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Easter break ends in traffic snarl

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– lifted the tally to three. As of 4pm yesterday, Canterbury had recorded just the one road fatality, although the official Easter period stopped at 6am on Tuesday.

Senior Sergeant Phil Newton, of Canterbury, said yesterday it was too early to provide statistics for the weekend, but added police patrols were out in force and anecdotally the weekend had proved to be effective.

“With the exception of the tragic circumstances near Clandeboye, the weekend has gone well.

“We’re still not quite at the end of it just yet, but so far I am reasonably happy with how things have panned out,” Mr Newton said, about 3pm.

“It’s very difficult to patrol rural areas, like where the incident happened, but we were certainly out and highly visible on some of the major roads, particularly the state highways which I think has most definitely made a big difference.

“One accident is one too many, but overall I think the attitude and patience from drivers has been very pleasing,” he said.

“Shortly, I’ll be hearing from all my patrols and I’ll be doing a review in to how the operation has gone, but early signs suggest it went well.”

Meanwhile, behaviour off the road in Mid Canterbury also appeared to be encouraging with Ashburton police reporting no

major incidents since Thursday.

A Timaru police spokesman told the Guardian police in Ashburton had not attended to any newsworthy incidents over the Easter break, adding the long weekend had been ‘exceptionally quiet’.

“There has been nothing happening to be honest ... quite a few officers were involved in patrolling the Methven Mountain Thunder event, but other than that, things look to be good.

“Easter is usually very busy, but it’s quite nice to have a quieter one than usual,” he said.

Police enforced a 4km/h speed limit tolerance throughout the weekend, which appears to have helped keep the road toll down.

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Easter traffic: The traffic piled up in Tinwald yesterday as people made their way home after a long Easter weekend break. Police were out in force urging motorists to slow down and stay safe.

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Traffic piled up on the outskirts of Ashburton yesterday as hundreds of motorists made their way home following the long Easter weekend break.

According to Christchurch and Ashburton residents, who posted their frustrations on Facebook, getting into and through Ashburton took almost 45 minutes – as cars remained virtually stationary late afternoon in Tinwald.

Despite the traffic influx, Canterbury police say they are impressed with the attitude of most drivers who passed through Canterbury over the long week-

end. However, one fatal crash marred the zero toll Canterbury police were desperately aiming for – after recording two successive years with no fatalities – but a third year for the region simply wasn’t to be.

Just two hours into the official long weekend time zone, Temuka cyclist Stephen John Kirkcaldie was killed when a vehicle collided with him north of Timaru.

Two other fatalities nationwide involving a 53-year-old Paraparaumu man who died in a two-car crash on State Highway 5 on Friday and the death of former Hurricanes player Chris Eaton’s wife, who was killed in a collision near Thames on Saturday

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Christchurch man Kahoon Colmer (left) enjoys a break with Nelson couple Kirsty and Levi Norris in Ealing yesterday. The trio had been on a South Island road trip to celebrate the long weekend.

Driver revivers ‘the true answer to safer roads’

By Sam Morton Hundreds of sausages, bowls of fruit, thousands of coffees and buckets of bottled water helped keep drivers awake over the long weekend - many stopping to take advantage of the free initiative.

In its third year, the State Driver Reviver stop at Ealing proved to a popular rest site, with more than a 1000 cars dropping by for a break yesterday.

The Mid Canterbury site, which is one of five in New Zealand, encourages drivers to pull over and take a breather, offering free refreshments, in a bid to counter driver fatigue.

State Driver Reviver spokesperson Terri van Schooten said the sites, which first began in 2003, have been a big hit with motorists at all locations, averaging 1000 cars at each stop.

She believes the message surrounding safe driving is slowly sinking in, although she insists there is no room for complacency.

“I think more and more people are aware of the major messages and although it’s really easy to ignore, I think the message is firmly starting to get through,” Ms van Schooten said.

“Driver fatigue is a major contributor to crashes on our roads and I don’t think we can put that

message out there enough ... in fact the more it is said, the better.

Dunedin residents Jill and Jeff Walker were emphatic about the site, stressing if more sites were funded throughout New Zealand – the national crash rate would plummet.

“They are absolutely fantastic, just a brilliant idea,” Mr Walker said.

“It makes you think, what if there was sites like this in more than just five places ... imagine how much of an impact that would have on keeping our road tolls down ... these sites, I think, are the true answer to safer roads.”

The Walkers had travelled to stay with family in Christchurch and Mr Walker, who was driving, said he was thankful for the opportunity to take a break.

“It’s such a pleasant place too ... sometimes you don’t appreciate how nice our countryside is until you stop and take a look,” he said.

“I would certainly like to thank those volunteers who gave up their time to put this on for us all, it is such a lovely idea and I hope they can continue to grow their network.”

The State Driver Reviver sites were also hosted in Lewis Pass, Manawatu, Waikato and Northland.

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Catching the last rays of Easter in Ashburton Easter fun: As temperatures rose into the early 20s, Mid Canterbury residents basked in the sunshine and enjoyed the last day of the long Easter weekend. Michael Donnelly and Matthew Arscott were two of many out on Lake Hood enjoying the calm conditions, relaxing on yesterday’s public holiday. Jet skiers, boaties, kayakers and biscuiters were also taking advantage of the district’s quality asset. Overall, Easter has been a trouble-free weekend in Mid Canterbury, with only one road fatality near Temuka marring a perfect toll for Canterbury in 2013. For more sunny snaps in the Ashburton Domain, see Page 2.

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CLARK, Colleen Patricia (formerly Lowe) – On 27 March 2013. Passed away suddenly but peacefully at her home. In her 71st year.

Loved wife of Alan, and the late Peter. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Royce and Tracey; Raymond and Linda, Dale, and Phillip.

Stepmother to Adrian, Delwyn and Michael, and Kelvin and Kerryn. Loved nan of Declan and Angus; Angela and Jenna, Brendon, Mitchell, and Cameron; Logan, and Joshua. Loved youngest daughter of Lena, and the late Paddy, and loved Sister of Nola. Colleen’s funeral service will be held in Our Chapel, Corner East and Cox Streets, Ashburton, tomorrow, Wednesday, commencing at 2pm. To be followed by Private Cremation Paterson’s Funeral Services FDANZ Ashburton

FOSTER, Margaret Elizabeth (nee Hight) – Died peacefully on March 30, 2013, at Rosebank Resthome, Ashburton, aged 81 years.

Cherished wife, soulmate and companion for 61 years of the late Murray. Much loved and respected mother and mother in law of Barry and Jill (Christchurch), John and Michelle (Southbridge), the late Ross, and Joy (Tinwald), Julie and Anthony Hampton (Lauriston), Dearly loved and adored nan of Darryn and Melissa, Tim and Sharon, Katie and Stefan; Hayden, Jonelle and Ben, Richard and Abby; Joanne and James, Shane and Sarah, and the late Corey; Mark, Olivia and James. And special nan to her 10 treasured great grandchildren. A special thank you to Rosebank staff for their care and support of Margaret during her stay with them. Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Margaret’s funeral service will be held in Our Chapel, corner East and Cox streets, Ashburton on Friday, April 5, commencing at 11am. To be followed by interment at the Springston Cemetery at 2.30pm Paterson’s Funeral Services, FDANZ, Ashburton

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Targeted police training ‘common sense’

By Sam Morton The district’s top cop has welcomed changes to the police training programme, labelling the new model as “plain common sense�.

The new structure will involve targeted training to meet specific roles and see a three-tiered tactical response structure put in place.

Mid-South Canterbury area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin is backing the new model, pointing out the right people will get the right training. “It’s about saving money and getting maximum output for both time

HORMANN, Alister Graham 30-10-44 to 29-0313 – Most precious and dearly loved father and father-inlaw of Deborah and Dougal Anderson and greatly adored grandad of Kayla, Alissa, James and Emma. Words cannot express the feeling of loss and our overwhelming love and respect for you. You are going to be so greatly missed.  HORMANN, Alister Graham 30-10-44 to 29-0313 – Grandad, you have been such an important part of my life; a loving grandad, a role model and a best friend. We will miss you so much and you will always have a special place in our hearts. Love forever and always, Kayla and Adam  HORMANN, Alister Graham – Taken from us far too quickly.Words can’t describe how much you will be missed. Farewell old man and best mate. Forever in our hearts.

David, Charlotte and Hunter HORMANN, Alister Graham 30-10-1944 to 29-03-2013 – A loving father and grandad to Tania and Greg, Olivia, Ella, Ryley and Jacob. Taken way too soon, but now at peace, you will always be in our hearts and never forgotten. Rest in Peace Dad, love you forever xx.

HORMANN, Alister Graham – You’ll never know truly how much I love you and have no idea how much I’m going to miss you.

You meant so much more to me than just a dad, but also a mate that I could go drinking with at the tav. You will never be forgotten.

Nicola, Brett, Kobe, Lachlan and Cameron NICHOLS, Barrie Donald – On April 1, 2013, peacefully at Ashburton Hospital.

Loved and cherished husband of Judith.

Treasured father and fatherin-law of Philippa and Noel Dyson (Perth WA), Simon and Margaret (Richmond, Nelson), and dearly loved grandad of Annabelle, Ben, Olivia, and Luk. Also loved brother and brother-in-law of Roy and Dorothy Nichols, and brother in law of Paul Gregg. Thank you to the staff of the Ashburton Hospital and Allenton Medical Centre for your care over the years.

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deal with the remainder of incidents – often minor. “It’s also about making sure that we’re not wasting time and money training people with skills that they may never use,� Inspector Gaskin said. “This new structure ensures the best resources are firmly in place for us to be able to deliver the best teams on the beat every day and every night.�

Inspector Gaskin did not see the possibility of top performing staff moving to busier stations to climb to the next tier being an issue, pointing out all officers will receive adequate training regardless of their loca-

tion. National operations manager Superintendent Barry Taylor said the changes will improve service levels and reduce high risk situations. “These changes are about reinvesting our training resources more effectively into the people that need them the most,� Mr Taylor said. “For example, it doesn’t make sense that an officer in a support role, who is highly unlikely to come across a violent or potentially dangerous offender, needs Taser and firearms training. “But at the other end of the scale, where we have a frontline officer who is far more likely to encounter potentially high risk situations,

it is appropriate they receive the enhanced training. “With these changes, we expect that our service levels will improve further as those staff who most often respond to critical incidents will receive more targeted and relevant training that better matches their roles and responsibilities,� he said.

The level of training for each staff member will depend on their role and the risks associated with their district and all training will be delivered in the existing police training budgets.

The changes are expected to take place in July 2014.

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

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

• Injuries in crash The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade provided medical assistance at the site of a crash yesterday, near Tinwald. Two fire appliances were sent to Tinwald Westerfield Mayfield Road, just after 10am, but were almost immediately sent back. A St John Ambulance was also at the scene assessing injuries, but a fire spokesperson said the incident was “very minorâ€?.

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The Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a Trevors Road address about 6pm, following reports of a garage fire. On arrival, smoke was coming from the garage, but the minor fire was quickly put out and firefighters returned to the station soon after.

• Scarecrow popular Organisers of the Methven Scarecrow Trail are planning to limit entries as they are swamped with enthusiasm.

The annual trail will return for 2013 after not being held last year. Methven resident Karyn Robertson, who works as a marketing and events co-ordinator, and her mother Gillian Heald decided to take it on this year and bring it back to the town. Mrs Robertson said since advertising the return of the trail a couple of weeks ago many residents had expressed their enthusiasm to make a scarecrow and erect it outside their homes. The theme of the trail is Famous Nursery Rhyme Characters, and money from map sales will go to Methven Preschool.

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and cost. Essentially the frontline staff required to be out there dealing with high risk situations, will receive high end training, while the pen-pushers will receive far less and we should be supporting that. “That’s just common sense and I think it will be a vast improvement on the current structure ... I think most officers will be of the same view,� Inspector Gaskin said.

The training shake-up will see staff receive enhanced tactical training as either level one, two or three responders, with level one responding to high risk and urgent situations involving tasers and firearms, while level two and three officers will

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DEATHS PATTERSON, Ruth Catherine Macmillan (nee Sewell) – On March 29, 2013, at Ashburton. Aged 88 years. Dearly loved and loving wife of Ross. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Rachel and Geoff, Charlotte and Mark, and the late Alan. Loved grandmother of Nathaniel, and Lachlan; and Jacob. Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. Ruth’s funeral service will be held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Havelock Street, Ashburton on Thursday, April 4, commencing at 1.30pm. To be followed by private interment.

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Beloved wife of Keith for 58 years. Cherished mother and nanny to Norma and David, Anna, and Michael; Glyn and Desiree, and Brad; Diane and Norman, Jeffrey, and Megan. Sadly missed.

Messages to PO Box 472, Ashburton, 7740. Monica’s funeral service will be held at the Baring Square Methodist Church Hall on Thursday, April 4, at 1.30pm.

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Scribe apologises to Ryder Reward offered made a full recovery. “There’s a very strong drive within Jesse,� he said. “It helps him, makes him who he is, and Rap artist Scribe has apologised to bashed probably contributed to his ability and success cricket star Jesse Ryder, who is now back on as a cricketer. his feet and walking around his hospital room. “You never want to see someone you’re close The 28-year-old was allegedly punched and to in a coma and on a ventilator. That doesn’t kicked outside a Christchurch bar after a sea- spell good news normally. But I always had son’s end night-out with Wellington Firebirds’ a belief. They ruled out a couple of very bad team-mates last Wednesday. things early on and I had confidence in him.

After spending two days in an induced coma “He’s already talking about cricket. He’s bitwith a fractured skull and punctured lung, he terly disappointed not to be in Kolkata (Knight was moved out of the intensive care unit at Riders) right now preparing for the first game Christchurch Hospital on Sunday, and is now against Delhi in a couple of days’ time.� in a stable condition in a ward.

A spokesman for the hospital said Ryder’s While he still has no recollection of the condition was “still improving�. attack, he’s able to stand up, walk around, and Scribe has apologised to Ryder after suggesttalk cricket with his manager. ing he may have provoked the attack.

He’s even speaking of his disappointment The Christchurch rapper caused outrage at missing out on showing off his world-class when he posted on Twitter that Ryder must cricketing abilities at the IPL competition which have said something before the assault took starts this week. “He was very excited about the place.

IPL. He saw it as a great opportunity to get back “Cantabrians don’t beat people up for no reaon the world stage and do what he does best,� son,� Scribe said. said Ryder’s manager Aaron Klee, who flew to His manager Aaron Klee avoided the Scribe Ryder’s bedside within hours of the attack. controversy, saying: “It’s the least of my worries Mr Klee is amazed at how much Ryder’s con- at the moment and I don’t have anything to say dition has improved over the Easter holiday about that.� weekend.

Following the attack, Scribe tweeted to his “It’s been remarkable to see how someone more than 4000 followers saying: “I’d like to can go from the state he was in to where he’s know what Jesse Ryder did or said. Cantabrians at now,� Mr Klee told APNZ. don’t beat people up for no reason.� “He’s up on his feet ... he can walk around the He followed this by two more tweets saying he room, but he’s still very weak. genuinely wanted to know what happened, and “He continues to get better and build his when people aren’t humble and look for trouble strength. He’s still got injuries but we’ll con- they tend to find it. tinue to work through them. It’s just time and “No-one gets beaten up for nothing,� the rest from here.�

33-year-old said.

However, Ryder has a lot of recovery work “But if u come to Chch and act a certain way to do before he can pull on the pads again, Mr and are not humble and start looking for trouKlee said. ble ... u will find it.� “He’s had a very bad concussion. The lingerThe comments angered some twitter users ing effects of that won’t be known until they who defended Ryder. wear off, so there’s a lot to be determined before But now, Scribe – whose real name is Malo CAN ARRANGE YOUR PLANS, we can think about getting back on the park.� WELuafutu – apologised to Ryder and claimed that But after seeing how much fight and resolveCONSENTS his comments were blown out of proportion and AND BUILD! he has, Mr Klee wouldn’t be surprised if Ryder context. – APNZ

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A Whangarei animal lover, incensed by the recent spate of cat shootings, is offering a $100 reward to catch those responsible and appealing for others to join her campaign.

Jean Williams, of Maunu, said the recent irresponsible behaviour of those she suspected were teenagers had put many families through a lot of grief, both emotionally and financially.

At least six families have contacted the Northern Advocate after their cats had either been maimed or killed by slug guns in the past fortnight.

Seagulls, doves and other

birds have also been shot at by pellet guns, particularly in Tikipunga, and police and SPCA have called on the public to join the fight against the illegal behaviour.

Ms Williams has also joined a Facebook appeal called Cats to Stay that challenges economist Dr Gareth Morgan’s controversial Cats to Go campaign that calls for people to stop buying new cats and for owners not to replace pets when they die. “I don’t think $100 is enough for anyone to do anything but I am hoping cat lovers will help to build up that reward amount that may tempt someone to come forward with – APNZ information.�

A fishing boat that ran aground at Farewell Spit at the top of the South Island yesterday morning has been refloated and is being towed to safety. Four fishermen became stranded at 2.30am when their 23-metre trawler struck a sandbar. There were no reported injuries or fuel leaks. The fishermen stayed on board the vessel and managed to refloat it with the high tide after 2pm. – APNZ

• Cavers turn up Three cavers reported lost in Kahurangi National Park in the north-west corner of the South Island overnight have managed to walk to safety.

A search and rescue operation was launched after the party was reported missing at 7.30pm on Sunday. But a police spokesman said the group found their way out at 3.43am. They are all safe and well, he said. – APNZ

• Blaze battled Six helicopters with monsoon buckets and seven ground firecrews battled a rapidly moving pine forest fire on Pahaoa Road, east of Martinborough, yesterday that had engulfed 30 hectares by midday and was still burning.

Wairarapa principal rural fire officer Phill Wishnowsky said it could take days to extinguish the forestry block blaze properly. – APNZ

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Cycleway needs momentum

By Sue Newman The drive to create a cycleway around the Ashburton District is about to gain new momentum.

While the Braided Waters Cycleway project might have dipped below the radar, it had definitely not disappeared, Experience Mid Canterbury chief executive Nigel Birt said.

In 2010 the Government came up with an initiative to fund the development of cycleways around New

Zealand. More than 50 applications were lodged but only 18 projects were funded.

While Ashburton missed out on funding, Mr Birt said the Braided Waters Cycleway Trust was determined the district’s cycleway would still be established but it would need to become a community led initiative.

The trust was granted $80,000 by the Ashburton District Council in August 2010 for track development, but work ground to a halt following the Canterbury earth-

quakes. With that money still sitting in a trust account, it was time for the project to be kick-started, Mr Birt said.

“There’s been some interest shown by communities around Lake Heron, Mt Somers and Methven and we now need groups in those small communities to get involved. We need to get the trust’s committee back together again to see how we progress from here.”

While the overall project would be driven by the trust, it needed sub-committees of keen individuals

in communities around the district to help drive track construction, Mr Birt said.

“We need groups like Rotary and the Lake Hood people who drove the development of the Lake Hood track. We ultimately want our trail to be part of the national cycleways network so we need our standards to be high.” The district already had a headstart on its network with open tracks either side of the Ashburton River from the coast and Lake Hood and another seven kilometre track along the Rakaia River.

It was also fortunate to have land alongside the Rangitata Diversion Race that had already been compacted for vehicles that could be used if needed, he said.

“Where the top section of the trail goes is still up for discussion but the driver for where the next step goes will be the next community group to put its hands up and say they have a piece they want to develop.”

It would be logical for parts of the trail to take in existing infrastructure and resources, such as

the historical areas of Mt Somers and accommodation in Methven, Mr Birt said.

If several communities developed their own sections of the trail, these would eventually be linked to provide a several day ride around the district.

Initially the work would rely on community funding and input but once the district could prove it was on the way to developing its cycle trail, it would be likely there would be funding sources available, he said.

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Ashburton gyms working on programmes for kids

By Sue Newman Ashburton’s fitness professionals are divided on the value of gym memberships for young children.

While Christchurch gyms are fielding a growing number of inquiries from parents for gym memberships for children as young as five, none of Ashburton’s gyms offer programmes designed for youngsters – yet.

The day of pre-teens working out in the gym may be just around the corner, however, with both Configure Express and the Gym Company working on programmes for youngsters.

Configure owner John Moore plans to introduce a new series of exercise programmes for girls aged 11 and over in Ashburton. While his youngest members were probably 14-year-olds who came with their mothers, in his Christchurch gym, he said staff were working with 11and 12-year-olds who were overweight.

Ashburton would be used as a trial centre for exercise classes specifically targeting the 11-plus age group, Mr Moore said.

“If it’s helping kids get better and feel better that’s great. It’s part of our social conscience thing. If it gets them exercising, then it could lead on to other things such as running groups.”

The Gym Company is also considering tailoring programmes for younger children.

Owner Frank Connolly said he and his staff had discussed the idea and were keen to come up programmes specifically designed for children.

Key issues centred around establishing age appropriate programmes that would engage children and where they would consider exercise fun, in ensuring they were safe and in having staff who were comfortable working with youngsters.

“Unfortunately kids don’t run around outside as much as they did. We know we can get this to work, it’s just a matter of getting it right. It has to be functional, safe and it has to be fun because kids can get bored pretty quickly.”

His gym has an age limit of 14 but he said occasionally parents did bring in younger children who were overweight. When junior programmes are introduced, Mr Connolly anticipates the target age would between eight and 13.

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At Snap Fitness, Travis Walton said anyone one under the age of 14 needed to have parental consent to join up, with the gym having few members under this age.

“Generally when any kids do come into the gym its sport specific. Their programme is never weight oriented because there is a lot of debate around heavy weights stunting chidlren’s growth.”

He had noticed a growing number of

an annual campaign which moves around eight areas of New Zealand, ensuring the entire country is accurately mapped every eight years.

Different regions are moving at different rates and in different directions. In some places this movement is increasing the stress in the earth’s crust, while in other places it is releasing stress.

A simulation, showing the country’s distortion over a four-millionyear period without allowing for earthquake impacts, projects much of the South Island and the lower North Island slimming into a skinnier tract of land, while the North Island rotates around and both islands grow closer together.

“The Bay of Plenty is stretching apart by around 4cm each year, while Wellington is kind of getting squeezed together by a similar amount,” said GNS geodesist

Neville Palmer, who recently completed a survey of Northland.

Nearly two decades of GPS technology have revolutionised the way scientists can model our everchanging landscape, something that was impossible with older survey techniques.

They draw data from around 900 marker sites across the country, with 150 markers also streaming GPS locations to GeoNet monitors.

“Because we are straddling the boundary between the Pacific and Australian plates, there is a lot of deformation happening within New Zealand, and this is also happening globally,” said Mr Palmer.

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Four prizes up for grabs with Zonta Entries have started to trickle in for the Zonta Youth Art Awards.

The awards are open to 16 to 19-year-olds who normally reside in Mid or South Canterbury.

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Shaky Isles are also moving isles New Zealand is moving by 4cm a year, new satellite surveys have revealed.

But rather than shifting as a whole, tectonic forces are deforming the land surface – stretching, slimming and sliding it southward.

GPS surveys taken over summer by a team of GNS Science geodesists show much of the Wellington region is marching south-west at a rate of about 4cm a year.

The survey, carried out last month at around 160 survey marks in the lower North Island, adds to an emerging picture which has shown much of the Wairarapa region is moving south-west at about 4cm each year relative to the Kapiti Coast.

There are also small changes in height as the region is gradually squashed horizontally by tectonic forces. The project forms part of

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Sharp said about six entries had already been received and generally each year there were up to 50 entries.

“Usually it’s in the last week they start coming in,” Miss Sharp said.

She added that the quality of entries was increasing every year, and entries generally included not only paintings, but also photogra-

phy, mixed media and sculpture.

There are four prizes to be won, including a premier award of $750, runner up award of $350, third prize of $150 and a people’s choice award.

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teenagers joining up and using the gym as their hobby.

For Curves owner Viv O’Keefe, taking a child to a gym to control their weight is looking at the problem from the wrong end.

“If they’re coming to a gym for obesity,

parents should be looking at nutrition first rather than the gym. Exercise on equipment alone won’t do the work, they need to do the nutrition aspect too.”

For children, running around, playing outside was the best form of exercise and weight control, she said.

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By Kurt Bayer Heavy rain has given some farmers confidence they have now beaten the devastating record drought.

But others are still desperate for more rain before cold weather hits.

Rain burst above many farms across New Zealand yesterday and this morning has offered some respite for the parched land.

It’s the direst summer in 70 years, with the entire North Island being declared a drought zone, and even the famously wet South Island’s West Coast being hit.

And while the long, hot summer continues into April, the small amounts of recent rain suggest the worst may be over.

But for others, they are still struggling with dry conditions and are even having to sell some of their stock that they just can’t feed.

Hope could be on the horizon, with expert forecasters WeatherWatch predicting a 30 per cent chance of a sub-tropical low hitting northern New

Zealand some time next week.

“Today, the models are still indicating this is possible, but being so far out - and with the weather so fickle for many - we don’t want to make any big calls just yet,” said head analyst Philip Duncan.

MetService duty forecaster Liz Walsh said the worst of the weather was over for Easter Monday.

There could some afternoon showers for Auckland, Northland, Coromandel Peninsula, and Gisborne Ranges, while it would be fine and sunny for the rest of the country, she said.

However, a thunderstorms

warning was possible for Westland and Fiordland tomorrow, with winds potentially gusting up to 100km/h.

Heavy rain fell on parts of Westland and Fiordland last night, which was welcomed by the local farmers.

Rotomanu dairy farmer Katie Milne, a national board member of Federated Farmers, described the rain as “very satisfying”.

The rain, coupled with other “wee tiny bits” over the last 10 days, had been enough to see the area start to return to its green roots.

“This latest rain reinforces things and means those new

Donaghys in town New Zealand’s largest owned and operated manufacturer of agricultural supplies, Donaghys, will be in Ashburton today to talk to farmers about how they are coping with the dry summer.

Managing director Jeremy Silva said some farmers had been struggling with the drought.

Donaghys will be at the Hotel Ashburton all day until 8pm.

shoots won’t die,” she said.

“We’re looking very positive on the Coast now.”

It was the driest conditions she had ever experienced, and even locals who could remember further back than the Niwa records which date to the 1940s, could not remember it being this dry.

She said they still needed more rain while the weather remained warm and the grass could still grow before winter hit.

And while she believed the worst was over for her region, colleagues in other parts of the country were still waiting for relief.

“It’s still a little bit patchy,’ she said.

“Some areas have had the spring put back in their step and the grass is bolting, but some guys are looking to offload stock because they haven’t turned the corner enough yet.

“It’s a mixed bag, depending on where you are in the country.”

Finance Minister Bill English said the latest Treasury advice estimated the drought could cost the economy as much as $2 bil– APNZ lion.

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Easter in Mid Canterbury has been a peaceful weekend – and we are all grateful.

Many took to the road for an autumn break and behaved well, according to police; others used the long weekend to tidy up the garden or stack firewood in preparation for winter. No news there.

OUR VIEW Even the action-packed Mountain Thunder street races in Methven went off with barely a hitch – a spectator suffered minor bruising after a close brush with a rider-less bike, and a competitor broke a collarbone; already covered yesterday.

Thousands of others enjoyed a great day out in perfect weather and got home safely – again already filed.

On the national front, cricketer Jesse Ryder’s recovery has lifted spirits and captured news space, and on a more sombre note, the disappearance of 2degrees CEO Eric Hertz and his wife Kathy – presumed to have died in a plane crash near Kawhai Harbour – is making headlines.

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Student loan holders started paying $11 more a week from yesterday as the Government ramped up its repayment scheme.

Any borrower earning more than $367 a week will be subject to the change announced in last year’s Budget, which raised the repayment rate for student loans by 2 per cent.

It was expected to net the Government around $46 million a year and reduce the average borrower’s repayment time by four months.

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce said it was a small increase which was not expected to unfairly penalise ex-students.

“We could’ve put interest back on student loans, which a lot of people advised us to.

Or we can do other steps which improve the value of the scheme and get it to a more reasonable cost.”

The increase in repayment rate meant a person earning the average wage of $923 a week would pay back $66.90 a week instead of $55.80, on top of income tax of $114.40.

The Opposition argued the increase wiped out the value of personal tax cuts introduced by National.

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“Effectively, it’s like a tougher savings scheme. You’re paying the loan off faster, but once it’s done it’s done.”

A voluntary repayment bonus for loanholders, which rewarded students for paying off their debt quickly, is no longer available.

The scheme had not generated the increase in repayments the Government wanted and had encouraged students to borrow unnecessarily.

The most controversial policy change was implemented earlier this year, when student allowances were limited to 200 weeks. Students had previously been able to get extensions to their allowance when they began post-graduate courses or were in enrolled in longer degrees, such as medicine.

Mr Joyce said that it was too early to tell whether this change had affected postgraduate enrolments, but anecdotal evidence indicated the number of students in post-graduate study had fallen.

The savings made from the allowance changes would be injected into science and engineering education.

The Government was aiming to reduce the cost of lending under the Student Loan Scheme, which had ballooned to 48c in the dollar five years ago. Through changes such as aggressively pursuing overseas borrowers in Australia and Britain, that cost has been reduced to 37c in the dollar.

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A penguin who responded to his saviour Gareth Morgan’s call to eradicate cats, he stepped up to the mark as the largest of his species to protect his smallest relatives from their feline foes in their hour of need.

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Not necessarily now, but I have a reasonable confidence level in what we’re achieving today.” The sonar device The head of a navy team using sonar being used captured data that would to search for aircraft wreckage off the be analysed on shore.

Waikato coast says it’s possible the If the wreckage wasn’t found, the bodies of 2degrees’ boss Eric Hertz and search area would be widened tomorhis wife Kathy may never be found. row.

But Warrant Officer James Harper Sergeant Warren Shaw said even if – officer in charge of the Navy’s Mine the wreckage’s position was found on Countermeasures team – said he was the ocean floor it could be at the limits taking confidence from the of the depth divers could progress of a five-hour, reach – around 60 metres ... we’re 1km-square sonar scan of below the sea surface. the ocean floor yesterday “Police are thus relying dealing afternoon. heavily on the expertise of with an Mr Hertz, 58, and his the navy and their experiwife, 64, were flying to ence in this field,” he said. aircraft that Timaru to visit their “One of the major chaldaughter on Saturday. has potentially lenges we’re facing is that During the flight he dealing with an airimpacted with we’re reported engine trouble craft that has potentially and ditched the plane into impacted with the water at the water at the sea. high speed and broken up.

“Everything is based on high speed and “To compound things the best information you further, there’s the potenbroken up get at the time,” Warrant tial for objects from the Officer Harper told a media wreckage to drift up to 5km conference in Raglan yesa day due to ... currents.” terday.

A buoy was dropped at A 20-strong team of navy, police and the scene where debris from the plane Coastguard staff and volunteers were and an oil slick were discovered, about doing their “utmost” to retrieve the 20km north-west of the entrance to bodies, believed to be in the wreckage Kawhia Harbour.

An aerial search today was also 60 metres below the surface.

Sea conditions were fair yesterday, scanning for debris on the shoreline, which may indicate drift patterns. with swells of around 2m.

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an urgent council meeting to discuss moving Happy Feet and his little blue buddies into the decommissioned Century Pool complex; where they could frolic on the hydroslide.

Since when did penguins become district council business? And how would they climb a hydroslide?

But for a few minutes our Happy Feet had proved to be his namesake’s doppelganger – a penguin determined to do things differently.

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18 months, Wellington Zoo staff assumed Happy Feet had become a Happy Meal. Out of the blue apparently, his locator transmitter kicked into life early on Saturday.

That intrepid emperor penguin was back – larger than life, cohabiting with a colony of his little blue cousins on Caroline Bay. That it was reported on April 1, escaped me until the end of the story, which quoted Timaru Mayor Janie Annear’s call for

Can’t quit smoking? The answer may lie in your genes, according to a new study from Dunedin.

Eighteen per cent of New Zealand adults smoke at least once a month and giving up can be difficult. Most smokers regret ever starting and 60 per cent have tried to quit in the past five years.

Quitline reports 24 per cent of its clients are smokefree at six months.

Now an international team of researchers has pulled together genetic clues from other studies to create a “genetic risk profile” for smoking.

The researchers applied this to a longterm study of 1000 people born in Dunedin in the early 1970s. Information on participants’ smoking behaviour was analysed alongside DNA samples which identified those who matched the smoking risk profile.

Genetic risk score was unrelated to starting smoking, says their research report, published in American Medical Association

journal JAMA-Psychiatry. But for those who did try cigarettes, having a high-risk genetic profile predicted increased likelihood of heavy smoking and nicotine dependence.

The link was strongest for teenagers, says the NZ Science Media Centre.

“Among teens who tried cigarettes, those with a high-risk genetic profile were 24 per cent more likely to become daily smokers by age 15 and 43 per cent more likely to become (20-cigarette) pack-a-day smokers by age 18.

“As adults, those with high-risk genetic profiles were 22 per cent more likely to fail in their attempts at quitting.”

Lead researcher Dr Daniel Belsky of North Carolina’s Duke University says: “The effects of genetic risk seem to be limited to people who start smoking as teens. This suggests there may be something special about nicotine exposure in the adolescent brain, with respect to these genetic variants.”

Auckland University tobacco control expert Dr Marewa Glover says the study reinforces the value of policies aimed at preventing young people from starting smok– APNZ ing.

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Korea vows to strengthen nuke weapons North Korea has vowed to strengthen its nuclear weapons, a day after announcing it is in a “state of war” with South Korea, and says it will never trade its atomic deterrent for aid.

Tensions have risen sharply on the peninsula since the United Nations tightened sanctions in response to the North’s nuclear and missile tests, and the United States and South Korea launched military drills south of the border.

The North declared at the weekend it was in a “state of war” with the South and warned Seoul and Washington that any provocation would swiftly escalate into an all-out nuclear conflict.

A meeting yesterday of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, guided by leader Kim Jong-Un, decided the country’s possession of nuclear weapons “should be fixed by law”, the official KCNA news agency reported without elaborating.

The nuclear armed forces “should be

expanded and beefed up qualitatively and quantitatively until the denuclearisation of the world is realised”, it added.

Members also decided to develop a light water reactor as part of a civilian nuclear power industry to ease electricity shortages, KCNA said.

The North in 2010 disclosed the existence of a uranium enrichment facility and light water reactor, purportedly to generate power. Experts said it could easily be reconfigured to make fuel for nuclear weapons.

The North in April 2009 formally abandoned six-party talks offering it economic and security benefits in return for denuclearisation.

Yesterday it reiterated its atomic weapons are not a bargaining chip.

“They are a treasure of a reunified country which can never be traded with billions of dollars,” KCNA quoted the central committee members as saying.

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• 25 killed in collapse The death toll from a building that collapsed in Tanzania’s economic capital, Dar es Salaam, has reached 25, officials said, as hope faded of finding those missing two days after the accident.

Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Saidi Mecky Sadicky said yesterday that “the rescue exercise is still going on slowly. It is complicated and there is rain, but they will continue working there until every point is sifted”.

Several dozen people are still missing around the site, which was littered with huge chunks of concrete, and Sadicky said earlier there was “little hope to find anyone alive”.

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Three killed in 95-vehicle pile-up Three people are dead and 25 injured after 95 vehicles piled up on a foggy US highway.

Police say the vehicles were caught in 17 separate crashes along the

mountainous road near the VirginiaNorth Carolina border.

Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corrine Geller says the injuries ranged from serious to minor.

Geller says message boards along the interstate warned drivers of severe fog. She says the crashes happened mostly because drivers were going too fast.

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YouTube shuts down in April Fool’s joke In an elaborate April Fool’s prank, YouTube announced it was going dark for a decade, and that the site was merely an eight-year contest to find the best video.

“It’s finally time to pick the winner,” YouTube representatives announced in a 3:32 minute video posted on its homepage.

The message was simple: the world’s most popular videosharing website would close at the end of the day to review all the video submissions it has received over the years, and would announce the best one in 2023.

“We are so close to the end.

Tonight at midnight, TouTube.

com will no longer be accepting entries. After eight amazing years, it is finally time to review everything that has been uploaded to our site and begin the process of selecting a winner,” said Tim Liston, named as “competition director”.

YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar said that “we started YouTube in 2005 as a contest with a sim-

ple goal: to find the best video in the world”.

Users have uploaded more than 70 hours every minute to the site, YouTube estimated.

“I encourage everybody to watch as many videos as possible before YouTube deletes everything tonight,” said Antoine Dodson, who became an internet sensation when a musical version of his 2010 TV interview about a house intrusion was posted on YouTube.

Distinguished film critics, YouTube celebrities and some of the site’s “most prolific” commentators are on the judges’ panel, according to Liston.

The Google-owned online video sharing venue said less

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Flea show must go on An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.

Flea circus director Robert Birk says he was shocked to find all of his 300 fleas dead inside their transport box last week.

The circus immediately scrambled to find and train a new batch so it could fulfill its engagements at an open-air fair in the western town of Mechernich-Kommern.

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Michael Faber, who organises the fair, told The Associated Press that an insect expert at a nearby university was able to provide 50 fleas in time for the first show yesterday.

Faber says he hopes they’ll “get through this without any more fatalities”.

Birk said it was the first time his circus had lost all of its fleas to the cold in one go.

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A former Ku Klux Klan supporter who publicly apologised for years of violent racism, including the beating of a civil rights activist who went on to become a Georgia congressman, has died.

Elwin Wilson was 76.

His wife, Judy Wilson, said he died on Friday at a hospital in South Carolina after a bout with the flu and suffering for years with heart and lung problems.

She said in a telephone interview that her husband was relieved he lived long enough to try to make amends for years of racial hatred.

He detailed his deeds at length when he called The Herald newspaper of Rock Hill to apologise shortly after President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009.

“He said he had it on his heart for a long time,” Judy Wilson said.

“He said he wished he could find the ones he mistreated and apologise to them all.”

Among his actions were cross burnings; hanging a black doll in a noose at the end of his drive; flinging cantaloupes at black men walking down Main Street; hurling a jack handle at a black boy jiggling the soda machine in his father’s service station; and the brutal beating of future

Elwin Wilson US Representative John Lewis of Georgia at a Rock Hill bus station in 1961.

“His story is a powerful story.

His story must not be forgotten,” Lewis told The Herald in a telephone interview at the weekend.

“His story and the way he arrived at his position must be understood, must be told.”

After his apology to the newspaper, Wilson apologised in several other public venues, including during a meeting with Lewis at the congressman’s Capitol Hill office.

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“All I can say is that it has bothered me for years, all the bad stuff I’ve done,” Wilson said.

“And I found out there is no way I could be saved and get to heaven and still not like blacks.”

This month, Lewis received apologies from the current police chief of Montgomery, Alabama, and the governor.

But Wilson’s apology remains special.

“He was the first private citizen,” Lewis said.

“He was the very, very first to come and apologise to me ... for a private citizen to come along and say, ‘I’m the one that attacked you. I’m the one who beat you.’ It was very meaningful.”

In 2009, Lewis and Wilson accepted the Common Ground Award for Reconciliation at the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC. Also that year, both were honoured in California with awards on Worldwide Forgiveness Day. In Maryland, Wilson presented Lewis with an award.

They also told their story to TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey and millions of viewers.

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than two weeks ago that more than a billion people now use YouTube each month, with viewing on smartphones helping drive growth.

The YouTube team noted that nearly one out of every two people on the internet visits the website, which has grown into a global hit since its launch.

Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $US1.65 billion and has yet to disclose whether the service has turned a profit.

YouTube has gradually added professional content, such as full-length television shows and movies to its vast trove of amateur video offerings in a bid to attract advertisers.

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Five children between the ages of two and 10 died when a fire ravaged their home in northern France while staying with their divorced father, who was seriously burned trying to save them. In Saint-Quentin, a town about 130km north-east of Paris, a father who had his children for the weekend jumped out of a first-floor window to get help as flames engulfed his house.

The father, in his 40s, attempted to go back into the house with a neighbour, but the two were helpless in the face of the massive flames.

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• US prosecutor killed A Texas district attorney and his wife have been found dead in their home – the second murder of a US prosecutor in the same office in less than two months, sparking fears of a larger plot.

On Sunday, the county’s district attorney, Mike McLelland, and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, were found shot dead at their home.

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• Mandela improving Nelson Mandela’s health is improving and he will continue to receive treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the South African presidency says, as the anti-apartheid icon spends a fifth night in hospital. Doctors “have reported a further improvement in his condition”, President Jacob Zuma’s office said yesterday, adding the 94-year-old “had a restful day and continues to receive treatment”.

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Top advice from genetics experts Mid Canterbury farmers have a unique opportunity to meet and discuss genetics with some of the country’s leading experts at a forum being held in Ashburton next month.

ATS, in conjunction with Liberty Genetics, is once again hosting a genetics evening aimed at providing farmers with the most up-to-date information relevant to their farming operations.

Making the right breeding decisions is a vital part of any livestock operation and ATS is always looking for ways to support and provide its farming community with the best information and services it needs.

ATS CEO Neal Shaw says it is the second time the event has been held and is important because it provides farmers with the opportunity to come and listen to experts in their fields and also to ask questions of them.

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This year’s speakers are: • Dr Jeremy Bryant, NZ Animal Evaluation Ltd Manager from Dairy NZ and he will be summarising changes made to Breeding Worth to create a more robust cow. He will look at this from a national perspective with regard to genetics and the industry evaluation system.

• Craig Trotter, a Dairy Consultant from Centre for Dairy Excellence and Andrew Bates, a Senior Veterinarian from VetLife, will share a presentation entitled “Only the good die young, onfarm actions to ensure genetic gain”.

• Dr David Hayman, Manager Sire Development and Export of Liberty Genetics will discuss how to ensure your Genetic Investment delivers you profit.

He will talk about how farmers can maximise their achievement profitability and productivity in plain, on-farm language.

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LAMB In general, New Zealand exporters have reported sound demand for most lamb products, although middle cuts remain the exception and are proving very difficult to move.

Easter promotions of chilled lamb legs are in full swing in the UK, with virtually all major retailers offering hefty discounts on imported and domestic product. Chilled legs are retailing for as little as £4/kg, which equates to about NZ$7.25/kg. As always, New Zealand lamb exporters will be hoping there is good uptake on these offers, which would help support demand for follow-up orders of frozen product. Early indications are that sales have been positive.

The New Zealand lamb slaughter is still running at very high levels, with throughput each week up by around 40-50 per cent year-on-year. Over 2 million more lambs have now been processed this season compared to the same point last year.

Market Price Trends Week beginning April 1, 2013

L A M B ($) Including 1 kg Shorn Pelt

13.0kg YL SI 13.5kg YM SI 15.0kg YM SI 15.0kg YM NI 15.0kg YM Market Indicator 17.5kg YX SI 19.0kg YX SI 19.0kg YX NI 21.0kg YX SI 21.0kg YX NI 23.0kg YX SI

this week

last 4 weeks 3 months week ago ago

1 year ago

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

29.55 48.24 65.20 63.31 56.52 75.39 81.13 80.34 88.78 88.85 97.02 29.55

29.55 48.24 65.20 63.56 57.50 75.39 81.13 80.65 88.78 89.19 97.02 29.55

37.36 57.04 74.74 72.34 58.84 86.50 93.18 91.77 102.08 101.48 102.89 29.55

49.97 69.75 86.52 84.82 69.52 100.50 108.37 107.57 118.55 118.95 129.62 29.55

6.72

6.72

6.72

6.72

6.88

1 Kg Shorn Pelt SI

2012/13 Low High 29.55 48.24 65.20 63.31 55.63 75.39 81.13 80.34 88.78 88.85 95.36

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6.72 *

2011/12 ave

48.15 68.71 87.66 86.47 61.84 101.51 109.43 109.67 120.00 121.27 134.07

56.71 76.89 94.67 95.42 71.25 110.00 117.99 120.31 129.32 132.83 139.52

6.82

6.55

61.70

74.56

M U T T O N ($) Including 0.5kg pelt 21kg MX1

SI

52.43

52.43

52.43

54.16

66.33

P2 Steer SI (296-320kg) NI P2 Steer Market Indicator

351 353 376

351 353 379

356 355 380

386 391 377

364 378 387

M Cow SI (160-195kg) NI M Cow Market Indicator

232 236 293

232 236 296

242 248 293

280 302 316

265 268 323

Bull SI (296-320kg) NI Bull Market Indicator

341 343 381

341 343 384

351 350 381

386 399 392

361 383 407

52.43

B E E F (c/ kg)

BEEF Chinese buyers continue to show an increasing appetite for New Zealand beef. Over 4800 tonnes of beef was shipped there during February 2013, which is one of the largest volumes shipped to any market outside the US in the past five years. In the six months to February 2013, New Zealand exported more beef directly to China than the previous six years combined.

This has come at a very good time for exporters as it has provided another outlet for the additional beef production resulting from the drought.

Exports to China during March are expected to be even higher than February’s volume. Buyers in all markets are closely monitoring New Zealand’s production, with talk already that the surge in cow processing is starting to slow in the North Island.

DAIRY Dairy commodity price movements were mixed over the past week as the market comes to grip with the rapid increase in dairy commodity prices that has occurred over the past month.

The Agrifax price series for whole milk powder (WMP) and skim milk powder (SMP) softened a little this week, while prices for milkfat products such as butter and anhydrous milkfat (AMF) firmed. Buyers are currently in panic mode as they attempt to secure supplies. Product supplies are expected to remain tight until the beginning of the new dairy season. Significant volumes of milk will not be collected by dairy companies until September when all dairy cows return to milk.

The impact of the current drought is likely to be carried over to the new dairy season in the regions where the drought has hit the hardest, ie the northern half of the North Island.

Demand for Fonterra shares and units in the Fonterra Shareholders’ fund was strong following the release of Fonterra’s interim results.

The market appears to have taken confidence from the strong results released for the first half of the year and not taken heed of warnings that the drought may impact on profits in the 2nd half of the year.

351 * 353 * 369 * 232 * 236 * 289 * 341 * 343 * 372

394 409 390 * 280 315 325 * 386 401 401

383 399 386 277 294 324 373 400 400

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

V E N I S O N ($/kg - gross) AP Hind 50kg AP Stag 60kg AP Stag 80kg

6.38 6.48 6.08

6.38 6.48 6.08

6.38 6.48 6.08

6.73 6.83 6.43

6.98 7.08 6.68

6.38 * 6.48 * 6.08 *

7.98 8.08 7.68

7.73 7.82 7.42

1500 1075 865 745 460 400 385 395 525

1500 1075 870 740 450 390 385 375 515

1420 1070 850 685 428 380 368 370 505

1735 1226 855 770 580 555 550 528 545

1280 985 815 670 395 345 340 315 485

1570 1100 900 745 * 485 437 435 410 545

1705 1170 895 797 606 594 591 564 571

412 412

430 415

447 422

351 438

473 443

416 427

4410 4440 4500 4920 12050

4140 4180 4070 4630 12050

4160 3920 4040 4900 11080

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350 217 197 6.40

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330 223 211 6.40

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350 * 225 212 6.80

405 210 198 6.72

FINANCE US Dollar UK Pound Euro 2 Year Wholesale Rate (%)

PROCESSING

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Lamb SI Mutton SI Beef SI

508 53 20.7

0.821 0.817 0.510 0.512 0.620 0.614 2.70 3.05 (Estimates only) 374 323 274 101 117 41 16.1 12.6 13.0

Information provided by NZX Agrifax

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0.844 0.526 0.637 2.82

0.813 0.516 0.630 2.77

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The legacy of William and Annie Lowe

LEFT: Clarendon, the Lowe family home at Hinds.

By Karen McIntyre (nee Lowe)

M

embers of a well-known Mid Canterbury family gathered in Ashburton at Easter to celebrate anniversaries of two significant events in their ancestors’ lives.

William Thomas (Billy) Lowe was the fifth child and fourth son of Francis and Phoebe Emily (nee Phillips) Lowe. He and his twin brother Gerald were born at their parents’ property, Mt Hutt, Methven on April 27, 1876.

Shortly afterwards the family moved to Tinwald where the brothers attended Tinwald school. Billy left school at 12 years old, after having a disagreement with the schoolmaster, Mr Culverhouse. He worked on a farm at Willowby where he earned 2/6 (25cents) a week. He then worked as a shepherd at Tinwald saleyards before going to work for Max Friedlander on his stud farm, Colmar, at Lyndhurst.

It was there that he met his future wife Ann Drummond who lived on her father’s neighbouring farm.

Ann (Annie) Drummond was born at her parents’ property Bankside, North Rakaia, on August 8, 1880. She was sixth child and third daughter of Peter and Helen (nee Harrison) Drummond. Like her future husband, her birth was unattended.

Her parents had 14 children, some dying in infancy. When Ann was nine years old the family moved to another property at Urrall, Lyndhurst. When Ann was 15 her mother died after being bed-ridden for many years.

Ann took over the role of surrogate mother to her younger brothers and sisters.

Billy and Annie were married on May 12, 1903 at her father’s homestead, Corwar, Barrhill.

This wedding is one of the events marked by the recent gathering.

They managed Peter Drummond’s estate for a short time before buying his property at Bankside. They then

BELOW RIGHT: Billy and Annie Lowe.

BELOW LEFT: The four trotting cups won by the Lowe family

Contact Material for this page is coordinated by the Ashburton Museum. Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears. Email museum@ashburton.co.nz, mail to PO Box 573 or phone 308-3167.

Copies of many of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum

bought a property at Lauriston which they sold in 1912 to buy Clarendon at Hinds. The centennial of this purchase was another anniversary marked at Easter.

They arrived at Clarendon with five children, Tairene, Wilson, Mary, Arch, and Tom. They remained at Clarendon for the rest of their lives, their remaining eight children, Ted, Ian, Stan, Jean, Nan, Win, Belle, and Hugh, being born there.

During his years at Clarendon Billy furthered his interest in standardbred horses, purchasing the founder of his successful stud, Jessie B, who left many winners, including Lucky Jack, winner of the 1937 and 1939 New Zealand Trotting Cups.

Billy took a keen interest in community affairs including the Ashburton Trotting Club, Hinds Domain Board, Hinds Gymkhana Committee, and Ashburton A&P Association. He retained an interest in the Rough Riders

Association as he was a Boer War Veteran.

Annie also took an active interest in the local community, including the Hinds Plunket Society of which she was patroness for many years, and the Hinds Ladies Hockey Club. She always encouraged her children in their sport. While busy bringing up her family of 13, Annie still had time to care for other children, including nieces, nephews, and many school friends the children bought home. She also was interested in standardbred horses and was a proud owner of some success- ful winners, including Wag, a

Miracle Mile winner.

In June 1936 they suffered a tragic loss when their daughter Mary was killed in a car accident at Winslow. Three of their sons, Wilson, Ted and Hugh, served in the New Zealand Army during World War Two, all returning.

In May 1953 Billy and Annie celebrated their golden wedding at Clarendon with their 12 children, 34 grandchildren and many friends. The last big party hosted at Clarendon was Annie’s 90th birthday with children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Billy died on April 10 1960 aged 83 and Annie 18 years later on May 3, 1978 aged 97.

As descendants of these two remarkable people, we can feel very proud of our ancestry. Annie and Billy set the principles for us to live by.

They created an environment of love, honesty, wisdom, fairness and generosity.

An early example of loyalty cards

By Kathleen Stringer

T

Mrs Huffam, in the floral dress at the front of the committee of the Fairton Hall on the day it opened (30 August 1926).

YOUR

stars

ARIES (Mar 21st Apr 20th) This day seems to have a lot of potential to empower your hard work and efforts at success. You may even benefit from opportunities which appear without you needing to do very much.

Yet today’s Capricorn Moon reminds you that you can’t escape the need to buckle down and apply yourself.

Still, a no-nonsense approach can get you where you need to be.

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TAURUS (Apr 21st May 21st) You may be looking for a steady financial approach to marshalling your resources, but plans may be affected by feelings of limitation or a reluctance to be hands-on. There’s no point in spinning your wheels. Instead, heed a friend’s advice.

This may provide the answers you’ve been looking for. All this may encourage you to change your priorities.

his is a brass ‘coin’ issued

by Huffam’s restaurant in Ashburton.

Tokens like this were issued by businesses when coins were in short supply and may be considered one of the earliest examples of the ‘loyalty cards’, which our wallets and purses seem to be full of these days.

In December 1896 Mrs Huffam opened a dining room in the Friedlander’s building (Burnett Street) that was formerly occupied by G. H. Bryant.

In July the following year she enlarged the premises.

In July 1900 Mrs Huffam took

FROM THE COLLECTION over the refreshment rooms owned by Miss Parlett of Tancred Street (formerly owned by a Mrs James, whose specialty was pork pies).

When Mrs Huffam left Burnett Street, A. Peters, a caterer, took over the business, still calling it Huffams. The following year (1901) he sold the business to G. Stoddart.

It seems that both Mr and Mrs Huffam worked in the business.

Often Mr Huffam is mentioned in advertisements in connection with the races.

“It’s why more people are choosing McGregors”

ManagEMEnt OPtiOns availablE fOr yOu tO chOOsE frOM fOr yOur rEntal PrOPErty.

GEMINI (May 22nd Jun 21st) You may be keen to enjoy the benefits of meeting fast-paced, action-orientated types who may inspire you to go for bigger opportunities. The Moon encourages business talks, but those you connect with may be of the traditional type, preferring the slow lane. The trick Gemini is not to put yourself at a disadvantage by being overly impatient.

CANCER (Jun 22nd - Jul 23rd) An active cycle of opportunity seems to be showing up for you, especially careerwise, and is one that could bring about the fulfilment you’ve been seeking lately.

However, your need to progress things randomly may clash with someone’s desire to devise a working strategy. If you can slow down enough to create a compromise, you could do well.

LEO (Jul 24th - Aug 23rd) Good news may come your way but with so many plans swirling around in your head, you may be too restless to decide what to do. You could make use of your desire to learn new things to upgrade your skills, but that might seem a touch dull. What you’re probably looking for, Leo, is something so thrilling it totally absorbs your attention.

VIRGO (Aug 24th Sep 23rd) If nothing seems to go fast enough for you, don’t waste your energy trying to find satisfaction. Chances are you might be tempted to splash out using your credit card to fill the void. Be guided by the Capricorn Moon to opt for more relaxed pleasures that bring enjoyment in a slowrelease format. Avoid adrenalin-fuelled adventures or gambles.

He provided meals at the races, while his wife still produced hot fish and meals at all hours.

The business was open until 11pm and, not surprisingly,

there are a number of adverts for a smart girl to work in the restaurant.

Another advert asked for a strong girl to work in Fairton, which is where their home was situated.

Working such long hours it no doubt meant that the family home needed an extra pair of hands to keep it running.

This coin may seem rather unassuming, and in their day they may have been common, but now such artifacts, as shown here, are relatively rare and important parts of our local collection.

Little is known about the restaurant and we have no other objects connected with it.

Phone Enquiries: 308 6173 Online Enquiries: mcgregorrealestate.co.nz/appraisals.htm

LIBRA (Sep 24th Oct 23rd) Fiery words from your partner may set a difficult tone today. It might not be until later that things between you become more positive. They may be feeling frustrated by life and keen to experience something new. Help them out with ideas that encourage adventure and a journey into the unknown. Strangely, you can gain from this too Libra.

SCORPIO (Oct 24th - Nov 22nd) Allow yourself extra time for routines that may be anything but, and that could actually be disruptive. You may find that peace is lacking but you’ll forego this because you may be enjoying the drama and the chance to be contrary. It’s a great time to make changes but rebelliously shaking things up could upset a positive possibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23rd - Dec 21st) A fabulous accent on the unexpected may fill you with novel ideas for having fun and enjoying life.

However, if finances are an issue, you may have to opt for pursuits which are less expensive. Romance is a possibility for you if you’re looking for love, but don’t be too pushy as it could turn off a potential beau.

Competitive sport may be the ideal antidote.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22nd - Jan 20th) A stubborn domestic issue may cause lots of gnashing of teeth and feelings of deep frustration. However, if you keep coming up with innovative and exciting solutions, you may finally break through. Make way for change in all areas of your home and family experience, and the cosmos should back you up.

It’s not a time to cling to the status quo.

AQUARIUS (Jan 21st - Feb 19th) You can express yourself with creative flair while voicing progressive ideas that get everyone going. Your words seem to be a catalyst that can encourage others to have a go. Meetings and important conversations may thrive with your input. However, opinions may also clash. If so, it will just be part of the rich fabric of the day.

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PISCES (Feb 20th Mar 20th) If you’re willing to do just a bit of financial planning it could help increase your material wealth. You’re in a key phase when ideas for earning extra cash may be continually encouraging you to have a go. If you must splash out, then invest in something that will help you make progress like a course or class. Even a makeover can help for a job interview.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Issue 05, April 2, 2013

‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Message from the Principal

Information

‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’ Kia ora and Greetings.

Summer Sports Tournament Week One of the privileges of my role is the opportunity to spend time with students, parents, caregivers and teachers or coaches as they participate in a wide range of events throughout the year.

16-24 March was the Inter-Secondary Schools’ Summer Sports Tournament Week. Through a combination of careful planning and late night travel I was fortunate enough to spend time with, and watching, our students in rowing at Karapiro; the New Zealand Open Swimming in Auckland; and our Softball team in Invercargill (as well as being at work in-between time).

As many of you will know our Charter is based on the Board of Trustees determination for the College to provide a learning environment built on three Pillars of Excellence being Exceptional Learning, Exemplary Citizenship, and Exciting Opportunities. These are underpinned by our College Values of students and staff Achieving Quality Work, Showing Pride in themselves and their community, and Having Respect for people and property (ASH).

Our Strategic Plan for the next five years builds on these directions and focuses on:

Festival of the Spoken Word Tuesday 16 April (last week of term), 7:00pm, College Auditorium Come and hear our talented students performing serious and humorous sketches, monologues, and group presentations. This is also a House Competition.

Tickets: $5:00, available at the College Office from Thursday 11 April.

Transition Department News Liaison Visits:

As always I was impressed by the way our students both competed and managed themselves and by the dedication of their Coaches, Managers and Parents/Caregivers (including staff ) who support our teams. Our students represented our College and our community well, and I was extremely proud of them all.

• Further developing the governance of the College; • Increasing student achievement, including continuing the trend of increasing our NCEA results, against targets we have set for ourselves; • Increasing the engagement of students with their learning; • Further involving and informing parents and caregivers; • Developing our staff; • Developing and managing our resources; and • Continuing to strengthen relationships with our community

My sincere thanks, again, to the parents, caregivers, staff and community members who all help provide our young people these marvellous opportunities.

If you wish to find out more about these documents or directions. Or you would like a copy of these please contact us, or email principal@ashcoll.school.nz

The day provides an opportunity for students to tour Halls of Residence, explore the campuses and sit in on various lectures.

AshDance

Website

This annual event is a celebration of the many different creative talents and cultures within our College. Over time this event has grown to the point that we have had to move it to the Event Centre to cater for the size of the audience.

We are currently developing a replacement website, and our current website will may start to sport “under construction” messages.

Careers Expo - CBS Arena, Christchurch on 16-18 May:

Last week’s AshDance to an almost full audience was simply stunning. Thank you to all those involved, and well done to our students who performed so well.

Charter and Strategic Plan The first term of the year is also the review and reporting time for all schools. This includes revising our Charter and Strategic (5 Year) Plans and confirming our Annual Plan.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause, but we are well aware how important having a useful website is and I am more than confident that the new site, when completed, will be much more useful and easier to navigate than our current site which has remained unchanged for some time.

Cheers Grant McMillan Principal

Various tertiary institutions and community groups visit the College during our Year 13 Forum on Tuesdays, to share information with students about courses and programmes they offer.

Year 12 students are welcome to attend also, but need to register their names at the Transition Office before the visit.

The following visits are scheduled for the next few weeks: University of Canterbury – 09 April Victoria University Registrar of Electors – 16 April Otago Polytechnic Otago University – 07 May Lincoln University Christchurch Polytechnic (CPIT) – 14 May

– Wednesday 20 May, 11.25am.

– 28 May – 04 June

A bus will leave from the College at 5:00am and return at 9:00pm. Information and permission forms will be available next week.

This event provides an excellent opportunity to visit many tertiary providers in the one place.

While open to the public over the three days, the College is running buses up on Thursday 16 May, to attend between 5.30-7.00pm.

Information and permission forms will be available to Year 12 and Year 13 students soon.

College Uniform Clothing Shop Good quality, second hand uniform clothing is available for purchase at the College Clothing Shop.

The clothing shop will be open this Thursday, 04 April, in the Administration Block.

Please come to the Main Entrance of the College where we can direct you to the shop.

The next open date will be Thursday 18 April (the last week of Term 1), 10:.00am - 1:00pm.

The first open date for Term 2 will be Thursday 16 May and thereafter on the first and third Thursday of each month, from 10:00am – 1:00pm.

FIRST OPEN EVENING FOR 2013 This Thursday 04 April 2013, 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Reading Mentors’ Scheme - Two Further Sponsors As outlined in our previous newsletter strong community support for this scheme has greatly assisted its operation and we are very grateful to all contributors.

In this newsletter we acknowledge generous donations from Advance Ashburton of $960 and the Rotary Club of Ashburton of $400.

Community support for the College is always valued and appreciated, and allows the College to enhance opportunities for some students.

Visitors can meet at the Auditorium where presentations start at 5:00pm and 5:45pm.

These are followed by guided tours of the College, or you may choose to self-tour by following the signs.

(Pictured right, left to right) Christine McIndoe (College Head of English Faculty), College Reading Mentors’ Programme Convenor, Anne Williams, along with Advance Ashburton representatives Trevor Croy and Elizabeth Ashford at the presentation of the cheque in support of the Reading Mentors’ Programme, an initiative which has senior students mentoring junior students in reading.

Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment

Places visited during the trip included the Onawe Pa, a variety of churches, cemeteries, the memorial and the museum.

On return to College students then undertook research on aspects of early settlement on Banks Peninsula, the results of which form a major component of this year’s NCEA Level 3 History qualifications.

‘Get Ahead Career Experience Day’ During the day attendees were exposed to different careers in agriculture via moving through twelve different stations run by specialists in each field. These included rural bankers, veterinarians, freezing industry personnel, fertiliser and farming representatives.

‘How To’ Book On-Line :

As part of the programme students were placed into groups and worked towards gaining ‘Get Ahead Cheques’ and ultimately gaining prizes.

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forgotten your password: If you know your User Name, your password can be reset through School-Links. Type in your User Name and enter. Click on ‘forgotten your password’ and follow the steps.

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forgotten both your User Name and your Password: Please contact the College Office - 308 4193, ext 861.

The students were fed burgers and milk for lunch whilst the providers discussed the importance of fresh produce and the supply chain. The day concluded with some light entertainment - a singing cowboy. It was reported that a great day was had by all.

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Each Interview slot is for 5 minutes so please be aware of this when booking and book only the one 5 minute slot with each teacher. If you need to speak with a teacher for longer please arrange a separate appointment time with them so that we can help you without holding other families up.

Please try to leave a gap between some interview times so you are not rushed.

NZSki is pleased to again offer our students a special deal on season passes for 2013.

For Secondary School students/Year 9 and above: $150.00 (Mt Hutt Pass) The last day for payment at the College is Friday 19 April 2013.

(Applications will not be able to be accepted after this date).

Year 10 student Josh Pike (pictured right) has recently received advice of his selection to this prestigious choir.

Over 200 secondary school students auditioned nation-wide for approximately 60 places, over four sections (soprano, alto, tenor, bass). Josh is a bass singer.

The audition process is rigorous and includes unaccompanied pieces as well as various vocal tests and exercises.

This is the eighth year Ashburton College has been represented in the choir, including Josh’s older sister Laura. It is the College’s belief though that Josh is the youngest Ashburton College student to gain selection. Students are selected for a two year cycle.

Student Leaders – Committees On Tuesday at Year 13 Forum further student leaders were acknowledged as presentations were made to committee members. Each committee is headed by a Student Executive member and includes Year 12 representation.

This year’s committee members are: Ball:

Chairperson: Ellen Dakers, Abbey Marshall. Members: Amy Blair, Alex Boote, Aleisha Fawcett, Laura Kell, Amelia Lane, Monica Leadley, Sarah Moore, Frances Smith. Charlotte Leopold and Danyelle McNab (Year 12).

Canteen:

Chairperson: Matthew Arnold. Members: Rebecca Armstrong, Josh Heney, Bradley Johnson, Stephanie Porter. Olivia Fleming (Year 12).

Environment:

Chairperson: Matthew Arnold. Members: Rebecca Armstrong, Mikayla Begg, Jessica Bensdorp, Kelly Body, Stephanie Porter, Hugh Wright. Olivia Brown, Savanna Millar-McArthur (Year 12).

Social and Recreation: Chairperson: Josh Aberhart. Members: Jessica Bensdorp, Maisie Fleming, Nikita Kohunui, Carys Morgans, Maddison Reynolds. Chelsea Corbett and Kate Taylor (Year 12).

Sports:

Chairperson: Savanna Ornsby. Members: Jake Beeman, Liam Bell, Laura Forbes, Adam Hodge, Eric Johnston, Sam Whiting, Dean Williams, George Wilson. Beth Jopson, Nathan McLoy (Year 12).

Student Welfare:

Chairperson: Hannah Waters. Members: Ross Allott, Jas Andrada, Sara Kircher, Jessica Pelayo, Alanna Rush, Jackie Tait, Sarah Tait, Katherine Turton, Kim Willis. Ari Settle (Year 12).

(Pictured left, left to right): Beth Jopson and George Wilson of the Sports Committee receive their badges from Helen Shore-Taylor, Deputy Principal, while Greg Jones, Head of Senior School, looks on.

Their semi-final win was against Rathkeale College (5-4).

(Pictured right, left to right): Adam and Andrew with their national trophy.

(Pictured left): Andrew taking the winning shot.

Aoraki Senior Volleyball Tournament Ashburton College had four teams in this competition, held in Timaru on 15 March.

The Boys’ Captain was Romeo Touli while Girls’ Captain was Sala Touli. College gained two second placings and a Fairplay Award from twelve girls’ teams and eight boys’ teams.

Senior Girls’ A Team - 2nd placing.

Pictured after winning the semi-final against Timaru Girls’ High School. Their final loss was against Craighead Diocesan School.

(Pictured right, left to right, front row): Sala Touli, Losana Cakaunitabua.

(Left to right, back row): Ayano Kawashima, Nozomi Masumo, Sweet Lisala, Lote Touli, Alice Mareko, Tessa Puleaga.

Senior Boys’ Team 2nd placing

Mt Hutt Ski Pass - Application Forms (for students) Application Forms are now available for collection from the College Office, Student Counter.

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Choir Selection

Run by the Young Farmers’ Association this annual event, held mid-March in Lincoln, was attended by Ashburton College Year 12 Agriculture and Year 11 Primary Industry students.

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Results were - Palmerston North Girls’ High (7-6 win); Rathkeale College (7-0 win); Inglewood High School (5-6 loss); Timaru Boys’ High School (7-3 win); St Oran’s College (7-0 win); Queen Elizabeth College (7-4 win); Freyberg High School (7-4 win); Fielding High School (7-0 win), Awatapu College (7-0 win).

Year 10 Interviews are being held on Thursday 11 April, at the Hotel Ashburton.

These details were emailed out through School-Links early last week. However, if you have -

As student leaders, we were encouraged to “flick the switch” - an initiative designed to encourage us to unlock our leadership potential and inform other students throughout the school about how they too can get involved.

Adam and Andrew had an outstanding tournament only losing to Inglewood in extra time by one hoop (5-6) in the Round Robin games. They then faced the same team in the final which went to 4-all before College took the last three hoops to win the National Championships.

Two students, Ellen Dakers and Amelia Lane, outlined the purpose of the Field Trips as being ‘to gain understanding of early Māori conflicts, first settlements in Akaroa/Banks Peninsula and of the race to Akaroa between the French/British.

Ellen and Amelia said that visiting on-site gave an in-depth understanding of the settlement, a new perspective and a ‘reality’ to history which is easier to understand in the environment.

Please phone the College Office to book interview times with the staff, or your child can ask their teachers at College to allocate an interview time, in each subject.

Through a series of videos we learnt more about the poverty that families in Bougainville are subject to, and how we can get involved and make a significant difference in these areas.

Twenty teams contested the Championships, playing two Round Robin sections of nine games prior to cross-over semi-finals.

Parent/Caregiver-Teacher Interviews – Year 10 Where possible, parents/caregivers are asked to book interview times on-line.

The on-line booking facility is now open until noon on Wednesday 10 April.

40 Hour Famine Youth Ambassadors shared their stories about their experiences working with families in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea - which is where money from this year’s 40 Hour Famine is going.

Held in Palmerston North on 23 and 24 March, qualification for and participation in these championships was a first for Ashburton College.

(Pictured right, is Michael O’Callaghan’s Year 13 History Class) at the Britomart Monument where the English flag was first raised to show the French that Britain had won the “Race to Akaroa”.

Our second Open Evening for 2013 will take place on Tuesday 20 August.

Through an interactive activity an understanding was gained of the differing levels of wealth throughout the world, and how unevenly it really is distributed.

National Secondary Schools’ Golf Croquet Championships – National Champions: Adam Greaney and Andrew Hawthorne.

Earlier in March two separate two day History Field Trips were held in Akaroa.

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Held in Christchurch on Friday 15 March our attendees outlined some details of the day advising that it was ‘run by World Vision organisers with the purpose of informing student leaders from a number of Canterbury schools about how we might tackle global issues’.

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(Pictured right, left to right) with an organiser of the Convention are Head Boy, Kane Olsen; Chairperson of the Student Welfare Committee, Hannah Waters; and Head Girl, Fifi Fakapelea.

This trip is for Year 13 students looking to attend University of Otago or Otago Polytechnic next year.

Appreciation

• Meet Principal, Grant McMillan, and College teaching staff • Hear and see what the College can offer your family • Join with the students in action • See how we prepare our young people for life • Sausage sizzle, coffee, tea, juice provided on the chessboard

Global Leadership Convention – ‘Flick the Switch’

Dunedin Tertiary Information Day – Monday 13 May:

Information - Open Evening Future students, parents/caregivers and whanau are warmly invited and encouraged to attend.

Event

Junior Fuluasou, Seta Koroitamana, Star Mauigoa, Paul Mareko, Shalom Pulu, Jasem Sooaemalelagi, Romeo Touli, Toafa Touli, Christian Vainerere.

Pictured above, far right: Andrew McIlroy trying his hand at fencing.

Senior Girls’ B Team (Year 13) Alex Boote, Megan Davies, Melissa Gooseman, Nikita Kohunui, Fairplay Award Bharti Kuma, Kaitlyn Nepe, Maddison Reynolds, Alanna Rush, Mikayla Twamley, Courtney Van-der-Eik.

Pictured left, front right: Savannah Butler studying different animal feeding options.

Senior Girls’ C Team (Year 11) Victoria Coley, Olivia Cunneen, Albertene Hefford, Emily Hickman, Caitlyn Johnstone, Lizzy Leonard, Diana Mauigoa, Carly Schuster.

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ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, Tuesday, April 2, 2013

‘Individual Excellence in a Supportive Learning Environment’

Issue 05, April 2, 2013

Congratulations Secondary Schools’ Summer Tournament Week: 16-24 March

New Zealand Cricket Girls’ Tournament – 9 Aside

Horse of the Year – Show Jumping

Third placing to the Ashburton College Girls’ 1st XI team of Ash Harrison (Captain), Olivia Ashworth, Ash Bell, Kieren Bell, Georgia Clarke, Rebecca Clarke, Nicole Johnson, Annie McDonald, Jess Stagg.

Ashburton College had three riders competing at the recent Horse of the Year Competition held in Hastings. All three riders competed extremely well against New Zealand’s best.

Ashburton College students and teams performed with distinction during their competitions and, importantly, represented themselves and the College well.

Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 18 and 19 March, the tournament fell victim to the rain with the format being condensed into a one day event.

Results were:

Maadi Cup 2013 New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Championships - Medals

This prestigious rowing competition, and breeding ground for future New Zealand representatives, was held at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge.

For Ashburton College it was a very successful regatta with the team earning five A Finals, three B Finals and three D Finals.

Highlights were –

Medal Placings Highlights of the week were Kate Hayman winning Silver in the Girls’ Under 17 Single (pictured below, left) and Kate combining with Georgia Lysaght (pictured below, right) to win Bronze in the Girls’ Under 17 Double.

(Pictured right, left to right): Georgia Lysaght, Kate Hayman and Coach Steve Beveridge.

A Finals - Top Eight in New Zealand Matthew Beveridge:

The teams played four games of 10 overs / 10 overs which was a relatively difficult format to gain momentum in but the girls played well and did themselves and the College proud. Their play-off match for 3rd or 4th position was against Avonside Girls’ High School. Twelve teams in three pools of four contested the tournament.

Division 2 South Island Softball Tournament

Sean McCormack, Benji Barry, Lachie Davidson, Mark Tait and Cox Madeleine Davidson: 8th, Boys’ Under 18 Novice Four in the A Final.

B Finals Successes – Top Nine to Sixteen in New Zealand

Jemma Rotch, Olivia Fleming, Georgia Lysaght, Jessica Jary and Cox Madeleine Davidson 1st, Girls’ Under 16 Coxed Four.

Matthew Beveridge and Adam Hodge 3rd, Boys’ Under 18 Lightweight Double.

Matthew Beveridge and Matthew Rae 4th, Boys’ Under 16 Double Kate Hayman 7th, Girls’ Under 18 Singles

Lucy placed 3rd in the Girls’ Under 16 event, completing the 1km course in 12:54.00. It was a tight tussle for the medals with Lucy (14 years) narrowly beaten by two 15 year old girls from the North Island.

South Island Secondary Schools’ Touch Tournament, Christchurch The senior mixed team of Xavier Bartlett, Brittney Davis, Harry Ferguson, Amanda Fleming, Beth Jopson, Nathan McCloy, Angus Mackenzie, Savanna Ornsby, Kaweau Patea, Ella Robertson, Max Sexton, Elliotte Strange, Hemi Tahuri, Devaun Thompson and Connor Wilson qualified for this tournament via success in the Aoraki Region.

Within their ten team competition, the going proved challenging against teams who train and play regularly in competitions. Although fielding four losses the team had a well-earned 7-4 win against Waimate High School.

SISS Sunburst Regatta - College Sailing Team

The team placed 8th from nine teams but Manager Rob Flanagan notes that the team has improved noticeably since attending their first Inter-Secondary Schools’ Tournament last year. As one of the youngest teams in the competition we can only expect improving performances as experience grows.

Fourteen areas from throughout New Zealand entered teams of four riders to compete in two Show Jumping Competitions. The top six teams from the first round go through to the final competition.

All the boys played incredibly well and had a 16-6 win against their geographically nearest rivals, Burnside High School.

The team from Mid Canterbury was pleased to make the top six, incurring only 4 penalties (1 rail).

The final round was held at 7:30am on Saturday 16 March, and the timing of this competition caused all sorts of problems for many of New Zealand’s top show jumping ponies. The early rising sun and heavy morning dew made the 1.25m course even more technically challenging.

After eight games over five days and 1000kms twelve AC Phoenix Flyers returned home tired but immensely proud of their efforts.

The team from Mid Canterbury completed very successful rounds and moved from 6th position into 3rd, earning a bronze medal, behind Northland (Gold) and Canterbury (Silver).

Appreciation

Riders and Ponies in this event were: Emma Waite – Spring Brooke (pictured below) Jamee Bird – Showtym Image Lucinda Askin – Buckle Up Grace Percy – Madam Masala

New Zealand Open Swimming Championships and World Championships Trials College swimmers Joseph Brown, Caitlin Johnstone and Jake O’Grady have recently returned from the New Zealand Open Swimming Championships and World Championships Trials held in Auckland.

Caitlin Johnstone

12th – 50m Breaststroke; 16th – 100m Breaststroke.

Caitlin’s 50m Freestyle was just 0.03 seconds outside her personal best set only two weeks ago at national age groups.

Jake O’Grady

8th – 800m Freestyle; 12th – 1500m Freestyle.

Joe Brown

14th – 200m Breaststroke; 15th – 400m Individual Medley, setting a new personal best time in the heats and then again in the B Final to break his own Eastern Districts record by over 3 seconds.

These are remarkable results considering they were competing in the Open Nationals (not Age Groups) against all of the New Zealand super stars of swimming such as Lauren Boyle, Glen Synders and Gareth Kean.

Lucy Clough also qualified for the event but was not available to attend.

New Zealand Junior Swimming Championships (Pictured right): Sophie Beckley, Year 9 student, was one of 300 junior swimmers (aged 12 years and under) from throughout New Zealand who met the qualifying standards to compete in these Championships held last month in Wellington.

From twenty three teams Josh Heney and Matthew Arnold in “Two Eighty” placed 4th in the Spinnaker Fleet and Aimee Denbee and Gemma Duncan in “Dream’n Dean” were 8th in the Silver Fleet.

“Two Eighty” performed most capably amongst some very good and very experienced sailors. Over the Regatta they were generally consistent, which resulted in their good placing.

Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Mountain Biking Championships

“Dream’n Dean” had to retire in the afternoon on the first day because they had tipped out at the beginning of the day and became very cold in the southerly conditions. As a result Aimee and Gemma missed three races which made it difficult to catch up on lost points as this Regatta’s regulations did not allow for discarding races.

They did however win the final race which was a Handicap Race, which they were very pleased with as this was a 1st placing out of the entire fleet.

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Triathlon Seven students represented Ashburton College, over three grades, at this event held at Pegasus Bay, Christchurch, on 21 March. As always, there are many variables with triathlon racing and this day was no exception. Distances for all age groups, teams and individuals were 500m swim, 15km cycle and 4km run.

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(Pictured above , left to right): Gendi Askin, (Manager), Lucinda Askin (Buckle Up), Grace Percy (Madam Masala), Emma Waite (Spring Brooke), Jamie Bird (Showtym Image).

This is the top swimming event in New Zealand, and is only open to swimmers who meet qualifying times. It was a long week but they achieved some very good results, key of which were:

Sophie achieved a very creditable 7th placing in the 100m Breaststroke.

This followed very successful Eastern Districts Championships outcomes where, in the Girls’ 11-12 year events Sophie gained 1st placings in the 50m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke and 50m Breaststroke; 2nd placings in the 200m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle; and 3rd placings in the 100m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley and 50m Butterfly.

Ashburton College had a team of four at this Regatta, held at Port Otago, Dunedin: Matthew Arnold, Aimee Denbee, Gemma Duncan and Josh Heney.

Alisha Bota

1.15m pony on Bucc A Boo Saba Sam 1.25m Teams’ Competition on Showtym Image Saba Sam 1.25m Teams’ Competition on Spring Brooke Pony Six Bar 1.20m Pony Championship 1.05m Pony Championship on Mr Goldstein.

90cm Pony Show Hunter

Saba Sam Shield Competition – Bronze Medal This is an Inter-Provincial Grand Prix Pony Show Jumping Competition competed for annually at the Horse of the Year Show.

National Secondary Schools’ Open Water Swimming Championships These Championships were held in Pegasus Bay, Christchurch, on Friday 22 March, with a very good success for Lucy Clough.

Emma Waite

1st 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 4th 9th

The AC Phoenix Flyers Softball Team of Nick Campbell (Captain), Donan Ashby, Jordon Belpadrome, Kain Burrows, Cody Elvy, Dan Flanagan, Connor Gill, Daniel Harper-Grey, Eric Johnston, Tim Mui, Dillon Smart, George Sparks took part in this tournament at Surrey Park, Invercargill.

Ashburton College is most appreciative of the support given to our students from coaches, managers and fundraisers. This hard work has allowed for valuable opportunities for our students.

7th, Boys’ Under 17 Single A Final.

Jamee Bird

Held at Signal Hill, Dunedin, on Saturday 16 March College’s team of six members performed very well.

College’s mountain biking numbers are up on previous years, with Year 9 students achieving very good results albeit from smaller fields than the Under 17 riders contended with.

Team member results were: 1st

Bailey Kershaw

Under 14 Boys’ Cross-Country

2nd

Harrison Arthur Kees Donaldson

Under 14 Boys’ Downhill (pictured below, right) Under 14 Boys’ Cross-Country

4th

Brendan Whalley

Under 17 Boys’ Cross-Country

5th

Max Sexton

Under 17 Boys’ Downhill (pictured below, left)

10th

Josh Donaldson

Under 17 Boys’ Cross-Country, following a crash.

Under 16 Boys’ Individual Jake made a good start to his race but, during the cycle section punctured and was unable to finish, as the event was run without support crew back-up.

Aoraki Secondary Schools’ Athletics Championships Fourteen schools are affiliated to the Aoraki Association and, at this event held in Timaru mid-March, Ashburton College was represented by 69 athletes. Our athletes performed very creditably, gaining thirteen individual titles, twenty six second placings and seventeen third placings.

Two Title Holder

Mikhayla Stroganov

One Title Holders Boys Ben Kiria Western Bartlett Alifeleti Pelesikoti Kieran Hunt Shaun Stagg Romeo Touli 4 x 100m Relay

Boys’ Javelin Boys’ Triple Jump Boys’ Shot Put Boys’ Long jump Boys’ 400m Boys’ Javelin Boys

Girls Becca Harper-Grey Sala Bueta Greer Hooper Tessa Stewart Morrison

Under 14 Girls’ Discus Under 14 Girls’ Shot Put Under 16 Girls’ Discus Under 16 Girls’ Long Jump

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Lucy Clough, Isabella Smith, Mikhayla Strogonov.

Under 16 Girls’ – 9th placing.

This team performed well and got off to a great start with Lucy being the first out of the water in the swim. Isabella performed well on the cycle leg but, with other teams having older cyclists they pegged back some ground, although Mikhayla held the team’s position to the finish.

Under 14 Under 14 Under 16 Under 16 Under 19 Under 19 Under 14

A College team will contest the South Island Secondary Schools Athletic Championships being held in Invercargill this coming weekend. Selection for the National Secondary Schools’ Championships, to be held in Hamilton in December, will be based on results from this meeting.

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Nick Ralston, Adam Tupper, Brendan Whalley.

Under 19 Boys’ – 7th placing.

Adam had a few issues with his wetsuit causing a slower than expected time but Brendan put in a sterling effort to finish with the 3rd fastest cycle time, while Nick brought the team home with a comfortable run.

Under 15 Girls’ 400m and 800m

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9.30am. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Beginners class, new comers welcome. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

10.00am. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Singles competition. Waireka Croquet Club Ashburton Domain, Philip Street.

10.45. M.S.A. T’AI CHI CLUB. Maintenance class and exercises. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

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

1.00pm - 3.00pm. ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM, Classic aircraft on display including DC3. Ashburton Airport, Seafield Rd. 1.30pm. R.S.A. Cards “500� R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.30pm - 9.30pm. MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON. Great fun, everyone welcome, racquets provided.

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

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

10.00am. ASHBURTON HANDISCOPE (CRAFT) GROUP. Inviting anyone interested to attend. Baring Square Methodist Church Lounge.

10.00am. WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Tasmania doubles 10-12, assn doubles and golf croquet 1pm4pm. Waireka Croquet Club, the domain, Philip Street.

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

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

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

10.45am. T’IA CHI CLUB. Exercises for people with limited mobility. M.S.A. Social hall, Havelock Street.

11.00am. MID CANTERBURY LADIES PROBUS CLUB. Movies “Great Expectations�. Regent Cinema, Wills St. 1.30pm. ASHBURTON HERB SOCIETY. Monthly meeting, speaker from Neighbourhood Watch. 1/51 Peter Street, Ashburton.

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

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

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Mountain Thunder results Mountain Thunder Easter Saturday Spray Marks Group Buckets: 1st Alistair Hoogenboezem (Christchurch), 2nd Brent Cotton (Christchurch), 3rd Bailie Perriton (Ashburton) Alistair Hoogenboezem retained his number one ranking from 2012.

KB Panel and Paint Formula CAMS 1st Bailie Perriton (Ashburton), 2nd Scout Fletcher (Christchurch), 3rd Phil Denovan (Christchurch) Bailie Perriton, 15, and 16 year old Miss Scout Fletcher continue to rank well following the North Island races over the last couple of weeks.

The Brown Pub Pre 63 1st Bruce Verdon, 2nd Chris Kinloch (Nelson), 3rd Neville Wills (Nelson) Chris Kinloch again took second place this year, as he did in 2012.

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1st Dave McKie (Dunedin), 2nd Glen Ornsby (Oxford), 3rd Bruce Verdon The first two swopped places in their rankings this year.

R&R Haulage Pre 82, 1st Sid Chaloner (Te Anau), 2nd Alan Chaloner (Te Anau), 3rd Anthony Stephens (Ashburton) Sid Chaloner successfully defended his 2012 number one ranking at Methven Mountain Thunder.

The Blue Pub Pre 89 1st Sid Chaloner (Te Anau), 2nd Alex Walker (Christchurch), 3rd Phillip Mair (Winton) Alex Walker slipped from 1st place in 2012 to 2nd in 2013.

Man About Glass Formula Methven 1st Dan McKenzie (Christchurch), 2nd Damion Perriton (Ashburton), 3rd Alistair Hoogenboezem (Christchurch) Dan McKenzie came from 3rd place in 2012 to 1st in 2013. Damion Perriton kept his 2012 2nd place ranking.

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Photo Tetsuro Mitomo 010413-TM-261

Southland greyhound fields, form Fields for Southland Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Ascot Park Raceway today.

NZ Meeting number: 9 Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12 Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 12.02pm (NZT) CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS C0, 457m 1 33562 Opawa Cassidy nwtd L &................... Wales 2 53343 Paddy Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 3 56353 Opawa Jake nwtd L &......................... Wales 4 73473 Choose To Love nwtd M &.................Jopson 5 23752 Opawa Jay nwtd L &........................... Wales 6 5 Sole Mio nwtd....................................J Dunn 7 Tepirita Desire nwtd..........................B Shaw 8 4 Olympic Medal nwtd J &..................D Fahey 9 F46 Phil Wart nwtd.................................. M Grant 10 78274 Fantas Fiction nwtd..........................S Fagan RACE 2, 12.20pm 100% SELECTRIX C1, 390m 1 43486 Noisy Leo nwtd..........................J McInerney 2 74165 Time For What nwtd..................... M Roberts 3 78371 Red Eye Max nwtd..................... R Cockburn 4 32178 Ruby’s Girl 23.30........................ R Hamilton 5 72385 Glenn Is Goodesy 23.08.................. M Grant 6 32323 Grant A Wish 23.27.........................R Breen 7 87561 Iona Brightspark nwtd...................... M Grant 8 12738 Shyanne Jade 22.92........................ M Grant 9 17663 Runs Like Al nwtd M &......................Jopson 10 88366 Rumball and Ice nwtd P &.............B Conner RACE 3, 12.39pm SGRC $26 FIVE WIRE MUZZLE STAKES C1, 390m 1 14351 Black Tank 23.30.............................. M Grant 2 44637 Wyndham 23.07 M &.........................Jopson 3 23265 Ziggy War Paint nwtd................. R Cockburn 4 74445 Autumn Spirit nwtd............................. J Allen 5 13871 Cawbourne Chief 22.95................... M Grant

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6 21864 Homebush Nos nwtd.................J McInerney 7 34437 New Ingilltab 23.42 P &.................B Conner 8 47534 No Lane nwtd............................... M Roberts 9 78444 Zed Kay Man nwtd...................... G Kingston 10 33487 Opawa Leighton nwtd......................R Breen RACE 4, 12.57pm ADDED ENERGY STAKES C2, 390m 1 35211 Two Ways nwtd.................................B Shaw 2 47725 Homebush Craig 23.13..............J McInerney 3 48383 My Little Oah 23.05...................J McInerney 4 17541 Ringa Ding nwtd........................J McInerney 5 54184 Dyna Brownlow 23.05 C &............D Roberts 6 76255 Mighty Fortune nwtd P &...............B Conner 7 12331 False Step (c3) nwtd..........................J Dunn 8 32812 Winston Who nwtd.............................J Dunn 9 68454 Out By Five nwtd M &........................Jopson 10 62786 Black Trigger 22.80 P &.................B Conner RACE 5, 1.16pm ASCOT PARK HOTEL C3, 390m 1 81517 Stirling Dann 22.78 C &...................... Fagan 2 25633 Miss Sweet 22.86 P &...................B Conner 3 14737 Waimak Dave nwtd....................J McInerney 4 14522 Bugsy Bangles nwtd.........................B Shaw 5 61373 Marmalade Skies nwtd......................J Dunn 6 13584 Banbit nwtd.......................................B Shaw 7 28611 Sea Spray Tich 23.15..................... R Casey 8 36248 Ray Dosh 22.89................................ B Eade 9 78482 But It’s Great nwtd.....................J McInerney 10 53757 Another Coffee nwtd..................J McInerney RACE 6, 1.34pm BRENDON BURKE @ FIRST NATIONAL C2/3, 457m 1 32351 Starburst Josh (c4) nwtd.................. M Grant 2 71137 Opawa Casper 26.23 L &................... Wales 3 88x2x Myra Bee nwtd.................................. B Eade 4 13342 Wayleggo nwtd J &..........................D Fahey 5 56663 Dittman (c2) 0.00...............................J Dunn 6 62177 Bigtime Kelina nwtd..........................B Shaw 7 78865 Molly Paisley nwtd.............................J Dunn

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8 1F761 Smash Amy (c4) nwtd...................... M Grant 9 64586 Primitive (c2) nwtd.............................J Dunn 10 5775x Wandy Chloe (c2) 26.49.................. M Grant RACE 7, 1.53pm COLORMARK SYSTEMS LTD C1, 457m 1 25234 Rocky Baxter 26.71...................J McInerney 2 43183 Opawa Albie nwtd L &........................ Wales 3 26564 Cawbourne Bree 26.57..............J McInerney 4 43232 Criniti’s nwtd.......................................J Dunn 5 72556 Wandy On In nwtd.......................D Kingston 6 21121 Red Typhoon 26.51.......................... M Grant 7 53577 Opawa Sir nwtd L &............................ Wales 8 15221 Opawa Marg nwtd J &.....................D Fahey 9 55746 Starburst Blanch nwtd...................... M Grant 10 87468 Jinja Jam nwtd L &............................. Wales RACE 8, 2.11pm WWW.SOUTHLANDGREYHOUNDS. CO.NZ C1, 457m 1 112 Sting Me nwtd.................................. M Grant 2 33322 Bone Nerd nwtd........................... M Roberts 3 71574 Draco Baxter nwtd.....................J McInerney 4 84622 White Legs nwtd........................J McInerney 5 73875 Sha Char nwtd...................................J Dunn 6 15 Opawa Wally 26.47 J &....................D Fahey 7 26645 Pukeko Express nwtd....................... B Eade 8 15F48 Opawa Bro nwtd L &........................... Wales 9 46577 Opawa Bart nwtd L &.......................... Wales 10 36776 Mr. Dozer nwtd...................................J Dunn RACE 9, 2.30pm SGRC $25 YARD MUZZLE STAKES C4, 390m 1 11111 Kid Kahn nwtd P &.........................B Conner 2 38688 Iceberg Rapper 22.96...................... M Grant 3 36413 Magic You 22.75 C &....................D Roberts 4 17222 Dillmanstown nwtd.............................J Dunn 5 86578 Waffler nwtd C &...........................D Roberts 6 21455 Jack’s First nwtd...............................B Shaw 7 31636 Cawbourne Heidi 22.77 M &..............Jopson 8 71218 Smash Amego 22.73....................... M Grant

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PRIMe

6.00 60 Minute Makeover.

(G, R) 7.00 FILM: William And Kate.

(2011, G, R, T) Camilla Luddington.

8.50 In Search Of Pippa Middleton. (PGR, R) 10.00 Ellen. (G, R) 11.00 Cowboy Builders. (G) 12.00 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. (Final, G, R, T) 12.30 Emmerdale. (PGR, T) 1.30 Come Dine With Me. (G) 2.00 Cookery School. (G, R) 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal.

(G) 3.55 Te Karere. (T) 4.25 Ellen.

5.25 Millionaire Hot Seat. (G, T) Six contestants go head-to-head to win the cash.

6.00 Creflo Dollar. 6.30 Hi-5. (G, R, T) 7.00 Pinky And Perky. (G, R, T) 7.25 Back At The Barnyard. (G, R, T) 7.55 Beyblades Metal Masters. (G, R, T) 8.20 Dinosaur Train. (G, R, T) 8.35 Guess How Much I Love You. (G, T) 8.45 Fireman Sam. (G, R, T) 8.55 Bird Bath. (G, R, T) 9.00 Infomercials.

10.30 Neighbours. (G, R, T) 11.00 Spin City. (PGR, R, T) 12.00 FILM: Where The Wild Things Are. (2009, PGR) 2.00 Anderson Live.

3.00 Everything’s Rosie. (G) 3.10 Mike The Knight. (G, T) 3.25 Kung Fu Panda. (G, T) 3.50 Spongebob Squarepants. (G, R, T) 4.20 FILM: Alpha & Omega.

(2010, G) Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere.

6.00 Knight Rider. (G, R) 7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals. (G, R, T) 8.00 King Of Dirt. (G) 8.30 Infomercials. (G) 10.30 The Shopping Channel.

11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. (G, R, T) 12.00 Sons Of Tucson. (G, R) 12.30 Home And Away. (G, R, T) 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGR) 2.00 The Dr Oz Show. (PGR) 3.00 The Biggest Loser Australia. (G) 4.00 Rachael Ray. (G) 5.00 Entertainment Tonight.

(G) 5.30 Home And Away. (G, T) Romeo has his first session of chemotherapy.

6.00 Home Shopping. (G) 6.30 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 7.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) 7.30 Home Shopping. (G) 12.00 The Doctors. (G) 1.00 The Jeff Probst Show.

(G) 2.05 All Saints. (PGR, R) 3.00 Stargate Universe.

(PGR, R) A colony of humans on an alien planet claim that they are the 2,000-year-old descendants of Destiny’s crew.

4.00 David Letterman. (G, R) 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G, R) Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

5.30 Prime News - First At 5.30.

6.00 ONE News. (T) 7.00 Seven Sharp. (T) 7.30 Border Security. (PGR, T) Officers discover a suspicious package.

8.00 The Force. (PGR, T) Police are on the hunt for a violent armed robber and call in the professionals.

8.30 Criminal Minds. (AO, T) The BAU heads south to investigate a fast-moving UnSub whose signature style matches that of a serial killer from 30 years ago.

9.30 The Following. (T) 10.30 ONE News Tonight. (T) 11.00 Damages. (AO)

6.00 Friends. (G, R, T) 6.30 Neighbours. (G, T) 7.00 Shortland Street. (PGR, T) 7.30 My Kitchen Rules. (T) The surviving teams enter Kitchen Headquarters for the first time tonight.

8.50 The Big Bang Theory.

(R, T) While Sheldon and Koothrappali attend a university mixer, Leonard discovers that Penny believes in psychics.

9.45 Kitchen Nightmares. (T) 10.45 Necessary Roughness.

(PGR, T) 11.40 Hot In Cleveland. (PGR, R, T)

6.00 3 News.

7.00 Campbell Live.

7.30 Crime Exposed. (PGR, T) A tinny house stake out solves the mystery of why road works seem to take forever before ending with a high speed pursuit.

8.00 Territory Cops. (PGR, T) A massive contingent of police officers roll out across the Territory in Operation Shiloh.

8.30 Grand Designs Australia. (G, R, T) 9.40 The Blue Rose. (AO, T) 10.45 FILM: The Bone Collector. (1999, M, R, T) Denzel Washington.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (G) 6.30 Millionaire: Hot Seat.

(G) 7.00 Best Of QI. (PGR) Stephen Fry hosts this comedy panel show full of quirky facts, where contestants are asked questions and awarded points if their answers are Quite Interesting.

7.30 Tony Robinson Down Under. (Final, PGR) 8.30 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. (Final, AO) 9.00 QI. (Final, PGR) 9.35 60 Minutes. (G) 10.35 The Crowd Goes Wild.

(G, R) 11.10 David Letterman. (G)

12.10 The Suspects. (AO, R, T) 1.05 Te Karere. (R, T) 1.30 Infomercials.

5.05 Believer’s Voice Of Victory.

5.35 Te Karere. (T)

12.40 Off The Map. (AO, R, T) 1.35 Infomercials. 2.35 Rizzoli & Isles.

(AO, R, T) 3.20 Make It Or Break It. (PGR, R) 4.10 Jeremy Kyle. (AO, R) 5.05 Who Dares Wins. (R, T) 5.30 Infomercials.

1.15 Infomercials. (G) 5.00 Joyce Meyer. 5.30 City Impact Church.

12.05 Rugby League. (G) NRL. Warriors v Cowboys. Replay. 1.50 Home Shopping. (G)

FOUR 6.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 6.55 Pingu. (G, R) 7.00 Sticky TV. (G, R) 7.30 Avatar. (G) 7.55 George. (G) 8.20 Care Bears. (G) 8.45 HUMF. (G) 8.50 Bob The Builder. (G, R) 9.00 Thomas & Friends. (G, R) 9.10 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 9.20 Wonder Pets. (G, R) 9.45 Tickety Toc. (G) 9.55 Infomercials. (G) 2.00 Sesame Street. (G, R) 2.55 Peppa Pig. (G, R) 3.00 Sticky TV. (G) 3.05 Go Diego Go. (G, R) 3.30 Redakai. (G) 4.00 Sticky TV. (G) 4.30 FOUR Live. (G) 6.00 Everybody Hates Chris. (G, R)

6.30 Futurama. (G, R) 7.00 The Simpsons. (G, R) 7.30 How I Met Your Mother. (PGR) Future versions of Ted and Barney try to convince Ted to go see Robots Versus Wrestlers, meanwhile, Marshall challenges Robin to a dance-off.

8.00 New Girl. (PGR) When a death occurs in Nick’s family, Jess, Schmidt and Winston travel with

8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.30 11.55

Nick to the Windy City to help him with the funeral preparations.

Up All Night. (PGR) Whitney. (PGR) Alex’s irritating brother arrives and creates friction with Whitney, meanwhile, Lily organises a secret date in a bid to connect Roxanne with Mark.

The Mindy Project. (PGR) Community. (PGR, R) Alphas. (AO, R) Entertainment Tonight. (G) Infomercials. (G)

9 33857 Another Colt 22.60.....................J McInerney 10 58417 Lynny Southcombe nwtd............J McInerney RACE 10, 2.48pm SOUTHLAND & OTAGO PHOTO FINISH C4/5, 457m 1 12F46 Flying Moe nwtd................................B Shaw 2 37733 Wandy Pam 26.49.......................D Kingston 3 11123 Ciri Rioli 26.09 J &...........................D Fahey 4 35764 Another Breeze (c5) 26.20.........J McInerney 5 42435 Bob’s Eye 26.21.........................J McInerney 6 11667 Opawa Midnight 26.17 S &..............B Evans 7 12218 Pukeko Flyer 26.35........................... B Eade 8 33674 Opawa Style 26.46 L &....................... Wales RACE 11, 3.06pm WILLY’S FLOORING LTD C5, 457m 1 13656 Russell Hart 26.25.....................J McInerney 2 774x8 Adulterous (c4) nwtd C &..............D Roberts 3 61136 Homebush Edith 26.18..............J McInerney 4 17164 Threat 26.02 J &..............................D Fahey 5 53426 Mamaja 25.88................................. R Casey 6 41321 Pretty Good 25.87 J &.....................D Fahey 7 35226 Gordon Bale nwtd C &..................D Roberts 8 86227 Wot Price Curly nwtd.................J McInerney RACE 12, 3.24pm JUSTRACING.COM.AU C5, 390m 1 74177 Matti Oah 22.54.........................J McInerney 2 F6235 Heza Sensation 22.80 P &............B Conner 3 7x366 Red Label Penny 23.14.............J McInerney 4 65633 Princely Dollar nwtd...................J McInerney 5 33526 Rosca 22.47...............................J McInerney 6 23715 Another Gon 22.75....................J McInerney 7 72875 Jonny Jet nwtd...................................J Dunn 8 21421 Fanta Alert 22.40 C &......................... Fagan 9 83676 Dyna Frier 22.47 C &....................D Roberts 10 24755 Homebush Sarge nwtd..............J McInerney LEGEND: fsdt - First Start Here nwd - No Win this Distance fstd - First Start This Distance 31 13 - Best Winning Time This Track

MOVIe

Big Miracle

Sky Movies, 6.40pm (2012, PG) A compelling feelgood drama which tells the story of three whales trapped under ice in the Arctic Circle, which is uncovered by an ambitious TV reporter (John Krasinski, The Office), who sets out to save them with the help of his Greenpeace activist ex-girlfriend (Drew Barrymore, below). The resolution is never in doubt, and the vanilla direction of Ken Kwapis (He’s Just Not That Into You) is a good match for the light and appealling tone.

sky sPORt 1 6.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Shell Houston Open Round Four. Live.

11.00 Golf. European PGA Tour. Trophee Hassan II Round Four. Highlights.

12.00 Golf. OneAsia Tour. Indonesian Championship. Round Four. Highlights.

1.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Everton v Stoke City. Highlights.

2.00 Soccer. EPL. Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur. Highlights.

3.00 Golf. US PGA Tour. Shell Houston Open Round Four. Highlights.

4.00 Athletics. Queen Street Mile. Live.

5.00 Athletics. Contact National Schools Triathlon Championship. Highlights.

5.30 Premier League Review.

6.30 Athletics. Queen Street Mile. Replay.

7.30 Netball. ANZ Championship. Central Pulse v Queensland Firebirds. From Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua. Live.

9.30 Netball. College Netball. Avondale v Westlake. From The Trusts Stadium, Auckland. Replay.

10.30 Athletics. Contact National Schools Triathlon Championship. Highlights.

11.00 Athletics. Queen Street Mile. From Auckland. Replay.

12.00 Football. AFL. Hawthorn v Geelong Cats. Delayed.

3.00 Premier League Review.

4.00 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby.

Brumbies v Bulls. From Canberra Stadium, Canberra. Replay.

ACROSS 1. Censure (12) 7. Inadequate (5) 8. Consumed (5) 9. Wrath (3) 10. Persist (9) 11. Whole (6) 12. Merry (6) 15. Ascribe (9) 17. Lair (3) 18. Fall (5) 19. Presented (5) 21. Safeguard (12)

ACROSS

DOWN 1. Substantial (12) 2. Age (3) 3. Character (6) 4. Consequently (9) 5. Extravagant (5) 6. Ill-timed (12) 7. Sugary (5) 10. Good spirits (9) 13. Ancient (5) 14. Appetite (6) 16. Drunkard (5) 20. By way of (3)

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SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,155

6.00 NYPD Blue. (M) 6.50 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.40 America’s Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 8.05 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 8.30 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 8.55 24. (M) 9.55 Law & Order. (M) 10.45 Main Event.

(M) 11.35 Smackdown. (M) 1.15 NYPD Blue. (M) 2.10 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 2.35 Cash Cab. (PG) 3.05 24. (M) 4.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 4.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 5.00 Law & Order. (M) 6.00 America’s Funniest Home Videos.

(PG) 6.30 The Simpsons. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (PG) 8.30 CSI: New York. (M) A star quarterback of the Lingerie Football League is found murdered in the locker room hot tub; the CSIs are called in to find out who wanted her dead.

9.30 CSI: New York. (M) 10.30 Law & Order. (M) 11.30 NCIS. (PG) 12.30 24. (M) 1.20 Funniest Home Videos. (PG) 1.45 Cash Cab USA. (PG) 2.10 NYPD Blue. (M) 3.00 CSI: New York. (M) 4.45 24. (M) 5.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG)

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sky sPORt 2 6.00 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby.

Stormers v Crusaders. Replay.

8.00 Basketball. NBL. First Semi-final.

Game Two. Replay.

10.00 Soccer. ASB Futsal Football National League Series. Highlights.

10.30 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby.

Highlanders v Reds. Highlights.

11.30 Soccer. A-League. Wellington Phoenix v Melbourne Victory. Highlights.

12.30 Athletics. Contact National Schools Triathlon Championship. Highlights.

1.00 Rugby. Investec Super Rugby.

Hurricanes v Kings. Highlights.

2.00 Netball. ANZ Championship.

Melbourne Vixens v Adelaide Thunderbirds. From Hisense Arena, Melbourne. Replay.

3.30 Rugby League. Holden Cup. Warriors U20 v Cowboys U20. Replay.

5.30 Rugby League. NRL Telstra Premiership. Warriors v Cowboys. Live.

8.00 SKY ARENA Access.

8.30 Rugby League. NRL Telstra Premiership. Roosters v Eels. Live.

12.00 Rugby League. NRL Telstra Premiership. Warriors v Cowboys.

Replay.

2.00 Rugby League. NRL Telstra Premiership. Roosters v Eels. Replay.

4.00 Soccer. English Premier League.

Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur.

Replay.

Ebb (6) Revelation (13) Temptress (5) Mislead (7) Stupid (13) Holding (6) Bordered (5) Tumbler (7) Frightened (6) Deride (5) Subside (6) Happening (5)

SOLUTIONS TO PUZZLE No 12,156

Across: 4 Special; 8 Outset; 9 Alarmed; 10 Putrid; 11 Malady; 12 Shortage; 18 Allocate; 20 Defend; 21 At last; 22 Sublime; 23 Motion; 24 Retract.

Down: 1 Compose; 2 Station; 3 Depict; 5 Pell mell; 6 Circle; 7 Amends; 13 Academic; 14 Satanic; 15 Destiny; 16 Reduce; 17 Seller; 19 Option.

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Across: 1 Condemnation; 7 Scant; 8 Eaten; 9 Ire Persevere; 11 Entire; 12 Joyous; 15 Attribute; 17 Den Lapse; 19 Given; 21 Preservative.

Down: 1 Considerable; 2 Era; 3 Nature; 4 Therefo Outre; 6 Unseasonable; 7 Sweet; 10 Perkiness Olden; 14 Hunger; 16 Toper; 20 Via.

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7.00 Horses Of McBride - Based On A True Story. (2012, PG) Aidan Quinn.

8.30 Our Idiot Brother. (2011, M) Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks.

10.00 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) George Clooney, Ryan Gosling.

11.40 The Avengers. (2012, M) Robert Downey Jr. 2.00 30 Minutes Or Less. (2011, 16) Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride.

3.25 Beastly. (2011, PG) Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer.

4.50 Making Of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

(2012, G) 5.05 Rio. (2011, G) Voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway.

6.40 Big Miracle. (2012, PG) Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski.

8.30 The Three Musketeers. (2011, M) Logan Lerman, Orlando Bloom.

10.25 Apollo 18. (2011, 16) Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen.

11.50 Madso’s War. (2010, 16) Matthew Marsden, Kevin Chapman.

1.15 Husk. (2011, 18) Devon Graye, Wes Chatham.

2.40 Madso’s War. (2010, 16) Matthew Marsden, Kevin Chapman.

4.05 Beastly. (2011, PG) Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer.

5.30 Making Of Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

(2012, G) 5.45 Rio. (2011, G)

7.35 Office Space. (1998, M) Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston.

9.05 The Guardian. (2006, M) Kevin Costner.

11.20 The Wrong Man. (2006, 18) Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis.

1.10 Hope Floats. (1998, M) Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr. 3.05 Office Space. (1998, M) Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston.

4.35 Men Of Honor. (2000, M) Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr. 6.45 Labyrinth. (1986, G) David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly.

8.30 Transporter 2. (2005, M) Jason Statham. Now retired in Miami, ex-Special Forces operative Frank Martin must use all his skills to bring his new employer’s son to safety and discover the kidnappers’ master plan.

10.00 Saw. (2004, 18) Cary Elwes, Danny Glover. Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a sadistic serial killer abducts two men and forces them to play horrific games for their own survival.

11.45 Nanny McPhee. (2005, PG) Emma Thompson, Colin Firth.

1.25 Labyrinth. (1986, G) David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly.

3.05 Transporter 2. (2005, M) Jason Statham.

4.35 Saw. (2004, 18) Cary Elwes.

DIsCOVeRy 6.30 Dirty Jobs. (PG) 7.30 Yukon Men. (M) 8.30 Deadliest Catch: Marathon.

(PG) 7.30 Auction Kings. (PG) The Gallery 63 crew auctions off a Civil War document signed by Abraham Lincoln.

8.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) Voodoo Moola.

Allen & Ton hit a storage auction in Louisiana’s Capital and quickly find themselves in trouble with the law!

The guys uncover a pair of racing lawnmowers and an antique barber chair.

8.30 Mythbusters. (PG) Bouncing Bullet.

Adam & Jamie take aim at a ricochet myth from a TV show, while Kari, Tory and Grant test the myth that if you jump when running away from an explosion - can you surf the shockwave?

9.30 Amish Mafia. (M) Devil Comes Calling.

Amish Mafia Boss Lebanon Levi and his crew run a secret MMA barn fight.

10.30 A Haunting. (M) 11.30 Deadly Sins. (M) 12.30 Yukon Men. (M) 1.30 Auction Kings. (PG) 2.00 Auction Hunters. (PG) 2.30 Mythbusters. (PG) 3.30 Amish Mafia. (M) 4.30 A Haunting. (M) 5.30 Auction Kings. (PG)

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

shINe 6.00 Life Questions 6.30 Unlocking the Bible 7.00 Buzz and Poppy 7.30 Bedbug Bible Gang 8.00 Paws and Tales 8.30 Impact for Life 9.00 In Touch 10.00 Understanding Love 10.30 Life Questions 11.00 Hearts Wide Open 11.30 Why Dig That Up? 12.00 Impact for Life 12.30 Enjoying Everyday Life 1.00 The 700 Club 1.30 Understanding Love 2.00 Give Me An Answer 2.30 Hearts Wide Open 3.00 Buzz and Poppy 3.30 Bedbug Bible Gang 4.00 Paws and Tales 4.30 Xtreme Life TV 5.00 YouthBytes 5.30 Why Dig That Up? 6.00 Life Questions 6.30 Destined to Reign 7.00 The 700 Club 7.30 Facing the Canon 8.00 The Way of the Master 8.30 THE BIBLE SERIES: Paul 10.00 Impact for Life 10.30 The 700 Club 11.00 Hearts Wide Open 11.30 Why Dig That Up? 12.00 Give Me An Answer 12.30 In Touch 1.30 Life Questions 2.00 Impact for Life 2.30 THE BIBLE SERIES: Paul 4.00 Hearts Wide Open 4.30 Why Dig That Up? 5.00 Understanding Love 5.30 Connection Point

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Celtic set to tackle Darfield

By Jonathan Leask Celtic opens their season against Darfield in the Combined Country Cup senior rugby competition tonight.

It is a case of déjà vu for the two sides as they opened their 2012 season against each other with Darfield running away with a 37-15 win.

It was a horror start to the season for Celtic, conceding two tries in the first six minutes, and they will be aiming for a better start tonight on their newly renovated home ground.

Also in section two tonight, last year’s runners-up Lincoln host Glenmark, Prebbleton are up against Waihora and Ohoka meets Ashley.

Over in section one Burnham battle defending champions Southbridge this afternoon while tonight West Melton host Kaiapoi. Then tomorrow night Oxford play Saracens, leaving Methven as the only team yet to take the field starting the season off on the bye.

The competition officially kicked off on Thursday night with three Mid Canterbury senior sides in action.

Hampstead claimed the Max Gilbert Challenge Trophy by shocking Southern 12-10 on Thursday night. Hampstead had turned up missing 12 starters and

Cyclist Sagan pinches the limelight

risked a default before scrounging up enough front row forwards. But despite cobbling together a team they made most of the play to go ahead 12-3 and could easily have extended the lead if a wobbly pass hadn’t ruined an overlap on the tryline. Southern came back and hammered away in tight but a last minute surge was denied by the desperate Hampstead defence.

In Dunsandel Rakaia held on in the first half as the hosts dictated terms to go to the half-time break tied at 10-all before running away with a bonus point win in the second half. Rakaia produced two tries in the first half and then scored three in the second half to land the bonus point. All three members of Rakaia’s new-look backline got on the scoreboard as centre Dwayne Burrows marked his return with a try to go with a try from debutant Richard Williams and Andrew Fluker landed a penalty and two conversions.

Round two is a return to the regulation Saturday matches.

In section one Methven come off an opening round bye to meet defending champions Southbridge while Rakaia are at home to Saracens.

In section two Celtic head to last runners-up Lincoln, Hampstead are off to Darfield and Southern host Waihora.

SCOREBOARD Results

Nearest the Pins: Greg Sim Builders and Excavators 2nd Shot No. 2 - Ray Thompson and Tessa Gallagher,Mayfield Transport No. 5 - Sue Graham

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Ashburton Bridge Club March 29 Monday Evening – B and C Ladder N/S 1 A van Dyk and B Leighton 2 J Browne and J Lovett 3 Z Earl and A Vanderweg E/W 1= A Clelland and P Wise and Joyce Johnson and P Jowers 3 Jan Johnson and K Kingsland Tuesday Evening – A Ladder N/S 1 J Edmond and M Buckland 2= J Knight and B Smith, and J Fechney and M Holdaway E/W 1 P and T Downward,2 M Muir and L Rose 3 M and T Small Wednesday Afternoon - Individual Ladder N/S 1 M Stowell and S Rosevear, 2 K Robb and B Smith ,3 M Buckland and T Downward E/W 1= R Brownlie and M Muir and Joyce Johnson and P Jowers, 3 J Lovett and A Maude Thursday Evening – All Grade Duplicate N/S 1 P and T Downward 2 R McLaughlin and M Stowell. 3 B Smith and M Buckland E/W 1 V Palmer and I Taylor. 2 A Maude and M Moore 3 K Robb and B Turton

Golf Mayfield Golf Club 9 Hole division March 28 Canadian Foursome 1st Eddie Graham and Jill Ludemann 47:18:29,2nd Ray Thompson and Tessa Gallagher 51:17:34

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March 30 Stableford teams winners, M Hickman, G Gunn, R Watson, G Santy – 146 total Senior Ian Davis 78-12-66 Intermediate Mark Gazzard 85-17-68 Junior A K J McCloy 91-20-71 Junior B Andy Gorman 99-31-68 Other Good scores, 68, Martin Hickman, 70 Graham Gunn, 71 Keith Middleton Piers Rolton Robbie Watson 72 Mike Tamblin Bruce Dickson Gary Kermode.

Twos, Mark Gazzard Mike Gray Rodger Callaghan Nearest the Pins #4 Arabica Eric Meaclem #6 Terrace Downs Ian Davis #13 Ski Time Mark Gazzard # 17 Hunters Wines Rodger Callaghan The Club 2nd shot # 14 Athol McAlpine Top Notch 4 Square Supermarket best nett Ian Davis 66 Second nett Mark Gazzard 68 by lot Aqua Japanese Restaurant Best Gross Martin Hickman 74 Next Sat 6th April, Medal Round, Duff Qualifying, 3rd Stableford Aggregate Next Sun 7th, Fairclough Cleek.

Bar Duty April 6th G Kelk and D Gorman, 13th R Currie and J Robinson, 20th B Rutter and M Lock, 27th P Harper P Kemp.

Ladies March 27 Putting Round Sara Gallagher 86-17-69 28 Putts, Sharryn Bree 93-24-69 29 Bev Isherwood 98-26-72 31 , Heather Middleton 110-30-80 31, Jenny Senior 80-14-66 32, Katrina

Peter Sagan (left) steals the limelight from Fabian Cancellara on the winners’ podium after the Tour of Flanders on Sunday.

Glass 88-17-70 32, Tania Wilson 98-20-76 32.

Nearest Pin Silver No 4 Methven Supervalue Jenny. Bronze A No 6 Methven Resort Mary Stone Bronze B 2nd shot No 4 Blue Pub Sally Open No 6 Methven Foursquare Jenny S Sat No 4 Methven Pharmacy Bev Isherwood Twos And Nett Eagles Bev. Isherwood x2 Alison M x2 Wendy W Gail Limbrick.

Arabica Best Nett Jenny Senior 66 Mount Hutt Lodge Best Nett March Wendy Wareing 62

Rakaia Golf Club Ladies March 13 18 Hole Connelly Cup & Extra Medal Best scores on the day Teresa Booker 66, Val Bell 67, Alison Doig 71 9 Hole Best Gross Trophy Pat Hickman 52-20-32 Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3; B Sutherland, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot No. 6: B Sutherland; Nearest Pin No. 8: B Oakley, Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15; M Wederell, B & S Quinn 2nd shot No 17; K Lawler March 20 18 Hole National Teams & Longest Drive Teresa Booker 70; Vicki McArthur, Janet Kingsbury, Heather McKimmie & Sally Smith 72.

Longest, Drive, Silver, Heather, McKimmie,, Bronze, A, Jill, Burrowes,, Bronze, B, Freda, Bierema,, Bronze, C, Ev, Tomlin 9 Hole Stableford & Longest Drive Diane Doody 19

Longest Drive Diane Doody Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3; L O’Hanlon, Rakaia Seed Cleaning 2nd shot No. 6: D Doody; Nearest Pin No. 8: V McArthur, Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15; Not Struck, B & S Quinn 2nd shot No 17; K Lawler March 27 18 Hole Nancy McCormick Foursomes Winners; Sally Smith & Vicki McArthur with a fantastic 132 (Morning 67.5 & Afternoon 64.5) 9 Hole Stroke round Lillian O’Hanlon 55-20-35 Railway Tavern 2nd shot No. 3 D Doody, Nearest Pin No. 8:am S Smith, pm not struck, Chertsey Spraying Nearest Pin No. 15; am M Wederell, pm N Loe,

Tinwald Golf Club Morag Trophy-South African stableford March 30 Pete Marshall and Tony Clarke 88, c/b Colin Sheehan and Ray Kirdy 88, Shane Moore and Cyril McWilliam 87, Michael Thomas and Bevan Ravenscroft 79, Brock Peddie and Greg Hubbard 78 b/l.Nearest the Pin’s: Tinwald Liquorland #2; Pete Marshall. Gluyas Ford # 6 Josh Smith; Stirling Sports # 12; Rodney O’’Neill. Ideal Electrical Supplies # 16; Bruce Collins. Two’s; Shane Moore, John Smitheram, Ton Kittikote, Rodney O’Neill (2), Sally Lane, Bruce Collins (2), Josh Smith. Eagle: Warren Ineson # 18. Net Eagle: # 3 Not Struck.

Jubilee Trophy Winners from Sunday 31st. Sally Cain with net 68. Bruce Collins also 68.

Twilight Ambrose March 28

Cheyne Mapu, Mata Kamate, Murray Beach 26.8, Steve Anderson, Josh Smith, Paul Gray 28, Kerry Whiting, Belinda Kirdy, John Smitheram 28.3, Richard Hewson, Matt Stoddart, Graham McCormick 29.2, Alan Anderson, Brock Peddie, Duncan Lye 29.5, Richie Watson, Pete Trembath, Mark Argyle 30, Luke Spence, Steve McCloy, Kerry Venmore 30.

Top points scorers for the season were Kieron Gray in the men and Belinda Kirdy in the women.

Rifle shooting Ashburton District Rifle Club 31 March Club day at 600 yards, Brian Hawksby 49.4, 45.2, 94.6, John Fleming 96.2, 95.2, 91.4, Allan White 46.2, 43.0, 89.2, Sandy Collett 39, 37, 76, and free rifle class, Murray Cook 47.4, 45.3, 92.7.

Draws Golf

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Rugby Senior Division 1 Luisetti Seeds Mid Canterbury/Ellesmere/North Canterbury Combined Competition SECTION A:

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Dunsandel-Irwell v West Melton, Dunsandel 1, 2.45pm, Referees to be confirmed Kaiapoi v Burnham, Kai Oval, 2.45pm, A Stokes, D Clark, L Silcock Methven v Southbridge, Methven 1, 2.45pm G Shaw, M Bell, C Carter REL Rakaia v Saracens, Rakaia 1, 2.45pm K Opele, G Clement, G Brown BYE: Oxford SECTION B: Ashley v Prebbleton, Lob Lwr 1, 2.45pm, G Cate, K Lilley, B Egerton Darfield v Devon Tavern Hampstead, Darfield 1, 2.45pm, Referees to be confirmed Glenmark v Ohoka, Cheviot 1, 2.45pm, G Inch, K Fitzgerald, P Bigwood Lincoln v Celtic, Lincoln 1, 2.45pm, Referees to be confirmed Claas Harvest Centre Southern v Waihora, Hinds 1, 2.45pm A McGirr, C Kelland, T Pearce SENIOR B – Michael Duff Memorial Trophy Collegiate v Celtic, Collegiate 1, 2.30pm, M Gallagher Methven v Tinwald Tavern Southern, Methven 1, 1pm, M Bell Rakaia v Allenton, Rakaia 1, 1 pm, G Clement Tinwald v Mt Somers, Tinwald 1, 2.30pm, K Pottinger BYE: Hampstead COLTS – (Ellesmere/Mid Canterbury Competition) Leeston v Springston, Leeston 1, 1pm, Referees to be confirmed Prebbleton v Banks Peninsula, Prebbleton Oval, 1pm, Referees to be confirmed West Melton v Rolleston, West Melton 1, 1pm, Referees to be confirmed Ross Bros Transport Southern v Waihora, Hinds

Highly-rated Slovakian cyclist Peter Sagan was accused of sexism and harassment on Sunday after he was pictured pinching the bottom of a podium girl after the Tour of Flanders.

Sagan, 23, who finished second, smirked towards the camera as he grabbed the bottom of a blonde hostess, one of two girls giving congratulatory kisses to race winner Fabian Cancellara.

His actions caused an out-pouring of anger on Twitter.

“Shame that Peter Sagan has so much class on a bike and so very little off it,” wrote British cyclist Michael Hutchinson on Twitter.

Later, he added: “I’m a little surprised that probably 50 per cent of the Saganass-grabbing-gate replies I’ve got have been pro Sagan. (Maybe I shouldn’t be.).”

Jane Aubrey, editor of Australian website cyclingnews.com, also condemned Sagan’s actions.

“Anyone excusing Sagan’s behaviour due to his age, needs to think again. In the workplace, it’s called harassment,” she tweeted.

Sagan later took to Twitter to apologise for the incident.

“Was not my intention to disrespect women today on the podium. Just a joke, sorry if someone was disturbed about it,” he said.

- AFP

1, 1pm, C Kelland BYE: Kirwee UNDER 18 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Celtic v Oxford, Celtic 1, 2pm A Chapman Darfield v Methven/Rakaia, Darfield 2, 2.30pm, Referees to be confirmed Hurunui v Saracens (Ric Moore Trophy) Culverden, 1.15pm, G Welsh Kaiapoi v Prebbleton, Kaiapoi Oval, 1.15pm, D Brooker MDI v Waihora/Springston, Kirwee 1, 2.45pm, Referees to be confirmed UNDER 16 (Combined North Canterbury, Ellesmere, Mid Canterbury Competition) Ashley v Prebbleton-Rolleston, Lob 4, 2.20pm, G Mathews Kaiapoi v Springston, Kaiapoi 1, 2.20pm, K Hancox Malvern Combined v Ohoka, Kirwee, Darfield 2, 1pm, Referees to be confirmed Methven/Rakaia v Oxford, Rakaia, Rakaia 2, 1.15pm G Brown Ben Waldron Racing Stables Tinwald v Allenton/ Celtic, Tinwald 1, 1pm T Pearce West Melton v Waihora, West Melton 2, 1pm, Referees to be confirmed MCRU JAB SEVEN A SIDE - Allenton Rugby Football Club Under 14 ½ Allenton 1 10am Start Under 13 Allenton 2, 10am Start Under 12 Allenton 3 & 4, 11am Start Under 11 Allenton 3 & 4, 9.30am Start Under 10 Allenton 5 & 6, 9.30am Start Under 9 Allenton 5 & 6, 11am Start Under 8 Allenton 7,8,9 10am Start Under 7 Allenton 7,8,9 10am Start

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Breakers back into finals

By Kris Shannon Sydney 88 Breakers 99 The New Zealand Breakers qualified for the third successive Australian NBL grand final after sweeping Sydney yesterday, setting up a long-awaited rematch with great rivals Perth.

The Breakers initially looked in trouble against a desperate Kings side at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, but the two-time defending champions flipped the switch in a huge third quarter to pull away and eventually seal a 99-88 victory.

Coming on the back of Thursday’s

17-point victory in game one, the semifinal sweep is the Breakers’ first in franchise history. Their next task, beginning on Sunday afternoon at Vector Arena, is one they’re a bit more familiar with.

The Breakers have ended Perth’s last two seasons, in an epic 2-1 grand final win last year and in an equally-charged semifinal series the previous year. Perth were the only team capable of staying within touching distance of the Breakers’ incredible 24-4 regular season record in this campaign, and the Wildcats handed the Breakers three of their four defeats.

But the way the Breakers soaked up everything Sydney threw at them

before unleashing an offensive outburst of their own yesterday bodes well for their chances of becoming just the second side to seal an ANBL three-peat.

The Kings looked intent on sending the series back to Auckland for a deciding third game, holding a nine-point lead midway through the third quarter. But just six minutes later they trailed by 10, with the game, and their season, virtually over by the final period.

Alex Pledger led the Breakers with a big double-double (18 points and 12 rebounds) while CJ Bruton did what he does at this time of year, making several key baskets in a 21-point haul. The Breakers now

have a week to prepare for another inevitably wild battle against the Wildcats. Perth, who completed a sweep of their own over Wollongong on Sunday, will hope the extended gap will allow influential guard Damian Martin to return from a calf injury.

The Breakers may also need time to recover from the first-half scare provided by Sydney yesterday. After James Harvey nailed a buzzerbeating three to hand the Kings a 26-33 lead at the opening break, Sydney resumed the second quarter on a scoring spree and an 8-0 run midway through the period saw their lead swell to 10.

Some solid play at both ends of

the floor from Pledger helped the Breakers embark on an 8-1 run of their own and pull within three, but the home side extended their advantage to six at the major break.

The Breakers were holding their own in most halftime statistical categories, and the deficit owed as much to Sydney’s success from deep (six of eight) as it did to any perceived problems in the defending champions’ play.

Potentially 20 minutes away from elimination, Sydney came out for the second half scrapping for their play-off lives, diving for loose balls and flying about recklessly for rebounds. But the Breakers didn’t establish their best road record

(11-3) by wilting in the face of such intensity, and 10 straight points gave the visitors their first lead since the opening quarter.

Sensing blood, postseason assassin Bruton then nailed three straight buckets and, after Corey Webster’s triple beat the buzzer, the Breakers took a 10-point lead into the final quarter. The frantic finish to the third appeared to crush the Kings’ spirits and the Breakers never looked like letting their lead slip in the fourth, setting up a Perth rematch most have been waiting for.

Sydney 88 (Madgen 29, Harvey 25, Crosswhite 11) Breakers 99 (Bruton 21, Pledger 18, Abercrombie 17) HT: 45-39 - APNZ

Hamstring set to rule Woodcock out of clash

By Matt Smith A recurring hamstring injury is set to rule Higlanders’ prop Tony Woodcock out of Friday’s clash against the Blues – but there is some good news on the horizon.

Woodcock returned to the starting line-up for last Friday’s game against the Reds in Dunedin, but tweaked the hamstring again in the 34-33 loss.

Coach Jamie Joseph said Woodcock would not be available for the match against the Blues, the team the prop represented 113 times.

While Woodcock battles with his niggling leg, Joseph confirmed the return of Tamati Ellison was much closer than originally anticipated when the influential midfielder had shoulder surgery in December.

“He’s showing some really positive signs and made a couple of tackles today,” Joseph said.

“He wasn’t supposed to be back until June but I’d say he’ll be back in the next few weeks, which is a good thing.”

The Otago and All Black midfielder initially hurt his shoulder playing in last season’s ITM Cup before going on the All Black tour. A subsequent scan on the shoulder when he returned to New Zealand revealed a dislocation and a break at the top of the shoulder bone, which prompted the surgery.

The winless Highlanders have sorely missed Ellison’s mix of power and creativity in the midfield, although Jason Emery has improved with game time and made a couple of vital tackles on Friday night.

Kade Poki continues to struggle with the rib injury which stopped him from taking his spot on the right wing against the Reds and Joseph is unsure whether the diminutive speedster will be right for the Blues.

“He didn’t train today,” he said.

“He went for a run, but the ribs are still giving him a bit of gyp, so he’ll be touch and go.”

Several other players were suffering from bumps and bruises arising from Friday’s loss, and Joseph said the injury situation for Saturday’s game would be clearer tomorrow Joseph bemoaned the porous defence which allowed the Reds to score two tries in the second quarter of the match and three tries overall.

“That’s an area which has caused us problems,” he said.

“There were too many soft tries in the first half - it’s an area for us obviously to work on. That’s what I’ll be addressing this week.”

While the Highlanders are still seeking their first win after five games in this year’s Super Rugby competition, the Blues have settled into a rut of their own after a promising start to the season.

Their loss to the Chiefs in Mt Maunganui on Saturday night was their third in succession and they sit in fourth spot on 17 points in the New Zealand conference, 11 points clear of the Highlanders.

- APNZ

Queen Street turned into a golden mile yesterday for athletes to test out their best times.

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Overseas runners take out mile

By Dana Johannsen Australian middle distance runner Ryan Gregson was fixed on racing the Queen Street golden mile ever since the idea of bringing back the iconic event was first floated.

For Gregson, who won yesterday’s elite men’s race in a spectacular sprint finish, the pull was not so much the excitement of running a street course, but supporting one of his coach Nic Bideau’s “lifelong friends”.

Bideau travelled a lot with Sir John Walker while he was competing in the 1980s, and credits this period with helping him develop many of his coaching techniques. Gregson said the idea of helping support Sir John’s Find Your Field of Dreams foundation, and honouring the man who has given his coach so much was what lured him to Auckland for the race.

“My coach has been lifelong friends

with John Walker so this race has been in the plans for a while. It’s just awesome to come over and support John’s event and win it,” said Gregson.

“I know they haven’t had it in 30 years, but I hope it’s not another 30 years before it comes back. If it’s every year, I’d definitely come back.”

Gregson won the men’s race in an impressive time of 3 minutes 48.58 seconds over US runner Miles Batty (3:49.20) and Australian Collis Birmingham (3:50.40). New Zealand’s Hamish Carson, who won the national 1500m title at Mt Smart last weekend, was the first Kiwi home in fifth place.

The three international runners set a furious pace down the Queen Street course and were on level pegging as they passed through the red gates onto Queen’s Wharf, but it was Gregson that had the legs over the final 200m.

Starting off with a downhill stretch,

the Queen Street course is known to produce exceptionally fast times, but Gregson said he still got a shock to hear he had recorded a four-second personal best – “but I don’t think it counts”.

“I thought that was achievable, but to hear 3.48 over the speakers it’s a bit of weird feeling – it’s a very fast time.”

Carson did well to push the leading men over the first 1.2km, but found the pace too tough as they reached the bottom on Queen Street.

“I guess I just didn’t have that zing in my legs, I was a it disappointed with that, but I was beaten by some really world class competition,” he said.

That final 400m stretch will also haunt London Olympian Lucy van Dalen, who finished third in the women’s international event after dropping off the pace in the furious sprint to the finish.

The Kiwi athlete, who will head back

to the US in a couple of weeks to compete on the track circuit there, was beaten out by her training partners, Susan Kuijken of the Netherlands, and Australia’s Zoe Buckman. The trio have been training in Melbourne over summer, and van Dalen convinced her friends to make the trip across the Tasman with her for the big race.

Kuijken, who finished in a time of 4:17.18, said it was “very special, very humbling” to receive her winner’s medal from Kiwi middle distance hero, Sir John.

Queen St Golden Mile Men 1. Ryan Gregson (Aust) 3m 48.58s 2. Miles Batty (USA) 3m 49.20s 3. Collis Birmingham (Aust) 3m 50.40s Women 1. Susan Kuijken (Netherlands) 4m 17.18s 2. Zoe Buckman (Aust) 4m 17.67s 3. Lucy van Dalen (Wang) 4m 19.91s - APNZ

Blues look to build intensity against Highlanders

By Wynne Gray No excuses, no more leniency, no more tolerance.

That rugby trinity should be a mandatory Blues accessory as they eye Friday’s meeting with the winless Highlanders.

After the Blues began the season with encouraging wins against the Hurricanes and Crusaders, they have plateaued to defeats against the Bulls, Waratahs and Chiefs.

Consistent commitment went up a notch against the Chiefs but that and more finesse are needed for the Eden Park visit from the competition cellar-dwellers.

Everyone will skirt the issue but the “desertion” by Tony Woodcock and Ma’a Nonu rankled the Blues and left them vulnerable as they selected this season’s squad. If the Blues regain the zest which took them to their opening victories there will be an underlying feeling of sporting justice.

But that will take plenty of planning, execution and some fortune.

That began yesterday as the Blues regrouped for a must win twin-game stretch against the Highlanders and Hurricanes before their second bye.

Coach John Kirwan reported a number of battered bodies after the derby defeat to the Chiefs but no casualties.

He admired his squad’s attitude during that match which had been on a different level from other games.

Now the Blues needed to tack on more balance to their play while keeping up their attitude.

“That is experience. Understanding the intensity of these games is really important,” he said.

The Blues knew they had to function better under the cosh but that was improving.

They suffered at critical moments against the Chiefs and if they varied their play more and improved areas like their kick-chase work, then the results would come.

“We need to keep working hard on those things,” said Kirwan.

“If we play with the same commitment and intensity then we are going to beat most sides.

“We need to run our structures a bit better under pressure. Our defence is really improving but we need to get a bit more confident.”

The Blues were heading in the right direction and had to deal with the disappointment of three straight defeats.

“But we have to say, did we show courage, did we show commitment, did we ever give up?

“We can improve on that sort of stuff. We have to show it against the Highlanders, we do not have a choice.”

It was time for the Blues to show their committed improvement with a result. They had to execute more accurately for that to happen.

The opening five games had gone and the Blues had to take those lessons and apply them to their work against the Highlanders.

“We are starting to get a hard edge about never giving up. We have to keep building and we know we have to show that on Friday,” said Kirwan.

“We have to execute a bit better and bring more intensity in what is another huge match for us because we cannot afford to stumble.”

- APNZ

Krisnan Inu facing five-week NRL ban

By Steve Jancetic Tony Williams – the former Manly juggernaut the Sea Eagles fear could come back to haunt them on Friday night, could be Canterbury’s secret weapon to not only replace Krisnan Inu, but also save the Kiwi test star from a lengthy suspension.

Inu was on Monday slapped with a grade four dangerous throw for his ugly spear tackle on South Sydney fullback Greg Inglis – a charge which carries a

seven-week ban for an unsuccessful challenge or five weeks for an early guilty plea.

But it is believed the Bulldogs could opt to apply for a downgrade, which could cut Inu’s ban to just four games, where Williams dangerous throw on Cronulla’s Isaac De Gois, while he was at Manly last year, could be used as a comparable.

Williams too received a grade four charge – but his tackle featured more driving force than Inu’s action of tipping Inglis on his head.

But the prospect of a sevenweek penalty will no doubt be Canterbury’s biggest deterrent to challenging the ban, particularly given the fact they would be forced to recover from a 1-3 start to the year without a recognised goalkicker.

Manly believe former Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler could shift Williams to the centres in a bid to counter for the loss of Inu – pitting him in a showdown with good mate Steve Matai.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he played centre this weekend,”

said Manly centre Steve Matai, who admitted to being in text message contact with his former teammate.

“Just to mark up against me, I think he wants to bump me off a few times.

“I’ve never played against T-Rex, we became really good friends here ... it’ll be funny to go up against him.”

Just who takes on goalkicking duties could be Hasler’s greater dilemma, with his primary backup, winger Steve Turner, having retired two weeks ago due to an

ongoing knee complaint.

Skipper Michael Ennis, who is no certainty to face the Sea Eagles after suffering a head knock against the Rabbitohs, is a reluctant kicker after having the role earlier in his career, leaving the likes of Kris Keating and Mitch Brown to battle it out for kicking duties.

While the Bulldogs will likely be without Inu for some time, Brisbane will decide tomorrow whether to contest a contrary conduct against Sam Thaiday after he grabbed the shirt of referee

Adam Devcich on Friday night.

Thaiday tugged at Devcich’s shirt to simulate what Melbourne prop Bryan Norrie had done to him in a scrum, which prevented Thaiday from tackling Billy Slater as he raced away to score.

The Broncos – who will seek legal advice before making a final decision tomorrow – may be tempted to challenge the charge given Thaiday will miss one week whether he takes the early guilty plea or fails in his bid to fight the contrary conduct charge.

- APNZ

New Zealand women’s sevens on top The New Zealand women’s seven rugby side have a great chance of winning the inaugural IRB Women’s Sevens World Series title after they beat England 19-5 in the final of the China Sevens on Sunday night (NZ time).

New Zealand are top of the series leaderboard after three of the four tournaments, eight points ahead of England. The Kiwis won in Dubai last

year with England taking the honours in Houston in February and the final round will be played in Amsterdam on May 17-18.

Kelly Brazier scored a double in wet conditions at Guangzhou Uni Town Stadium with Ruby Tui also touching down. Brazier was a stand out over the two days, and her 44 points was the second highest of any individual in the

tournament. Portia Woodman was equal top try scorer with seven.

“I am incredibly proud of the team and the work they put in over the two days,” coach Sean Horan said.

“They stuck to their plan and were perfectly clinical in their execution of that game plan.

“They showed a very superior set of skills and, despite the monsoon-like

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conditions we had for two days, they were exceptional in their ball handling.

“Our defence was excellent particularly in the final and they demonstrated a real commitment to defence while maintaining patience with the ball in hand which gave them a real edge.”

Results from the China Sevens at Guangzhou Uni Town Stadium, China, on Sunday:

Quarterfinal: New Zealand 35 (Portia Woodman 2, Kayla McAlister 2, Kelly Brazier tries; Brazier 3 cons) Ireland 5. HT: 5-5.

Semifinal: New Zealand 24 (Kalya McAlister 2, Kelly Brazier, Ruby Tui tries; Brazier 2 cons) USA 12. HT: 12-7.

Final: New Zealand 19 (Kelly Brazier 2, Ruby Tui tries; Brazier, Tyla Nathan-Wong cons) England 5. HT: 12-5.

- APNZ

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Warriors break losing streak air and halves Shaun Johnson and Thomas Leuluai looked more threatening.

Warriors 20 Some of that had to do with Cowboys 18 the return of Nathan Friend, who started after overcoming his The Warriors won. True story. troublesome shoulder injury. The They hadn’t done it since July service from dummy half was last year and it snapped an crisper which gave Johnson and 11-game losing streak. Afterwards Leuluai more time and space to it was like an enormous cloud had attack the Cowboys’ line and it lifted from Mt Smart Stadium and meant the Warriors played with what made it even more incredible more confidence and structure. was the fact they played the last six It was patently illustrated when minutes with only 12 on the field. Johnson scored five minutes after It’s not the time to the restart. He hit a get carried away but gap at speed as North if they replicate that Queensland were back performance they will pedalling and it meant, give themselves more for the first real time this chances to win games season, the Warriors and take some of the were in the contest.

The win pressure off coach Matt When Konrad Hurrell snapped Elliott, who is already bustled over in the 52nd the subject of rumours an 11-game minute the Warriors led he will get the sack.

18-12 – the first time losing It wasn’t the only they had led a game funny thing happened. this season and the streak They also scored in the confidence grew. opening 40 minutes for The Cowboys, on the the first time this seaother hand, looked a son. It took 39 minutes little rattled. They didn’t but it finally came when want to be the ones to Elijah Taylor crossed lose to the Warriors for and it was the injection the players, the first time in 12 games and it and the crowd of 10,572, needed didn’t help when they butchered a to believe they could actually win couple of tries with the line open. a game.

The game became an arm wresThere was an element of luck tle for the last 28 minutes and, to the try, with Todd Lowrie because they lost Dane Nielsen knocking the ball out of James (rib), Kevin Locke (concussion) and Tamou’s hands but, when you’re Ben Henry (cut face) they ended up the Warriors, you need a bit of luck. playing with only 12 on the field.

It had looked a little ominous Johnson landed a pressure kick earlier when Kalifa Faifai Loa and with three minutes remaining to Brent Tate scored to give North give the Warriors a 20-12 lead Queensland a 12-0 lead. The but Antonio Winterstein scored a Warriors weren’t seeing a lot of the minute later to set up a grandstand ball and were being pinned in their finish. own half as Johnathan Thurston It was only appropriate, given the controlled proceedings.

Warriors’ woes and probably made But they hadn’t been playing that the win even sweeter. poorly, either. It still wasn’t fluid Warriors 20 (Elijah Taylor, Shaun but compared to what they had Johnson, Konrad Hurrell tries; Johnson dished up the previous three games 4 gls) Cowboys 18 (Kalifa Faifai Loa, was a considerable improvement.

Brent Tate, Antoniio Winterstein tries; They played with more intent and Johnathan Thurston 3 gls). HT: 6-12. creativity and gave the ball some - APNZ

Sonny Bill eyes return to Kiwis side From the Sonny Bill Williams wants to return to international league and has targeted New Zealand’s test against Australia in Canberra this month to do it.

It is the first time the explosive back-rower has indicated he wants to return to the international arena since he ended a five-year exile from the NRL by joining the Sydney Roosters this season.

His decision will also raise hopes he could take part in the Rugby League World Cup in Europe in October and November.

Williams has an option of a second season with the Roosters

The Kiwis take on the Kangaroos on April 19 and Williams said he would be ready to play his first international league game since May 2008 and, if he takes it, the 27-year-old would almost certainly feature in Stephen Kearney’s plans for retaining the title his side won in 2008.

The Kiwis take on the Kangaroos on April 19 and Williams said he would be ready to play his first international league game since

May 2008 if the Kiwis coach wanted him.

“I’d love to say yes and put my hand up but it depends on whether my form warrants it,” he said.

Williams had his best game for Trent Robinson’s side in their gritty 8-0 win over Brisbane on

sideline

March 23 – his third in the NRL since his exit from Canterbury in 2008.

The former Bulldogs star said the game was a lot different from the one he left and he believed it would be harder for him to show the individual brilliance that once made him the biggest name in the NRL. “The game is a bit of a fitness session out there. Most teams are playing the same and it’s a battle of wills,” he said.

“I won’t lie, when I left the game, it was a lot more open, a lot more free-flowing.”

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Hayden Roulston sits on the front of the peloton during the 2013 Tour of Flanders.

Roulston sets up Cancellara win Ashburton cyclist Hayden Roulston laid the platform for his RadioShack Leopard teammate Fabian Cancellara’s win in the one-day classic Tour of Flanders for the second time on Sunday.

The Swiss rider came home clear at the end of the 256km ride from Bruges ahead of Slovakian Peter Sagan while Jurgen Roelandts of Belgium was third.

While Cancellara was the man to take the honours the win was built on teamwork with Cancellara thanking Roulston, who was at the front for large

chunks of the race.

Roulston put in the hard yards, sacrificing himself for the team and failed to finish but was thrilled with the race.

“This was a super win.”

Roulston said via the team’s website.

“Fabian was able to confirm what everyone thought before the race and that isn’t easy to do when you’re a big favourite.

“The team did our maximum and it was great to see Fabian win in that way.

“Early in the race we went to the front with our plan to keep everyone together and stay in the front. We knew we could react better from that place. It’s such

a nice feeling to work so hard and then deliver the win.

“It’s easy to buy in to the plan when you have a leader like Fabian who can deliver.”

Roulston was among the 90 riders not to finish the race but did his job to set Cancellara up for the win, working hard to haul in any attempted breakaways and keep Cancellara in position to make his move.

The 97th Ronde van Vlaanderen had 205 riders start where temperatures barely reached freezing point and only 115 would reach the finish line.

With a breakaway group out in front Cancellara was kept in position by Roulston and the

rest of the RadioShack Leopard team before he made the jump from the peloton and only Sagan (Cannondale) could hold his wheel as they tracked down the leaders.

Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) went out solo and the rest of the original breakaway was caught, with the rest of the field blown away.

Cancellara and Sagan then hauled in Roelandts before Cancellara dispatched the breakaway companions on the final ascent of the Paterberg and had plenty of time to savour his win on the home stretch, having extended his lead to over a minute in the closing kilometres.

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Guardian Weather

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

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NZ Today

TODAY

Areas of morning low cloud, then fine with high cloud. Northerlies.

Mainly fine with high cloud, but rain developing about the Divide from late afternoon.

Wind at 1000m: N 30 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW, rising to gale 70 km/h.

MAX

22 OVERNIGHT MIN 12

MAX

22 OVERNIGHT MIN 6

MAX

14 OVERNIGHT MIN 4 TOMORROW

MAX

13 OVERNIGHT MIN 5

Midnight Tonight

ia

Wind less than km/h 30

TODAY

FRIDAY: A few showers. Southerly winds.

AKAROA

Ra

Canterbury High Country

THURSDAY: Showers clearing. Southerlies dying out.

22

LINCOLN

Canterbury Plains

TODAY: Fine apart from morning low cloud. Northerlies.

TOMORROW: Showers developing.

Northerly then southerly.

CHRISTCHURCH

23

METHVEN

Ashburton Forecast

30 to 59

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

60 plus

THURSDAY

morning min max

fine fine fine fine fine fine fine cloudy fine fine fine fine cloudy

16 13 16 13 16 15 13 12 12 9 9 11 9

Showers developing. Northerlies changing cold southerly in the afternoon.

24 25 25 25 20 22 25 18 25 22 18 20 20

Showers clearing during the morning and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out.

FRIDAY

NZ Situation A few showers with a southerly change.

A trough moves over the South Island tomorrow then spreads northeast over the North Island on SATURDAY Thursday. This is followed by a southerly flow over the country. Another trough moves north over the South Island late Thursday and Friday. Mainly fine. Light winds.

FZL: Above 3000m

TOMORROWFZL: Lowering to 1300m evening Periods of rain, with some heavy falls about the Divide. Snow lowering to 1000 metres in the evening.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h changing cold S in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW gales 70 km/h, easing in the afternoon.

THURSDAY Showers clearing during the morning and becoming fine. Southerlies dying out.

FRIDAY A few showers with a southerly change.

SATURDAY Mainly fine. Light winds.

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showers fine rain cloudy showers fine fine thunder fine rain thunder fine fine cloudy cloudy fine showers rain rain rain rain thunder thunder fine fine fine showers rain showers thunder fine fine fine fine rain showers rain thunder fine showers drizzle cloudy drizzle fine snow

16 -3 28 -4 18 21 16 25 7 25 25 20 1 1 -2 1 10 19 18 14 25 14 24 0 11 6 13 3 22 19 2 0 18 24 10 10 6 25 -3 17 20 15 9 0 -1

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River Levels

cumecs

Rakaia Fighting Hill (NIWA) at 1:45 pm, yesterday Nth Ashburton at 2:00 pm, yesterday Sth Ashburton at 9:45 am, yesterday Rangitata Klondyke at 12:00 pm, yesterday

147.9 3.07 5.88 54.4

Source: Environment Canterbury

Canterbury Readings

to 4pm yesterday

max

Ashburton Airport

20.5 13.8

Temperatures °C

Rainfall mm

min grass 16 hour Apr 2013 min to date to date

Wind km/h

max gust

8.0

0.0

0.0 135.6

SE 43

Christchurch Airport 24.0 14.9 11.0

0.0

0.0 77.6

NE 39

Timaru Airport

0.4

0.4 106.6

W 48

Average

17.6

Average

6.3

17.3

6.7

19.8

Average

3.8

3.9

8.0

16.5

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4.9

2

170

2

142

1

135

Tides, Sun, Moon and Fishing m am 3 3

6

Tuesday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

Wednesday

6

9 noon 3

6

9 pm am 3

6

Thursday 9 noon 3

6

9 pm

2 1 0

3:22

9:37 3:49 10:08 4:26 10:41 4:51 11:12 5:29 11:44 5:53 The times shown are for the Ashburton River mouth. For the Rangitata river mouth subtract 16 minutes and for the Rakaia river mouth subtract 6 minutes.

Rise 7:51 am Set 7:22 pm Good

Good fishing Set 2:01 pm Rise 11:42 pm

Last quarter 3 Apr

5:38 pm

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Rise 7:52 am Set 7:20 pm Good

Good fishing Set 2:52 pm

New moon 10 Apr www.ofu.co.nz

9:37 pm

Rise 7:53 am Set 7:18 pm Good

Good fishing Rise 12:48 am Set 3:36 pm

First quarter 19 Apr 12:33 am

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