Harmer, took over the lease, which re-

mained in the family until the 1990s.

Mr Harmer’s daughter, Joy Hydes, the oldest of 10 children, still lives in Ashburton today and organised the reunion.

“We like to think that we still have a wee spot of pioneering spirit in us,” she said.

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manded on bail until November 13 to allow time for it to be assessed.

A suitable address for an electronically monitored sentence was also proving elusive for Junior Hawi Philamel Ripia, 32, a labourer of Ashburton, who appeared for sentencing on twice breaching an intensive supervision sentence, and illegally entering a yard. His mother had declined a request for Ripia to serve the sentence at her house.

Judge Maze said a short custodial sentence would deal with the matters, but Ripia would lose his job as a result. His work supervisor was in court to vouch for him. Noting the original supervision sentence had broken down; Judge Maze cancelled it and sentenced Ripia to complete 75 hours of community work on the breach charges.

Cory Rangi Tahiri Bates, a herd manager, of Ashburton, appeared for sentencing for breaching community work and a supervision sentence – and an application to cancel that sen-

New Zealand Oil and Gas shareholders voted strongly yesterday not to pay reparation of $3.41 million to the Pike River families. NZOG was the largest secured shareholder in the mine when the disaster occurred. In July, Judge Jane Farish said the award was being made in spite of the Pike company’s parlous financial state, in the hope that the directors or shareholders might contribute.

But at New Zealand Oil and Gas’s annual meeting yesterday, the vast majority of shareholders voted against the proposal.

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Serious injuries inflicted on mother Maria Pukehuia Thompson, also known as Aranui, 21, of Netherby, appeared in the Ashburton District Court this week for sentencing on a charge of assault with intent to injure.

Referring to the victim impact statement, Judge Joanna Maze said the injuries inflicted on an Allenton mother in June were serious.

The woman was attacked at her home by a group seeking retribution on her daughter following an earlier altercation.

The victim was hospitalised with a broken nose, had clumps of hair pulled out and was left with grazing and bruising.

Judge Maze told Thompson’s lawyer Paul Bradford the starting point for the offending was imprisonment, saying if sentencing was to proceed at Monday’s sitting, a custodial sentence with leave to apply for home detention was on the table.

Thompson’s existing address had been found unsuitable for a home detention sentence, however an alternative address had been found, and she was re-

‘No’ to reparation

tence. Bates had made inroads into the community work sentence since his last appearance, and his employer had provided a letter saying he had recently been promoted to a herd manager’s position.

Judge Maze dismissed the application to cancel because the supervision sentence had already expired, and accepting that Bates had made a serious effort, sentenced him to 40 hours community work on the breach charges to be served concurrently with the hours remaining on his existing sentence – before congratulating him on his promotion.

Allanah Jayne Welsh, 22, a farm worker of Orari, had a sentence of community work commuted to six months of community detention with a 7pm to 3am curfew imposed.

Bridget Materau Waimoana, 37, a freezing worker of Hampstead, was convicted and ordered to come up if called if she offends again within six months. It was Waimoana’s

fourth count of breaching a community work sentence and she was warned another breach could trigger a term of imprisonment.

Nathan Jordon Forbes-Ross was convicted of driving while suspended – he was fined $200, ordered to pay court costs of $130 and disqualified from driving for six months.

Reagan Rogers was charged with assaulting a police officer, after kicking an Ashburton sergeant in the knee, he pleaded guilty. The court was told the 31-year-old reacted badly while an associate was being arrested – he was convicted and sentenced to complete 40 hours of community work.

Kelly-Anne Lammas-Foster, 34, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to obtaining services by deceit. Lammas-Foster stayed at a local motel for six days and left without paying the $780 bill or a $10 internet charge. She was convicted and ordered to pay reparations of $790.

The next United States ambassador to New Zealand has been named as Mark D. Gilbert, a former professional baseball player, banking executive and Democratic Party fundraiser.

He was nominated by President Barack Obama. According to the State Department, Mr Gilbert played major leagues baseball with the Chicago White Sox in 1985.

He is a director at Barclays Wealth, formerly Lehman Brothers, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Guilty to kidnapping A man who led police on a chase through Hastings with a baby in the front seat of his car has pleaded guilty to all charges stemming from the incident.

Charlie Ngapera, 32, appeared in Napier District Court yesterday where he entered guilty pleas to charges of kidnapping, assault, reckless driving, threatening to kill, endangering life, failing to stop and wilful damage. Ngapera was remanded in custody until next month.

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Body found in house Police are investigating after the body of a man was found at a house in Wainuiomata, Wellington, yesterday. The 24-year-old’s body was found at a house in Puriri St about 3pm, prompting a sudden death investigation, police said.

A scene examination and postmortem examination would be done today.

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Change vital for Fonterra Coen Lammers EDITOR

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onterra farmers in Mid Canterbury will be scratching their heads after reading the report from the independent inquiry into the botulism scare in August.

Many farmers were angry with the way Fonterra handled the period when the company appeared to be in a tailspin as it attempted to limit the damage to its reputation.

The inquiry confirmed many of the suspected weaknesses within New Zealand’s largest company in identifying and dealing with the contamination scare.

Farmers are well within their rights to be grumpy, as they eventually will be paying the price for unacceptable delays between the first testing in March and notifying senior staff and the public in early August.

Ironically, the scare proved to be a false alarm, which should have been discovered long before the word botulism became part of common vocabulary.

The delays indicate a lack of understanding and urgency among Fonterra staff about how sensitive and damaging this contamination could be, which is underlined by the fact that the testing was delayed as Fonterra staff haggled with AgResearch over the miniscule testing cost.

These few thousand dollars, and several other misjudgements, have and will cost the company and this country millions of dollars in recalled stock and future sales.

It seems astonishing that any Fonterra staff would not escalate any food safety scare after the traumatic melamine debacle in 2008 that nearly ruined the company’s reputation.

The bungling of the communication with its local and international customers and the confusing dealings with Government officials highlighted larger governance issues at “Fortress Fonterra’’ which the report says need to be addressed.

In short, the report stated that there are no structural problems with Fonterra as a company, but it recommended food safety and governance measures.

Mid Canterbury shareholders will be watching closely as the same management that supervised and created this public relations disaster will “focus the mind”, as chairman John Wilson put it, and truly implement the recommended changes.

YOUR VIEW Magic Moments Tuesday evening’s performance was indeed just that magic moments.

From go to whoa a fast-moving, toe-tapping riot of song and dance.

They were all well-known pieces to which one could relate to.

It was a delight to see the return of Kellie Dolan to the stage and Francie Boyce has lost none of her stage appeal.

Special mention must be made of the orchestra who played non-stop throughout the performance.

The stand-out item for this writer had to be the duets by Ann Woodham and Bethany McNally.

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Kudos once again to Margaret, Jenny and Susan. A wonderful effort by all. The management of the Event Centre will be very happy with the outcome. Well done Iris Officer-Holmes

Rugby win It was a great finish to a great Mid Canterbury season for the senior side on Saturday.

To all involved you should be congratulated as you brought a lot of pride to local supporters on Saturday with a courageous victory and finish to a highly successful season.

From the outside it looked like a team and management that all got on very well and gelled into a tight unit.

by David Fletcher

The inclusion of the imports is always a hotly-debated topic around the local pubs and smoko rooms, but this year management recruited well and made sure that imports were brought in for key areas, and also it seemed that the imports bonded quickly with their new team-mates.

To see the two Southbridge players in action also showed the strength of the Combined Ellesmere/North Canterbury competition that Mid Canterbury are lucky enough to be involved in.

I only hope that the Meads Cup success this year is an attractant to bringing some more new blood to the Mid Canterbury local club system over the next year so as to make the

clubs stronger and, in turn, Mid Canterbury rugby stronger.

All aspiring Mid Canterbury JAB players surely would love to be involved in a team like we have had this year in the near future. Congratulations to all involved.

John Fulton

The magpie question This is a question for the council.

Why when people complain about aggressive dogs it is handled quickly and with good results, yet when we have asked for assistance in dealing with a rather aggressive magpie nothing is done, in fact we get the run around. Difference?

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POLL RESULT Yesterday’s result Q: Did Fonterra handle the botulism scare well?

Finau Fakapelea OUT OF COLLEGE

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look around and all I see is cliques. Small, big and pairs of cliques. Sometimes I feel like I’m in an invisible box, looking out on the rest of the world. Then I remember I’m probably not the only one.

I cannot recall the amount of times I have sat on the outside while everyone else has giggled about the cool things that they have done.

I wonder why society is the way that it is. Why do we always have to have a certain group or a stamp on your forehead? If you’re by yourself, then suddenly you’re a loner or if you’re an athletic person, then suddenly you’re a “jock”.

We go through our school life, searching for our place at school.

Search for friends who will accept you for the way you are, and have the same interests and philosophies as yourself.

Does life really become a platform for our social status?

We need to realise that not everything is about impressing others. That life has its journeys; it will take you places you have never ever thought of.

There are groups of people who sit two metres away from each other, but have no idea what the other person’s name is.

If only we looked up, turned around and said “hi”. We would see the life and troubles our peers go through.

We’ll begin to get an understanding of why others are the way they are.

People may be bitter because they have lost, others may be sad because they have remembered and some might be happy because they have looked ahead.

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Each journey is different and each personality is different.

No-one can change nor hinder who we are as people.

Our place in the world begins with a step, a step forward not backwards.

Do not believe in the templates that have been set before you.

Break the status quo, talk to the geniuses in the world. Ap-

proach the people that everyone else stays away from.

Unite as one, because school won’t last forever.

We won’t always see that group of girls that sat across from you for five years.

Life moves on and life changes. But our journey and experiences make us the people that we are. Remember that we don’t always have to be in

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the “cool group” to matter, and you don’t have to be a genius to be smart, because society may have stamped a tag on your wrists, but it’s up to you whether you take it off, or leave it there.

Finau Fakapelea is head girl of Ashburton College. The views expressed in this column are hers and do not reflect the opinion of her school or the Ashburton Guardian

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In brief Rod removal ‘okay’ Japanese regulators yesterday gave final approval for the removal of fuel rods from an uncontained cooling pool at a damaged reactor building considered the highest risk at a crippled nuclear plant.

Removing the fuel rods from the Unit 4 cooling pool is the first major step in a decommissioning process that is expected to last decades at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, where three reactors melted down after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Unit 4 reactor was offline when the plant was hit by the disasters, but the building was damaged by hydrogen explosions and fire. Fuel rods in the pool, however, have since been properly cooled and are safe enough to remove, officials said.

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Bus crash inferno kills 42

By Omer FarOOq A bus crashed into a highway barrier in southern India and erupted in flames yesterday, killing 42 passengers — many of them burned alive in the inferno, officials said.

The driver and six others managed to escape through a window, Deputy Police Inspector General Naveen Kumar Chand said.

The other passengers, apparently asleep at the time of the crash, were trapped inside.

The bus, operated by Jabbar Travels, had been travelling overnight from Bangalore to Hyderabad and was passing another vehicle when it crashed into the roadside barrier in Mehabubnagar in southern Andhra Pradesh state, Chand said.

The diesel tank then caught fire, and flames engulfed the

Suicide attacks kill 20 Two separate suicide attacks targeting Iraqi government forces and an allied militia killed at least 20 people, officials said yesterday.

The deadlier of the attacks was in the town of Tarmiyah north of Baghdad. Two suicide bombers detonated their explosives-laden belts among a group of soldiers and Sahwa militiamen gathered in the orchard of a local Sahwa leader, killing 12, a police officer said.

To maximise casualties, the suicide bombers blew themselves up in sequence: the first detonating among the group and the second at the gate of the compound as people tried to flee, he added.

The dead included nine soldiers, one a brigade commander, and three militiamen, while 23 were wounded.

The former insurgent strong-

hold Tarmiya is located about 50 kilometres north of Baghdad.

The Sahwa movement, also known as the Awakening Council, was formed by the US forces in 2007 to help fight the insurgents during the height of Iraqi war.

Ever since, it has been a target for Sunni hard-liners who consider them traitors.

In a village outside the northern city of Mosul, a suicide bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint leading to a police station, killing three policemen and four civilians, another police officer said.

When the ambulance rushed to the scene, gunmen opened fire on its crew, killing one and wounding three, he said. Mosul is located about 360 kilometres northwest of Baghdad.

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bus, according to Pradeep, a police official who goes by one name.

Angry relatives gathered at both the Bangalore and Hyderabad offices of Jabbar Travels, forcing police to send officers to keep order. Police were also searching for the company’s owners in Bangalore, the main city in the neighbouring southern state of Karnataka.

India has the highest annual

road death toll in the world, according to the World Health Organisation.

More than 110,000 people are killed every year in road accidents across India. Most crashes are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing vehicles.

Yesterday’s crash happened more than 1200 kilometres from the Indian capital, New Delhi.

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Aussie loses compo bid Australia’s highest court yetersday denied workers’ compensation to a government employee who was injured while having sex in a motel room during a business trip.

The 4-1 decision from the High Court said the woman’s employer did not induce or encourage her to participate in the sex, so the federal government’s insurer, Comcare, was not liable to compensate her.

A lower court had said the woman was injured in the course of her employment and should be compensated.

The High Court’s ruling is final and could have ramifications for other federal employees who claim compensation for unconventional work-related mishaps.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons,

was a federal civil servant in her 30s when she was hospitalised after suffering the injury in 2007.

She and a man were having sex in her motel room when a glass light fixture above the bed fell onto her face, injuring her nose and mouth.

Comcare initially approved her claim for workers’ compensation, but later rejected it after further investigation.

An administrative tribunal agreed that her injuries were not suffered in the course of her employment, saying the government had not induced or encouraged the woman’s sexual conduct.

The tribunal also found the sex was “not an ordinary incident of an overnight stay,” such as showering, sleeping or eating.

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The UN confirmed an outbreak of polio in Syria for the first time in over a decade, warning the disease threatens to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never been immunised because of the civil war. The grim finding added another layer of misery to a brutal conflict that has already killed more than 100,000 people and uprooted millions. The aid group Save the Children urged a “vaccination cease-fire” to try to prevent an epidemic of the highly contagious disease.

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Muslim leader arrested Egyptian security forces raided an apartment in eastern Cairo early yesterday, arresting a key Muslim Brotherhood figure who had been on the run since the July coup that ousted the country’s Islamist president, the Interior Ministry said.

The arrest of Essam el-Erian, the deputy leader of the Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice party, was the latest in a wide-ranging crackdown and prosecution of both the Islamist group’s leaders and its rank-andfile since the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, who also hails from the Brotherhood.

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Suicide bombing The official Tunisian news agency says a man has blown himself up in front of a hotel in a Mediterranean resort town. The TAP news agency says the man, wearing a belt of explosives, was killed. It was not clear if other people were hurt or killed in the explosion in the town of Sousse, about 150 kilometres south of the capital, Tunis. Sousse is a frequent destination for tourists. Tunisia has been battling unrest since the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s secular dictatorship, and has seen the rise of a hardline Islamist movement that has armed itself and carried out attacks.

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Eight sought for attack Chinese police are circulating a list of eight suspects wanted in connection with an apparent suicide car attack near Tiananmen Square in Beijing that killed five people and injured dozens, a hotel manager said. Seven of the eight suspects on the list had names typical of the Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group native to the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang, said the manager.

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time.

In March of this year, the central bank released a consultation document, Strengthening Statutory Payment Oversight Pow-

ers. Among responses was the suggestion that Payments NZ be formally recognised as a coregulator for payment systems oversight.

The central bank didn’t agree, responding that as the body was owned and advocated for participants in the industry being regulated, it was not appropriate that Payments NZ be positioned as a co-regulator.

The Reserve Bank is currently working on proposals to feed into a Cabinet paper of its preferred policy position on a payment oversight framework, and expects to have a draft ready for

consultation in the first half of 2014, it said this month.

Nichols said Payments NZ co-ordinates an industry group that is called up in the event of outages, such as happened overnight.

The Reserve Bank’s proposals to strengthen its oversight “do not in any way diminish the responsibilities we have,” he said.

While there was still debate over the central bank’s plans, the way it had been presented to industry “seems quite reasonable,” he said.

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Paul Frewan, Garth Lawson and Natasha Bishop in the new-look Vodafone shop, which is open for business on East Street.

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Vodafone back in original home When Garth Lawson looks at his new retail space, the Ashburton Vodafone store owner says it’s so close to perfect that he is still pinching himself.

The business’ new East Street store has been built on the site of the original shop after the earthquake damaged building owned

by Arthur Wells was demolished.

It might have lost its home but

Vodafone kept trading, moving into the Ashburton Arcade.

And while that move had been a great stop-gap, it was good to be back, trading on Ashburton’s main street, Mr Lawson said.

“It was always our intention to return to our original site and we’ve been lucky, Barry Redmond was very kind with the space he provided for us.”

Yesterday was cross-over day.

The East Street shop was open but the myriad of cables needed for a communications business to operate were still being installed. Today is day one, with all work completed. The project was managed by Vodafone and that meant the new build and the move were pretty stress-free, Mr Lawson said.

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Payments between New Zealand banks have been restored after a glitch at ANZ New Zealand led to industry-wide disruptions.

All of the disrupted files had been exchanged by 7am yesterday, said Steve Nichols, chief executive of Payments NZ, which is owned by eight banks and manages four clearing systems that handle some $35 billion a day in transactions.

The source of the glitch has yet to be identified, he said.

“It started with an ANZ systems issue, they were not able to

send/receive files to other banks so by definition it was industry wide.”

Such disruptions are unusual, with the last occurring on Anzac Day in April 2012, he said.

Reserve Bank head of communications Mike Hannah said the bank was “aware of the issues that occurred overnight and we’re monitoring it”.

After last year’s outage, the Reserve Bank said Payments NZ had taken steps to better manage or avoid similar incidents.

The central bank was continuing to monitor risks to the retail payments system, it said at the

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40 new jobs in Silver Fern Clutha A new added value casing facility at Silver Fern Farms’ Finegand plant will see 40 new roles created in the Clutha region.

Silver Fern Farms’ chief executive Keith Cooper says the million dollar facility will take previously exported part-processed “green lamb runners” through to a pro-

cessed sausage casing stage for export markets across the world.

“This development will create 40 new fulltime roles across our Balclutha-Finegand operations.

“It will create value from a product that will add to the profitability of our sheep meat business in the short-

medium term,” Mr Cooper says. Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan, who previously worked in a casing plant, said the move was good news for Balclutha’s Ready Steady Work programme.

“We have a Mayor’s Taskforce for Jobs initiative for Clutha, which is aiming for zero unemployment for youth

in the Clutha District.

“Silver Fern Farms have been a supporter of this programme from the start.”

Green casings will be brought to Finegand from four Silver Fern Farms’ plants across the country, making it one of the larger casing facilities in New Zealand, Mr Cooper said.

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Last month’s windstorms have created additional work for the irrigation service industry, but diverted them from installing the water meters many farmers still need to comply with crucial water take conditions.

Some 313 water consent holders not compliant with Environment Canterbury regulations were sent letters in August saying they must make progress on installing meters before they could irrigate this season.

About two-thirds of the consent holders have since booked jobs with irrigation companies but those who have done nothing risk enforcement action. All consent holders with takes of over 20 litres a second were required to have water meters

by November last year.

Meter installers have said around 72 per cent of takes in the region now have required data recorders.

ECan is processing water use data from the 2012-13 irrigation season, with around 13 per cent of consent holders assessed as significantly non-compliant based on information downloaded from their meters.

In a report to the Ashburton Water Zone Committee recently, ECan’s extension services section manager Judith EarlGoulet said: “With the exception of extreme breaches, all non-compliances will receive formal warnings or abatement notices and mid-irrigation season compliance follow-ups.”

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Left – Lambs at the Tinwald saleyards this week.

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A small yarding of prime lambs went under the hammer at the Tinwald saleyards this week. Heavy prime lambs made $125 to $132, medium weights $110 to $120 and light lambs $95 to $105. The best prime ewes sold for $125, with medium ewes $90 to $105 and light ewes $75 to $85. A line of crossbred ewes with blackface lambs at foot made $57.

National Fieldays sites up for grabs Williams says the 2013-14 dairying season promised to deliver a record payout and farmers would have money to spend.

In 2013, Fieldays provided a platform for almost 900 exhibitors to represent themselves in front of 125,000 visitors and gain global media attention.

Fieldays CEO Jon Calder said Fieldays was regarded worldwide as an agribusiness expo that is truly world class and is the ideal place to launch agricultural products and services to

New Zealand and the world.

The premier feature and topical theme of Fieldays 2014 is Managing Resources for a Competitive Advantage; which questions how, in today’s highly competitive global economy, New Zealand can maintain its worldwide fame for being a great producing nation with innovative systems and high quality products and services.

Improvements for the 2014 event include:

■ A new-look website, providing friendly and useful information to exhibitors and visitors ■ The first steps being taken, as part of a 20-year master plan, to develop a central precinct ■ Fieldays seminar and education programme supported

by Strategic Partners ANZ and the University of Waikato

■ Taking further steps in a sustainability programme and working to make Fieldays New Zealand’s first sustainable event ■ The Fieldays Breeds Area; hosting New Zealand Breed Associations and daily demonstrations on their breeds attributes For more information, go to www.fieldays.co.nz.

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Mid Canterbury businesses wanting to be at next year’s National Agricultural Fieldays are being urged to get in quick.

Organisers of the 2014 agribusiness expo have just been released.

The event will be held at Mystery Creek from June 11-14.

Three-quarters of the outdoor sites have already been reserved by 346 companies and the remaining sites are now up for grabs.

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The inquiry – which was commissioned 5000 by the dairy company’s board – delivers a series of recommendations Butter which 4500 Federated Farmers says must be adopted by Fonterra.

“The independent inquiry’s narrative 4000 reads like something off television’s ‘seconds from disaster’ and makes you 3500 wince,” says Federated Farmers dairy vice-chairperson Andrew Hoggard. “We 3000be thankful it wasn’t for real but the can 05-Aug 02-Sep 30-Sep 28-Oct biggest of wake-up calls.”

“To give you a flavour for how forthright it was, the inquiry said, “DescribDAIRY PRICES ing the rework process in terms of use 7000 of a “dirty pipe” was uninformative and practically misleading,Whole if notmilk careless.”

A list of “things that went wrong” in6500 cluded the “belated recognition (and delayed 6000 escalation to senior management and the board) of the explosive reputational Skim milk the report said.

5500 risk involved,” Fonterra failed to “join the dots” between botulism, infant food products, 5000 consumer sensitivities, and Fonterra’s global reputation.

4500 The inquiry also found “no single event or individual” caused the contamination 4000 and that the dairy co-op suffered scare 05-Aug 02-Sep to 30-Sep 28-Oct international damage its reputation.

“Changes are not optional ... They are vital,” said inquiry chairman Sir Ralph Norris.

Mr Hoggard said the biggest change Fonterra needed to make was cultural.

“Being a shareholder myself, out and out financial performance mustn’t come at the expense of the co-operative slipping up on either quality assurance or risk management.

“Farmers collectively own a global food ingredients business that must be on top of its game. Our customers and our consumers expect nothing less.

“We need the manufacturing process, product testing and quality assurance to all be drier than the milk powder we produce. We need global best practice product tracing systems to quickly locate product in hours and not days and this all needs people to comprehend what risk management is.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson said the inquiry gave him confidence that the company could recover from the scare.

“It (the inquiry report) really focuses the mind,” Wilson said.

The report also found there was “some lack of alignment” between the Government and Fonterra during the first “critical fortnight” of the scare.

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Dairy products, including infant formula, were withdrawn in more than seven countries in August after Fonterra suspected that 38 tonnes of whey protein had been contaminated with a botulism-causing bacterium.

Further testing showed it was a false alarm and the bacterium present in the whey protein was harmless.

The contamination debacle strained relations with China, which imported $3 billion worth of Kiwi dairy products in the year to June. French-owned New Zealand infant formula brand Karicare was also forced to recall 67,000 cans of product in this country.

The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which represents the co-operative’s 10,500 farmer shareholders, welcomed Tuesday’s report.

“In the short term the council will review the report thoroughly and meet with the Fonterra board in November to discuss it further. Following this we will share our view of the report with our farmer shareholders,” said chairman Ian Brown.

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Yesterday’s top 5 stories on guardianonline.co.nz:

1 – What is leaching into the ground to cause a problem with drinking water? a. Oxides b. Nitrates c. Flourides 2 – What does ‘wahine’ mean in Maori? a. Ship b. Family c. Woman 3 – The setting of Downton Abbey is…? a. Yorkshire b. Cumbria c. Somerset 4 – Who holds the record for the most centuries scored in test cricket? a. Ricky Ponting b. Don Bradman c. Sasha Tendulkar 5 – What is paprika? a. A spice b. A fruit c. A herb 6 – Which city is the capital of Belarus? a. Vilnius b. Kiev c. Minsk 7 – Which band was Lou Reed associated with? a. The Verlaines b. The Velvet Underground c. Iron Maiden 8 – How much of the Ashburton District income is from farming and growing fruit and vegetables? a. 37 per cent b. 45 per cent c. 52 per cent

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Netherby School students (from left) Leo Burgess, Aaliyah Toa and Bailey May turned their hands to floral art for the school’s flower show recently. Teacher Melanie Oakley, who coordinated the event said surplus flowers and saucers meant all the students had made sand saucer gardens, and many had made the extra effort by bringing arrangements from home.

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Methven artist Karen Smith prepares for an exhibition at Ashburton’s Short Street Studio, to open tomorrow.

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November 8 – Light the Art fundraising evening and art auction from 6pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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December 1 – Strassman Careful What You Wish For! comedy night from 6pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

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To December 7 – The Ashburton Society of Arts Spring show from 10am to 2pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Short St Studio.

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December 12 – The New Entrants Dance Party from 7.30pm at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre, with an optional Christmas buffet meal from 6pm.

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December 14 – Ashburton District schools project Our Evolving New Zealand Culture opening from 1.30pm at the Ashburton Art Gallery.

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December 21 – Dowse Art Museum children’s exhibition Who Am I? at the Ashburton Art Gallery to March 9.

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

■ ASHBURTON EXHIBITION

Methven artist makes art affordable

By SuSan SandyS

susan.s@theguardian.co.nz

Award-winning Methven artist Karen Smith is opening an exhibition entitled Under 500 at the Short Street Studio tomorrow.

Mrs Smith said there had been plenty of excitement leading up to the exhibition, where everything will be priced under $500.

“Because I normally don’t sell my work under $500,” she said.

Part of the reason she was holding the exhibition was for friends “who always say to

me ‘I wish I could afford your work’ ”. Additionally, it was before Christmas, so was perfect timing for those wanting to buy presents.

An invitation-only opening will be tomorrow evening, followed by the exhibition being opened to the public through to November 9.

Mrs Smith is a mum-ofthree who works and teaches from her Methven studio, although is not holding classes at the moment as she prepares for major exhibitions overseas.

She is preparing for one in Perth next year, and another in

New York in 2016. The latter is a “down under” exhibition, featuring works from New Zealand and Australia.

The exhibition in Perth will be hosted by the Wongan Hills Art Society and Mrs Smith is from Wongan Hills originally.

Mrs Smith has been painting in oils for about 12 years, and has been in New Zealand for about 22 years.

She said while she paints mainly South Island scenery, “Australian colours”, such as a “sunburned country” yellow, featured in her landscapes.

She begins her paintings by

getting out on location to take photos and sketch. Most are of Mid Canterbury and surrounding scenes and she often stays in high country huts.

“Here it’s just beautiful, you don’t have to drive too far to get a beautiful picture to paint,” she said.

Works include scenes from Twizel, Arthur’s Pass, the head of the Rakaia River, Mt Cook and Mt Hutt and surrounding mountain ranges.

However, the Under 500 exhibition will include not only landscapes, but floral, still life and others.

■ NEW YORK CITY

Trade Centre design slammed by graffiti artist By ula Ilnytzky The elusive British graffiti artist Banksy, who has been writing and spray painting images on New York City buildings, is causing another sort of sensation with an essay condemning the design of the new World

Trade Center as “a disaster”.

The 104-storey skyscraper “clearly proclaims the terrorists won”, the artist asserts in an essay posted on his website. It includes a picture of the tower with the words “replace with better artwork”.

The artist says he submit-

ted the essay to the newspaper, which declined to publish it.

“We couldn’t agree on either the piece or the art so it was rejected,” Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said yesterday.

Banksy has been visiting the city for the past few weeks.

He announced earlier this

month that he was undertaking “residency” on the streets of New York in October.

Banksy writes that the tower lacks “any self-confidence”. He likened it to a “tall kid at a party, awkwardly shifting his shoulders trying not to stand out from the crowd”.

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■ CITROEN

Out of the ordinary

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houghts and memories.

The first often leads to the second and that was certainly the case following the last column, in which it was divulged how some fellows found out the hard and slightly embarrassing way that the Mini was not the first car with front wheel drive.

Andre Citroen had introduced that years earlier, which we found out when our French teacher’s Citroen kept going even though we had lifted the back wheels off the ground.

And we kept going with it!

The memory came to mind because of thoughts about school days leading up to a lunch for old – no make that former – pupils of Ashburton High School.

The incident was mentioned at that lunch, which was held in the clubhouse at the Ashburton Golf Course.

And what a neat function that was! We enjoyed great company, tasty food, pleasant thoughts and memories along with a superb view along manicured fairways flanked by trees towards our magnificent mountains. The Brandon Links are testament to the foresight of all the keen golfers who originally worked hard to establish them and to those who continue to ensure they are well maintained.

But I digress, but just slightly.

Many readers and those who talked about the Citroën mentioned in the last story also said things like “you don’t see many of those around nowadays”.

And that’s correct, you don’t.

Even back in the day they were not exactly a common breed in this country, so consequently those earlier models are now just a bit thin on the ground, although we are seeing more examples of the smart

literally within a stone’s throw of my office.

This particular car is a 1974 model DS 21 Pallas. And a very fine example it is too.

If ever a Citroën exemplified Bernard Egan MOTORING the aim of the company and its founder to produce something and stylish new models. out of the ordinary this model Now if they are reading this did it. Sadly Andre Citroen died story Kieron and Darion Gray many years before this model may be having a thought about was produced, but undoubtedly the biography of André Cithe would have been proud of it. roën, the man who started the All the style which appeals to company which bears his name, Kieron Gray is evident in this which they kindly loaned me. delightful car. Perhaps that’s It’s a book which tells the not surprising given a sculpstory of a man who lived a rela- tor and an industrial engineer tively short and at time trauworked together to come up matic life but whose name will with the design which was and always be ranked highly in the largely still is futuristic. annals of motoring.

Because of its many innovaThat will explain to Kieron tive features and its styling the why it’s not back on his bookmodel was very highly placed in shelf just yet. When he kindly the Car of the Century awards, let me borrow that book I asked and rated by one prestigious Kieron why he had it and what magazine as the most beautiful prompted his interest in the car ever made.

French car maker. Those who The DS 21 has featured in know Kieron and are aware of numerous movies and television his creative nature, will not be shows including The Mentalist. surprised to hear that he told Following an assassination atme the designs Citroën came up tempt French President Charles with fascinated him. de Gaulle credited his armour So just to recap, thoughts of plated presidential model with school days led to a memory saving his life, and if thoughts of an incident from years ago and memories serve correctly involving a Citroën, a book that episode was played about the man himself and the out in The Day of fact we don’t see many of his the Jackal. earlier model cars on the road Not only was these days. it a coinciSome thoughts and memories have a close cousin called coincidence. And last week the thoughts and memories being talked about had a visit from their relation. After so many of us saying we don’t often see examples of earlier model Citroëns there was one parked

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Car sector reviewed as future ‘uncertain’

BY PAUL OSBORNE

Andre Citroen

dence it was also really neat seeing this absolutely superb example of design, engineering and manufacturing skill.

But wait there’s more, I think there’s an old adage which goes something like “you don’t see something for ages and then you see it more than once”. If it’s not an old adage it should be, and if its not it’s now a new one!

Anyway, guess what - over the weekend local shoppers were treated to seeing a lovely Citroen Light 15 parked in town.

I guess this is not quite in the “it never rains but it pours” category, but it’s been rather neat that these thoughts, memories and coincidences have come along.

The unique Citroen DS 21 Pallas

Mopar Forum a big winner

PHOTO NEVILLE CROY

Ashburton Guardian

We thought it would be good.

But we weren’t quite right. It wasn’t just good, it was great.

What a variety of fabulous cars turned up for the Mopar Forum held here over Labour weekend. Those taking part were enjoying themselves, and spectators were not only treated to some great sights but also to some tremendous sounds.

Participants said the forum was a superbly organised event, and that Mid Canterbury was an ideal venue for it.

And it was neat that visiting lifelong Chrysler enthusiasts Neville Croy and Heather Taege had lady luck on their side and were worthy and popular winners of the Poker Run.

Labor and industry have sounded a warning over the future of car-making in Australia, as the government launched an inquiry into ways to boost jobs and exports.

The coalition, which promised ahead of the September election to review auto industry assistance, has asked the Productivity Commission to initially report on the issue by December 20, with a final report due by the end of March.

The inquiry will look at Australia’s attractiveness for investment, how other countries assist their car industries, consumer preferences, workplace arrangements and innovation.

It will examine ways to support the industry, including retargeting the current Automotive Transformation Scheme and reducing taxes and red tape.

Treasurer Joe Hockey says he has a responsibility to spend taxpayers’ money wisely.

“We are not running down the street chasing an individual car maker with a blank cheque made out by the Australian taxpayer. It’s got to be a partnership,” Mr Hockey said.

“We don’t want to see any job losses ... but also we want to ensure that Australian taxpayers are not being held to ransom by any company.”

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane will talk with Toyota executives in Japan this week, having already spoken with Holden boss Mike Devereux.

Opposition industry spokesman Senator Kim Carr said manufacturers needed action, not more inquiries.

“This is a government that is now playing chicken with the automotive companies,” Senator Carr said.

“They are using this report as a ruse to get them past the South Australian election (on March 15, 2014).”

Senator Carr has been told the board of General Motors, Holden’s American owner, had met three weeks ago to discuss the future of Australian operations. “The mood is bleak,” he said. The former industry minister said Australia lagged well behind other car-making countries in terms of public investment in the industry.

On a per capita basis over a year, Australia spent $17 compared with $90 in Germany and $264 in the United States.

- AAP

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Ashburton County Lions

Raffles were won by 1st Anne Gamblin, 2nd Mary McCosker.

The final meeting for the year will be held on Monday, November 25 beginning at 6pm with a pot-luck tea. Speaker will be Marc Awarda.

Christmas posy bowls will be taken to those members bow residing in rest homes.

A special grocery hamper raffle will be held with the proceeds going to Jade Temepara to help with running costs of the ‘Hub’ garden venture.

President Lilian Wakelin welcomed a good attendance of members and guests to the recent meeting of Ashburton County Lions Club. Attending were Zone Chairman Christine Stewart; guest speaker Jackie Givran; potential member Sheila Shearer; and visitor Janice Rickard.

Lists seeking member support for Toot for Tucker on November 18; and for Blind Foundation appeal were circulated prior to dinner.

In her address, Zone Chairman Christine thanked the club for support of many Lions activities; talked of a future member orientation occasion; recommended the Club Excellence Process.

2nd Vice District Governor Fern Blake inducted Sheila Shearer as a member of Lions.

Information regarding the transfer of Lion Cecilia Whiting to Christchurch was received.

We thank her for her involvement in our club and wish her enjoyment in Pegasus Club.

The annual award for Ashburton College year 13 student has been actioned; Cholmondeley Home acknowledged the club donations; Mayfield A&P Association have agreed a contract with the club in March 2014; and Temuka District Club sent information regarding 202J Convention 2014.

Finances are healthy and members voted to give a $5000.00 donation to Ashburton Stadium Trust Inc. Details of arrangements for Toot for Tucker were confirmed and thanks extended Property Brokers for their continuing promotional support of this annual project.

Thanks were extended members - who had assisted with catering for Hinds Lions, and for Mayfield Dinner Club; who had assisted with Camp Quality raffle; who had supported the lily and freesia bulbs project.

Assistance with serving Devonshire Teas at CanBead fundraiser on November 23 was agreed to.

Jackie Girvan, Regional Manager for Presbyterian Support Services spoke of the role in the community of this organisation, dating from humble beginnings in Dunedin 115 years ago, to the diversity of services available at this time including counseling services; buddy programmes; play therapy; social workers with families, and in schools; “Parents as First Teachers” programme; budgeting; working with Pacific Islanders through the Liaison Person; Older Person services; falls prevention classes.

She acknowledged the contributions of volunteers in many capacities; and the many benefactors of the service, not least the Trevor Wilson Trust.

In thanking Jackie, Lion Maureen Flatman presented a large array of toiletries provided by club members for young mothers using the service.

Drawing of the raffle, won by Lions Lucille Brown and Julie McKimmie; and Tail Twisting with Lion Jackie Ryan concluded the evening.

Ashburton Horticultural Society The October meeting was held recently with 21 members attending and two apologies being received.

Speaker for the evening was Margaret Rickard, who gave a most detailed account of the Advance Ashburton Community Foundation, its aims, concepts and the charitable organisations and individuals it supports in various ways.

Of particular note is the locally provided financial support towards the upgrade of Ashburton Hospital, which will be a great benefit to the local Community.

Competition Table Results

First Second Third Shona Thomas 8 3 3 Pat Tarbotton 6 4 3 Surrey Lamont 5 2 1 Joy Jaine 4 2 1 Patricia McLaren 3 4 4 Maureen Randall 3 2 1 Brian Glassey 2 2 1 John Hoogweg 1 3 2 Premier Bloom - Shona Thomas Rhododendron.

Ashburton Organ & Electronic Keyboard Club Monday October 21 saw the Club at the Snr. Centre for our monthly club night.

We arrived to Rose Stead playing on the piano accompanied by her Keyboard. Janet then took the meeting in Michael’s absence.

We had an apology from Bev Winter and Janet mentioned it was great to see May Birkett and Bev Lister back on deck after illness, she also passed on best wishes to Ray Birkett who is ill at present and to any other members also.

Barbara announced the Dance being held on November 24 is back on with the help of Glenys Donnelly of Glenys’ Dance Group who will help out on the afternoon.

There being no further notices Janet handed the evening over to May as our Hostess.

Vicky Davis was our first entertainer for the evening with Arriverderci Roma, My Way, El Bimbo and Sealed With A Kiss, great listening, then followed Judith Lamont who played Four Strong Winds, I’ll Never Find Another You, Silver Thread and Golden Needles and finished with Oh Lonesome Me. Karen Smith was next (on her new Yamaha) with Downtown, Morning, Blame It On The Bossa Nova, and finally ‘Romance’ from the Pearl Fishers.

We then had a break while the raffles were drawn and won by Val Hogg, Karen Smith, Audrey Ritchie, May Birkett, Margaret Reddecliffe & Lorraine Boud.

Congrats to these winners.

To follow we had the White Family, Neil, son Alan and Grandson Hamish, Neil on the keyboard and his sons on guitars, Country Road, Blue Suede Shoes, What A Wonderful World, these certainly got the toes tapping and the audience singing along, Hamish then changed to a Banjo/Mandolin and he and his father played the Dueling Banjo’s. with Grandad Neil playing keyboard in the background, to finish we had Sitting on the Dock of the Bay a very talented family and Karen Smith is Neil’s daughter so great musical times must be had in that family.

John Davis was our last entertainer for the evening on keyboard he played a Samba bracket Mary Ann, Rum & Coca Cola, then Rainbow On The River, Ask Any One who Knows and Roses of the South a Viennese waltz and to finish Cuckoo Waltz. A great night of music for those in the audience.

May finished the evening by thanking her players and announced supper was served.

Ashburton Woodworkers President Geoff Brown welcomed 32 members and friends to our October meeting, including; our patron Tom Dotta from the USA and demonstrator Ken Newton.

Several items were presented for the Show & Tell table; Bruce Ferriman a magnificent model digger made from a Richard Blizzard plan.

Ross Close a large walnut platter.

Les Mattingley a magnolia goblet.

Geoff Brown an oak platter and a laurel natural edged bowl.

Peter Ireland a well worked out segmented wall hanging.

Dave Busby a burl platter.

Adriaan Slooten an off centre goblet and a fine bone finial.

Wim Melchers five off centre goblets and a black beech plaque.

Tom Dotta a yew goblet and a segmented platter.

Ken Newton an OT cube of intricate construction and an inside/outside

www.guardianonline.co.nz turned sculpture.

Ken Newton demonstrated with his usual skill the making of an avocado split.

With two pieces of pine, he turned the seed half first, shaping the seed using a gouge.

The other half, mounted in a chuck, Ken commenced to turn a recess for the seed to fit in.

He stressed the importance of rolling the bevel of the gouge to prevent it from tearing the wood; the cut has to peel the wood.

Once the two halves fitted neatly it was screwed together, held between centres and the outside was shaped, to look like an avocado.

A Dremel tool was used to texture the skin, he explained how he fitted a stem, coloured the skin of the avocado including the inside so that it looked, real.

As normal a professional demonstration and challenging form Ken. Thanks to Tom and Ken for a classy evening.

College Cricket Club Did you hear about the huge six Blair Snowball hit off Matt Coote on Saturday?

Surprising if you haven’t as he’s been busy telling everybody who will listen! It started off clearing the trees but by the end of Saturday night it had cleared the community pool!

Details are scarce but we hear Blue managed to get to 90 all out and Green got the runs only four wickets down.

Gold travelled to Lauriston and were promptly dismissed for 44.

Andrew Jopson (12) and extras (13) top scored.

The home team’s scorecard looked even worse when they were rolled for a measly 22.

Jopson also picked up three wickets while Jayden Reid snared two. Josh Buchanan bowled five over for no runs and managed a wicket as well.

Gareth Hunt hit the stumps with his boundary throw to take one of the two runs outs while Andrew Tait also took a great reflex catch.

Meanwhile Green travelled to Methven and were hit all around the park as Methven amassed 318/7 with their best bowler being Devam Pandya with 4/53.

Green’s eight players managed to limp to 68/7 with Oliver Adlam’s 36 the top score.

Methven Bowls What brave souls bowlers are. Most of the games were played in gale forced winds and wet and cold conditions bravery or “madness”.

However we did have results in Club Champs 4/s Shirley Pagey, Barbara Gawn, Joyce Thomas and Win Breach won 2 of the rounds they played.

Maureen Sullivan, Raiona Isherwood, Melva Middleton and Wendy Suttie had a win, also, in the 4/s the men’s 10/s were played on a freezing cold night on Wednesday with them having 3 wins and 1 loss to beat Hampstead - well done.

I think the hot toddy and food warmed them all up a bit after the games.

The Friday triples at MSA was won by Bruce Harper, Eric Maw and Ivan Syme good job boys.

The ladies played last day of Hefford Shield with Methvens both teams winning.

This means we won all our games over the two days and I have a sneaky feeling it was enough, to win over all.

Well done to all of you that played On Saturday the junior men played Burnside and had another good win well done boys.

In the 3/4s the Methven team had a win, a draw and a loss when they played Beckenham.

They won on differential. Well done.

On Sunday we had the Edna Low half day tournament.

This was kindly sponsored by Blackwell Contracting, H I Roseavere and Methven Trucking congratulations to the winning team of Bruce White, Bob Holdom, Noeline Woods and Sandra (birthday girl) Holdom 2nd B Marsh, D Duff, N Bensdorp and B Robinson

3rd B Lynn, R Neilson S Harrison and R Cockburn 4th C Leech, D Kiddey, P Kiddey and M Quinn Well done to you all Other good news was the team of Steve Hooper, Methvens Craig Carter and Trevor Kennett winning the centre triples in Christchurch.

This is a great achievement.

Good luck to our girls going to the LVA this week and good bowling everyone.

MSA Outdoor Bowling Club Congratulations to the composite team of Wendy Watson, Wendy Blackwell, Wendy Suttie, Sandra Holdon on winning the South Island Chartered Clubs Ladies Fours played at Blenheim recently.

Well done and a great effort, having the name “Wendy” must be good omen?

Hopefully this tournament will be played in Mid-Canterbury next year and will be Hosted by Ashburton Club & MSA. Tuesday: 22nd once again had to postpone their second round of Ladies Championship Pairs due to you’ve guessed it rain.

Wednesday: an excited Ladies 4’s team headed North to play the first round of the Rowntree against Papanui. bowls was only secondary as the thrill of a “Subway” lunch was a thrill likened to the “Old Days” of a kids birthday party. Once subway had been devoured, bowls once again top priority but “Alas” Shirley Taylor (s) Joan Hardy, Joyce Cleghorn Rene Devereux lost 2210.

A very disappointing result, but the moral of the story is “Subway” AFTER play apologies to Shirl.

I always know your team is always making bowls “Top Priority”.

Friday another round of Hefford Shield: morning round MSA Team of Sylvia Mellish (s) Cynthia Dudley,Maureen Flatman Helen Dowdle had a win against Allenton the other two MSA teams not so successful—-Thank you to Sylvia Mellish for helping our team out.

Much appreciated. MSA finished with two wins and two losses.

Men’s 2/4’s were played at home against Darfield on Saturday but resulted in two losses.

Robin Petrie (s) had a very close game and was very unlucky that his team lost, the last end stood at 18 all and required a measure to determine a winner, by the slightest of margins Darfield gained the win. A great game throughout.

Dave Muir skipped the other team, but had a disappointing loss also.

We All hope weather improves and that the games programmed can continue uninterrupted.

Hopefully good bowling all.

Tea Duty: November 5th—7th Joan Hardy Rene Devereux.

RSA Women’s Section President Colleen Hands welcomed members on Thursday October 24 2013.

There was a good attendance on a lovely sunny afternoon. Welcomed also was Liz a visitor from Geraldine. Apologies were received.

As no pianist was present we sang the RSA song to taped music. Also Happy Birthday to two members.

Sympathy was extended to anyone who has lost a loved one.

Sick members were wished a speedy recovery. A reminder of the Christmas Dinner on Monday December 9, a wonderful sounding menu.

Cost to members $20. RSA recently did meals on wheels – thank you to those who helped.

The President gave a reminder to lock outside doors if members are outside gardening etc.

Una Green told of her recent bus trip to the North Island. Manny Sim with his guitar entertained.

He sang several bright and well known songs. He is a popular entertainer with members.

Manny was thanked for giving his time to come along.

Raffles were won by Fay Johnston and Phyllis Chapman.

Competitions:

Spring Flowers: 1st Marilyn Coley; 2nd Wendy Marr; 3rd June Bain Crocheted or Tatted Doily: 1st Wendy Marr; 2nd Elsie Worsfold; 3rd Marilyn Coley Afternoon tea was served by the hostesses to end a lovely time together.

Seniornet Ashburton Inc We have had a quieter month, this month as members are enjoying the warmer weather to get outside and enjoy other activities.

Our Tablet/Ipad evenings are still popular and the 15 October evening was well attended.

The next evening is on Tuesday, November 5 at 7pm at our rooms in the MSA Reading room.

Question & answer afternoon was very informative, and we thank Eric from Electricity Ashburton for his input and explanation of the laying of the Ultra Fast cables for the UFB. Mike from Ultimate Broadband was very interesting, explaining and indicating how his firm is a provider for Electricity Ashburton for the broadband fibre.

They are also setting up their own sites for the rural community, who can’t get broadband at the moment and these consist of Wireless and WiFi sites.

They have: UFB Fibre, RBI Wireless, 3G service, Rural Fibre and Ruralnet Wireless.

If you are one of these homes, who struggle to get a broadband connection, look at their website on: www.ultimatebroadband.co.nz Phone 0800 000 945 Next month on Thursday, November 7 at 1.30pm, in the lounge at the MSA, we will be having a demonstration and presentation on: “Facebook & Twitter”

by Julie Crossen, followed by a small presentation on “PDF files by Barry McLauchlan” This will be our last Question & Answer for the year and we will resume in March, after our AGM and Open Day in February.

We thank all members who supported our Question & Answer Days and welcome new ideas and topics for next year.

On Monday 25th November Dennis Lister will be taking a forum in our rooms on: Downloading music & movies from: youtube using real player.

PLEASE NOTE: Our Christmas luncheon will be held at: MSA Restaurant, on Wednesday, November 20 at noon .

Please ring: Jenny 308 8424 or Margaret 307 7498 to register for this lunch We would like to thank and acknowledge the grant from the: Community Trust, Mid & South Canterbury, to assist in the upgrading of our computers.

Without this assistance, we would be unable to provide the up to date technology for our members.

Tinwald Garden Club Thirty-nine members and friends of the Tinwald Garden Club set out on a mystery bus trip travelling north on a sunny Thursday morning.

Our first port of call was to Kate Sheppard House and Garden on Clyde Road in Christchurch.

After a delicious morning tea and wander through the historic home and garden we were taken to the Bush Inn Centre for some retail therapy and our lunch.

The next stop was at the new cardboard Cathedral where we were most impressed with the feel of the building.

Several took the opportunity to visit the site of the old Cathedral and the work in progress on the Square and New Regent Street.

All aboard the bus again and a detour around the new Industrial Park being developed for Christchurch we headed to Oderings Nursery where many purchases were made.

The final stop on a very pleasant day out was at the Rolleston Service Station for an ice cream.

Tired but happy 39 lades arrived home grateful to Alison and Gwenith and our Pearson’s bus driver for a lovely day out.

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M4 Wanganui gallops Today at Wanganui raceway

Fields for Wanganui JC meeting at Wanganui today. NZ Meeting number: 4. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 8, 9 and 10 RACE 1 12.19pm (NZT) LIVESPORT 828AM MAIDEN 2060 $7000, MDN, 2060m 1 2x852 Earl Spencer h (13) 58.5 ............... T Russell 2 25943 Beau Zed (11) 58.5 ..................... B Lammas 3 52082 Oh That’s Nice h (14) 58.5 .............. C Grylls 4 774 Mr Hare (7) 58.5..............................R Myers 5 959x0 Annhee Saplaya (5) 58.5 ................D Walsh 6 40x70 Havataste (2) 58.5............... M Dravitzki (a2) 7 079 It Is Written (1) 58.5..........................K Smith 8 8x Paddy McGuire (4) 58.5 .........L Whelan (a1) 9 734x0 Scotch Hoppa (3) 56.5 ........ R Hutchings (a) 10 56424 St’ruth (15) 56.5 ............................D Bradley 11 76368 False Empathy h (8) 56.5 ......M Hudson (a3) 12 06747 Go Beauty (12) 56.5.......................H Tinsley 13 590x8 Bailar Riovida h (16) 56.5 ........... C Dell (a1) 14 95879 Lovetokeep’er (6) 56.5 .....................S Doyle 15 07x89 Madam Zenno (9) 56.5 .... J Shackleton (a3) 16 73766 Missteeflying (10) 56.5 ............. A Taylor (a2) RACE 2 12.54pm MICKEY’S SUPER LIQUOR THANKS FOR MEMORIES 3YOMDN $7000, MDN 3YO, 1200m 1 Pelletier (1) 57.5 ............................D Bradley 2 Ryan Mark (5) 57.5 .........................J Riddell 3 9x6 Overtheriver h (4) 57.5 ................... J Parkes 4 3735x Irish Strings (2) 55.5.................... C Dell (a1) 5 72 Rose And Crown b (12) 55.5 ...... R Hannam 6 33. Waipatiki Girl (9) 55.5.......... R Hutchings (a) 7 93 Graciella (16) 55.5 .......................... C Grylls 8 x349x Celtic Woman (11) 55.5 .............. B Lammas 9 4 Mae West (3) 55.5............... M Dravitzki (a2) 10 9030x True Spirit (10) 55.5 ........ K Kalychurun (a3) 11 For Fashion (15) 55.5 .............L Whelan (a1)

12 Runway (7) 55.5 ...............................S Doyle 13 Triple Billing (6) 55.5 ................ A Forbes (a) 14 9x Kalinga (8) 55.5 15 0x07 Queen Of Ur (13) 55.5 ...................D Walker 16 0880 Lawries Choice (14) 55.5 Emergencies: Kalinga, Queen Of Ur, Lawries Choice RACE 3 1.30pm WANGANUI TROTTING CLUB RACING 15TH DEC MDN 1200 $7000, MDN 4YO&UP, 1200m 1 46343 Joe Bonanno (5) 58.5 ................. B Lammas 2 3x009 Karmazyn (10) 58.5 ............ R Hutchings (a) 3 77x05 Hezanakbar 58.5.......................... Scratched 4 x050x Pins ‘N’ Arrow (2) 58.5......................S Doyle 5 Solas h (11) 58.5....................L Whelan (a1) 6 0 Thatz Louie h (1) 58.5 ...........M Hudson (a3) 7 0x2 Crackling Rosie (3) 56.5..................J Riddell 8 334x4 Yalumba Lady h (4) 56.5 .................R Myers 9 08x3 Fashion Guru (6) 56.5 ....................H Tinsley 10 0020x Gina (7) 56.5 ................................... C Grylls 11 40x3 Gold Lane (13) 56.5 ....................... J Parkes 12 3 Sixty Eight Carat (8) 56.5 ...............D Walker 13 Loveyoulongtime (12) 56.5....... A Forbes (a) 14 680x Chief’s Honour (9) 58.5 ... K Kalychurun (a3) Emergency: Chief’s Honour RACE 4 2.05pm RACE IMAGES 1997 RATING 85 1360 $8000, Rating 85 Benchmark, 1360m 1 x6805 Aldebaran Star (6) 59......................J Riddell 2 06x27 Figure Again 58.5......................... Scratched 3 4425x Denlee (4) 57.5 ...............................R Myers 4 40x20 Zumba tmh (8) 57.5 ....................... J Parkes 5 42x46 Surreal Storm (2) 56.5 .................... C Grylls 6 1108x Better Keeper t (3) 55.5....... R Hutchings (a) 7 44x38 Stormy Lass (9) 55.5.....................D Bradley 8 7930x Hell Yeah (7) 54.5 ........................ R Hannam 9 321x0 Magic Tricks (1) 54.5 ................... B Lammas

10 15640 Mr Darcee’s Gold m (5) 54 ....... A Taylor (a2) RACE 5 2.40pm RACEWAY MOTEL MAIDEN 1600 $7000, MDN, 1600m 1 322x2 Taipa Tiger (3) 58.5 .......................D Bradley 2 4747x Kool Return (13) 58.5....... J Shackleton (a3) 3 00 Jibril (1) 58.5 ............................... R Hannam 4 80 Liverpool Kiss (8) 58.5 .................. T Russell 5 08332 Shadow Player (6) 56.5...................J Riddell 6 404 Midnight Molly (9) 56.5...................H Tinsley 7 82090 Kahui Lass (4) 56.5 ..........................S Doyle 8 x8005 Girls Day Out h (12) 56.5 ................R Myers 9 695x5 Red Sunset (10) 56.5 .................. B Lammas 10 005x7 The Duffster h (14) 56.5 ...... M Dravitzki (a2) 11 0 Galleta (15) 56.5 ............................ J Parkes 12 98 Minyarna h (2) 56.5 ...............M Hudson (a3) 13 6 Viaman (5) 56 ................................D Walker 14 40866 Platinum Marseille (11) 58.5 15 88906 Dynaflight (7) 56.5 16 7x7x0 Venerate 58.5 ............................... Scratched Emergencies: Platinum Marseille, Dynaflight, Venerate RACE 6 3.15pm WANGANUI GREYHOUND RACING CLUB RATING 65 2060 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2060m 1 49x51 Grenade (12) 59.............................H Tinsley 2 24166 Justa Charlie m (1) 58............L Whelan (a1) 3 0x295 Miss Enders (11) 57.5 ......... R Hutchings (a) 4 54x41 Attivaree (9) 57..............................D Bradley 5 0x008 Valley Of Pentire m (4) 57 ........... C Dell (a1) 6 66x75 The Beama (13) 57 .........................J Riddell 7 00x0x Cecil h (3) 55.5...............................D Walker 8 96256 Zenno Rolls Royce m (8) 55.5 ........R Myers 9 67345 Lakota (2) 55 ............................... B Lammas 10 10x50 Sunday’s News (6) 55 .....................D Walsh 11 80x03 Milan Miss m (10) 54.5.................... C Grylls 12 09402 Our Moon Shadow m (7) 54....... V Johnston

13 84800 Cheimon t (5) 54 ......................... R Hannam RACE 7 3.50pm UDC - NZ’S FINANCE COMPANY RATING 65 2060 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 2060m 1 325x1 Grey Guru th (10) 59 ..................... T Russell 2 1x889 Lord Of The Stars t (1) 58.5 ............R Myers 3 52212 Citadelle tb (4) 58..........................D Bradley 4 74313 Lucy Lincoln (5) 57..........................J Riddell 5 64522 Pearls (6) 56................................... J Parkes 6 60078 Beau Agen t (3) 56 ........... J Shackleton (a3) 7 080x0 King Of Rock (14) 56 ............... A Taylor (a2) 8 04326 Torrado m (13) 56 ........... K Kalychurun (a3) 9 20503 Good Risk m (11) 55.5 ........ M Dravitzki (a2) 10 51047 Savarose m (9) 55..........................D Walker 11 83659 The Last Al (2) 55 ...................... V Johnston 12 x0837 Desi Girl (7) 54.5 ..............................S Doyle 13 45007 Ballroom m (12) 54 .................. A Forbes (a) 14 5x000 La Danseur (8) 54 ..................L Whelan (a1) RACE 8 4.25pm SEWELL & WILSON RATING 75 1200 $8000, Rating 75 Benchmark, 1200m 1 8734L Unbelieveabelle td (9) 59 ........ D Turner (a3) 2 4725x Jerrico (7) 57.5 ..............................D Bradley 3 8x550 Bright Glo tdh (11) 56.5................... C Grylls 4 109x7 Lumiere Blue d (4) 55.5 ...... R Hutchings (a) 5 59800 Elusive Red dm (6) 55.............. A Forbes (a) 6 5x511 Tinka Tinka dm (5) 55 .................... J Parkes 7 0770x Gus tdh (10) 55 ........................ A Taylor (a2) 8 9315x Reais t (2) 54 .............................. R Hannam 9 x0x60 Prestigiosa h (1) 54 ...............M Hudson (a3) 10 8x60x Samsi td (8) 54........................... V Johnston 11 2x08x Lustre (3) 54....................................R Myers RACE 9 5.00pm WWW.RACINGTIPS.CO.NZ RATING 65 1360 $7000, Rating 65 Benchmark*, 1360m 1 21x3 Itsa Tru Story th (1) 59 ..........M Hudson (a3) 2 50x07 Gold’N’Casino m (8) 58.................. J Parkes 3 2236x Lucky Spur bh (12) 58......... M Dravitzki (a2)

4 0636x On The Hill th (9) 57.5 ................... T Russell 5 57x04 Nena Greena (4) 56 ...............L Whelan (a1) 6 27538 Rampantexcuse (2) 56 .... K Kalychurun (a3) 7 01789 Joan Frances (5) 55 .........................S Doyle 8 5020x Maude tmbh (11) 54.5..................... C Grylls 9 82090 Tartlet m (10) 54.5 ....................... R Hannam 10 760x8 Miss Daisy (6) 54 ..................... A Forbes (a) 11 8x307 Bellacat 54 ................................... Scratched 12 096x0 Braxy’s Image h (7) 54 ............... V Johnston 13 77x59 Dragon Beauty (3) 54......................D Walsh RACE 10 5.35pm QUALITY INN COLLEGIATE MAIDEN 1360 $7000, MDN, 1360m 1 x6402 Be Yourself (10) 58.5 ........................S Doyle 2 x8x04 Crack A Tui h (9) 58.5............M Hudson (a3) 3 30x8 Vettriano (18) 58.5 ...................... B Lammas 4 6605x Forever Dreaming (15) 58.5 ............ C Grylls 5 5975x Scarred (1) 58.5 ..............................J Riddell 6 Bayrum h (20) 58.5 ..................... C Dell (a1) 7 Sand Bird (2) 58.5 ..........................H Tinsley 8 32363 Luck At Last h (13) 56.5 ........... A Taylor (a2) 9 4x8 Hippie (6) 56.5 ............................... J Parkes 10 4549x Star Emerald (19) 56.5................ R Hannam 11 06 Massey Dash h (5) 56.5 .................D Walker 12 Thieving Sisters h (7) 56.5 ............ T Russell 13 4x9. Kairanga Lad (17) 56 ......................D Walsh 14 0x Hezanakilad (16) 56 ............ R Hutchings (a) 15 26565 Silver Shadow (4) 54 ................ A Forbes (a) 16 8x Composing (11) 54 .........................R Myers 17 7x7 Peroni (12) 56.5 18 00x Yin Dragon (8) 58.5 19 88906 Dynaflight (14) 56.5 20 90070 I’m Bella (21) 56.5 21 98 Minyarna h (3) 56.5 Emergencies: Peroni, Yin Dragon, Dynaflight, I’m Bella, Minyarna

1 Peking Tom................................... Scratched 2 11737 Zarishel 30.35 H & ..............................Taylor 3 15511 Caboul 30.24 J & ............................D Fahey 4 13264 Retaliate First nwtd F &..................Turnwald 5 52416 Lochinvar Brando nwtd ..............D Schofield 6 12534 Know Attempt 30.20.......................G Cleeve 7 11523 Opawa No Ear 30.18 J & ................D Fahey 8 52511 Raw Energy 29.96 ....................J McInerney 9 5877F Black Emily 30.16 L & ........................ Wales 10 Red Typhoon ................................ Scratched RACE 9, 7.45pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 5 C5q, 520m 1 43716 Opawa Swede 30.02 J &.................D Fahey 2 22777 Criniti’s nwtd ......................................J Dunn 3 14443 Homebush Chopper 30.60 ........J McInerney 4 11113 Thrilling Blitz nwtd ............................ S Clark 5 22612 Know Class 30.12 ..........................G Cleeve 6 21116 Palucka 30.47 J & ...........................D Fahey 7 27284 Opawa Legs 31.44 ...................Matt Roberts 8 167x4 Rigs nwtd F &.................................Turnwald 9 78683 Another Colt 30.57 ....................J McInerney 10 Phone Tap .................................... Scratched RACE 10, 8.07pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 6 C5q, 520m 1 61256 Pink Sock nwtd F & ........................Turnwald 2 12552 Speed Legend nwtd ....................B Hodgson 3 32213 Spud Gun 30.66 .............................. M Grant 4 26168 Fancy Tip nwtd ...........................D Schofield 5 65227 Jay Cee Hurt nwtd ..............................A Lee 6 5353F Cawbourne Witch nwtd ................C Roberts

7 52525 Wayleggo 30.31 J & ........................D Fahey 8 11323 Russell Hart 30.22 ....................J McInerney 9 5877F Black Emily 30.16 L & ........................ Wales 10 12211 Dolly Peg nwtd F &.........................Turnwald RACE 11, 8.36pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 7 C5q, 520m 1 11111 Boston Chanel nwtd F & ................Turnwald 2 17746 Stolen Money 30.24 .......................G Cleeve 3 Mammy Brown ............................. Scratched 4 78812 Opawa Casper 30.23 L & ................... Wales 5 23434 Rodriguez nwtd ...................................A Lee 6 62236 Speedy Kazza 30.46 .................J McInerney 7 18x14 Pindari 30.25 J &.............................D Fahey 8 61686 Indi’s Grace 30.20 ........................... M Grant 9 78683 Another Colt 30.57 ....................J McInerney 10 12211 Dolly Peg nwtd F &.........................Turnwald RACE 12, 8.57pm SPEIGHT’S SPRINT C3, 295m 1 17737 Another Snazza 17.56 ..............J McInerney 2 66456 Kin Nikki 17.41 ............................. L Waretini 3 15775 Glenn Is Goodesy 17.20 ................. M Grant 4 65554 Turbo Tundra 17.57 ......................... M Grant 5 86744 Memphis Hotcakes 17.38 .................M Flipp 6 F4742 Homebush Edith 17.21 .............J McInerney 7 23435 Excuse Please 17.35 .................. J McMillan 8 28356 Chevy Chevelle 17.41 H & ..................Taylor 9 58576 Pure And Special 17.25 .................. M Grant 10 785x6 Fiery Flower 17.48 ........................... B Dann

Lemon and H Benke 2nd off R Fail and E Langford, J Welch and M Watson No 11 Tee V Moore and J McArthur, K Robb and W Carter No 16 Tee C Trott and H Ward, F Williamson and B Martin No 18 Tee A Hewson and B Davidson, D Engelbrecht and H Trott Nine Hole Men and Women’s Section Closing Day was held on 31 October Nine Hole convenors – Carolyn King 308 7022 and Carol O’Reilly 308 8758 7 November - course closed for Lions tournament from 11am 2 November – Weekend women v Mid week Women, matchplay Please report 8.15am Club Captain – Alison Grant 302 4635

T6 Borough Black v Netherby Strikers 10:30 T1 Wakanui Whackers vBorough Red; T2 Allenton Yellow Sox v St Joseph Tigers; T5 Hampstead Blue v Longbeach Strikers; T6 Hinds v allenton Red Sox

M10 Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway

Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 10.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 4.35pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C2, 295m 1 3x823 Know Charity 17.40........................G Cleeve 2 42F45 Wellywood 17.60 W & ....................... Nissen 3 84741 Mulberry Brook 17.59................... K Cassidy 4 22824 Homebush Cruden nwtd ...........J McInerney 5 13788 Another Pizza 17.79..................J McInerney 6 31523 Easy Silence 17.72 .......................... B Dann 7 37317 Que Tee Chicks 17.32 M & ...............Jopson 8 17343 Sheza Gamble 17.38 W &................. Nissen 9 74556 Cec Divine 17.49............................G Cleeve 10 37165 Cawbourne Porshe 17.44 W & .......... Nissen RACE 2, 4.52pm I PAVE CONCRETE DASH C3, 295m 1 55588 Jumpin’ Julia 17.30....................J McInerney 2 12143 Wandy Feather 17.39...................... M Grant 3 18885 Botany Pete nwtd ......................J McInerney 4 26352 Mr. Big Stuff 17.37 M & .....................Jopson 5 57161 Waimak Dave 17.60 ..................J McInerney 6 Ohoka Hart .................................. Scratched 7 18533 Billy Muggins 17.49 .......................... B Dann 8 11844 Mer De Noms 17.41 ..................R Blackburn 9 58576 Pure And Special 17.25 .................. M Grant 10 57688 Nitro Mabel 17.39 H &.........................Taylor RACE 3, 5.10pm (NZT) THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES C2, 520m

1 41711 Hustler Ambition 30.58....... Melissa Roberts 2 21371 Mr. Jimmy 30.81 ........................ R H Adcock 3 21238 Opawa Mez 30.37 J & .....................D Fahey 4 41411 Mega Rexy 30.56 J & ......................D Fahey 5 F4322 Girl Racer 30.42 H & ...........................Taylor 6 62622 Opawa Marg 30.39...................Matt Roberts 7 42474 Rocky Baxter nwtd ....................J McInerney 8 47864 Okuku Dreamer 30.77 C &................. Fagan 9 66343 Opawa Paul 30.64 L & ....................... Wales 10 14775 Max’s Lad nwtd ........................Matt Roberts RACE 4, 5.28pm (NZT) GARDEN CITY CHEM-DRY SPRINT C3, 295m 1 74623 Business Plan nwtd...................R Blackburn 2 42454 Know Fault 17.24 ...........................G Cleeve 3 21827 Georgie Wong 17.26 ......................... J Rush 4 46578 Benny’s Angel 17.46 .................J McInerney 5 88721 Taieri Plains 17.41 C &....................... Fagan 6 74176 Embee Dee 17.43 .....................J McInerney 7 42728 Cawbourne Plunge nwtd ...........J McInerney 8 17835 Phil Wart 17.43................................ M Grant 9 58576 Pure And Special 17.25 .................. M Grant 10 785x6 Fiery Flower 17.48 ........................... B Dann RACE 5, 5.46pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 1 C5q, 520m 1 45135 Jannik nwtd ................................D Schofield 2 11811 Rene Ranger nwtd ...........................L Ahern 3 63624 Ultimate Dream 29.93 ...............A Bradshaw 4 52424 Brighton Bullet 30.01 J & ................D Fahey 5 12113 Opawa Webby 30.38 L & ................... Wales 6 15846 Charlie’s Choice 30.45 .............. R H Adcock

7 11117 Mercenary nwtd F & .......................Turnwald 8 12622 Bone Nerd 30.62 ......................Matt Roberts 9 78683 Another Colt 30.57 ....................J McInerney 10 Red Typhoon ................................ Scratched RACE 6, 6.15pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 2 C5q, 520m 1 12621 Ate To Much 30.70 F &...................Turnwald 2 2F187 Homebush Violet 30.41 .............J McInerney 3 55316 Drysdale nwtd .....................................A Lee 4 73835 Starburst Clemmy 30.86 ................. M Grant 5 11582 Riley’s Mate nwtd ............................. S Clark 6 12842 Gordon Bale 30.25 .......................C Roberts 7 46121 Jinjarango 0.00 J & .........................D Fahey 8 11516 Mega Girl 30.55 ........................ R H Adcock 9 5877F Black Emily 30.16 L & ........................ Wales 10 Phone Tap .................................... Scratched RACE 7, 6.45pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 3 C5q, 520m 1 11132 Piggy Back nwtd .............................. S Clark 2 57851 No Undies Sundy 30.39 ............J McInerney 3 11328 Opawa Jed 30.06 J & ......................D Fahey 4 52418 Glasses Up nwtd ............................. M Grant 5 52748 Wild Grove 30.41 .........................C Roberts 6 28114 Fancy Dasher nwtd ....................D Schofield 7 41175 Popstar Rocket 30.57 ........................M Flipp 8 17825 Indiana Izmir nwtd F & ...................Turnwald 9 78683 Another Colt 30.57 ....................J McInerney 10 12211 Dolly Peg nwtd F &.........................Turnwald RACE 8, 7.15pm BUY SELL & EXCHANGE NZ CUP HEAT 4 C5q, 520m

SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS

Results ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club Nelson Building Society Friday night teams October 25 Top Team – X-Cockies – Tony Bennett, Bill Doak, John Lovett, Derek Prebble.

Ladies: Periwinkles 1 91, 4W’s 90.

Men: Probians 87.5, Gabites Sloggers 87, Cunning Studs 86, 3 Amigos 84.5, Fairlie Flyers 84.

Mixed: Green Team 91.5, Roaring Pride 90.5, Hit & Miss 88.5.

Top Man – John Lovett 33.5; Top Lady – Sue Letham, Sheryl Reid, Kay Miles 35.

Nearest the Pins: Templeton Motors – Paul Stoddart; Paul May Motors Steve Stratford; Mac & Maggies Kyle Brown; BP Ashburton – Mike Kingsbury.

Gabites Lucky Player – Al Jopson; BP Lucky Player – Colin Divers.

Two’s – Adrian Hopwood, Kyle Brown.

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies Oct 29th Marge Wilson Trophy - Ambrose Barbara Cochrane, Phylis Bishop, Phylis Smith & Marion Oakley net 47.3: Shiley Young, Ina divers, Maureen Colville net 49:, Mara Kennedy, Marilyn Bennett, Diane Wellman net 50: ., 9 Hole Ambrose

Valda Johnston, Nancy Costin, Deb Ellery net 18:

■ Shooting

Marlborough Spring Championships Kaituna, Blenheim 26, 27, 28th October Results after 300, 500, 600, 800, and 900 yards twice, in very windy conditions.

A grade 15 entries.

M Dodson, Blenheim, 478.45, M Collings, Te Puke 475.40, Ms A Hatcher, Onslow, 475.23, J Snowden, Ashburton, 472.33, B Mehrtens, Malvern, 471.33, A Doyle, Petone, 467.31, C Kershaw, Malvern, 466.23, J Phillips, Petone, 463.31, P Newman, Ashburton, 461.28, K Chittock, Ashburton, 460.29, and J Miller Ashburton, 452.22, 13th.

B Grade 8 entries.

R Mason, Upper Hutt, 453.19, D Dick, Blenheim, 448.27, A Drake, Taranaki, 448.27, Ms C Flanagan, Karori, 444.20, B Scott, Petone, 441.20, and B Hawksby, Ashburton, 424.18, 7th.

C Grade 14 entries.

Mrs D Miller, Ashburton, 458.34, A White, Malvern, 455.25, C Burgess, Blenheim, 448.25, H Jan Van Vuuren, Blenheim, 447.19, and J Fleming, Ashburton, 426.19, 7th.

FO class, 1 entry, J Meldrum, 538.

FTR class, 5 entries.

S Flanagan, Karori, 474.30, M Shearer, Petone, 461.37, M Culver, Petone, 454.33

Draws ■ Bowls Hinds Bowling Club Gill Trophy Sunday November 3 9am start, own lunch, whites Entries: B Holdon, M Smallridge, J Ryk, G Taylor, D Gutberlet, C Leech, D Muir, T Inwood, B Lynn, M Skilling, B Marsh, G Pagey, P Low(Geraldine), B Ford (Waimate), D Hastings, J Moore.

■ Golf

Ashburton Golf Club Midweek Women November 5 The Cup Sweep 4BBB Please report 8.30am for 9am multiple start Draw Steward: Leigh Wackrow 308 3790 Tuesday Starters: Alison Hunt, MaryLou Watson No 1 Tee 1st off W Parr and L Wackrow, J Guilford and K McRae 2nd off J Mitchell and B Watkins, T Cates and B Cameron No 2 Tee P Bell and A Grant, B Turton and J Dunlop No 7 Tee 1st off H Argyle and M Bean, S Simpson and L Small 2nd off S Elliot and D Simmons, R Bennett and A Hunt No 10 Tee 1st off G Sloper and K Shaw, S

Tinwald Golf Club Tuesday Ladies November 5 Winter closing – Clubhouse Draw for All Start 9.30a.m. Please report 15 mins prior 18 Hole Players – Mildred Doak (2 clubs & a putter) 9 Hole Players – 3 Club and a putter M.T. Duty P. Gibson. P.M. Duty S. Young Starters: B. Cochrane & P. Ellis: Cards: K. McAuliffe & C. Shanks

■ Softball

Mid Canterbury Softball TBall 9:00 T1 Hampstead Yellow v Tinwald Dolphins; T2 Allenton Blue Sox v Ashburton Christian School Flyers; T5 BNZ Rakaia Royals v Longbeach Stars;

U11 Little League 9:00 D1 Netherby Black Sox v Cubs; D4 Rakaia Red Sox v Metalcorp Hampstead Allstars 10:30 D4 Tinwald Black Sox v Allenton Black Sox; Bye Allenton White Sox U13 Little League 10:30 D1 Bluejays v Pirates; D2 Farifield Juniors v Bridgestone Rakaia Ravens; D3 Cardinals v Ashburton City Tigers Senior 1:00 D1 Rustys v Nosh Cafe Hampstead Hawkes; D4 Fairfield Marines v Rebels; Bye Renegades

■ Tennis Mid Canterbury Tennis Mid Canterbury Open Grade Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre November 2

A Reserve 12.15pm Allenton v Hampstead Blue; Foothill Flyers v Rakaia; Methven v Hampstead Ferns

A Grade 1.30pm Hampstead v Tinwald; Dorie v Hinds; Allenton bye

Sport 22 Ashburton Guardian

Thursday, October 31, 2013

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■ KARATE

In brief

Medals for karate exponents

By Myles HuMe

Myles.h@theguardian.co.nz

JION International Karate Dojo Ashburton’s Alyssa Jones competing at the Otago Southland Karate Championships on Sunday where she won a bronze medal.

Photo SuPPlied

Three members of the JION International Karate Dojo Ashburton club have thrown their names up for national selection during a strong showing at the Otago Southland Karate Championships.

The trio’s 13-strong team travelled to Cromwell where they competed in the regional championships on Sunday, the squad collectively claiming 12 medals – five of those gold.

Ashburton karate representatives Jessica Windhorst, Leanne Walsh and Alyssa Jones all performed well, and are now likely to put their names forward for selection into the New Zealand Oceania teams for 2014/15.

All three compete at most regional and national karate tournaments on top of national training camps, and will be hoping to leave their mark at three Oceania team

training camps to start in January.

At the Otago Southland Championships, Walsh claimed a gold medal in the development grade girls’ 11 years Kata and in the 1112 years over 50kg Kumite.

Windhorst won the premiere girls’ 13 years over 50kg Kumite while Jones claimed a bronze in the same event.

Arm Chomprasert and Jess Barnes were also standout performers, claiming the premiere boys’ 15 years and over Kata and the girls’ 20 years and over Kata, respectively.

Barnes also won a silver in the 17 and over Kumite and the open Kumite.

In other events, Ashburton’s Brodie Burrows claimed two bronze medals, along with his sister Taylah who also received a bronze.

Kaden Forrester finished with a silver medal in the 1012 years Kata.

■ OPINION

Hammers do their bit on historic day

I

t’s unlikely there will ever be a rugby day like Saturday again.

So many firsts, feats, and unlikely occurrences, and Mid Canterbury was involved in most of them.

Where to start!

The Showgrounds is a very good place, and the programme Glenn Moore and his merry men put in place at the start of the season, combined with some remarkably astute import selections, bore fruit on Saturday.

Skipper Jon Dampney, an inspired selection right there, hoisted the Meads Cup aloft, in front of a crowd of maybe 4000, a crowd that had built steadily from the time Mid Canterbury first ran out in front of a couple of hundred hardy regulars back on August 24.

It was a crowd number that owed plenty to the work the supporters’ club, Hoops giving it all a very fair nudge on the radio all week, and our own intrepid sports reporter’s efforts in dredging up a whole lot of history, stories and interviews to bring it all together on the day, superb work from the builders to get the stand ready, and all we needed was some nice weather to top it all off.

So, what did we get?

A Force Ten hurricane ripping straight down the ground, forcing rapid re-arrangement of game plans, re-arrangement of wardrobe (if you wore a hat on the bank, it wasn’t for long), and ex-

Steve Devereux MY SHOUT

tra scaffolding re-inforcement for the brave guys manning the TV cameras on their high perches.

At one point a $20 note went zipping down the length of the embankment, but it remained free money - you’d have to have had the reflexes of Jonty Rhodes to get anywhere near it.

When the helicopter arrived (bearing a sponsor, not the game ball, or Sir Colin, as many instantly figured) there was a general buzz that it really, really shouldn’t try to land on the main playing field; the pilot concurred and landed out the back, not a good day for that mode of transport at all.

And on the field?

Two amazing things happened within a minute of each other - a glorious Murray Williams penalty kick from within his own 10 metre mark; he stepped up with no hesitation when his captain asked him, and struck the ball perfectly, putting himself into Pierre Villepreux territory, then the North Otago kicker’s re-start went forward, upward, backward, it bounced between players and just kept going, and would have made Wakanui Beach except for

the sterling work of the ball boys.

Video of that one rightly went viral by Saturday night, I cannot recall that ever happening before, let alone in a first class match.

Mid Canterbury went into halftime with a lead, but would it be enough in that gale?

It was apparent immediately on the resumption that it would be a half of trench warfare for the Hammers, every inch, every metre would be hard fought, and every mistake would be punished severely, and so it proved.

But with the urgings of the crowd (suitably stoked up by Morgie in his big harvester-commentary box) driving them on, fight they did, and more importantly when the counter-attacks came, they tackled, and tackled, and tackled - there would have been some very sore bodies in the sheds after that one, but I’m guessing the pain was somewhat mitigated by having the Cup sitting right there on the table.

It’s impossible to pick out any individual performance, but I have to mention the props - in circumstances such as the second half slog on Saturday you’d expect them both gone, shattered, at the 60 minute mark, but they both did the 80, and in fact late in that second half they appeared to want the spotlight for themselves.

One came out of the depths of a ruck, stalked his prey and delivered a bone-crunching tackle you could feel on the bank, and from the ensuing turnover his part-

ner in crime thought he’d play first five for a while, producing a slashing run that broke several tackles - he looked for a flying wing or fullback on his shoulder but there was nobody there - he’d been going too fast!

Super stuff, stuff that wins tight games.

Mid Canterbury was part of another feat unlikely to ever occur again, the Crusaders catchment cleaned up every possible division, with Tasman, Canterbury and South Canterbury all doing their bit to ensure rugby supremacy remains centred right in our back yard.

No wonder the rest of the rugby country hates Canterbury with such a passion - we’re just too good! That was apparent from the commentary team in the Canterbury match on Saturday night; Nisbo was his usual highly-professional, impartial self, but his two sidekicks on the night should have been wearing Wellington cheerleader uniforms.

Oh, and they complained about the wind! They know nothing . . .

Back to good things, how must the rugby landscape look to the Ashburton College boys who are now an integral part of this Mid Canterbury side? First their school team reaches heights unheard of in previous years, then they get drafted into a side that promptly wins national honours how good is that!

Their future rugby careers will be watched with great interest.

Broken thumb New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson will return home after a small fracture in his left thumb ruled him out of the remainder of the tour of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Williamson was struck on the thumb in the 35th over of New Zealand’s 43-run ODI loss against Bangladesh in Dhaka yesterday.

Williamson was fielding at point and immediately left the field. His left thumb was dislocated and after hospital treatment, an X-ray confirmed the fracture.

- APNZ

Ropati signs new deal Jerome Ropati will extend his Warriors career into a 12th season after signing a new one-year contract with the club. The 28-year-old centre made his Warriors debut in 2003 but injuries restricted him to just 15 games over the past three seasons. The club still see him in their plans and offered him a one-year contract, which was signed last week. It’s likely to be on reduced terms from his last one, given his run of injuries which included two knee reconstructions.

- APNZ

Black Sticks win The women’s Black Sticks got their Oceania Cup campaign under way in perfect fashion with a 3-2 win over Australia at the TET MultiSports Centre in Stratford last night. The trans-Tasman rivals will likely contest Sunday’s final after they breeze through their other pool outings against Samoa and Papua New Guinea so yesterday’s game served as an intriguing warm-up. The Black Sticks were without utility Samantha Charlton, who missed the game with illness but was expected to come right during the next day or so. - APNZ

Pressure on Ferns The Silver Ferns head into tonight’s third and final test against Malawi in Hamilton under real pressure to perform. When these three tests were first scheduled in the window after the Constellation Cup, they were meant to be a chance to tune up different combinations and give coach Wai Taumaunu more time with the national squad to apply some polish and panache in a low-pressure environment.

But the series against Australia spiralled downwards rapidly after they won the opening test and the first two games against the African side were patchy. Taumaunu is expected to field her top line-up tonight and nothing less than a convincing and quality victory will suffice.

- APNZ

Seven changes Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney followed a plan as opposed to form when picking his side to play France in Avignon on Saturday morning. Kearney has made seven changes to the playing 17, which will ensure all 24 players in the touring squad will get a run in the opening two games of the World Cup. Kevin Locke, Jason Nightingale, Krisnan Inu, Thomas Leuluai, Ben Matulino, Alex Glenn and Greg Eastwood will play while Kieran Foran, Sonny Bill Williams, Dean Whare, Sam Moa, Jesse Bromwich, Josh Hoffman and Manu Vatuvei will sit out the match.

- APNZ

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Smith, Manu lead Highlanders

Beaten by Bangladesh

The Highlanders have announced Ben Smith and Nasi Manu will lead the team as co-captains in the 2014 Super Rugby competition.

The southerners’ named their squad for the new season yesterday, which sees 23 players returning from the 2013 season along with a host of new names.

Kurt Baker returns to the Highlanders after a season with the Crusaders, and he is joined in the backs by Malakai Fekitoa (Auckland), Patrick Osborne (Canterbury), Willie Ripia (Bay of Plenty), and Winston Stanley (Force).

In the forwards, Tasman captain Shane Christie joins the southern franchise, alongside Argentina international Matias Diaz, Kane Hames (Bay of Plenty) Highlanders

coach, Jamie Joseph said his squad was well balanced and had depth across the board.

“We’re very pleased with the quality of players in our squad of 37 for next season,” he said.

“We have a core group of players returning from 2013, which allows continuity, but to have 14 new faces brings new ideas and enthusiasm” Joseph also added that selecting Smith and Manu was reflective of the approach the team would be taking to the 2014 Super Rugby season.

“As a coaching group, we’ve selected two players we know will lead from the front and who have the experience and respect of the whole squad.

The role of captain in a Super Rugby team is vital to the success of the team, and sharing the workload between two

complementary players was a big part of our decision.”

Ben Smith has played 72 games for the Highlanders since making his Super Rugby debut in 2009 against the Brumbies.

The utility has also played 18 tests for the All Blacks and has recently been selected to travel with the team to the United Kingdom for the end of year tour.

Nasi Manu has played 49 Super Rugby games after making his debut in 2008 for the Crusaders. Manu joined the Highlanders in 2010 and has played 33 games for the franchise.

The Highlanders begin their season with a home match against the Blues at Forsyth Barr Stadium on February 22.

- APNZ

HIGHLANDERS Squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season: ■ Forwards - Josh Bekhuis, Shane Christie, Liam Coltman, Matias Diaz, Elliot Dixon, Gareth Evans, Ma’afu Fia, Tom Franklin, Kane Hames, John Hardie, Jarrad Hoeata, TJ Ioane, Chris King, Nasi Manu, Brayden Mitchell, Brad Thorn, Joe Wheeler.

■ Backs - Kurt Baker, Phil Burleigh, Jason Emery, Malakai Fekitoa, Patrick Osborne, Hayden Parker, Buxton Popoalii, Willie Ripia, Aaron Smith, Ben Smith, Lima Sopoaga, Winston Stanley, Fumiaki Tanaka, Shaun Treeby, Frae Wilson.

The Black Caps were comprehensively beaten by Bangladesh yesterday but Corey Anderson says the side isn’t worried about history repeating.

New Zealand were dispatched 4-0 the last time they played a one-day international series in Bangladesh, a trend which continued in the hosts’ 43-run win in a rain-hit match in Dhaka.

Rubel Hossain claimed six wickets to help his side to a 43run victory and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series ahead of today’s second encounter.

After Jimmy Neesham took four wickets to help dismiss Bangladesh for 265 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, the tourists’ target was reduced by the Duckworth-Lewis method to 206 runs in 33 overs. - APNZ

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

Friday 9.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

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10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am - 5.30pm ASHBURTON SOCIETY OF ARTS.

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ARIES (MAR 21 – APR 20) The planets of war and revolution are on the same page today, boosting your professional confidence and sense of what’s possible.

TAURUS (APR 20 – MAY 21) There is a sense of rebellion in the air today, with the gods coming together to save you from yourself and from life’s more serious agendas.

GEMINI (MAY 21 – JUNE 22) Today’s work/life balance issues are the last test and while you don’t want to create challenges where there are none, don’t stick your head in the sand.

CANCER (JUNE 22 – JULY 24) There is a real chance for a communication and relationship breakthrough today, with a chance to break through old barriers.

LEO (JULY 24 – AUG 23) An alliance between Mars in your income sector and Pluto in your work sector puts the planets of war and revolution on your team today.

VIRGO (AUG 23 – SEP 23) While your emotional responses may exacerbate things, there is a benefit in that you’ll get any personal and/or relationship tensions out in the open.

LIBRA (SEP 23 – OCT 23) Find a space at home, music you can play or a trigger that allows you to zone out, creating a ritual that will help you relax and unwind.

SCORPIO (OCT 23 – NOV 24) Conversations that are outside the box and challenge you to think outside the square will be the most beneficial. Leave the small talk for another time.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV 24 – DEC 21) While warrior and revolutionary energy in the air may exacerbate any work/life balance tension, you can’t change what you can’t see.

CAPRICORN (DEC 21 – JAN 20) There is trouble in the air of the mischievous kind, encouraging you to play hooky. Embrace a sense of adventure and rebellion in the air today.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20 – FEB 19) A mix of hindsight and foresight is revealing the real picture, with a sense of where you’re going bringing the pieces together.

PISCES (FEB 19 – MAR 20) Personal and/or relationship tension comes with an opportunity for a breakthrough, with something cathartic and healing about what this triggers.

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Television Thursday, October 31, 2013

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6am Breakfast The Breakfast team presents news, interviews, weather and information.

9am Good Morning 10am Ellen 3 11am Coach Trip PGR 0 11:30 Infomercials Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale PGR Noah tells Charity he does not want another father; Cameron throws Robbie out of the pub; Pollard is awkward. 0 1:30 Come Dine With Me 2pm May The Best House Win 3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 0 4:25 Ellen With guest Amy Poehler.

5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted

by Eddie McGuire. 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 Coronation Street Stella is suspicious; Sally gets wind of Peter’s secret. 0 8:30 Packed to the Rafters Dave’s philosophy that anything can be fixed with a bit of hard work is tested when it becomes clear Julie still has not forgiven him. 0 9:25 Gavin and Stacey PGR 0 10:05 The Spa PGR 10:35 One News Tonight 0 11:05 Tagata Pasifika 11:35 Air Crash Confidential PGR 12:45 Crash Investigation Unit PGR 0 1:15 Te Karere 3 2 0 1:40 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2 0

CHOICE TV

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6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Buzzy Bee And Friends 3 0 6:35 Tiki Tour 0 7am Stitch! 3 0 7:25 The Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 7:50 Slugterra 0 8:15 Franklin 3 0 8:40 Mike The Knight 3 0 8:50 Fireman Sam 3 0 9am Infomercials 11am Neighbours 3 0 11:30 Home And Away 3 0 Noon Shortland Street PGR 3 0 12:30 Two And A Half Men PGR 3 0 1pm Jeremy Kyle PGR 2pm Bethenny 3pm Melissa And Joey 3 0 3:29 Angry Birds Specials 3 0 3:35 Penguins Of Madagascar 3 0 4:05 Lab Rats 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show 4:59 Horace In Slow Motion 3 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm The Smurfs – The Legend Of Smurfy Hollow 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Dallas does not know which witch is which; Nicole goes deeper than planned; Harry’s Halloween prank sparks panic. 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 0 8pm Street Hospital PGR 0 8:30 Mistresses PGR 0 9:30 20/20 0 10:35 Nikita AO 0

11:35 Police Ten 7 3 0 12:05 Rizzoli And Isles AO 0 1:05 Code – 1 PGR 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 Army Wives AO 3 0 3:20 NY Med AO 3 4:05 Anderson Live PGR 5am Infomercials

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6am 3 News – Firstline 8:30 Infomercials 10:30 The Shopping Channel 3 11:30 Entertainment Tonight 3 Noon 3 News 12:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 30 1pm Dr Phil AO A woman claims her teenaged daughter is out of control, and the daughter blames her mother for her behaviour.

2pm The Dr Oz Show PGR 3 3pm Rachael Ray 3:55 The Queen Latifah Show 4:55 Entertainment Tonight 5:25 Celebrity Masterchef The three remaining celebrities face the first challenge within a restaurant setting.

6pm 3 News 7pm Campbell Live 7:30 The X Factor USA PGR The X Factor USA continues with the top 16 contestants narrowed down to the top 12.

9:30 Project Runway – All Stars PGR The designers go to the streets of New York, and ask strangers for the clothes off their backs in order to create new outfits.

10:25 Nightline 11:05 CSI AO 3 Nick visits an art exhibition on a date, and realises one works of art contains decomposing body parts. 0 12:05 Medium AO 1am Infomercials 5am Joyce Meyer 3 5:30 Infomercials

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Pingu 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Beyblade – Metal Fury 3 7:55 The Winx Club 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Raa Raa The Noisy Lion 3 8:40 Ready, Steady, Wiggles 8:50 Bob The Builder 3 9:05 Thomas And Friends 3 9:15 Peppa Pig 3 9:25 Wonder Pets 3 9:50 Humf 3 9:55 Infomercials 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Peppa Pig 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:30 Four Live 6pm Sabrina – The Teenage Witch 3 0 6:30 Everybody Hates Chris PGR 30 7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm American Dad PGR 3 8:30 Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 9pm South Park AO The boys’ plans to go trick-or-treating as their comic-book heroes, the Avengers, hit a snag.

9:30 Californication AO 3 0 10:35 Burn Notice AO 3

11:35 Excused AO 3 Dating show in which singles looking for love try to win dates before being eliminated from contention.

Midnight Infomercials

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

7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Jeff Probst Show 2pm Great Outdoors 3 2:55 Outnumbered 3 The Brockman Family have some tough decisions to make about work, video games, and who to take to a family funeral.

3:30 Harry’s Practice 3 4pm The Late Show With David Letterman 3 5pm Deal Or No Deal 3 5:30 Prime News 6pm Deal Or No Deal 6:30 Millionaire – Hot Seat Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Best of Man v Wild PGR 3 8:30 Death in Paradise PGR When the owner of a sugar plantation is found with a machete in his back, Poole and his team have many suspects, all with cast-iron alibis.

9:40 Prime Rocks – God Bless Ozzy Osbourne AO 3 10:50 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 11:25 The Late Show With David Letterman A late-night comedy and talk show.

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

1:50 Home Shopping

MAORI TV

6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction 7:30 Candice Tells All 8am Wildlife Warriors 8:30 Food Factory 9am Food Safari 9:30 Bath Crashers 10am The Cook And The Chef 10:30 Candice Tells All 11am American Restoration Mike and Frank travel the country looking for antique gold.

11:30 Military Driving School PGR Noon Celebrity DIY 12:30 On Thin Ice 1:30 Days Of Our Lives PGR 2:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 3:30 Food Factory 4pm Taste 5pm The Home Show 6pm Wildlife Warriors 6:30 Yard Crashers 7pm Auction Room 7:30 Return To River Cottage 8:05 Hairy Bikers’ Mum Knows Best 9:20 Cheese Slices 9:55 Sicily With Aldo And Enzo AO The secrets of Sicily’s diverse culinary culture are revealed amid some of the most stunning Sicilian locations.

10:30 A Young Doctor’s Notebook 11pm Auction Room 11:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British

FRIDAY

TV TWO

12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Food Factory 1:30 A Young Doctor’s Notebook 2am Taste 3am The Home Show 4am Wildlife Warriors 4:30 Yard Crashers 5am Food Factory 5:30 Sicily With Aldo And Enzo AO

10am Korero Mai 3 11am Toku Reo 3 Noon Korero Mai 3 1pm Toku Reo 3 2pm Ako 3 3pm Kete Aronui PGR 3 3:30 Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch 3 4pm Pukoro 2 4:30 Phunk Nation 3 5pm Toi Whakaari 3 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 3

THE BOX 6am NYPD Blue MVLS 6:50 The Simpsons PG 7:15 Pawn Stars PG 7:40 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 8:05 My Name Is Earl M 8:55 The Pretender PG 9:45 Law And Order MV 10:35 CSI – Miami MV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 SVU MV 1:05 Modern Family PGL 1:30 NYPD Blue MVLS 2:20 My Name Is Earl M 3:10 The Pretender PG 4pm Pawn Stars PG 4:30 The Simpsons PG 5pm Law And Order MV 6pm America’s Funniest Home Videos PG 6:30 The Simpsons PG 7pm Pawn Stars PG 7:30 CSI – Miami MV 8:30 Hemlock Grove 18VLSC 9:30 Banshee 18VLSC 10:30 Law And Order MV 11:30 CSI – Miami MV

FRIDAY

12:30 Hemlock Grove 18VLSC 1:20 Banshee 18VLSC 2:15 The Pretender PG 3:05 My Name Is Earl M 3:55 NYPD Blue MVLS 4:45 The Pretender PG 5:35 America’s Funniest Home Videos PG

12:05 The Crowd Goes Wild 12:40 L Cricket – International Bangladesh v New Zealand – Second One-Day International.

4:30 Cricket – International (Highlights) 5:30 SKY Sport – What’s On

SKY SPORT 2 6:30 Ako 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 Survive Aotearoa PGR 8:30 ESPN Documentary – June 17 1994 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO (Starting Today) 3 Howie revisits his old mate Kupu Lloyd in Arowhana for a bull hunt.

10pm Hunting Aotearoa AO 3 10:30 Whakaratonga Iwi 3 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

20/20

9:30pm on TV2

SKY MOVIES

6am Destroyed In Seconds PG 6:30 Sons Of Guns M Russian Roulette.

7:30 Man v Wild PG Siberia 1.

8:30 Deadliest Catch PG No Mercy.

9:30 Mythbusters PG Water Stun Gun. 10:30 American Guns M 11:30 Deadliest Catch PG 12:30 Nightmare Next Door M 1:30 Scorned – Love Kills M 2:30 Warlocks Rising PG 3:30 Sons Of Guns M Cutbacks.

4:30 Deadliest Catch PG 5:30 Mythbusters PG Alcohol Myths.

6:30 American Guns M 7:30 Jungle Gold PG Deal with the Devil.

8:30 Gold Rush South America PG 9:30 Forbidden M Dangerous Games.

10:30 Blood Relatives M Devil Went to Georgia.

11:30 Disappeared M

7:20 Snow White And The Huntsman MV 2012 Action.

9:25 The Lucky One MVS 2012 Drama. Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling.

11:05 The Hobbit – An Unexpected Journey MV 2012 Adventure. Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman.

1:55 Parental Guidance PGL 2012 Comedy. Billy Crystal, Bette Midler.

3:40 To The Mat PGV 2011 Comedy.

5:15 Haywire MVL 2011 Action.

Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor.

6:50 Hit And Run 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard.

8:30 The Grey 16L 2011 Action.

Hunted by a pack of wolves, a huntsman leads a group of oilrig roughnecks to survival when their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney.

10:30 21 Jump Street 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum.

12:30 Sons Of Guns M 1:30 Jungle Gold PG 2:30 Gold Rush South America PG 3:30 Dirty Jobs PG 4:30 Howe And Howe Tech PG 5:30 Worst Case Scenario PG

12:20 Straw Dogs 18VS 2011 Thriller.

James Marsden, Kate Bosworth.

2:10 Hit And Run 16VLS 2012 Comedy. Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard.

3:50 Straw Dogs 18VS 2011 Thriller.

5:40 16-Love PG 2012 Romantic Comedy. Lindsey Shaw.

FRIDAY

FRIDAY

Death in Paradise 8:30pm on Prime

MOVIES GREATS 7:05 National Treasure 2 – Book Of Secrets PGV 2007 Action.

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger.

9:05 Step Up PGV 2006 Drama.

Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan.

10:50 Air Force One MVL 1997 Action. Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman.

12:55 Along Came A Spider MV 2001 Thriller. Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter.

2:35 Nightmare At The End Of The Hall MV 2008 Drama. Sara Rue. 4:05 Sea Beast 16V 2008 Sci-fi.

Corin Nemec, Brent Stait.

5:30 Haunting Sarah M 2005 Thriller. Kim Raver.

7pm The Grudge 16C 2004 Horror.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman.

8:30 The Exorcist AO 1973 Horror.

When a 12-year-old girl is possessed by the devil, her only hope is an exorcism. Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair.

10:45 Resident Evil 16V 2002 Action Thriller. Milla Jovovich.

FRIDAY

12:25 Haunting Sarah M 2005 Thriller. Kim Raver.

1:55 The Grudge 16C 2004 Horror.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bill Pullman.

3:25 The Exorcist AO 1973 Horror.

5:35 Sea Beast 16V 2008 Sci-fi.

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6am Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Premiership Final – Wellington v Canterbury.

8:30 Rugby – Heartland Championship (Replay) Meads Cup Final – Mid Canterbury v North Otago.

10:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship (Highlights) Gold Coast 600 – Race 30.

11am Motorsport – V8 Supercars Championship Gold Coast 600 – Race 31. From Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast.

11:30 Rugby League – World Cup (Replay) USA v Cook Islands.

1:30 Football – Manchester United TV Capital One Cup. Manchester United v Norwich City.

4:30 Deaker On Sport 5:30 Re:Union (Replay) 6:50 Total Rugby 7:20 Heartland Rugby 8:20 L Cricket – International Bangladesh v New Zealand – Second One-Day International. First Innings.

From Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

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6am Golf – PGA Champions Tour (Highlights) AT&T Championship.

7am Deaker On Sport 8:18 Rugby League – World Cup (Highlights) Tonga v Scotland.

8:48 L Rugby League – World Cup USA v Cook Islands. From Memorial Stadium in Bristol.

11am Sky Sport – What’s On 11:30 Re:Union (Replay) 12:30 Deaker On Sport 1:30 Golf – PGA Champions Tour (Highlights) AT&T Championship.

2:30 Basketball – NBL (Highlights) Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers.

3pm The Ultimate Fighter 4:30 A-League Review Show 5pm Rugby League – World Cup (Replay) USA v Cook Islands. From Memorial Stadium in Bristol.

7pm L Netball – International Silver Ferns v Malawi Queens – Game Three.

9:30 L The Netball Zone A full wrap-up of the third match between the Silver Ferns and the Malawi Queens.

10pm The Crowd Goes Wild 10:30 Basketball – NBL (Replay) New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers. From the North Shore Events Centre in Auckland.

FRIDAY

12:30 Rugby League – World Cup (Highlights) USA v Cook Islands.

From Memorial Stadium in Bristol.

1am Gridiron – Lingerie Football League (Replay) Minnesota Valkyrie v Seattle Mist.

2:30 Motorsport – FIA World Rally Championship (Highlights) Rally of Spain.

3:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Replay) Premiership Final – Wellington v Canterbury.

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BY MYLES HUME

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Tim Perry is looking forward to hunting and relaxing on his family’s Mid Canterbury farm after moving from Auckland and signing with the Crusaders for next season.

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Perry lines up for Crusaders

BY MYLES HUME

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The city lights of Auckland never quite did it for Mid Canterbury’s Tim Perry.

That’s why he leaped at the chance when asked by Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder to join their 2014 campaign, in what will be a fitting homecoming for the rising rugby star.

Yesterday, the Crusaders revealed their 32-strong squad for the approaching Super 15 season, including five new faces with the return of first fiveeighth Colin Slade.

Perry, who hales from Rakaia and a former Mid Canterbury prop, is an exciting addition to the squad after producing a strong debut Super rugby season for the Blues this year and featuring for the championshipwinning Tasman in the ITM Cup. “The Crusaders has always been in the back of my mind as a place where I want to play my footy and is a place to mix

it with quality coaches and players. You always have a little bit more pride playing for your home region,” Perry said after attending a squad announcement yesterday.

Auckland was a place the brawny prop says he never felt quite at home, and although it provided a huge launch pad, returning to the Canterbury region will allow him to get back to his roots; hunting, fishing and relaxing on the family farm.

“I enjoyed my time in Auckland and the coaching and rugby was great, but I found it hard to try and come to grips with the city . . . I didn’t really enjoy the city life and in the spare time there’s not so much to do for someone like me.”

With the return of All Blacks incumbent Tony Woodcock to the Blues, Perry said that did not play a major role in his move back home, pointing out the strong propping pecking order at the Crusaders.

But coach Blackadder has

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shown a likening to rotating his propping stocks in previous campaigns.

“It could be hard to get a bit of game time, obviously I’ve got (Wyatt) Crockett and (Joe) Moody to compete with, so I’ll just be trying to do my little extras and take my opportunities,” he said.

Another Mid Canterbury prop in the form of Chris King has also signed up for another season of Super 15 rugby for the Highlanders after playing 108 matches for the franchise.

Along with new signings Perry and Slade, the Crusaders have opted for Fijian wing Nemani Nadolo to fill a spot out wide after missing out on the signature of All Black Julian Savea.

Halfback Mitchell Drummond, who is just 19, will provide halfback cover after showing Blackadder enough in the ITM Cup, while midfielder Rey Le-Lo arrives from the Hurricanes and will take the place of Robbie Fruean.

CRUSADERS Dominic Bird (Canterbury), Tyler Bleyendaal (Canterbury), Daniel Carter (Canterbury), Wyatt Crockett (Canterbury), Ryan Crotty (Canterbury), Israel Dagg (Hawke’s Bay), Mitchell Drummond (Canterbury), Andy Ellis (Canterbury), Corey Flynn (Canterbury), Owen Franks (Canterbury), Ben Funnell (Canterbury), Zac Guildford (Hawke’s Bay), Willi Heinz (Canterbury), Nepo Laulala (Canterbury), Rey Lee-Lo (Counties Manukau), Richie McCaw (Canterbury), Johnny McNicholl (Canterbury), Joe Moody (Canterbury), Nemani Nadolo (Tasman), Tim Perry (Tasman), Kieran Read (Canterbury), Luke Romano (Canterbury), Colin Slade (Canterbury), Jordan Taufua (Canterbury), Codie Taylor (Canterbury), Tom Taylor (Canterbury), Matt Todd (Canterbury), Jimmy Tupou (Counties Manukau), Adam Whitelock (Canterbury), George Whitelock (Canterbury), Luke Whitelock (Canterbury), Sam Whitelock (Canterbury).

Wider triaining group: Jed Brown (Canterbury), Kieron Fonotia (Tasman), Mike Kainga (Bay of Plenty), Rob Thompson (Canterbury), Nafi Tuitavake (North Harbour).

Under the microscope is never foreign territory for a Crusaders first five-eighth, but this season the critical eye will be magnified more than ever before.

In years gone by, the Crusaders have been blessed with flyhalf talent and the 2014 season is shaping to be no different.

But just who coach Todd Blackadder will pick as his premier number 10 remains up for debate as Daniel Carter leaves the frame for a six-month holiday.

That leaves Tom Taylor, Tyler Bleyendaal and Colin Slade to vie for the jersey – and all are players that would be hard to leave out of the side.

Recent form would suggest Taylor would be the number one choice after debuting for the All Blacks and being selected in the All Blacks’ end-of-year touring squad.

His reliable defence, under-estimated speed and sound goalkicking all make him the perfect candidate for the job.

However, Taylor’s versatility may play into the hands of Slade who has cemented himself as a flyhalf in recent seasons, meaning Taylor’s talent may be used at second five-eighth, shifting Ryan Crotty out to centre.

But where do you put Bleyendaal?

After captaining the New Zealand Under 20 squad to a World Cup victory, the young flyhalf has taken a while to adapt to the first class scene.

However, his 2013 ITM Cup campaign would be hard for coach Blackadder to ignore with his strong running play and accurate kicking game.

Bleyendaal has shown he is a genuine first five, meaning Slade and Taylor may be asked to fill their secondary positions which include second five, wing and fullback – all positions with an abundance of talent.

Either way, Blackadder has a headache every coach wants, but squeezing every bit of potential out of his backline this year may come with its sacrifices.

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